Sports

Athletes of the Week June 13

9 months ago
Cardin Benjamin This recent Cape grad played his final high school soccer game June 11,...

Athletes in action powered by play, not slowed by...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Mostly cloudy - I cover the sports of field hockey and girls’ lacrosse, both competitions governed...

Bodie Frederick, Stephen Hart win Bill Degnan...

Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
The 28th annual Bill Degnan 5K brought 138 runners and walkers to Cape Henlopen High School, the...

Cape trio smashes four home runs in all-star game

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
A slew of senior players from the ultra-competitive Henlopen Conference joined forces, some on the...

Shorebreak Lacrosse defeats Riptide in DE Turf...

Dan Cook
9 months ago
DE Turf’s Men’s Summer Lacrosse League kicked off its fourth season June 9. The seven-week league...

Boys’ lax all-stars battle at DE Turf

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Blue squad earned bragging rights for 2025, as they defeated the White team 18-12 June 10 in...

Local girls fare well at lacrosse all-star game

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape connection lacrosse all-stars helped to lead the White team past the Blue squad 14-13 in...

Special Olympics Delaware Summer Games set June 13-14

9 months ago
The 54th annual Special Olympics Delaware Summer Games will take place Friday, June 13, and...

Delaware FC 2014 Boys’ South Black wins Columbia...

9 months ago
The Delaware Football Club 2014 Boys’ South Black team delivered a stellar performance at the...

Zeke Clark inspires runners at SoDel Cares 5K

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Who cares? SoDel Cares - “SoDel Cares is the philanthropic arm of the SoDel family, which is made...

Cape Region golfers earn recognition

9 months ago
Several Cape Region high school golfers earned recognition for their 2025 season performances. All-...

Summer fishing has arrived

Eric Burnley
9 months ago
We have suffered through a very cold and windy spring with small-craft advisories more days than...

Athletes of the Week June 6

9 months ago
Jaxon Clampitt Jaxon has had a year for the record books on the mound for Cape baseball...

It’s championship week

Sumner Spence
9 months ago
There are a bunch of championship events being played this week, including the NBA Finals between...

Character is the essence of the athlete revealed in...

9 months ago
Championship connections - I took a photo of the Clampitts after graduation and didn’t drop one...

Run for the Ribbon 5K raises funds for Reese Cathcart

Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
One of the most emotional events the Seashore Striders produces, the Race for the Ribbon 5K, was...

Local 5-year-old amputee set to run 5K June 7

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Perseverance often paints a beautiful story of inspiration. A race can be like a blank canvas...

Ravens’ remarkable run comes up just short in...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Midnight’s bells rang out for Sussex Tech softball just before the girls nearly pulled off the...

Contagious celebrations in a neurodiverse universe

9 months ago
Team Reese - Reese Cathcart is a Mariner sixth-grader who plays field hockey and lacrosse. The 18th...

Cape baseball wins the state championship

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape baseball team defeated Conrad 6-4 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington to bring home the DIAA...

Cape baseball wins state championship

9 months ago
The Cape baseball team won the state championship with a 6-4 win over Conrad in the DIAA tournament...

Cape boys’ lax falls to Sallies in DIAA championship

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team’s 2025 campaign came to an end with a 12-9 loss to Salesianum May 31,...

Cape girls’ lax wins state title

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
The relentless Cape girls’ lacrosse team propelled themselves to another state championship May 31...

Cape baseball downs Sallies, plays Conrad for DIAA...

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape baseball team got sweet revenge with a 9-2 DIAA semifinal win over Salesianum May 30,...

Cape beats Sussex Academy 19-3, will face Tower Hill...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Cape girls’ lacrosse defeated visiting Sussex Academy May 29, by a score of 19-3 in the semifinals...

Sussex Academy takes fourth, Cape finishes fifth in...

Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
Steady, drenching rains forced a cancellation of the May 28 second round of the scheduled 36-hole,...

Local tournaments raise funds for important causes

9 months ago
I am sorry to be so late with these recent tournament results. Normally, I would have covered these...

Anybody's championship?

Sumner Spence
9 months ago
The NBA postseason is coming down to the end. There are only three teams still alive to win it. It...

Athletes of the Week May 30

9 months ago
Regan Best “Simply the Best!” Regan had been the ace card in the Cape toolbox beginning with field...

Masser 5-Miler field gets perfect-weather race day

Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
A field of 292 runners kicked off the 35th Seashore Striders Racing Series the morning of May 25,...

Sussex Tech upsets Sussex Academy in softball...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
As No. 9 Sussex Academy’s historic season came to a close in the DIAA softball semifinals May 27,...

Cape boys’ lax swats the Hornets 11-3 in semis

Dan Cook
9 months ago
On a night the weather was more suited for a duck, the Cape boys’ lacrosse team braved the wind and...

Harrington Harrier and Wiley Coyote are fastest...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Melissa Wiley, aka the Wiley Coyote from Ocean City, Md., who’s also a nurse practitioner, was the...

Cape baseball advances to semifinals

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The No. 1 Cape baseball team defeated Delaware Military Academy 7-5 in the state tournament...

The Sussex Guide: Tim Holton runs tethered to Joe...

9 months ago
Sussex Guide - Tim Holton is, among other things, a transplant to Sussex County from Brooklyn, N.Y...

Moronic moments: We came to get down so jump around

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Moronic Moment - "Watch out, moron!” “No, you da Moron!” “Life is a highway. I wanna ride it all...

Cape football seniors honor impactful teachers

9 months ago
Cape senior football players started a new program this year called You Made an Impact, where...

Atlantic Lacrosse U12 girls capture ESYLA Championship

9 months ago
The U12 girls’ team from Atlantic Lacrosse, a program of the Eastern Shore Youth Lacrosse...

Seahawks fall in OT to Newark Charter in soccer...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Despite two improbable bounce-backs late in the second half, No. 3 Sussex Academy was upset 3-2 in...

Sussex Academy softball’s historic season continues...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
A hardworking group of girls continues making a lot of noise in the DIAA softball state tournament...

Sussex Academy girls’ lax advances to semis

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
The Sussex Academy girls’ lacrosse team advanced to the semifinals of the state tournament May 22,...

Cape boys’ lax eliminates Auks

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team moved into the DIAA semifinals with an 11-3 victory over Archmere...

Cape baseball mercy rules Charter 11-1

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape baseball team moved into the quarterfinals of the state tournament with an 11-1 five-...

Record harvests reported for white-tailed deer, wild...

9 months ago
Two of Delaware’s most popular and productive hunting seasons – wild turkey and white-tailed deer...

Mid-Atlantic should follow lead of Gulf states

Eric Burnley
9 months ago
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the federal system for counting the fish recreational anglers catch...

Local athletes break records in powerlifting debuts

9 months ago
Two local athletes – 9-year-old Pierce Kietzmann and 44-year-old Alex Moor – both smashed Delaware...

Cape softball falls to Smyrna in quarterfinals

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape softball team fell to Smyrna 5-2 in the DIAA quarterfinals May 24, ending the Vikings’...

The Phillies are in first place!

Sumner Spence
9 months ago
The Phillies are currently on a seven-game winning streak. Last weekend, they swept the Pittsburgh...

Cape golf wins Henlopen North title

Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
In an exciting low-scoring playoff against Polytech May 16, the Cape High golf team won its first...

Athletes of the Week May 23

9 months ago
Kasen Adams This Mariner Middle eighth-grader led the baseball team with a .606 average, 21 hits,...

We are the champions, my friends; track athletes...

9 months ago
Two guys - There is no more athletic event on the track than the 110-meter high hurdles. It...

Let Me Run runners tackle DQ Dash

Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
Who doesn’t want to finish a 5K to a full table of mini Blizzards from Dairy Queen? That was once...

Seahawks honor trio leaving the nest in season finale

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Three seniors on the Sussex Academy baseball team were celebrated before their final varsity game...

Sussex Academy softball advances with 15-2 win

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Hosting its first DIAA softball state tournament game in program history, No. 9 Sussex Academy...

Seahawks book grudge match in quarterfinals against...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
One minute into the second quarter of the No. 5 Sussex Academy girls’ lacrosse team’s second-round...

Cape soccer falls to Charter in OT

Dan Cook
9 months ago
After 92 minutes of an intensely tough match on the Legends Stadium pitch, the Charter’s Alexa...

Cape shakes off Quakers 19-7 to advance in girls’...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
The Quakers weren’t quaking May 21, taking the field against top-ranked Cape at Champions Stadium...

Sussex Academy athletes sign letters of intent

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Sussex Academy held its annual college decision day May 1, allowing each senior to declare their...

Sussex Academy golf team celebrates graduating seniors

9 months ago
The senior members of the Sussex Academy golf team were feted just before their final match at...

Beacon Middle softball finishes with 8-3 record

9 months ago
The Beacon Middle School softball team concluded its 2025 season with an 8-3 record. Under the...