Sports

Brooms come out as Sussex Academy girls’ basketball...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Jumping out to a 17-7 lead after the first quarter, the Sussex Academy girls’ basketball team used...

Fast start propels Cape girls’ basketball to season...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Amalia Fruchtman wasted no time giving the Cape girls’ basketball team a big lead in a rematch...

Vikings and Seahawks battle in swimming showdown

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Sussex Academy Aquatic Center was spilling over with excitement Jan. 27, as two of the state’s...

Cape boys’ basketball downs the Ravens

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team moved to 8-4 on the season with a 68-41 grounding of the Ravens of...

Family and friends surround the culture of sports

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Arm bars - Two young girls, arms locked, skipped past my camera during Saturday’s Cape at...

Cape boys get close, but fall to Senators

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team battled Dover to the end, but the 2024 DIAA state champs were just a...

Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball wins Sts. Peter...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Riley Barto is a rotational spark plug for the Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball team, but in...

Seahawks can’t take off with Panthers’ paws gripping...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
With just four matches to go before the Henlopen Conference championships, Sussex Academy wrestling...

Cape swimming rolls over Bulldogs

Dan Cook
9 months ago
Cape swimming remained 8-0 on the season with a boys’ 101-48 and a girls’ 95-66 victory over a...

Sussex Central wrestling holds off Cape in Saturday...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
“It’s all about matchups,” said Shane Miller, Sussex Central wrestling coach. Cape 175-pounder...

Chatting with an LPGA caddie

Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
During the June U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club, I met again with Paul Heselden, a...

Highlights of a week-long fisheries workshop

Eric Burnley
9 months ago
I was selected to attend the Fisheries Science and Management Workshop at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel...

Mike Frederick steps down as Cape football coach

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
After three years of leading the Cape football program, Mike Frederick has stepped down as head...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 24

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Isaiah Ayers Isaiah is a 2024 graduate of Sussex Tech who is now a freshman for the NHTI Cougars at...

Taking care of fitness every day

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Taking care of fitness - The first time I saw 27-year-old rookie Ichiro Suzuki was like every time...

Cape boys win Henlopen Conference Indoor Track...

Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
The Henlopen Conference Indoor Track Championship was held Jan. 16 at the Snow Hill, Md., oval...

Sussex Academy wrestling celebrates seniors against...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Although they are still waiting for their first conference win following a 50-30 loss to Seaford,...

Sussex Academy girls’ swimming remains undefeated

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Swimming in their first meet in more than a month, the girls of Sussex Academy continued their...

Cape girls’ basketball saddles Riders with 72-42 loss

Dan Cook
9 months ago
Cape girls’ basketball had three players hit for a double-double in a 72-42 victory over Caesar...

Smyrna wins dramatic dual meet over Cape 37-29

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Coach Chris Mattioni caught what’s going around and left school early on a frigid two-hour delay...

Dontay Black remembered for his support of basketball

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The late Dontay Black was honored at Dontay Black Memorial Night Jan. 15 , as Beacon Middle School...

Cape unified basketball falls to Caesar Rodney

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape unified basketball team fell behind Caesar Rodney 29-8 in the first quarter and couldn’t...

A busman’s holiday taking my camera to a middle...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Rastling relatives - I am the grandfather of Mikey, who was a wrestler for Cape, and I’ve been...

Sussex Academy boys wrap up three straight games

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Completing a task the NBA hasn’t seen since the days of Wilt Chamberlin, both of Sussex Academy...

Seahawks clipped by Cambridge-South Dorchester 41-37

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
It came down to the wire, but the Sussex Academy wrestling team came up just shy of its first win...

Cape boys' basketball cages the Panthers

Dan Cook
9 months ago
Cape sophomore Jameson Tingle and senior Damian Robinson each recorded a double-double to lead the...

Cape swims past Caesar Rodney

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape swim teams remained undefeated with a boys’ 122-48 and girls’ 107-63 over Caesar Rodney...

William Penn roars back to defeat Cape wrestling 36-33

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Most high school wrestling fans sitting in Cape’s Big House gym Jan. 18 were silently smart. They...

Why not try something new in 2025?

Eric Burnley
9 months ago
We have a bright new year ahead of us, and while it has started out with subfreezing temperatures,...

Southern Delaware Golf Club adds golf and...

Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
Southern Delaware Golf Club is putting the finishing touches on the construction of a new practice...

Eagles versus Rams

Sumner Spence
9 months ago
On Sunday at 3 p.m., the Eagles will play the Rams at Lincoln Financial Field. I think this will be...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 17

9 months ago
Regan Best A junior and product of the Cape field hockey program, Regan had bided her time playing...

Sports officials always have the last word

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Clarify but don’t question - Coach Chris Mattioni, a 30-year veteran who’s always composed but...

Teammates who go to battle together form lifelong...

Tim Bamforth
9 months ago
While in Columbia, S.C., this past week, I was able to have dinner with one of my high school...

Big third quarter leads to Cape girls’ basketball...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Although they led by double digits at halftime, 28-17, the Cape girls’ basketball team wasn’t...

Cape unified basketball opens season with Dover loss...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Opening up the game with a Zane Richardson three that electrified the crowd and team, Cape unified...

Seahawks ruffle Mallards’ feathers in first half,...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
Following a 44-37 win at Woodbridge Jan. 14, the Sussex Academy girls’ basketball team could not...

Cape boys' basketball shoots down the Ravens

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team wasted no time in its Jan. 14 game against Sussex Tech, jumping out...

Cape wrestling falls 45-25 to DMA, beats Polytech 53...

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Cape’s Big House was the stage for five hours of wrestling Jan. 15, as the Vikings welcomed...

Sussex Academy boys’ basketball falls short at...

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
It’s not how you start, but how you finish. While the Sussex Academy boys’ basketball team enjoyed...

Wright powers through trauma to return to form in pool

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone has been a line repeated thousands of times by those...

Cape swimming handles Lake in Henlopen Conference...

Dan Cook
9 months ago
After a month off from competition, the Cape swim teams continued their undefeated ways with boys’...

Cape football holds awards banquet

Dan Cook
9 months ago
The 2024 Cape football team held its end-of-season dinner and awards ceremony Jan. 12 in the...

Connecting the dot matrix of sports histories

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Yell it and spell - My cellphone rang at the end of the Houston Texans’ victory over the Los...

Wrestling returns with weekend tournaments

Dave Frederick
9 months ago
Snow days transitioned to go days as pent-up grapplers headed out to weekend tournament...

Milton wrestlers clean up at Junior War on the Shore

Aaron R. Mushrush
9 months ago
A group of Milton grapplers led by Mariner Middle first-year coach Johnny Longo fed their inner...

Trouble, double trouble and lip-outs

Fritz Schranck
9 months ago
The Friday first round of the 2024 ShopRite LPGA Classic in early June took place under ideal...

Croaker and other fish to look for in 2025

Eric Burnley
9 months ago
When I gave my report on the state of fishing for 2025, I was so excited about the fact that...

Playoff time

Sumner Spence
10 months ago
On Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles will play a home game against the Green Bay Packers in the...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 10

10 months ago
Ally Diehl A quiet confidence that comes with speed and athleticism, no wasted words, but in her...

The Sounds of Silence honored Sweetness Walter Payton

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Sweet Silence - Jeff Pearlman wrote the definitive biography of the late Chicago Bears running back...

Kick off 2025 with a fitness challenge

Tim Bamforth
10 months ago
Most want-to-be runners make the same mistake youth runners make when it comes to getting started...

Cape Region player helps Stars Federation U9 team

10 months ago
The Stars Federation U9 boys’ soccer team recently won its bracket at the prestigious Copa Talento...

Cape hockey celebrates 2024 state title

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
A brunch held at Baywood Greens Jan. 5 celebrated Cape’s 2024 state championship field hockey team...

Patrick Donahue pins way to War on Shore title

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Pins and tech falls - Wrestlers from 43 teams competed in 14 weight classes across eight mats over...

Knotwell knocks in first hole in one

10 months ago
Linda Knotwell of Tidewater Landing near Lewes celebrated her first hole in one on Black Friday,...

A banner day for 14th annual Hair of the Dog 5K

Dave Frederick
10 months ago
Breaking the banner is a ritual of road races only offered to first-place overall finishers. On New...

Cape boys’ basketball falls to Stephen Decatur

Dan Cook
10 months ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team hosted undefeated Stephen Decatur Jan. 3, and the Seahawks came out...

2010 Boys Delmarva Rush squad wins Atlantic Cup

10 months ago
The 2010 Boys Delmarva Rush soccer team culminated its fall season by winning the Atlantic Cup in...

A bit of a birdie fest

Fritz Schranck
10 months ago
The women playing Lancaster Country Club in last spring’s U.S. Women’s Open faced a difficult but...