Sports

Athletes of the Week June 6

10 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
10 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...

10 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
10 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
10 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
10 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

10 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
10 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

10 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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

11 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
11 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

11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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...

11 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
11 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

11 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

11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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...

11 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
11 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

11 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
11 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
11 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
11 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

11 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...

11 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
11 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
11 months ago
Three seniors on the Sussex Academy baseball team were celebrated before their final varsity game...

Seahawks book grudge match in quarterfinals against...

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

Sussex Academy softball advances with 15-2 win

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

Cape soccer falls to Charter in OT

Dan Cook
11 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
11 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
11 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

11 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

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

Cape boys' lax takes care of Warriors 20-2

Dan Cook
11 months ago
The No. 2-seeded Cape boys’ lacrosse team ran the clock on No. 15 Sanford 20-2 in the opening round...

Cape softball falls to Lake in conference championship

Dan Cook
11 months ago
Lake Forest rose up to knock Cape off from the undefeated ranks with a 4-2 victory in the Henlopen...

Runner is a two-time state champion, same event on...

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Two-time state champion - Junior McKenzie Winward of Newark Charter School is the two-time DII...

Third annual Cape Gazette 5K is fast and fun

Dan Cook
11 months ago
A 5K kicked off the third annual Cape Gazette Run & Fun Fest May 10, taking runners from Nassau...

Sussex Academy boys’ soccer gets state championship...

Aaron R. Mushrush
11 months ago
For the second year in a row, Sussex Academy boys’ soccer players received their state championship...

Cape boys’ lax wins Henlopen Conference Championship...

Dan Cook
11 months ago
Cape had 11 different scorers hit the back of the twine in the Vikings’ 23-1 running-clock victory...

Delmarva Rush 2015 Boys earn championship at PA...

11 months ago
The Delmarva Rush 2015 Boys soccer team claimed the championship title at the PA Classics 2025...

Sussex Academy clinches second Henlopen title in a...

Aaron R. Mushrush
11 months ago
For the first time in program history, Sussex Academy girls’ soccer has won the Henlopen Athletic...

Cape track boys lose to Middletown by two points

Dave Frederick
11 months ago
Bill Henry Buckaloo, Don Don Mitchell and Johnny Hopkins were waiting for the results of the boys’...

Bucs goalie Landen Hill steals the show in regular...

Aaron R. Mushrush
11 months ago
Sussex Academy wrapped up its regular season at 10-5 after the Seahawks were stonewalled by Milford...

Black sea bass fishing is pretty basic

Eric Burnley
11 months ago
May 15 was the opening of black sea bass season. I was all set to go out on the Angler from Ocean...

Players, fans see the light with new scoreboards at...

11 months ago
Lewes Little League held its Light Up the Scoreboards event May 8, at the ball fields near the...