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Sinking storylines like outriggers in a marlin...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Goody two-shoemakers - Two women looked the part standing at the starting line of the SoDel Cares...
Alley Oop All-Girls Skim Camp glides into Dewey
Dan Cook
1 year ago
Sydney Pizza and Alley Oop Skim presented the second annual Girls Only Skim Camp June 12-13 on St...
50-year-old gets ripped, drops A1C to healthy levels
Chris Antonio
1 year ago
Joanne Willits joined our 12-week body transformation as a way to get in better shape. She had...
Delaware Football Club branches into Cape Henlopen
Gabrielle Ziegler
1 year ago
Delaware Football Club-South held its first club night June 10 at Cape Henlopen High School. The...
Public invited to help develop data-collecting system
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology Director Evan Howell reflects on the importance of...
Setting the course for mixed tournaments
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Two single-sex high schools in Delaware have golf teams in their spring sports programs – Padua...
Dagsboro angler wins Youth Fishing Tournament
1 year ago
More than 300 youth anglers turned out on a perfect early summer day June 1 to cast their lines in...
U.S. Open week
Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament is in the books in North Carolina, at Pinehurst No...
Athletes of the Week June 14
1 year ago
Gavin Hudson
This Sussex Tech junior headed up to Frawley Stadium May 30 and pitched...
Relaxed laxer now a rising eighth-grader and a player
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Relaxed laxer - Summer sports camps proliferate here at Sesame Street by the Sea, and quite frankly...
Eddie Houck, Kennedy Johnson awarded Bill Degnan...
Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The 27th annual Bill Degnan 5K brought 130 runners and walkers to Cape Henlopen High School, where...
Blue team defeats White in girls’ senior lax all...
Dan Cook
1 year ago
With the Blue-White Senior Girls’ Lacrosse All-Star Game tied 13-13 with eight seconds on the clock...
Blue team wins annual boys’ lax all-star game
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The high-octane offense of the Blue team was too much for the downstate White squad, as Blue won 16...
DFRC Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game set June 21 at UD
1 year ago
Delaware Foundation Reaching Citizens with intellectual disABILITIES has announced the players...
Royals pledge allegiance to their future playing homes
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Prior to the year-end athletic banquet May 20, Delmarva Christian hosted a signing ceremony for...
Local ballplayers showcase skills at Carpenter Cup
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
A collection of some of the Henlopen Conference’s finest baseball players represented Delaware...
Sussex council honors Cape unified track team
1 year ago
Sussex County Council took a few minutes at its June 4 meeting to honor the unified track and field...
Little Vikings invade Legends Stadium pitch for...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Fifth-grade students from across the Cape school district took over the turf at Legends Stadium for...
Special Olympics holds Summer Games at UD
Dan Cook
1 year ago
Special Olympics Delaware held its 53rd annual Summer Games June 7-8 at the University of Delaware...
Chicken Chase 5K reveals a free-ranging chicken who...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Algebraic equation - I covered the University of Delaware Chicken Chase 5K Saturday morning. It...
Gold teams sweep annual senior all-star soccer games...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Senior soccer players from across the Blue Hen state gathered together at Cape June 8, for the...
ShopRite LPGA Classic now underway
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The ShopRite LPGA Classic returns to Seaview Resort in Galloway, N.J., with a 54-hole contest June...
Coast Guard releases recreational boating statistics
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
The Coast Guard has released the boating statistics for last year, and while they are somewhat...
NBA Finals begin
Sumner Spence
1 year ago
This weekend, the NBA Finals begin after a week off because the conference finals were not...
Athletes of the Week June 7
1 year ago
Brian Fleming This multi-sport athlete was recently named the Cape Male Athlete of the Year. Brian...
Beefalo Brigade and biodegradable biographies
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Beefalo Brigade - The King Cole Ranch had hybrid livestock. Back in the day, they were called...
Race for the Ribbon 5K benefits local Katie Arietta
Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
For the last 16 years, the Race for the Ribbon 5K has raised funds to assist families and...
American Legion Post 28 fielding baseball team for...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The bat signal has gone up in Sussex County. No, not the bat symbol that spurs a zealous vigilante...
Cape football begins five days of spring practices
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape football began five days of practices June 3, preferring the remoteness of the grass field to...
Sharing struggles and successes is a Sunday...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cabbage Patch Katie - I called her Cabbage Patch Katie when I had her in my Problems of Democracy...
Special Olympics Delaware Summer Games set June 7-8
1 year ago
Nearly 700 athletes and an additional 100 unified partners (peers without disabilities) from across...
Love Creek Elementary hosts unified sports experience
Megan Smith
1 year ago
Love Creek Elementary hosted a unified sports experience May 17. The drizzling rain didn’t stop the...
Cape lacrosse falls to Sallies in DIAA finals
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse squad fell to nationally ranked Salesianum 16-6 in the state tournament...
Sussex Central softball falls to Caravel in DIAA final
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Caravel softball team took advantage of the arm and the bat of Kasey Xenidis, as the senior...
Delmarva Rush Nero Team earns second-place finish
1 year ago
The 2012 Delmarva Rush Girls’ U12 Nero Team earned a second-place finish at the Hershey Memorial...
Take a kid fishing
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror, school will soon be out and the kids will be on vacation...
Lydic wins second state golf championship
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Sarah Lydic of Indian River High School won her second DIAA golf championship with an impressive...
Central battles back but loses to Sallies in extras
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Baseball is cruel. No. 1 Sussex Central had the bases loaded against No. 13 Salesianum inside...
Sussex Tech knocked out in semifinals by CR 1-0
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
No. 2 Sussex Tech was eliminated by No. 6 Caesar Rodney 1-0 in a pitchers’ duel at Frawley Stadium...
Phillies should be happy to be home
Sumner Spence
1 year ago
This week, the Phillies lost four games on their West Coast trip through Colorado and San Francisco...
Athletes of the Week May 31
1 year ago
Noah Burroughs This Sussex Central baseball player was just named a first-team all-state outfielder...
Oversharing replaces active listening, best to tamp...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Oversharing - I recently jumped a paywall and read that today’s high school graduates are the first...
Smiley scorches field at Masser Five-Miler
Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
Local elite runner Dylan Smiley, 26, of Rehoboth Beach became the first runner to break the 25-...
Mike Wardian wins Highway One 5K in 16:50
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Mike Wardian, now 50, is the reigning American king of long attention spans in endurance races. On...
Sand Sharks volleyball club players win gold medals
1 year ago
Dewey Beach Sand Sharks players won gold in both the 16U and 14U divisions at the annual Beach Bum...
Cape boys’ lax advances to state final with 16-4 win...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape led Caesar Rodney 2-0 midway through the first quarter May 29 in the semifinals of the DIAA...
Cape softball falls to Golden Knights in DIAA semis
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The 2024 Cape softball season came to an end May 29, with a 7-2 loss to a veteran Sussex Central...
Sussex Tech baseball beats William Penn 2-0; plays...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Delaware Co-Player of the Year Jeremy Vest proved his worth May 28, tossing a complete-game shutout...
Knights baseball wins battle with Spartans 9-4
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Sussex Central baseball team moved into the DIAA semifinals with a 9-4 win over Saint Mark’s...
Sports are driven by instantaneous results, unlike...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Results driven - The medical system is overburdened; that’s why annoying active advocacy is the...
Cape boys’ lax sizzles Spartans on Saturday morning...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team came out white-hot May 25 for an 11 a.m. game at Legends Stadium,...
Cape softball moves to DIAA semis with win over the...
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape softball team moved into the semifinals of the DIAA state tournament with a 14-4 win over...
Cape baseball upset by Cavs 5-4
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape baseball team’s season came to an end May 25, with a 5-4 upset loss to No. 19 Middletown...
Sussex Tech uses big first inning to advance to...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
No. 2 Sussex Tech may have overreacted just a bit after giving up a two-run home run to visiting No...
Sussex Academy girls’ soccer season ends at St....
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
No. 4 St. Andrew’s stifled No. 5 Sussex Academy’s comeback in the closing moments of the girls’...
Lydic wins Henlopen Conference title
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Sarah Lydic of Indian River High School fired a three-under 68 to win her last Henlopen Conference...
And the beat goes on ...
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
As you faithful readers are aware, my 2024 fishing season has been a bust so far, and my head boat...
Cape girls’ lax beats Tatnall for 14th state...
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The Cape girls’ lacrosse team seized the day like Seize the Gray in the Preakness Stakes, leading...
Eagles have tough schedule this year
Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The NFL schedule was released last week. The Eagles have their work cut out for them. They have to...
Athletes of the Week May 24
1 year ago
Cardin Benjamin This Cape junior, a soccer player who runs track in the spring, is the academic/...
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