Sports

Ballers Classic is making a difference

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The sixth annual Ballers Classic Showcase was held March 29 at Cape Henlopen High School. The...

Lizzie and Jamie witness Ovechkin’s record-breaking...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
The question, “Where you at?” is grammatically incorrect but succinct and digitally friendly. High...

Cape softball comes out swinging

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape softball team’s bats are red hot to open the season, as the Vikings have scored at least...

Cape boys’ lacrosse honors lax brothers with big...

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team had an overwhelmingly emotional pregame ceremony Friday night, April 4...

Seahawks soccer gets past the Vikings 2-0

Dan Cook
1 month ago
One of the biggest rivalries in high school girls’ soccer is Cape Henlopen and Sussex Academy, and...

Cape baseball comes back with Delmar, shuts out Kent...

Dan Cook
1 month ago
A fatigued Vikings baseball squad fell behind Delmar 3-4 in the fifth inning, but bounced back...

Cape lax girls run spread yellow, winning at Indian...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team worked on the spread yellow delay game early Friday afternoon, April...

Cape boys’ volleyball falls to Appo

Dan Cook
1 month ago
Cape boys’ volleyball moved to 2-1 on the season with a 26-28, 22-25 and 24-26 loss to...

Royals hang around in final two sets but IR prevails...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
A tough, three-match week resulted in Delmarva Christian boys’ volleyball dropping both of their...

Riders girls roll out of Georgetown with 20-13 win

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
A season full of promise for the Sussex Academy girls’ lacrosse team has had some early setbacks,...

Cardiac kids hang on to finish sweep of Wildcats 8-6

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
For the second game in a row, Sussex Academy boys’ lacrosse relied on an early surge to hang on for...

Cape golf team goes low again

Fritz Schranck
1 month ago
The Cape golf team defeated Indian River 162-187 March 27 on the front nine of the Bear Trap Dunes...

Changing climate affects beach life, including fishing

Eric Burnley
1 month ago
Global warming is a fact. It is not a religion. It is not a political point of view. It is a proven...

Milton Little League opening-day parade set for...

1 month ago
The Milton Little League will officially open its 2025 season at 9 a.m., Saturday, April 12, with...

Duke has a good chance to win another men’s...

Sumner Spence
1 month ago
Duke has been playing quite well in the four games so far in the tournament leading up to the final...

Athletes of the Week April 4

1 month ago
Emiley Bisaha A senior on the Sussex Academy girls' lacrosse team, Bisaha registered her...

Mason on the mound in Toronto inspires a Sussex...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Mason Fluharty - By George, he made it to the major league mound. Mason Fluharty, Toronto Blue Jays...

Cape girls’ track wins Cambridge Invitational

Tim Bamforth
1 month ago
The Cape Henlopen girls’ track & field team won the Cambridge Invitational March 28 in...

Sussex Academy hangs on to beat IR 12-10, moves to 2...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Thanks to nearly completely controlling the first half, Sussex Academy boys’ lacrosse had enough...

Cape boys’ lax sticks it to the Sabres of Sts. Peter...

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team moved to 3-1 on the season with an 11-5 win over visiting Sts. Peter...

Cape girls’ lax powers to 18-6 win over Sussex Academy

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team trailed Sussex Academy 3-0 midway through the first quarter April 2,...

Cape soccer outlasts Smyrna for important North win

Dan Cook
1 month ago
A fierce battle between the Eagles and the Vikings came down to the team that could possess the...

Cape baseball downs CR 1-0 in 11 innings

Dan Cook
1 month ago
It took 11 innings, but the Cape baseball team pulled off a 1-0 victory over Caesar Rodney April 1...

Sussex Academy softball walks it off against Indian...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
There’s something romantic about the sports, fittingly, played on the diamond. In the bottom of the...

Cape girls’ tennis sweeps Seaford 5-0

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape girls’ tennis squad moved to 3-0 with a 5-0 shutout of Seaford April 1 in Lewes. Cape...

Vikings boys’ tennis swat the Blue Jays 4-1

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape boys’ tennis team garnered its fourth straight victory April 1, with a 4-1 win over...

Spartans shoot down Seahawks 1-0 in D2 heavyweight...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
The Sussex Academy girls’ soccer team has allowed just one goal all season. Unfortunately for them...

Seahawks’ strong start against IR not enough in 17-6...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Sussex Academy players knew they needed to come out strong March 31 against a talented Indian River...

Reading stadium signs and plaques and making...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Centrowitz connections - Matt Centrowitz won an Olympic gold medal in the 1,500 meters at the 2016...

Cape Henry spoils Sussex Academy boys’ lax weekend 13-6

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
The fellas laxing it up for Sussex Academy opened the season with a 7-3 win at Delmar March 27, but...

Sussex Academy girls’ lacrosse dominates IR 22-4 in...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
The Sussex Academy girls’ lacrosse team earned a dominating 22-4 win over Henlopen South rival...

Cape boys’ lax crunches the Panthers 18-2

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team continued to power past its opponents, netting an 18-2 win over...

Seahawks pummeling teams to start 2025 season

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
After dismantling Newark Charter 14-1 in five innings to open its season, the Sussex Academy...

Cape baseball shuts out Cavs and Bucs

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape baseball team used the long ball and lights-out pitching to out-duel Middletown 10-0 March...

Williams’ hat trick powers Sussex Academy past...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Prior to an intense week ahead that will see Sussex Academy girls’ soccer face Saint Mark’s at home...

Cape boys’ tennis grounds the Eagles 5-0

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape boys’ tennis team put two more wins in the books with a 5-0 victory over Smyrna March 27...

Cape softball shuts out Milford 10-0

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Cape softball team used a balanced offensive attack and tough no-hit pitching by Abby Marsh to...

Delmarva Christian girls’ soccer slips past Milford...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Going 1-2 through the first three games, the Delmarva Christian girls’ soccer team had an up-and-...

Cape girls’ lax tags Broadneck 17-11 in battle of...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team crossed the Bay Bridge March 29 for an 11 a.m. game against the...

Cape wins first match of 2025

Fritz Schrank
1 month ago
The Cape golf team began its 2025 season with a flourish, defeating Smyrna 165-190 on the front...

New Castle County’s opening days for trout set April...

Eric Burnley
1 month ago
At 7 a.m., Saturday, April 5, trout season will open in New Castle County for young folks 16 and...

My NCAA basketball favorites are doing well

Sumner Spence
1 month ago
There will be a new champion in men’s college basketball because the University of Connecticut, who...

Athletes of the Week March 28

1 month ago
Geoff Davis Geoff began wrestling in eighth grade at Mariner Middle School in Milton. Last year, he...

Remembering people at their best and knowing where...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Interior decorator - I don’t have the talent to coordinate colors in a room or on my body. I’m not...

Fred Thomas track wins first ever meet

Tim Bamforth
1 month ago
On a cool and windy afternoon March 26, the Fred Thomas Middle School track & field teams won...

Seahawks soar above Ravens to kick season off with 3...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Seeming to pick up where they left off in their domination of the Henlopen Conference, the Sussex...

Delmarva Christian softball opens season against...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
In the first game of the year, the Delmarva Christian softball team had to host Indian River and...

Cape trio sails one last time together for Blue-Gold...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team sent Havyn Greene, Hayden Hudson and Faith Re to the 2025 Delaware...

Gold team powers to 112-109 victory over Blue in all...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Delaware high school basketball fans were treated to quite the spectacle at Smryna High School...

Seahawks’ volleyball season takes flight against...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Boys’ volleyball is underway at Sussex Academy after the rebuilding Seahawks opened the season with...

Delmarva racing community loses a legend

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
The Delmarva racing community lost one of its links to NASCAR March 15, with the passing of the...

Cape lacrosse wins at Queen Anne’s 9-8 in another...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team escaped Queen Anne’s March 26, with a 9-8 victory and head to...

Cape volleyball wins battle with the Royals

Dan Cook
1 month ago
The Delmarva Christian and Cape Henlopen boys’ volleyball teams met for the opening match of the...

Cape boys’ lax falls to Bullis, runs the clock on...

Dan Cook
1 month ago
One day after a tough 13-6 loss to nationally ranked Bullis March 24, the Cape boys’ lacrosse team...

Cape girls’ lax opens season with 19-1 win over...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
A young Cape girls’ lacrosse team ran the clock on visiting Polytech 19-1 March 24 to open the 2025...

Time to name Cape’s wrestling room ‘Matty Dome’ to...

Dave Frederick
1 month ago
Rastling room - Wrestling rooms across America have a dens-to-dungeons quality with the aroma of...

Seahawks set to defend Henlopen South title in boys’...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
A Henlopen South title wasn’t enough to get the Sussex Academy boys’ lacrosse team into the state...

Royals volleyball reaches into the past to help out...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Jim Berger is back at the helm for Delmarva Christian volleyball, leading the boys' team for the...

Young Seahawks welcome challenging schedule in softball

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
Despite a losing record in 2024, Sussex Academy softball made the state tournament thanks in large...

Sussex Academy baseball continues to build a foundation

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 month ago
With a trio of seniors, a young core returning for their freshman year, and a few freshmen set to...