Sports

Sussex Academy soccer sails to 5-0 win over Spartans

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Three hundred twenty-nine minutes of soccer in the wild Delmarva spring weather have been played...

Seahawks walk it off against Blue Jays in 10th inning

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Sussex Academy baseball clinched its first win over a Henlopen Conference opponent this season in...

Cape boys’ lax uses late run to put away Caesar...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team won a crucial Henlopen Conference game at Caesar Rodney April 16 by a...

Cape boys’ tennis downs Seahawks 4-1

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ tennis team moved to 4-1 on the season with a 4-1 win over Sussex Academy April 15...

Smiley and the Smiler win CoDel marathon titles

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The irony and the agony - On Sunday morning, I worked the happy trails of the Coastal Delaware...

Delmarva Christian volleyball upends Sussex Academy 3-1

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
An emotionally charged Sussex Academy boys’ volleyball team won the first set against its local...

Cape girls’ lax tops Sussex Academy 19-6

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Dial 227 fast to order a pizza after the game. Dial lax fast to watch the Cape girls’ lacrosse team...

Petty family to be honored during Dover race weekend

1 year ago
The yearlong celebration of the Petty family’s 75th anniversary in NASCAR comes to Dover Motor...

Sussex Academy avenges conference title game loss to...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Sussex Academy girls’ soccer avenged a loss to Polytech in the Henlopen Conference Championship...

Cape volleyball shuts out Riders 3-0

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ volleyball team moved to 5-1 with a 25-19, 26-24, 25-17 victory over Caesar Rodney...

Indian River softball outlasts Cape for 9-8 win

Dan Cook
1 year ago
In weather more suited for a team of ducks April 11, the Cape softball squad’s comeback came up...

Going low doesn’t guarantee a golf win

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen High School golf team learned that no matter how well you play, on any given day...

More memories – some entertaining, others emotional

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
From what I have written in the past two weeks, you might think the New York Metropolitan Outdoor...

Athletes of the Week April 12

1 year ago
Ava Brown AB is a sophomore forward on the Cape girls' soccer team. Her first-half hat...

Lewes Base Ball Club sets first home game April 21

1 year ago
The Lewes Base Ball Club will host its first home game Saturday, April 21, against the Fair Play...

Mostly basketball with a little bit of golf

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
This is one of the busiest times of the year for the sports calendar. Congratulations to the...

One-trick Poppy: Falling back to one game a day

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
One-trick Poppy - There are more streamers than the Philly New Year's Day Mummers Parade at most...

Locals compete in Cherry Blossom 10-Miler

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
Last weekend was the Cherry Blossom 10-Miler in Washington, D.C., with a large group of locals...

Seahawks spread the love in 11-8 boys’ lax victory...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Flipping the script on the ancient battle of felines and raptors, it was the Seahawks pouncing on...

Cape softball blanks Seahawks 10-0

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Local rivals Sussex Academy and Cape Henlopen were locked in a scoreless draw after two innings on...

Cape girls’ tennis powers past Seaford

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ tennis squad moved to 2-0 with a 5-0 victory over visiting Seaford April 9 on the...

Cape boys’ tennis smashes Seaford 5-0

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ tennis team shut out Seaford April 9, as it moved to 2-0 with a 5-0 win over the...

Cape comeback comes up short against The Hill School

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape comeback at Champions Stadium came up a goal short April 10, as the boys’ lacrosse team...

Cape lacrosse girls eclipse Polytech 20-3

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape lacrosse girls ran the roster at the Polytech Panthers April 8 in Woodside, using...

Cape baseball downs the Bucs in premier matchup

Dan Cook
1 year ago
In a matchup between No. 1 Cape and No. 2 Caravel at Chris Short Field April 10, the Vikings took a...

Brown’s first-half hat trick seals the deal for Cape...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
A hungry Vikings attack combined with a defense that denied everything spelled doom for the Dover...

Cape boys’ lacrosse wins 12-6 at Sts. Peter & Paul

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team won an afternoon game April 8 at Sts. Peter & Paul in Easton, Md...

Cape volleyball grounds the Seahawks 3-0

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape volleyball squad got back in the W column with a 25-8, 25-14 and 25-20 victory over Sussex...

Soap opera sports just a proliferation of pundits

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cognition crazies - Perhaps women's college basketball was better off before the crazies without...

Cape lacrosse girls now 4-0 with wins over Kent...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape girls’ lacrosse front-loaded the schedule with Maryland schools, starting the season with an 8...

Sussex Academy unable to overcome errors against...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
If the Sussex Academy softball team could take away the top half of the second inning in their...

Cape baseball downs Dover, Appo

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Lights-out pitching, timely hits and stolen bases led the Vikings to a 5-1 win over Dover and a 10-...

Cape volleyball falls to Sallies 3-0

Dan Cook
1 year ago
It was a matchup of the 2023 DIAA State Tournament final between the Vikings and Salesianum School...

Children’s Beach House golf fundraiser set for May 20

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Children’s Beach House will hold its 20th annual charity golf fundraiser Monday, May 20, at the...

Memory Lane is a great place to visit in bad weather

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
The more I read Vin Sparano’s “Wit and Wisdom of An Old Outdoor Guy,” the more memories it brings...

The Final Fours and the Phillies

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
For the first time in a long while, both the men’s and women’s Final Four feature two teams from...

Athletes of the Week April 5

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Mason Fluharty Solid as a block, Mason is destined for the big leagues. The left-handed pitcher...

Genetic predisposition for excellence in sports? -...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Logomotion three-balls - Change the haircut, put on multiple pairs of floppy socks, change the TV...

Sizable First State contingent heading to Cherry...

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
A group of 72 runners from Delaware will compete this weekend in the annual Cherry Blossom 10-miler...

Cape boys’ basketball team holds awards banquet

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ basketball squad held its end-of-season banquet March 26 at Irish Eyes in Lewes,...

Delaware Football Club expanding into Cape Region

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
After finding immense success in northern Delaware, Delaware Football Club is expanding its...

Cape boys’ lacrosse falls to LaSalle Explorers 15-9

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team lost 15-9 to the LaSalle Explorers Wednesday afternoon in a game...

Bethany Bunny Palooza 5K draws 700

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Holy Saturday, Batman! The straight-shot, one-way Kiddle K was the undercard followed by 500 5K...

Community impact players Ayers and Lofland leave...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Garland Ayers - Garland died last week, and we are selfishly sad because someone who openly loved...

PBR bucks back to OCMD May 31-June 2

1 year ago
For the third consecutive season, the Professional Bull Riders Challenger Series will buck into...

Manlove scores eight in Seahawks’ 18-4 win over Kent...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Early spring may have brought cold, wind and showers to Sussex County, but the Sussex Academy girls...

Cape golf team goes lower

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The Cape golf team went lower again with a March 26 home victory against Lake Forest at Rehoboth...

Horseshoe crabs must be protected, but not added to...

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
There is a movement by some conservation groups to make the horseshoe crab an endangered species...

Opening day is finally here

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The Philadelphia Phillies start their regular season Friday, March 29, against the Atlanta Braves...

Athletes of the Week March 29

1 year ago
Lindsey D’Ambrogi The Corrigan Kid roams the attack zone for the Cape girls’ lacrosse team wearing...

Preacher man Paulen wins four golds at national...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Bob Paulen - A great guy, athlete, and 86-year-old Yale Doctor of Divinity, Bob lives in downtown...

Cape girls’ track wins Cambridge Classic

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ track team kicked off its season on the right foot (or spike) by winning the 17-...

IR baseball uses big sixth to down Sussex Academy

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Sussex Academy baseball team opened its 2024 season with a 26-6 victory over First State...

Sussex Academy soccer dominates Bulldogs

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Expectations remain high for the Sussex Academy girls’ soccer team following its 8-0 victory over...

Sussex Academy slips by Beacon 2-1 as rivals clash...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
A former Cape district student scored Sussex Academy’s first goal in the Seahawks’ 2-1 victory over...

Cape boys’ lax wakes up and holds back Tatnall 10-5

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Tatnall boys’ lacrosse team led Cape 3-0 in the first quarter of the March 27 matchup at...

Delmarva Christian softball makes quick work of Auks...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Delmarva Christian pitchers Kylie McCabe and Lily Hutt combined for a two-hit 17-0 shutout of...

Cape volleyball powers over Dover

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ volleyball team’s experience propelled the Vikings past Dover 25-7, 25-7, 25-14...

Cape baseball shuts out CR 7-0

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Cape junior pitcher Brad Marks picked up his second win of the season in a 7-0 victory over Caesar...

Sussex Family YMCA swimmers shine at districts

1 year ago
Swimmers from Sussex Family YMCA took a trip across the Bay Bridge March 15-17 to compete against...