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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...
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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...
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...
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 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...
Royals baseball takes apart Christiana 11-0
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Delmarva Christian baseball squad shut out Christiana 11-0 March 25 in Georgetown to improve to...
Sussex Academy softball drops to 2-1 following loss...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
As inhospitable as the weather was in Dagsboro on a cold, windy day March 26, the Indian River...
Cape lacrosse girls roar over Queen Anne’s Lions 14-2
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team roared like a lion March 26 at Champions Stadium, coming out hot on a...
Spartans invade Royals’ pitch, claim 4-2 victory
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Coming into the March 25 match, the 2-0 Delmarva Christian girls’ soccer team was on a roll,...
Ravens fly past Vikings on Gabbert’s free-kick goals
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ soccer team started off fast in its 3-2 overtime loss March 25 at Sussex Tech, as c...
Bracket-head Fred hits billows of pillows recalling...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Bracket-head Fred - I watched Creighton beat Oregon in double overtime Saturday past midnight, then...
Cape baseball on the Marks in defeat of Milford
Dan Cook
1 year ago
Cape junior transfer Brad Marks pitched a four-inning shutout March 21, allowing just two hits and...
Royals softball shoots down the Ducks
Dan Cook
1 year ago
After two tough losses, the Delmarva Christian softball team notched its first win March 22 with a...
Cape girls’ lax beats Broadneck 8-7 in closing...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
A warm rain, sideways off the sea, blowing east to west, doused the girls’ lacrosse players on the...
Cape boys’ lax beats Polytech 20-0 to open season
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team beat Polytech 20-0 March 22 at Legends Stadium behind hat tricks from...
Cape softball knocks off Bucs 13-3
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape softball squad kicked off the season off with a bang March 21, defeating Milford 13-3 in...
Sussex Academy flying high to start girls’ lax season
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The girls laxing it up at Sussex Academy are off to a red-hot start after defeating North Caroline...
Cape’s GK Burrell registers clean sheet, scores on...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
What better way to celebrate a birthday than with a clean sheet, three cookies and a trio of career...
Fun days running a charter boat business
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
I am reading a book, “Wit and Wisdom of An Old Outdoor Guy,” by Vin T. Sparano, who was my editor...
Sussex Academy golf downs Cape in opening match
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Sussex Academy golf coach Doug Grove summed it up, “We were lucky.” For the second straight year,...
Athletes of the Week March 22
1 year ago
Candace Britt
“Almost heaven, West Virginia.” Candace Britt, 37, is the mountain momma who...
Good thing the Phillies’ season hasn’t started yet
Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The last week of spring training for the Phillies has not been going well. They haven't won many...
Sports stories fun to tell but harder to write and...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Telling stories - A lyric from the Tracy Chapman song, “Telling Stories,” released in 2000: “There...
Vikings Track Club competes in Virginia Beach
Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The Vikings Track Club traveled south four hours to the Virginia Beach Sports Complex March 17 to...
Sussex Academy girls look to serve up wins in ’24
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
As they continue to grow as a program, the girls of the Sussex Academy tennis team hope to elevate...
Boys’ tennis at Sussex Academy excited for season
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
With fresh, new courts to attract players, the Sussex Academy boys’ tennis program had a record...
Sussex Academy looking to earn respect on the diamond
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
To soar with some of the big programs in the Henlopen Conference, the Sussex Academy baseball team...
Indian River wins semifinal rematch vs. Delmarva...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Windblown waves of dirt coming across the Indian River infield conjured up images of barren...
Cape volleyball shuts out Sussex Academy 3-0
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ volleyball squad kicked off its 2024 season with a 3-0 shutout of Sussex Academy...
Sussex Academy softball walks off Charter
Dan Cook
1 year ago
After taking a 13-12 lead in the top of the sixth inning, the Wilmington Charter softball team was...
Sussex Academy boys’ soccer team receives state...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
On the day of winter’s final stand, it was fitting that Sussex Academy’s state championship-winning...
Cape boys’ tennis rebuilding for 2024 season
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen boys’ tennis team has a new look this spring and hopes to duplicate the winning...
Rings around the rotunda a celebration of 2023 field...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
It was rings around the Cape rotunda March 19 on the spring equinox as the sun sank below the...
Cape girls’ tennis aims high this spring
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ tennis team returns most of its 10-1 squad from last season, and players look to...
Sussex Academy girls’ soccer beats Cape in season...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Sussex Academy and Cape battled each other March 18 to kick off the 2024 girls’ soccer season for...
Sussex Academy boys’ volleyball building in 2024
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Last year, the Sussex Academy boys’ volleyball team made the state tournament after winning seven...
Italian guys win Shamrock Shuffle races
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Italian stallions - The Shamrock Shuffle 5K and 10-Miler races on St. Patrick’s Day inside Cape...
Royals ready to rumble, build up to more in 2024
Aaron R. Mushrush
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Details will be key to Delmarva Christian’s baseball team cracking the .500 mark for the first time...
Powerhouse play day propels Cape girls’ lax into...
Dave Frederick
1 year ago
An idyllic Friday afternoon March 15 on Lewes Beach, balmy weather, no wind, no bugs and few people...
Gold holds off Blue 160-159 in all-star game thriller
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Blue-Gold Boys’ Basketball All-Star Game started with a boom and ended with a bang as the Gold...
Cape and Delmarva Christian tune up for regular season
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Local rivals Delmarva Christian and Cape Henlopen got their girls’ soccer teams together on the...
Seahawks soar past Ravens 9-1 in preseason boys’...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Sussex Tech’s lacrosse program may have started well before Sussex Academy’s, but the on-field...
North prevails over South 105-78 in Blue-Gold girls’...
Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
In the annual postseason upstate-versus-downstate girls’ basketball game, it was the northern girls...
Cape boys’ volleyball hosts play day
Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ volleyball team hosted a nine-team play day March 16 for a final tune-up before the...
Fishing Indian River Inlet in 2024 will be different
Eric Burnley
1 year ago
I have been fishing Indian River Inlet for a very long time, but fishing it in 2024 will be...
Cape softball heats up the dirt on Bill Cordrey Field
Dan Cook
1 year ago
Experienced junior youth is one way to describe the Cape softball squad in 2024, as they send just...
Cape golf team preps for 2024 season
Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
A talented squad of veterans fills 10 of the 12 spots on the 2024 Cape Henlopen golf team. Among...
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