Sports

Last Rites of Summer beach volleyball tourney set...

1 year ago
Beach volleyball players from up and down the East Coast will soon converge on Rehoboth Beach for...

Phillies seem to be getting back on track

1 year ago
The Phillies have been playing better over the past week and they have won five straight to...

Athletes of the Week Sept. 6

1 year ago
Navin Duffy Cape football coach Mike Frederick says of player Navin Duffy: “Cape football had an X-...

Game with giant goals and a big ol’ ball ends in...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Kick ball - I can go hovering drone in my mind (some go to Carolina) looking down at a...

Prediction 5K winner 1.42 seconds off guessed time

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The Seashore Striders wrapped up the summer last weekend at Grove Park in Rehoboth Beach with the...

Dewey Beach Sprint Triathlon set Sept. 14

1 year ago
The Dewey Beach Sprint Triathlon is scheduled to take place at 8 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 14, from...

Sussex Academy puts a ribbon on preseason with 2-0...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Reigning DIAA Division II soccer champion Sussex Academy concluded its preseason Sept. 3, with a 2-...

Cape soccer ties Delmar 0-0 in season opener

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ soccer squad started its 2024 season with a scoreless tie against Delmar Sept. 3 at...

Delmarva Christian field hockey believes in young...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
For the first time in nearly a decade and just the second time in program history, Delmarva...

Running is No. 1 at Sesame Street by the Sea

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Running mecca - The No. 1 local sport here at Sesame Street by the Sea – when you factor in athlete...

Delmarva Christian volleyball sets up for a quality...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
If you hear the Moose Floor being rocked at Delmarva Christian this fall, it’s not an earthquake,...

Cape soccer wraps up preseason with Bayside/Henlopen...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Cape boys’ soccer concluded its 2024 preseason undefeated after prevailing against Maryland schools...

AAU Junior Olympics medalist has ties to Sussex County

1 year ago
A medalist in the 2024 Junior Olympic Games in Greensboro, N.C., Lanah Lucas, age 12, is the...

America’s pastime celebrated with Base Ball at the...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Villages of Five Points was thrown back into the past Aug. 24, as the Lewes Base Ball Club...

A strange year for fishing

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
It has been a rough summer for those who enjoy catching and keeping summer flounder. The water...

Trouble on the left and the right

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The par three sixth hole at Lancaster Country Club looks both pretty and unthreatening when seen...

Cape football opens season with win over Red Lion

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape football team started the 2024 season Aug. 29, with a 20-13 victory over Red Lion...

A look at the upcoming NFL season

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The Kansas City Chiefs are going to try to win three straight Super Bowls. This will put a lot of...

Athletes of the Week Aug. 30

1 year ago
Trey Batson Trey is a versatile football stud and only a junior at Cape. He is 6-foot-2, 265 pounds...

Memory Lane: Sports history may just roll up your...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Roll deep - Elijah Shockley-Taylor, a junior on the Cape football team, sat in a white Toyota...

Seashore Striders Summer Series wraps up

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The 34th Seashore Striders Summer Series wrapped up a few weeks back with the Race for the Paws 5K...

Sussex Academy soccer preparing for title defense in...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
For the first time in program history, Sussex Academy soccer captured the DIAA Division II state...

Seahawks field hockey eyes a successful 2024

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Having punched a ticket into the second round of the DIAA Division II state tournament with their...

Outlet Liquors and Watermelon 5Ks held on back-to...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Races2Run had back-to-back 5K races last weekend at the beach. The Outlet Liquors 5K held Aug. 24...

Cape volleyball holds four-team scrimmage

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Cape volleyball hosted three tough local teams Aug. 27 for a final tune-up play day. Playing along...

Sussex Academy volleyball play day provides an early...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Sussex Academy welcomed girls’ volleyball squads from Delmarva Christian, Indian River, Middletown...

Cape football holds scrimmage with Appo

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape football team took to the turf of Legends Stadium Aug. 22, to face a tough Appoquinimink...

Delmarva Christian boys’ soccer sees a greener pitch...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
A wave of youth players and a core of returning starters has the Delmarva Christian soccer team...

Sussex Academy runners ramping up for 2024 season

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Cross country at Sussex Academy is serious business. “Last year, the boys and the girls were both...

Cape volleyball hosts annual play day

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape volleyball team hosted its annual Play Day at the Beach Aug. 24, when 10 teams from...

Cape hockey gears up for tough September

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape field hockey rocked and rolled through a final play day Aug. 23 at Champions Stadium, battling...

Gifted bacon and melon balls make me a one-armed...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Kitchen guy - I was waiting for runners to return to the finish line at Saturday morning’s Outlet...

LYC/SFY swim team has a season to remember

Ron MacArthur
1 year ago
The summer swim season is a memory now. And it’s a great memory for the Lewes Yacht Club/Sussex...

Fusion lax hits the beach at Cape

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The annual visit of Fusion Lacrosse to Cape Henlopen State Park took place Aug. 12-15, when more...

Cape soccer hosts 18 team play day

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ soccer team hosted an 18-team play day Aug. 24, at the Cape Henlopen athletic...

Bryan brothers capture third consecutive Wimbledon...

1 year ago
Mike and Bob Bryan have once again demonstrated their enduring legacy in tennis by capturing their...

Delaware Junior Golf Scholarship Fund recipients...

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The Delaware Junior Golf Scholarship Fund recently recognized and awarded several high school...

Bethany Blues softball team captures women’s senior...

1 year ago
The Rehoboth Women’s Senior Softball League wrapped up its season Aug. 20, and the Bethany Blues...

Yes, it’s time to think about fall fishing

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
That’s right – fall is sneaking up on us, and soon the little darlings will be back in school, the...

The Phillies better get their act together

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
Even though the Phillies are most likely going to win the National League East Division over the...

Athletes of Week Aug. 23

1 year ago
Evan Burris This rising senior is returning as a central attacking midfielder for the varsity Cape...

Reflections on Rainbow Demolition, sports and politics

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Connections: politics and sports - Susan and I were in the stands about 1992 at Maryland as the...

Fire Fightin’ 5K brings out 267 runners in Rehoboth...

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The 10th edition of the Rehoboth Beach Fire Fightin’ 5K took place Aug. 18 in front of Rehoboth...

Bump, set, spike - Sussex Academy volleyball ready...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Sussex Academy volleyball is hoping an influx of underclassmen combined with experienced winners...

Cape volleyball back with a force

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The 2024 edition of the Cape volleyball squad is back and looking to improve on its 9-7 2023...

Vintage Base Ball at the Beach matches set Aug. 24

1 year ago
Lewes Base Ball Club will continue its season Saturday, Aug. 24, against the Rising Sun Base Ball...

Area roller derby team to end season Aug. 25 in Dover

1 year ago
Southern Delaware Roller Derby will wrap up its 2024 season Sunday, Aug. 25, when amazing skaters...

Elton Brand and son train in Rehoboth Beach

1 year ago
Former NBA all-star and current Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Elton Brand recently visited...

Cape football bangs heads with Caravel in shortened...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Fans along the fence who follow Cape Henlopen football are asking the wrong questions. Can we get...

Atlantic Cup scrums at Hudson Fields

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The 51st Atlantic Cup Rugby Tournament was held Aug. 17 at Hudson Fields near Milton. The Atlantic...

Tip-top teens dominate leaderboard in Community...

1 year ago
The second annual Community Matters 5K saw 193 runners finish Aug. 10 in Dewey Beach. Just six...

False start for kids’ race is funny if you’re a 50...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
No-class clown - A bunch of youngsters lined up on Rehoboth Avenue at 7:50 a.m. Aug. 18 for the two...

Lewes bocce player nails perfect score

1 year ago
Every Monday night, weather permitting, a group of bocce players from Pilottown Village and...

Vikings Basketball Camp a slam dunk at Beacon

Dan Cook
1 year ago
More than 35 young Michael Jordans and Caitlin Clarks learned fundamentals as well as advanced...

Cape hockey reconfigures for 2024 season

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape field hockey doesn’t reload, it reconfigures. The Vikings have won 11 Division I state titles...

Are they finally getting the idea?

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
Last week, I received two press releases, one from NOAA Fisheries and one from the Mid-Atlantic...

Fink wins pro title at World Championship of...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The 2024 Zap Pro/Am World Championship of Skimboarding was held Aug. 9-11 on McKinley Avenue in...

Athletes of the Week Aug. 16

1 year ago
Matt Baran This goalie helped lead the Jack Lingo 30+ team to an 11-2 victory over the HD...

Taylor the composite Cape kid leaves the pitch too...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Sad Songs - “If you don’t know me by now you will never never know me.” – Harold Melvin and the...

Maggie’s Mile honors the memory of Maggie Browne

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
Riding on the wave of excitement about Cole Hocker’s win in the 1,500 meters at the Paris Olympics...