Sports

Cape wrestling shuts down Smyrna 46-24

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Smyrna led the Cape wrestling team 18-15 after seven of 14 bouts in a Feb. 5 match that started at...

Dogs on the run are fun until you trip over one

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Bully for you - My exact same age running friend Leo Hannigan, 77, was finishing the Run to the...

Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball tames Dragons...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball team is just two games away from finishing its ESIAC...

Sussex Academy girls earn wins over Holly Grove,...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Planes taking off and landing at Delaware Coastal Airport might want to be on the lookout for...

Sussex Academy supporters storm court following...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
In a battle between birds, it might be best to have the wind at one’s back, especially if one side...

Cape girls’ basketball defeats Central at Block ALS...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team got 21 points, seven rebounds and two blocks from sophomore Amalia...

Cape swimming defeats IR on Senior Night

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape swim teams celebrated their Class of 2024 swimmers Feb. 2, with a 115-52 boys’ victory and...

Cape unified basketball falls to Middletown

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape unified basketball team ran into a powerful Middletown team Feb. 1 on the Vikings’ home...

Cape wrestling wins pair of weekend matches

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
“What the heck was that?'' Cape fans were asking after Cape’s hard-earned victory over Lake Forest...

Belgian rookie makes first LPGA paycheck

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Manon De Roey of Belgium was among more than two dozen rookies making up about up 20% of the field...

Be prepared when fishing alone

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
I have a friend in Virginia who recently ran his boat out into the ocean about 20 miles to go tog...

No more predictions for me

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
Last week, I said I was nervous about the 76ers’ prospects if Joel Embiid or Tyrese Maxey were to...

Athletes of the Week Feb. 2

1 year ago
Sara Davis A junior at Cape, Sara Davis is in her second year as an athlete on the unified...

Matside Muppets bring a softer side to sometimes...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Matside Muppets - Cape wrestling’s 38-25 win over Caesar Rodney Jan. 31 followed 20 middle school...

Delaware track & field athletes head to Maryland for...

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The Delaware Indoor Track State Championships will be held at Prince George Learning Center in...

Beacon wrestling defeats Mariner 58-27

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Beacon versus Mariner Wednesday afternoon Big House rivalry meet featured 20 bouts, beginning...

Cape swimming wins meet over the Riders

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape swim teams continued to perform well with wins over Caesar Rodney at the Boys & Girls...

Cape wrestling defeats Caesar Rodney 37-25

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape wrestling won eight of 14 bouts against visiting Caesar Rodney Jan. 31 to claim a 37-25...

Cape girls' basketball overcomes slow start to...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
A very good Sussex Tech team took advantage of a sleepwalking Cape girls’ basketball team early in...

Cape swimming scores wins over Sussex Tech squads...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Winter weather and swimming just don’t seem to mix. Following a trio of postponements due to...

Sussex Tech boys pull away to beat Cape 44-33

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team will enter the season's final month on a three-game losing streak...

Cape’s Mike Frederick named 3A Coach of the Year at...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape Henlopen High School football coach Mike Frederick, who led the Vikings to the 3A state finals...

Mariner boys’ basketball squeaks by Beacon

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Mariner Middle School boys’ basketball team garnered district bragging rights for 2024 as they...

Beacon girls’ basketball tops Mariner 38-15

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Beacon and Mariner girls’ basketball teams took to the hardwood at Cape Henlopen High School...

Sports are jargonistic language takes on different...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Hard charging - It just made me laugh because the phrase "bull in a china shop" aptly describes the...

Seahawks’ Senior Night is one to remember

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Sussex Academy’s Class of 2024 swimmers wrapped up their final home dual meet Jan. 26 against...

Cape girls’ basketball falls to Dover 64-59

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ basketball squad was hoping for at least a share of the Henlopen North division...

Cape boys’ basketball drops close game to St. Vincent

Dan Cook
1 year ago
A talent-laden St. Vincent basketball team, one of the top Maryland private schools, traveled east...

Cape swimming downs Dover

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape swim teams were missing key swimmers, but had little trouble defeating Dover Jan. 26 at...

Cape unified basketball takes win over Polytech 55-50

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape unified basketball team battled for four tough quarters to earn a well-deserved 55-50...

Cape wrestling wins at William Penn, loses at DMA

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape wrestling traveled north Jan. 27 to wrestle two top-tier opponents 10 miles apart. The Vikings...

Melissa Pryor drops 71 pounds in 2023

Chris Antonio
1 year ago
Melissa Pryor watched the numbers on the scale increase over time, and she knew she needed a change...

Lindy Duncan’s return to the LPGA

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The early starters at a professional golf tournament rarely receive close attention from the Golf...

Federal funds approved for IR inlet southside repairs

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
It appears that the southside of Indian River Inlet is going to get some much-needed attention. A...

Royals pounce on Jaguars 62-19 on Ashlee McCoy night

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Jan. 25 was a day Delmarva Christian School students were clad in pink and donning shirts featuring...

Delmarva Christian takes down Salisbury Christian 53...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Delmarva Christian Schools honored a family member they lost this past summer during Jan. 25...

Lots to talk about

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
It's NFL conference championship week, with the San Francisco 49ers facing the Detroit Lions, and...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 26

1 year ago
Ozmeer Daisey This Cape freshman has given the Vikings a spark off the bench this season and has...

NFL Championship Weekend best watched on mute

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Insulting intelligences - Speaking of sports, how many hours of programming do we need as a runup...

Double pole vault school records set by Fletcher,...

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen Vikings track & field teams, coming off a double conference championship last...

Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball remains...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball has kicked off 2024 the way they ended 2023, with a three-game...

Cape boys’ and girls’ swim teams remain unbeaten

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Vikings boys’ and girls’ swim teams each earned a 7-0 record with wins over the Bucs and Royals...

Cape takes down Dover 66-3 on Teacher Appreciation...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Teacher Appreciation Night recognition introduction took longer than the match that followed,...

Vikings stampede back to defeat the Riders

Dan Cook
1 year ago
With their team down 15 points in the second quarter, the Cape faithful started to get nervous that...

Sussex Academy swimming sweeps CR, IR in tri-meet

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Three top swimming programs in the Henlopen Conference – Sussex Academy, Caesar Rodney and Indian...

Polar Bear Plunge to support Delaware Special Olympics

1 year ago
One of Delaware’s largest fundraising events, the Special Olympics Delaware Lewes Polar Bear Plunge...

Cape wrestling tames Red Lion 49-20, moves on to...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape wrestling rode three falls and three forfeits to a convincing 49-20 home victory over Red Lion...

Linemen for Life make for good chiropractors

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Dr. Devin Miller - Devin Miller, a lineman for life, played for Cape and Wesley, a gifted 6-foot-5-...

Cape girls’ basketball powers past Polytech 66-27

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ basketball squad had little trouble picking up its third win in a row with a 66-27...

Sussex Academy threatens in first half, loses to IR

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Sussex Academy boys’ basketball team continued the growing pains of building a new program in...

IR’s Mya Whittington stars in win over Sussex Academy

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Sussex Academy girls’ basketball team had to battle both injuries and Indian River during a Jan...

Leps duo competes at Alvernia indoor meet

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
Brother-sister running duo Ruby and Whit Leps represented the Seashore Striders last week in their...

Golf tourism’s expanding presence in the Cape Region

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Last October, my wife Sue and I drove to the Cape May-Lewes Ferry terminal off Cape Henlopen Drive...

Bad news for striped bass

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
It seems that in spite of record numbers of spawning-size striped bass in the Hudson River last...

Elks Lodge holds Hoop Shoot

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Cape Henlopen Elks Lodge 2540 hosted its annual Hoop Shoot contest Jan. 14 at The Factory near...

Cape unified basketball team falls to Jays 40-22

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape unified basketball team played a tough, solid game with a fast and physical Seaford squad...

Cape track teams win Henlopen Conference Championships

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen girls’ and boys’ indoor track teams each won a Henlopen Conference team...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 19

1 year ago
Jason Baker Even Olympians sometimes struggle to even-split distance races, but Cape sophomore...

The Eagles season comes to a close

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
On Monday night, the disappointing Eagles season officially come to an ugly end, as they lost in...

The best is behind you; the better is in front

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Simply the best - Remembering people at their best is a credo I follow as a columnist when...