Sports

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...

Sussex Academy loses heartbreaker to Selbyville Middle

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Sussex Academy boys’ basketball team nearly won its fifth game in a row Jan. 17. Unfortunately...

Seahawks soar over Indians on the wings of Reilly...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
In a tense thriller in Selbyville, the Sussex Academy girl’s basketball team walked away...

The portal is passed down, enticing younger players...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Your first mistake - There is no space between assessment and action for the prime-time athlete...

Cape wrestlers win Panther Invitational

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Four members of the Cape Henlopen wrestling team won their weight class and the team won the title...

Cape’s leaders step up in 65-49 victory over Milford

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team treated the Vikings faithful at the Big House to a 9-0 run to start...

Cape girls’ basketball runs past Milford

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Milford girls’ basketball team scored the first two points of the game, but then it was all...

Indians stave off Vikings in unified basketball action

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Cape unified basketball team took on Indian River Jan. 11 in their second game of the season...

Looking into the crystal ball for 2024 fishing

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at what the government is going to allow us to catch in 2024. This...

Southern Delaware Golf Club opens pro shop, seeks...

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Several hundred golfers, their spouses and significant others flocked to the new pro shop at...

One last chance for the Eagles

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The Philadelphia Eagles are limping into the playoffs as a fifth seed against the Tampa Bay...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 12

1 year ago
Brady Cole This senior Cape grappler shows up in the lineup at 157 or 165 pounds. He has evolved...

Two sports in the same season was old-school Cape

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Six-sport athletes - Randy Johnson, Cape Class of 1977, lived on School Lane off Savannah Road in...

Track athletes running toward conference meets

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The Cape indoor track girls and boys went their separate ways last weekend. The girls traveled...

Smyrna boys’ basketball evens season series against...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team is still looking to get in the winning-record column in 2024 after...

Mariner girls’ basketball comes from 17 down to...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Mariner Middle School girls’ basketball team remained undefeated at 5-0 with a 29-22 victory...

Mariner boys’ basketball outlasts the Knights

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Mariner and Millsboro middle school boys’ basketball teams jousted for 32 minutes Jan. 8, and...

Cape wrestling tames Polytech Panthers 52-18

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Cape wrestling won 10 of 14 bouts at Polytech Jan. 8 en route to a 52-18 team victory. The Vikings...

Reading the lips of the fans in the stands

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
He dropped it! - I thought I was ambivalent as to the outcome of the Indianapolis Colts...

Cape unified basketball tips off 2024 season

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen unified basketball team welcomed Caesar Rodney to the Big House Jan. 5. The...

Cape girls’ basketball saddles Riders by 39

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ basketball bench players contributed 23 points and 17 rebounds in a 61-22 victory...

Burton Christie – the new LPGA club fitter

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The Ladies Professional Golf Association has a new club fitter. Burton Christie of San Antonio,...

January offers plenty to do outdoors

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
Believe it or not, there is much to do outdoors in January. There are deer hunting seasons, and the...

Spartans shoot down Seahawks in girls’ hoops

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The good news for the girls hooping it up at Sussex Academy is that two of their key players are...

Wow, that was ugly!

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
On Sunday, the Eagles lost possibly their worst game of the season, when they fell by the score of...

Athletes of the Week Jan. 5

1 year ago
Luke Arnold-Decyk Luke looks like a natural 190-pounder. He’s a big, strong wrestler with no body...

Stoop culture from Brooklyn to Philly is about...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Stoop culture - Spawned from the steps of Brooklyn and Philly swim storytelling and clever joke...

Race Into the New Year 5K draws record field

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The final event of 2023 for the Seashore Striders was held at noon, Dec. 31, in the Nation’s Summer...

Gabriel Hill records Seahawks’ first pin in Henlopen...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Sussex Academy wrestling program recorded its first pin in a Henlopen South meet Jan. 3 against...

Beacon girls’ basketball remains undefeated with win...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Beacon Middle School girls’ basketball team moved to 6-0 Jan. 3, with a 42-27 win over Milford...

Beacon boys’ basketball falls to Bucs 51-27

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Beacon boys’ basketball squad played hard, but couldn’t overcome a big, fast Milford team Jan...

Golden Knights outlast Cape wrestling 36-28

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Sussex Central at Cape Henlopen wrestling Jan. 3 at Cape’s Big House featured two top-tier teams in...

A pack of 315 runs Hair of the Dog 5K on New Year’s Day

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The 13th annual New Year’s Day Hair of the Dog 5K in Bethany Beach ironically starts on a parkway (...

Pop Tart and the Mad Stork from Cape’s Class of 1999

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Pop Tarts Bowl - Played Dec. 28 in Orlando, Fla., and won by Kansas State 28-19 over N.C...

Georgetown Middle’s Jourdy Perez-Lopez begins boxing...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
As the sports scene continues to grow in the Cape Region, a former high school runner is hoping to...

Delmarva Christian hosts Alumni Day

1 year ago
Delmarva Christian High School welcomed alumni back to their alma mater Dec. 16, for a day filled...

Cape Region Golf Year in Review – 2023

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Dec. 31 marks the end of this column’s 25th year and a busy 12 months of Cape Region golf. ...

What anglers should expect in 2024

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
If you enjoy fishing for flounder, then 2024 is not going to be as much fun as 2023. The fine folks...

Eagles get on track... kind of

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
On Christmas day, the Eagles were able to squeak past the New York Giants by the score 30-25, but...

Athletes of the Week Dec. 29

1 year ago
Kevin Lewandowski There's a distinct possibility that by the time one is done spelling...

Race out with the old, but keep racing into the new...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Days at the races - I’ll be back on the habitrail to anywhere on the last day of 2023...

Go from the couch to a 5K in just 10 weeks

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
Most want-to-be runners make the same mistake youth runners make when it comes to getting started...

Slam Dunk takes over Cape High

Kenny Riedel
1 year ago
Hoophall East Slam Dunk to the Beach returned to Lewes this week for a 14-game slate that boasts as...

OutTrain Performance athlete Wyatt Wright commits to...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
A linebacker who used to wreak havoc on Henlopen Conference backfields will now be patrolling the...

Cape boys fall short against Caravel

Kenny Riedel
1 year ago
A 16-point, nine-rebound night from senior big man Jack Schell wasn’t enough to rescue the Cape...

Cape girls’ basketball falls to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

Kenny Riedel
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen girls’ basketball team dropped its third game in four contests with a 43-35 loss...

Gatorade Player of the Year banners hang in the Big...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Gatorade Player of the Year - I took a photo of some new Gatorade Player of the Year banners...

Christmas carol parodies and more

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
This part of the year is steeped in tradition, and so it is time once again for the Christmas carol...

A Christmas to remember

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
Monday will be my 81st Christmas, and over the years, there have been a few that have stood out...

Royals upend Ravens in final seconds to move to 8-0

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Delmarva Christian is rolling following a thrilling 31-30 win over Sussex Tech Dec. 21 to move to 8...

Cape boys’ basketball falls to Lake

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team followed its lackluster performance against Dover with a 58-32 loss...

Maurki James to play football at Old Dominion

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Maurki James, with teammates gathered behind him in the Cape rotunda Dec. 20, signed to play...

Nothing’s going right for the Eagles

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
On Monday Night football, the Eagles lost a very tight game against the Seattle Seahawks by the...

Athletes of the Week Dec. 22

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Isaiah Ayers Isaiah was ball boy for Cape football under coach Bill Collick when he was 10 years...

Icons and goats: best not to poke the bears; history...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Iconic Cape teams - Teams that have won state championships over 50 years of sports history are not...