Sports

The Phillies better get off to a good start

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The Phillies continue to keep on spending a bunch of money to make this year a success. They signed...

Athletes of the Week March 8

1 year ago
Anthony Andrews A sophomore 120-pound wrestler for coach Scott Layfield’s Sussex Tech Ravens, this...

Vision Quest: seeing and assessing the sports world...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Vision Quest - Cape wrestling grappled at Sussex Tech Feb. 7, when the Ravens put a scare into the...

Locals finish strong at Tim Kennard 10-Miler

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
A large field of 444 runners and walkers took part in the 19th annual Tim Kennard 10-Miler, 5K and...

Cape baseball is looking tough for 2024

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape baseball squad is moving into the 2024 season with a mission to get back to Frawley...

Sussex Academy girls hope to replicate boys’ fall...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Last season, the Sussex Academy girls’ soccer team’s season ended in the second round of the state...

Cape girls’ soccer squad is optimistic heading into...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Cape soccer fans were treated to a run to the state title game by the boys' team last fall, and now...

Schaeffer honors state wrestling champ Austin Guerrieri

1 year ago
Sussex County Councilman Mark Schaeffer recently honored Cape Henlopen High School freshman Austin...

Cape volleyball reloads for 2024 season

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The 2023 DIAA boys’ volleyball state champions are working hard to return to the state tournament...

Blanket coverage of championship wrestling from the...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Blanket coverage - I was Pop Pop in the paddock last weekend, contagiously sick sitting under a...

Cape freshman Austin Guerrieri state champ at 106...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
A thrilling DIAA Individual State Wrestling Tournament at Cape Henlopen High School was headlined...

Dover defeats Delmarva Christian in DIAA tournament

Dan Cook
1 year ago
No. 10 Dover jumped out to a 13-2 lead on the way to a 49-37 win over No. 7 Delmarva Christian...

AJGA coming to Cape Region

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
The Cape Region continues to expand its reputation as a great place for junior golfers. Rehoboth...

Flounder regulations differ from NOAA proposal

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
The 2024 summer flounder regulations have been settled, and they are entirely different from those...

Sanford knocks off Cape in second round of boys’...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
After falling 60-35 to Sanford School in the second round of the DIAA Boys’ Basketball Tournament,...

Goals for the Phillies

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
I know they’re only a week-and-a-half into spring training, but there are some important things the...

Hundreds of athletes show up for first week of...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
We talkin’ practice - More than 100 boys and girls showed up on the first day of spring track...

Blue Ribbon Run-A-Thon highlights busy March race...

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
The second annual Blue Ribbon Run-A-Thon will be held Saturday, March 23, in Cape Henlopen State...

Athletes of the Week March 1

1 year ago
Connor Kugelmann A Cape senior wrestler heading to the University of Charleston in the fall, Connor...

Cape girls’ basketball falls to the Spartans in DIAA...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team’s season came to an end Feb. 28, with a 53-49 loss to Saint Mark’s...

Cape boys knock out Central 61-50 in DIAA first round

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
It’s not easy beating a team thrice in one season. But that’s just what No. 21 Cape managed to do...

Wrestling fans cheer for underdogs and upsets

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Upset specials - The Henlopen Conference wrestling finals Feb. 24 at Sussex Central’s...

Sussex Academy, Cape girls place well at DIAA Swim...

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Editor’s note: The boys’ competition is covered in a separate story. The Sussex Academy...

Sussex Central wins Henlopen Conference wrestling...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
A two-day conference wrestling tournament is like jet lag without time zones and solitary...

Cape’s JV achieves perfection with 17-0 season

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
A Cape girls’ basketball program has clinched an undefeated season for the second time in less than...

Cape boys swim to podium at UD

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Editor’s note: The girls’ swim championships will be covered in a separate story. The...

Discs abandoned at Cape Henlopen State Park donated...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. It might not be treasure buried in Cape Henlopen...

Spreading the love – and the dirt – where it needs...

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
A new construction project at The Rookery Golf Club near Milton aims to fix one of the problems...

Delaware trout season opens March 2, so be prepared

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
Delaware freshwater trout season will open in Sussex and Kent counties Saturday, March 2. Two ponds...

Spring training finally starts

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The Phillies have lots of expectations to live up to this year because of their progress in the...

Unsung is not unappreciated

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Noah Diamond - “Sweet Caroline” is a song by Neil Diamond that inspired a new generation of fans...

A look at Cape Region’s college track athletes

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
This week, I am dedicating my column to the local track & field athletes competing in college...

Athletes of the Week Feb. 23

1 year ago
Kha'Nihya Johnson A seventh-grade member of the undefeated Beacon girls' basketball team,...

Cape boys’ basketball finishes season 10-10

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
At 10-9, the Cape boys’ basketball team needed a win over a 12-7 Appoquinimink team Feb. 21 on...

Royals girls' basketball tames the Bulldogs 63-29

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball team celebrated the Class of 2024 with a 63-29 victory...

Cape football celebrates 2023 season

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape Henlopen football team celebrated its DIAA runner-up season Feb. 15 at Rehoboth Beach...

Royals boys’ basketball ends season with win

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Delmarva Christian boys’ basketball team finished its regular-season schedule at 12-9 with a 69...

Delmarva Christian’s JV defeats Wilmington Christian...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
For many players, junior varsity is a learning experience. “Essentially, we had four girls that...

Seasoned sports fans can hang tough all day long

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Hang tough - Parents, players, sportswriters and all connected cousins, uncles and aunts...

Mariner girls fall short Capital Classic final

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
The Mariner’s girls’ basketball team entered the final of the Capital Classic’s Hollywood Diner...

Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball wins ESIAC title

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball team came from seven points behind in the final two...

Beacon girls win Capital Classic to complete perfect...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Make it three in a row for the Beacon girls’ basketball team. Not wins. Perfect seasons. “I can't...

Cape girls pull away from Smyrna for seventh...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
In a tale of two halves between two 12-5 teams, the Cape Henlopen girls’ basketball team’s strong...

IR fights off Sussex Academy’s surging girls’...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Coming into the Feb. 15 game at Indian River, the Sussex Academy girls’ basketball team had won...

Sussex Central tops Cape 36-34 for wrestling title

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The flat and the furious was the storyline for Cape wrestling’s improbable 32-30 come-from-way-back...

The dew sweeper

Fritz Schranck
1 year ago
Seventy-three golfers played the Sunday final round at the 2023 ShopRite LPGA Classic. The field...

Pigs will be pigs, but clean up after yourself

Eric Burnley
1 year ago
People pollution is a serious problem in the waterways and on land, and while one person can’t make...

Youth Futsal League heats up the hardwood at Cape

Dan Cook
1 year ago
Tower Beach Football Club’s Youth Futsal League is providing younger soccer players with an...

The Chiefs are a dynasty

Sumner Spence
1 year ago
The Kansas City Chiefs won their third Super Bowl in five years. It was only the second overtime...

Athletes of the Week Feb. 16

1 year ago
Anna Mumford Just a freshman on the Sussex Academy swim team, Anna has made a big splash in the...

Gaining wisdom while losing perspective seems like a...

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
Gaining wisdom, losing perspective - I have always been wise beyond my years, but I’ve...

Local runner Joe LoBiondo crosses his final finish line

Tim Bamforth
1 year ago
Local runner, businessman, husband, father and grandfather Joe LoBiondo crossed his final finish...

Mariner boys fall to Woodbridge in Capital Classic

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Following back-to-back three-win seasons, the Mariner boys’ basketball team took a major step...

Mariner girls advance to Capital Classic final

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
Two Vikings vessels will descend upon Sussex Academy Saturday, Feb. 17, in an attempt to lay claim...

Cape wrestling advances to semifinals

Dave Frederick
1 year ago
The Cape wrestling team led Smyrna 28-27 in its dual-meet state tournament match Feb. 14, with only...

Royals boys’ basketball falls in ESIAC semis

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Gunston boys’ basketball team proved that it’s hard to beat a good team three times in a season...

Cape boys’ basketball wins sloppy game over Polytech

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape boys’ basketball team moved to 10-9 on the season with a 57-47 home win over Polytech Feb...

Delmarva Christian girls down Mallards in ESIAC semis

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Delmarva Christian girls’ basketball team outplayed Worcester Prep to a 51-17 win in the...

Beacon girls’ basketball advances to Capital Classic...

Aaron R. Mushrush
1 year ago
An unforgettable season continues for the girls hooping it up at Beacon Middle School. The 11-0...

Cape girls’ basketball grounds Ravens 57-32

Dan Cook
1 year ago
The Cape girls’ basketball team continues to roll through Henlopen Conference play, taking a 57-32...