Sports

Mortal muppets nestled inside the sock drawer of...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Marauding middle schoolers - A scheduled middle school cross country meet Oct. 29 at Killens Pond...

Beacon girls win DAAD XC championship

Tim Bamforth
6 months ago
Thirty teams and more than 900 athletes from up and down the state of Delaware converged on Killens...

Sussex Academy soccer secures Henlopen South title

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
A rain-drenched, wind-whipped 3-1 victory Oct. 29 over Indian River clinched the Henlopen South...

Sussex Academy XC teams win Henlopen South

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
Running is serious business at Sussex Academy, as the girls and boys that combine their campus with...

Seahawks fly past Sanford into second round of playoffs

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
A convincing 4-1 win over Sanford in the opening round of the DIAA Division II field hockey...

Sea Witch races draw nearly 800 runners

Tim Bamforth
6 months ago
A big Sea Witch weekend of racing took place in the local running mecca, as just under 800 ghosts...

Cape unified football defeats Newark Charter 40-14

Dan Cook
6 months ago
A little rain didn’t hinder the scoring prowess of the Cape unified flag football team, as it...

Forecast forces change to DIAA field hockey tournament

6 months ago
The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association, in consultation with the DIAA Field Hockey...

Cape soccer clinches North, heads to conference...

Dan Cook
6 months ago
Cape junior goalkeeper Anton Schierenberg stopped a pair of Sussex Central penalty kicks in the...

Shiny, happy people laughing at Sea Witch 5K

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Happy Together! Beautiful spirits and smiling faces. I don't know if I’ve ever been that happy on a...

Fast start propels Cape to 47-28 win over Dover

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
The Cape football team moved to 5-2 with a 47-28 win over Dover Oct. 24. Jameson Tingle opened the...

Sussex Academy crowned Henlopen South champs for...

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
Sussex Academy clinched its very first Henlopen South title in field hockey when Indian River’s 1-0...

Riders storm past Seahawks 2-1 to spoil Senior Night

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
The Sussex Academy boys' soccer team did something it hasn’t done since 2023 on Senior Night Oct...

Cape soccer wins over Dover

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Cape boys’ soccer team celebrated the Class of 2026 with a 4-1 victory over Dover Oct. 23 at...

Cape volleyball upsets Dover 3-1

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Cape volleyball team bolstered its postseason resume with a 12-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-23 victory...

Cape basketball preseason clinic heats up Vikings’ gym

Dan Cook
6 months ago
Cape basketball coach Steve Re’s preseason clinic was held Oct. 11, in the high school gymnasium...

UD women repeat winners of Blue Hen Invitational

Fritz Schranck
6 months ago
Rehoboth Beach Country Club must be one of the favorite golf courses of the University of Delaware...

Striped bass topic of ASMFC meeting in Dewey Beach

Eric Burnley
6 months ago
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will hold its annual meeting Tuesday, Oct. 28, and...

The World Series is set

Sumner Spence
6 months ago
The World Series matchup this year is the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the...

Athletes of the Week Oct. 24

6 months ago
Javier Morales-Roblero This Cape sophomore defensive lineman absolutely loves football and has...

Come get these sports memories

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
We Are the Champions! I lifted the following paragraph from Jay Futcher’s obituary, which appears...

Pagano runs through cow fields to win 5K

Tim Bamforth
6 months ago
Tim Pagano, 39, of Lewes raced through Hopkins Farm like he was being chased by the cows, as he was...

Cape sweeps Sussex County Cross Country Championships

Kenny Riedel
6 months ago
The Cape boys’ and girls’ cross country teams began their postseason push by sweeping the Sussex...

Sussex Academy volleyball wraps up historic season

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
Coming up just short of a Henlopen South title, the Sussex Academy volleyball team’s pursuit of the...

Mariner tops Beacon in battle of undefeated teams

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Mariner Middle School volleyball team moved to 9-0 on the season with a 25-23, 25-20 win over...

Seahawks soccer jumps on Lake 4-1

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Sussex Academy soccer team started slow, but powered to a 4-1 victory over Lake Forest Oct. 21...

Cape unified football downs the Blue Jays 36-34

Dan Cook
6 months ago
Cape senior Zane Richardson tallied six touchdowns to lead the Vikings to a 36-34 win over visiting...

Cape hockey rolls into postseason with 11-0 win over...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
The Cape field hockey team closed out the regular season at Dover on a sunny afternoon Oct. 21,...

Frantic fourth in Felton leads to Seahawks’ first...

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
A 3-2 loss to Lake Forest Oct. 21 dashed the Sussex Academy field hockey team’s hopes for an...

Coveleski and Consortium connections envelop Tommy C...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
The 12th annual Tommy C 5K and 1-Mile Walk attracted 70 runners and a like number of non-...

Cape’s Mason Fluharty headed to World Series

6 months ago
Former Cape Henlopen High School baseball player Mason Fluharty is heading to the World Series as a...

The world of school sports is full of surprise and...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Captain Marvel - Forty-five years a sports reporter, and I still feel great surprise and wonderment...

Battle of Georgetown goes to Homecoming-charged...

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
Playing to a packed crowd at Sussex Academy, the Seahawks and the Golden Knights of Sussex Central...

Sussex Academy volleyball grabs 11th win of season...

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
Facing a quick turnaround following a 3-0 loss to Henlopen South foe Indian River Oct. 16, the...

Sussex Academy field hockey dispatches IR 7-2 on...

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
All that stands between the Sussex Academy field hockey team and history is Lake Forest after the...

Tyndall’s field goal secures Cape’s 23-21 win

Dan Cook
6 months ago
It was a typical Sussex Central versus Cape Henlopen rivalry game Oct. 17, one where both teams’ 3-...

Vikings volleyball falls to CR in five

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Cape volleyball team lost a tough five-set match 19-25, 25-19, 18-25, 25-14, 7-15 to a scrappy...

Cape hockey wins 7-0 at CR for 13th shutout of season 

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
The Cape field hockey team’s goalie tandem of Izzy Mekulski and backup Jordynn Bowe are easygoing,...

Sussex Family YMCA expands with outdoor pickleball...

Gabrielle Ziegler
6 months ago
The Sussex Family YMCA celebrated the grand opening of its brand-new outdoor pickleball court Oct...

Lewes Yacht Club Foundation debuts 5K run fundraiser

Melissa Steele
6 months ago
Lewes Yacht Club President Sue Keller has thought about a 5K fundraiser for the club’s foundation...

Blue Hen Invitational set for Oct. 18-19

Fritz Schranck
6 months ago
The University of Delaware Lady Blue Hens women’s golf team hosts its 12 th annual Battle at the...

Conditions not ideal for Delaware Mobile Surf...

Eric Burnley
6 months ago
These are the results of the 19th annual Delaware Mobile Surf-Fishermen’s Tournament held the...

Cape soccer takes control of North with CR win

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Cape soccer team took a giant step to control its own destiny in the Henlopen Conference with a...

A wake-up call for the Eagles

Sumner Spence
6 months ago
I hope this mini bye week for the Eagles is a big wake-up call for the whole team. The offense...

Athletes of the Week Oct. 17

6 months ago
Jason Baker This senior on the Cape cross country team opened up the season with a 52-...

There are no dead heats in cross country races

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
Dead heat - I was heading to JV field hockey when I saw there was a middle school cross country...

Strong showing for Seahawks at Ugly Duckling...

Tim Bamforth
6 months ago
The Ugly Duckling High School and Middle School Invitational was held Oct. 11, at Killens Pond,...

Cape unified football falls to Indian River

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Cape unified flag football team moved to 2-2 on the season with a 68-38 loss to visiting Indian...

Delaware Seahawks beat Maryland Seahawks in field...

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
The Sussex Academy field hockey team had some early lows to begin its season, but after a 2-0...

Delmarva Christian soccer cages the Bulldogs 4-2

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
It all seemed to come together for the Delmarva Christian boys’ soccer team in its 4-2 victory over...

Cape hockey shuts out Newark Charter 3-0 on Senior...

Dave Frederick
6 months ago
A 3-0 Senior Night shutout over a 9-1 Newark Charter team moved the Cape field hockey team’s record...

UD women’s lacrosse team brings energy to fall...

6 months ago
The University of Delaware women’s lacrosse team returned to Champions Stadium at Cape Henlopen...

Delaware State celebrates 1985 MEAC champs

Dan Cook
6 months ago
On the eve of Delaware State University’s Homecoming, the university celebrated the 1985 Mid-...

Every athlete teaches life lessons

6 months ago
Harrington Harrier - Matt Sparacino, representing Races2Run in a Seashore Striders racing event,...

Cape-Smyrna shootout goes to the Eagles 42-34

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
Another chapter in the budding rivalry between Cape and Smyrna played out on the football field Oct...

Cape volleyball loses close one to Conrad

Dan Cook
6 months ago
Cape volleyball coach Tyler Coupe gave his longtime friend and Conrad coach Jen Skinner a...

Sand tiger shark caught off Savannah Beach

6 months ago
Chris Lopez was fishing just south of Savannah Beach in Lewes at sunset Oct. 4, when his “rod...

Sussex Academy field hockey bounces back with...

Aaron R. Mushrush
6 months ago
Despite being down two starting seniors, the Sussex Academy field hockey team did not miss a beat...

Cape soccer defeats the Bucs

Dan Cook
6 months ago
The Cape boys’ soccer team returned to the winning column Oct. 9, with a 5-1 win over Milford at...

Inaugural Delaware High School Girls Golf...

Fritz Schranck
6 months ago
An excited crowd of over 30 middle and high school girl golfers enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day at...