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Athletes of the Week May 8

1 day ago

MK Barnhart MK Barnhart is a sophomore playing attack for the Denison University women's lacrosse…

Cape excels at Middle School Track Invitational

Kate Ingerski

3 days ago

Cape’s Beacon, Mariner and Frederick D. Thomas middle schools showed out at the Jim Blades Track…
Ten Cape athletes sign letters of intent May 6

Dave Frederick

1 day ago

Spring signing day - Ten Cape athletes signed letters of intent May 6. Each athlete has photos…
Women’s Fest pickleball events benefit Cape volleyball

1 week ago

More than 200 players took to the courts for high-energy pickleball tournaments hosted at Dave…
Cape golf team keeps winning

Fritz Schranck

1 week ago

The Cape Henlopen High golf team continued its winning ways with a 150-162 April 23 win…

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Golf

Sallies and a little artificial rain on the Cape golf parade

Fritz Schranck

6 hours ago

Beating the Salesianum School golf team is a tall order, even if it’s a home match at Rehoboth…
Thoughts from the Sidelines

Phillies bounce back following managerial change

Sumner Spence

1 day ago

Since Don Mattingly has taken over the Phillies, they have won 8 of 10 games, and they were briefly…
Running

DQ Dash raises funds for Lewes fireworks

Tim Bamforth

1 day ago

The eighth annual DQ Dash 5K is slated for Sunday, May 17, beginning and ending at the Lewes Beach…
People in Sports

Like Tambourine Man, all athletes eventually fade into their own parade

Dave Frederick

4 days ago

Primetime Cape cousins - Ella Rishko and Mikey Frederick are first cousins. They were the male and…
Outdoors

Black sea bass season expected to open May 1

Eric Burnley

1 week ago

The folks at NOAA have posted in the National Register the new regulations for black sea bass and…
Thoughts from the Sidelines

Phillies make desperation move

Sumner Spence

1 week ago

On Tuesday, the Philadelphia Phillies decided to fire Rob Thomson as their manager after four-plus…

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Fishing Indian River Inlet’s north side has changed over the years

Eric Burnley

3 weeks ago

Not all fishermen have a boat. As soon as my youngest son Roger takes my 16-foot tin boat, I will…

NOAA fails to implement new sea bass, flounder regs

Eric Burnley

2 weeks ago

Those of us who were anxiously waiting for Friday, May 1, and the opening of black sea bass season…

Athletes of the Week April 24

2 weeks ago

Isabel Betts A Milford senior attacker who scored 53 goals as a junior has been ringing the bell…

Athletes of the Week April 17

3 weeks ago

Layla Conn Layla rolls with the confident swagger of a coach’s kid. She has a high athletic IQ, is…

Milton Little League kicks off season with opening day

Ellen McIntyre

2 weeks ago

Dozens of pickup trucks adorned with colorful signs and streamers made their way down Federal…

Fans get eerily quiet when outcome is no longer in doubt

Dave Frederick

2 weeks ago

Quiet storm - It was a blustery afternoon at Beacon Middle School April 21, for a boys’…

Athletes of the Week May 1

1 week ago

Will DiPaolo This Cape senior pole vaulter lifted off into rarified air April 16 at the Under…

Lewes Base Ball Club opens 2026 season

Dan Cook

3 weeks ago

The Lewes Base Ball Club opened its 2026 home schedule with a doubleheader against the Elkton…

CoDel Running Festival attracts 3,000 runners

Tim Bamforth

3 weeks ago

More than 3,000 finishers in two days and four events emerged on the Cape Region April 11-12, as…

Cape baseball wins wild offensive game with Central

Dan Cook

2 weeks ago

In one of the wildest offensive finishes of the season, Cape outlasted Sussex Central 15-13 April…

Sussex Academy names new head coach for boys’ soccer

1 week ago

After six incredible seasons leading Sussex Academy boys’ soccer, coach RJ Dina has stepped down as…

Ravens baseball shuts out Cape 2-0

Dan Cook

3 weeks ago

The Sussex Tech baseball team moved to 3-3 on the season with a 2-0 win over previously unbeaten…

Cape boys’ lax falls to Salesianum in battle of nationally ranked teams…

Dan Cook

1 week ago

The Cape boys’ lacrosse team fell to a talented Salesianum squad 11-4 April 28 at the Vikings…

Arden MacPhee turns the world on with her smile

Dave Frederick

1 week ago

Posterizing Planet Earth - Arden MacPhee, 13, is a community kid who beat the odds and childhood…

Fifteen-yard stare: fitting two heads in the frame of a 300-mm lens

Dave Frederick

2 weeks ago

Fifteen yards away - The lens and camera rig I had required me to stand 15 yards away to get Lee…

GAP is looking for a little help

Fritz Schranck

3 weeks ago

This past week, I attended a volunteer training seminar provided by the Golf Association of…

Travels with Fredman: 44 years as a people in sports columnist

Dave Frederick

1 week ago

Travels with Fredman - Forty-four years ago, with the sound of typewriter keys pounding out copy as…

Recognizing faces in places, but we all stumble on remembering names

Dave Frederick

3 weeks ago

Symbolic speech - The Coastal Delaware Running Festival produces a sea of T-shirts with message…

Delaware Tech lax wins Region 19 Championship

Dan Cook

2 weeks ago

Pundits often say it’s hard to beat the same team twice in a season, but the Delaware Tech men’s…

Red baskets bankrolled by local player create disc golf options

Aaron R. Mushrush

3 weeks ago

Thanks to a charitable donation by one of the better disc golf players in the area, more people…

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