Inside The Circle: Week 3 softball top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The old saying goes, “April showers, bring May Flowers”. For the softball teams in the state it means postponements and rescheduling games. Many teams will be adjusting schedules in the coming weeks. Here is our “week-3” Top 10. No. 1 Caravel (3-0) The Buccaneers got one game in last week winning 9-1 at Sussex Tech as Kasey Xenidis threw a …

Vitola voted CAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Middletown, DE native and UNCW senior softball player Tayler Vitola has been selected as the 2023-24 Coastal Athletic Association Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year presented by Primis as voted on by the conference’s Academic Affairs Committee. Vitola has flourished academically, athletically and in the community during her four years at UNCW. She has accumulated a 3.835 …

Inside The Circle – Week 2 softball top 10

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The weather is wreaking havoc on the softball schedule this season and this week rain is predicted for the early part of the week. Many teams will be adjusting schedules in the coming weeks. Here is our “week-2” Top 10 with no changes from last week. No. 1 Caravel (2-0) The defending state champs opened the season with wins over …

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Inside The Circle – Week 1 softball top 10

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Spring sports are among us. Softball is in the air. Lots of good early season matchups that are worth getting out to watch. Check out our top 10 rankings for week 1.    #1 Caravel (0-0) The defending state champs open the season Thursday against DMA. Coach Randy Johnson has a powerful offensive team with Haley Grygo, Zayda Rocke, Paige …

Dover and Salesianum advance to state championship

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(Newark)      The second seeded Dover Senators and fourth seed Salesianum advanced to the boys basketball final with wins Thursday night at a “sold out” Bob Carpenter Center. For The defending state champion Sals, it will be the third straight appearance in the final. They fell to Tower Hill two years ago and won the school’s third title last …

Pivotal third quarters propel Ursuline and Caravel to championship

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(Newark)  The two top seeds advanced to the DIAA girls basketball championship game with wins Wednesday night at the Bob Carpenter Center. A dominating performance in the third quarter was the difference for both top seed Caravel and 2nd seeded Ursuline.  In the opening semifinal, Sanford held a 19-11 lead to begin the second half. Then Ursuline went on a …

Middletown advances to the final four with win over Saint Mark’s 

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(Middletown)   The Middletown Cavaliers used a late first quarter run to grab an 18-11 lead and never look back in a convincing quarterfinal win in front of a sold-out crowd Saturday.  Clyde Frasier, Jack Murdaugh, and Zion Mifflin each made three point shots in the opening eight minutes of play to lead the Cavs effort. Frasier aggressively drove the …

No. 24 seed Smyrna upsets No. 8 Appoquinimink

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  The Smyrna girls basketball team barely made it into the DIAA tournament. The Eagles as the No. 24 were the final team to qualify. They  have made the most of their opportunity by eliminating No. 9 Archmere in the opening round and Friday night they knocked off the 8-seed Appoquinimink 70-62. Up next, a date with the top seed …

Dover advances behind dominant third quarter

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The Dover Senators found themselves in a tight game at home Thursday night in the DIAA 2nd round of the boys basketball state tournament. Lake Forest responded to a Dover 8-0 run to start the night, tying the 2nd seeded Senators at 20-20 at the end of quarter number one. The 15th seeded Spartans had the lead at 31-29 with …

Mount Pleasant wins opening round thriller in OT

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The Mount Pleasant Green Knights hang their hat on defense to keep them in close, low-scoring games. Eight times this season they have been involved in games decided by five points or less. In the opening round of the DIAA boys basketball tournament Tuesday night, the ‘Knights were again involved in a close-defensive ball game with Odessa. Neither team led …