Brandywine football Chase Beauparlant attempts a pass in their win over Polytech. Photo by Nick Halliday

Some weekend football results…and some chances to watch the games

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Brandywine 38, Polytech 35 Brandywine outlasted Polyetch in 1A football battle. In a back-and-forth game that saw 73 total points, Brandywine scored the game-winning touchdown with 2:21 left in the game. Chase Beauparlant found Kahseer Williams for a 70-yard touchdown to seal the victory for the Bulldogs. After a slow first half, both teams combined for six touchdowns. Big play …

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DIAA Field Hockey semifinalists set for Monday matchups

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Schools

There were no surprises in Round 1 of the DAA Field Hockey championships, at least according to the people seeding the brackets. The semifinals will be played on Monday (Nov. 4) at Delaware State University’s Drass Field at either 4 p.m. or 6 p.m. No. 1 Cape Henlopen defeats  No. 8 St Georges 10-0. Macy Steinwedel led the attack for …

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Padua grabs No. 1 seed for DIAA state volleyball tournament

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Sporting an 11-4 record and huge wins last week over Saint Mark’s and Ursuline last week, the Padua Pandas will roll into the DIAA state volleyball tournament with the top seed. The tournament starts Wednesday.  The top eight seeds will have a first-round bye and host second-round matches on Friday or Saturday. The Pandas earned the top seed by playing …

Salesianum quarterback Brady McBride threw 3 touchdown passes in the win over William Penn. Photo by Nick Halliday

Salesianum-William Penn: Sals jump out early, cruise to 30-13 win

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

NEW CASTLE — Top-ranked Salesianum jumped out to a big early lead Saturday against the William Penn Colonials and cruised home to a 30-13 victory over the home team.  The Sals led 16-0 after the first quarter and took a 23-0 lead into halftime. Salesianum Quarterback Brady McBride found Noah Mix for two touchdowns in the first quarter — both …

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Two new laws reshape high school sports and DIAA

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  Changes recommended for the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) are underway now that Gov. John Carney has signed a pair of bills into law hat will help shape the association’s future. The legislation, which went into effect on Aug. 2 originated with a task force that met over the last year to address the DIAA’s operations and was led …

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3 Delaware high school standouts hear names called in MLB draft

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Three Delaware highs school standouts here their name called in MLB draft   In the 2024 Major League Baseball draft three Delaware high school baseball standouts heard their name called. Eddie Micheletti Jr from Wilmington Friends, Aidan Deakins from Appoquinimink, and Luke Gabrysh of Concord High were all picked by major league teams.     Micheletti played his high school baseball …

Polytech baseball Blake Knight gets set for his at bat against Woodbridge. Photo by Nick Halliday

Late game comeback lifts Polytech

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  Finally a good day for weather allowed two down state teams to come north to play at the home of the Wilmington Blue Rocks Frawley Stadium. The Polytech Panthers hosted the Woodbridge Blue Raiders in a back and forth game that Polytech eventually prevailed   The Panthers got the scoring started in the bottom of the first inning as Asher …

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Clubhouse talk -Week 2 baseball top 10

Nick HallidaySports

Another week of baseball and another week of uncooperative weather. Had some rainouts last week as well as some games played in tornado like winds well for baseball it seemed like tornadoes with dirt funnels cutting through infields. However there were some good games played between some of our top teams.    No. 1 DMA has yet to take the …