So — you might be wondering — how are some of your favorite hometown athletes doing in college or the pros? We’ll be letting you know over the next few weeks as we head toward the end of the college season, and as we get into the NBA season and the back half of the NFL season. If we miss …
Some weekend football results…and some chances to watch the games
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 …
DIAA Field Hockey semifinalists set for Monday matchups
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 …
Padua grabs No. 1 seed for DIAA state volleyball tournament
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-William Penn: Sals jump out early, cruise to 30-13 win
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 …
Two new laws reshape high school sports and DIAA
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 …
3 Delaware high school standouts hear names called in MLB draft
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 …
Late game comeback lifts Polytech
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 …
Clubhouse talk -Week 2 baseball top 10
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 …
Clubhouse talk -Week 1 baseball rankings
Even though spring sports started last week the spring weather hasn’t. It was cold and windy with rain over the weekend that washed out all the games. We saw same top teams face off in No. 2 Conrad who fell to St Georges who was unranked in the preseason. However they have a good team and I may have missed …