The Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association announced this year’s All-Class football teams for the three classifications at a meeting in Dover today. Class 1A was dominated by Laurel and St. Elizabeth, the two teams that will play for the State Title Saturday. The Bulldogs placed 11 players on the 1st team, while the Vikings had 5 players named to the …
Pike Creek – Caesar Rodney and St. Mark’s last met on the wrestling mat in 2015. Prior to that the two teams met in the Division I dual meet state championship 11 times dating back to 1997 with the Riders winning seven of those matches. The two teams also met in a couple of semifinal matches as well as two …
Boys Basketball Week 1 Rankings Ranking School Record Last Week’s Ranking Comments 1 Tower Hill 1-0 1 The defending champs get some early home games 2 Middletown 0-0 2 Faces 2 top 10 teams this week 3 Sallies 0-0 3 Tough out of state schedule this month 4 Howard 0-0 4 Opens season on December 14th 5 Seaford 0-0 …
FIELD HOCKEY CORRECTION The Nov. 22 story wrapping the Buccaneers’ season incorrectly stated that sophomore Bailey Masten was named second All-State. Masten, however, was named first team All-State as was Hannah Zimmerman. We apologize for the error.
STAFF REPORT The 24th annual Reindeer Stampede at Killens Pond State Park Saturday was another rousing success, as 173 runners participated in the event which benefits the Milford High School cross country teams. Liam MeGinnis took the men’s 5K title in a time of 17:30, while Keely Arndt was the female winner recording a time of 21:30. In addition …
Dover – The players on the Dover Senators football team were not even born the last time the Senators played in the state championship game in 2001. Most of their parents are too young to remember the last time Dover won a state title in 1988, but they are all aware now that the Senators are headed to Delaware Stadium …
Laurel – The Laurel Bulldogs are headed back to Tubby Raymond Field at the University of Delaware. Laurel scored four times in the fourth quarter to pull away from Tatnall for a 48-14 win. It will be the Bulldogs second straight trip to Newark where they won the DIAA Class A state title last year. Laurel’s offense amassed 355 yards …
In the 3A quarterfinal round last week, three teams “flipped the script” avenging losses during the regular season. Smyrna did the same Friday night in the semis with a convincing 48-0 win over Middletown, a team the Eagles lost to 21-14 back in September. Smyrna mixed up the offense using the “wildcat”, “earthquake”, and the spread with very little passing, …
St. Elizabeth got nearly 500 yards and five touchdowns from their dynamic running back duo of Quasim Benson and Chris Caracter, as the Vikings outlasted Seaford, 46-35, in a DIAA Class 1A semifinal Saturday night at Abessinio Stadium. The second-seeded Vikings will meet the top seed, Laurel, on December 10th at Delaware Stadium. It is a rematch of last year’s …
Georgetown – Five weeks ago Dover was shut out in their regular season game versus Sussex Central. Five weeks ago the Senators’ Nasir Snipes-Guzman’s football future was uncertain as he awaited approval of a transfer waiver from the DIAA board. Fast forward to Friday night. Snipes-Guzman was back on the field and Dover shut out the Golden Knights 20-0 in …
