Soccer champs: Sallies over Charter, Caravel blanks St. Marks

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

The Salesianum Sals went on to win their second straight DIAA Division I Boys Soccer state championship and twenty first overall. Sallies defeated Wilmington Charter by a score of 4-1 at Dover high school.  The Sals scored two goals in each half of the game. In the first half Jake Ross scored the first goal then assisted Gianluca Marroni for …

Delmar field hockey dominates, Smyrna upsets Cape

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

The Delmar Wildcats completely dominated the Division 2 DIAA Field Hockey state championship. They outshot Archmere Academy 50-1 and totaled 23 corners in the game en route to a 7-1 victory to capture their seventh straight state championship.   Macy Bradford led the Wildcats with 2 goals and 3 assists. Archmere’s goal was scored by Bella Dell’Oso which was the only …

Milford Field Hockey season review

Terry RogersHeadlines, Milford Headline Story, Sports

By DAVID McCALLUM There’s an old saying in sports saying every game matters – whether it’s the season’s first game or the last. Unfortunately for Milford’s field hockey that adage was painfully true in 2022. Going into the regular season’s final game, the Buccaneers needed a victory against Indian River and some help to make it into the Division I …

St. Georges survives late comeback attempt from Appoquinimink

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

It was a highly anticipated 2 vs. 7 matchup between the 4-6 St. Georges Hawks and the 6-4 Appoquinimink Jaguars.  Both teams rounded into form with strong second halves of the season and were perhaps coming into this game playing their best football. Appo was riding high coming off an impressive comeback effort against Salesianum last week to earn a …

Laurel grinds out state tournament victory

Benny MitchellHeadlines, Sports

Laurel – The Laurel Bulldogs football team is not flashy, but more of a blue collar mentality on both offense and defense. They ground and pound on offense and bring intense pressure on defense. That was the formula used in their 41-7 victory over St. Andrew’s on Friday night at Laurel’s Schollenberger Field in the DIAA Class A quarterfinal game. …

Tower Hill upsets Saint Mark’s for 1st volleyball championship

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

NEWARK — Chloe Sachs had dreamed about playing volleyball at the Bob Carpenter Center for the past 10 years. She was in the stands as a second-grader as Tower Hill, coached by her father, Mike, competed in the DIAA championship match as the 11th seed against Padua, falling in straight sets. On Nov. 14, the Hillers were back in the …

Cross country closes season strongly

Terry RogersSports

By Dave McCALLUM Milford’s girls’ and boys’ cross-country teams closed out their year with solid outings Saturday at the DIAA State Championships at Killens Pond. The ladies posted a sixth-place finish in the girls’ Division I event, while the boys finished in 11th at 158 points. In the girls’ event, junior Faith Mitchell led the way for MHS as she …

Milford falls to Mount Pleasant in final football game of the season

Terry RogersHeadlines, Milford Headline Story, Sports

By DAVE McCALLUM Three times Milford drove inside the Mount Pleasant 10-yard line and three times the Buccaneers failed to come away with any points. That proved to be the difference in their season-ending 28-14 non-conference loss Thursday night on Senior Night at Briggs Stadium. The final time inside the Green Knights’ 10 proved to be the most painful of …

Padua, St. Andrews girls capture DIAA cross country titles

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The Padua Pandas secured their 10th consecutive team championship this afternoon at Killen’s Pond State Park in Felton. Sophia Holgado won the individual title in a time of 19:10.8, just two seconds ahead of her teammate Mary Flanagan. Anna Bockius took 4th, Kylie McCarthy was 6th and Kelsey Wolff finished in 8th place as Padua had the lowest team score …