When Ben Hamilton first showed up to golf practice this spring, it was his first time at Jonathan’s Landing. With The Rookery North golf course closing down, the Milford High golf team had to move its home course to the Magnolia area course. It hasn’t stopped the senior from putting up the top team score in almost all of the …
Bryce Wells was happy to be back on the field after missing more than three weeks of action. The Milford High senior midfielder scored a hat trick in his first bit of action since suffering a shoulder injury March 29 as his Bucs defeated Sussex Central High 22-1 at Briggs Stadium Wednesday night. “It feels pretty good being back out …
The 2021 Delaware Technical Community College softball season has been even more memorable than the team’s 14-2 record as of April 22. The team’s on-field success earned Head Coach Guy Wilkins his 100th career victory on April 10. “When you have good players around you, a lot of good things happen,” Wilkins said. “Since I’ve been here, I’ve had …
Lila Mergner put the ball in the back of the net unassisted in the 69th minute last Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, the goal by the Milford High sophomore was the lone score for the Buccaneers’ soccer team that afternoon as Henlopen North foe Caesar Rodney High had already pulled ahead on their way to an 8-1 victory in Camden April 15. …
Alex Mergner had a near-perfect afternoon on the mound. The Milford High starting pitcher surrendered just one hit and struck out eight batters in five scoreless innings as the Bucs shut out Caesar Rodney High, 11-0, Thursday afternoon. With a double-digit lead, it took only five innings to complete the win over the Henlopen Conference Northern Division foe. It marks …
It was all there for the taking by the Lady Buccaneers softball team last Friday, as Milford traveled to Woodbridge to battle the Blue Raiders. Having covered Milford softball for over 10 years, this is without a doubt one of the toughest and motivated teams I have witnessed in quite a while. This leads to the question, how could a …
When a big hit was needed, Aydin Zimmerman was there to deliver it. Again and again. The Milford High junior registered four hits and drove in a game-high five runs to lead the Buccaneers to a 12-8 victory in the annual Battle of the Bat rivalry against Lake Forest High on Friday, April 2. He also took the mound in …
Coming into this season, Milford baseball coach Nick Brannan had lots of questions he was looking for answers to. Following Monday’s game against Sussex Academy, Brannan is still looking for answers. Although Milford would emerge victorious with an 8-2 victory, the energy and commitment was missing more times than Brannan would have liked. “We really didn’t play our best tonight …
Every athlete has a story, every athlete must overcome some form of adversity in one way or another. Soon-to-be Milford graduate Connor Sylvester is one such athlete. It has been a long road for Sylvester, as his primary battle came from inside himself as he battled Attention Deficit Disorder. As with any challenge, Sylvester did not do it alone. With …
She’s been waiting a long time, but Mackenzie Reed is finally set to begin her tenure as the head softball coach at Milford High. With last year’s spring season wiped out due to the Coronavirus pandemic, first-year coach Reed has been patiently waiting more than a year to get things started and is excited to see what her team can …
