St Elizabeth Julius Wright attempts a shot against Salesianum, photo courtesy of Ben Fulton
It was a great week of basketball on the boys side last week filled with a pair of top 5 games plus a lot of upsets/
The Smyrna Eagles are off to a great start this year including a pair of Henlopen North wins. They are 5-2 overall after having a 3-17 record last year. They have three straight at home including Cape Henlopen on Tuesday. That game will be livestreamed on Delaware Live and the Vikings won their first meeting 61-44 on December 12th.
Wilmington Friends won the Quaker Classic over the weekend by defeating Glasgow 43-36. Joey Winchell led the Quakers with 15 points and Ryan Tattersall added 14 points. They improved to 4-2 on the season and have two road conference games coming up this week.,
There are 4 undefeated teams left in the state and 2 of them reside in the Henlopen South. Seaford and Lake Forest are both 7-0 and will meet in Seaford on January 16th. St Elizabeth’s and Odessa are the other 2 teams.
Here is the new top 10 for this week voted by our Delaware Live Crew.
No. 1 St Elizabeth’s (7-0)(LW No. 2) The Vikings beat FSMA abd then No. 1 Sallies 84-77 last week. The Vikings host Conrad on Thursday night.
No, 2 Sallies (4-5)(LW No. 1 The Sals went 1-1 last week winning at Malvern Prep (PA) before losing to St Eizabeth’s. The Sals are finally home for the first time in over 4 weeks when they play No. 5 William Penn on Tuesday.
No.3 Dover (6-1)(LW No. 3) The Senatorswent 2-0 with wins over Polytech and Sanford They have a pair of road games this week as they face Sussex Central on Tuesday and Sussex Tech on Thursday.
No.4 Middletown (3-3)(LW No. 4) The Cavs defeated St Georges Tech last week. They host Howard on Tuesday and Newark on Thursday
No. 5 Wiliam Penn (4-2)(LW No. 7) They won a pair of games last week over Appoquinimink and Tower Hill. They are at No. 2 Sallies on Tuesday and host Delcastle on Thursday.
No. 6 Sanford (4-3)(LW No. 6) The Warriors ;ost a tough one to No. 3 Dover 61-59 last week. They host Tower Hill on Tuesday and travel to St Andrew’s on Friday.
No. 7 Odessa (8-0)(LW No. 9) The Ducks defeated Newark in its first Blue Hen Flight A game. They are at Red Lion on Tuesday and host Christiana on Thursday.
No. 8 Lake Forest (7-0)(LW Unranked) The Spartans beat Sussex Academy last week. They host a pair of hames this week as they face Delmar on Tuesday and ECHS on Thursday.
No. 9) Mount Pleasant (8-2)(LW Unranked) The Green Knights defeated Caravel last week. They host St Georges Tech on Thursday.
No. 10 Saint Mark’s (9-1)(LW No. 10)) The Spartans defeated Laurel last week. They host Christiana on Tuesday.
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