Smyrna vs Archmere field hockey. Photo by Ben Fulton 1

DIAA Field Hockey semifinalists set for Monday matchups

Nick HallidayHeadlines

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 …

Cape Henlopen vs Smyrna field hockey. Photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Cape, Newark Charter secure top seeds for DIAA Field Hockey tourney

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

Twenty schools — eight in Division 1 and 12 in Division 2 — have been selected to vie for the DIAA Field Hockey championship, including Division 1 top seed Cape Henlopen, and Division 2 top seed Newark Charter. No. 1 Cape Henlopen is a perennial Division 1 powerhouse, losing only to Delmar this season. They are young but fierce and …

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Padua grabs No. 1 seed for DIAA state volleyball tournament

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

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 …

Saint Marks field hockey Claire Krause takes a shot during a game. Photo by Mike Lang

The Corner Scoop: Week 7 Field Hockey Top 10 rankings

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

It’s hard to believe we are in Week 7 of the field hockey season. The next two weeks will be interesting as teams finish up the regular season and look to make the tournament. The Division 1 tournament seeds eight teams, and Division 2 seeds 12, so these last few games can make the difference between making the tournament and …

Will Harmon of Sussex Central runs over a Cape Henlopen defender on his way to one of his three touchdowns. Photo by DarJuan Pitts

Harmon, Bell power Sussex Central to 41-27 win over Cape Henlopen

Benny MitchellHeadlines, Sports

  LEWES — Sussex Central took the first step in defense of their 2023 Class AAA District 2 title on Friday night as they went into Cape Henlopen for a rematch of last year’s state tournament semifinals. This time the Golden Knights rewrote the script, using a bruising rushing attack to leave the beach with a 41-27 victory. Will Harmon …

Smyrna vs Archmere field hockey. Photo by Ben Fulton

The Corner Scoop – Week 6 Field Hockey top 10 rankings

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

  It’s always refreshing to see coaches and teams play for causes that are bigger than themselves. Field Hockey does a great job of sponsoring fundraisers at their games for causes that are near and dear to our hearts. We have seen Morgan’s Message for Mental Health and now in October there will be PINK OUT games for Breast Cancer …

Cape Henlopen field hockey celebrates after scoring a goal. Photo courtesy of Dave Fredman Frederick

Cape stays undefeated with win over Milford

Shannon TimmonsSports

This was an exciting matchup for 2 of Henlopen North’s best field hockey teams. Cape came in undefeated at 7-0 and Milford at 5-1, but undefeated against Delaware opponents. Every team just gets a little more hyped to play the Vikings because of the winning hockey traditions at Cape.    Corners and penalty strokes were the calls of the day. …

Sussex Central vs Polytech Softball photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Inside The Circle: Week 3 softball top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The old saying goes, “April showers, bring May Flowers”. For the softball teams in the state it means postponements and rescheduling games. Many teams will be adjusting schedules in the coming weeks. Here is our “week-3” Top 10. No. 1 Caravel (3-0) The Buccaneers got one game in last week winning 9-1 at Sussex Tech as Kasey Xenidis threw a …