Another week of baseball and another week of uncooperative weather. Had some rainouts last week as well as some games played in tornado like winds well for baseball it seemed like tornadoes with dirt funnels cutting through infields. However there were some good games played between some of our top teams. No. 1 DMA has yet to take the …
Clubhouse talk -Week 1 baseball rankings
Even though spring sports started last week the spring weather hasn’t. It was cold and windy with rain over the weekend that washed out all the games. We saw same top teams face off in No. 2 Conrad who fell to St Georges who was unranked in the preseason. However they have a good team and I may have missed …
St. Georges opens season with victory over Conrad
On a cold blustery Wednesday after noon the St. Georges Hawks baseball team visited the Conrad Red Wolves to open the spring baseball season for both teams. The Hawks were able to defeat the Red Wolves to start the season off with a victory. Both teams’ bats started a little slow which is normal for the beginning of the …
Clubhouse talk – preseason baseball rankings
Spring sports season right around the corner. After being inside all winter for sports it’s always refreshing to get out in the fresh air and see the green grass as spring arrives. Which means America’s favorite pastime is about to start, baseball. Last season the DMA Seahawks took the state championship behind player of the year Tyler August, now …
Laurel ends drought winning Major Boys District 3 championship
Seaford – Webster defines destiny as “a predetermined course of events held to be an irresistible power.” Many in the Laurel fan base on Thursday night talked about how the Boys Major baseball team was a team of destiny or at the very least 29 years without a championship was long enough. Solid defense, aggressive baserunning and a strong pitching performance …
Georgetown and Laurel advance in District 3
Seaford – Georgetown’s Mason Eikenberry star shined the brightest amongst the rest in the second round of the District 3 major league all star game on Friday night. Eikenberry led Georgetown to a 12-2 win over Nanticoke in the second round of the tournament. He earned the win on the mound in relief allowing two hits, no runs with eight strikeouts …
Mid-Sussex wins Senior League Baseball title
(Smyrna, DE) Mid-Sussex grabbed an early lead, then had to come from behind to secure the Delaware Little League “senior division” championship 9-6 over Camden-Wyoming. The Millsboro and Georgetown senior league programs (ages 14-16) combined this year to form Mid-Sussex in District 3, and the “merger” proved to be quite successful. After falling in the opening round Thursday to District …
Cape’s Jake Gelof set to go early in MLB Draft
Jake Gelof ends his collegiate career as Virginia’s all-time home run king, slugging 48 homers in his three seasons with the Cavaliers. He passed E.J. Anderson’s (1995-1998) mark of 37 home runs back in April, on his way to batting .321 on the season with 23 bombs while driving in 90 runs. During his career, Gelof played in 161 games …
MLB hopeful Tyler August poised for the draft
Delaware has been no stranger to seeing high level talent drafted into Major League Baseball. Every year it seems a player or two get the call that they have been drafted and all of us at Delaware Live Sports/302 Sports go right into our group text with excitement about someone we’ve watched play getting the opportunity of a lifetime. …
Three Delaware baseball standouts land in Vegas
The chances of one Delaware high school baseball player making it to Major League Baseball (MLB) is .05%. So we ask. What are the chances of three Delaware baseball players from the same small state of Delaware making it and are all on the same team? Well we might not know the answer or the percentage, but it has happened …