We have reached the end of the 2023 regular season in field hockey. Saturday, October 28th, Delmar was crowned the Henlopen Conference Champions as they defeated Smyrna 6-0 on their home field. A great win for the Delmar community who has suffered the loss of Carter Figgs, a 16 year old football player and wrestler. This game was a rematch …
View from the Baseline: First round of playoffs
Tournament fever is in the air. One of the most exciting championship events on the high school calendar is just a few days away. The volleyball postseason got going on Wednesday and Thursday, with four first-round matches each night. The second round took place Friday and Saturday. Saint Mark’s is the top seed despite a loss in the regular-season finale …
David Baylor named new DIAA executive director
Former DIAA Executive Director Tommy Neubauer was brought in as a contracted part time help at the Executive Director position during the search for the new full time director. It was until a few weeks ago did they finally find a fulltime replacement for Polk DavidBaylor was appointed DIAA’s new Executive Director on July 17th. Baylor was born and raised …
DIAA Football realignment for 2023 season
The calendar just turned to July and that means the new DIAA football season is getting closer. This is the third year of the new class system in Delaware but this year will have a different look as some schools have switched classes. The football committee wanted to add one team to Class 3A to make it 12 teams. Then …
Caravel scores late to win DIAA softball title
What started out as a pitcher’s duel ended up a 7-0 state championship for the Caravel Buccaneers Saturday at the University of Delaware softball field. Through four innings, Indian River’s Kinsley Hall was “perfect” retiring all 12 batters she faced. Kasey Xenidis of Caravel was pretty special too, keeping the Indians off the scoreboard, allowing 3 hits in her 5 …
Salesianum runs lead to state lacrosse championship
DOVER – It would take all your fingers and toes to count the number of times Salesianum has been in the DIAA lacrosse state championship game (18, to be exact), but few have gone the way of the one the Sals played Saturday at Dover High School against perennial rival Cape Henlopen. The Sals, the top-seeded team in the bracket, …
Inside The Circle – DIAA softball semifinal preview
“And then there were four…the 24-team field has been reduced to the final 4 as the DIAA softball tournament continues Tuesday”. The Henlopen Conference-South makes up half the field as both No. 4 seed Laurel and No. 6 seed Indian River scored late in their quarterfinal games to advance. The top seed, Caravel used 13 hits to score a …
Salesianum wins 2023 boys basketball state title
Salesianum and William Penn both had tough roads getting through the bracket since neither team was a top seed. Salesianum came in as the No. 5 seed, while William Penn came in as the No.7 seed. Both teams came into this game battle tested and ready having had to knock off all the higher seeds to get there. The …
William Penn, Salesianum advance to boys championship
William Penn and Salesianum both won their semi final games to advance to the DIAA Boys Basketball championship this Saturday night at the Bob Carpenter center. William Penn entered the night as the lowest seed at No. 7, but they knew they belonged. They reached the semis by knocking off the No.2 seed Seaford Blue Jays on their home …
DIAA girls basketball state championship quarterfinal bracket update
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