By Kevin Eickman If you haven’t been paying attention to the Milford Cross Country team in recent years, you have been missing quite a great deal. Under the leadership of coach Lance Skinner, along with a host of volunteers, Milford has become a team to be watched. With steady improvement, this is turning out to be a solid year …
Bucs Take Home Opener 28-14
By Kevin Eickman Last Friday night at Milford’s Briggs Stadium was a mixture of both old and new. With the induction of the 2022 12th Man Gridiron Club, Hall of Fame class, five past members of the Buccaneers football program were honored. Two of those honored, were part of the 2008 championship team, Head Coach Mike Tkach and linebacker/lineman …
Softball Looking to Improve
By Kevin Eickman A 2-16 record is simply not the standard that Milford softball has set for itself over its history. One thing to understand, is that when you play a sport long enough, seasons like that happen. That was just the case last season for Milford, but it is something that third-year coach Mackenzie Reed believes will help …
Baseball Ready for Season
By Kevin Eickman With COVID seemingly in the rearview mirror for now, the Milford Buccaneers baseball team is gearing up for a “normal” season. “Last year was pretty crazy, but at least we played. It will be nice to have full crowds back and have the real feeling of a normal season,” Coach Nick Brannan said. Milford finished last …
Wrestling Qualifies Six for States
By Kevin Eickman Don Parsley, Jack Thode and Keegan Worley celebrate Thode’s wrestling wins at the Henlopen Conference Championship Last year it was simple to qualify for the state of Delaware individual wrestling tournament. With COVID peaking and a portion of the wrestling season wiped out, it was simply a matter of common sense to make the tournament open to …
Buccaneers Starting to Roll
By Kevin Eickman At the start of last week, the Milford boys’ basketball team was sitting at 8-8 after a Saturday win at Saint Mark’s. With the season winding down, this Milford team has started to play with a greater sense of urgency, knowing that a solid run to finish the season could land it in the state tournament. …
Wrestling Looking Forward to Full Season
By Kevin Eickman Last year’s COVID pandemic took its toll on wrestling throughout the entire state of Delaware. While for the most part, the just completed fall seasons give cause for optimism, there is still a bit of a hangover lingering from last season. In a wrestling room that is almost packed, when interviewing Milford coach Don Parsley this …
Ravens Bounce Bucs 28-7
By Kevin Eickman It has been the same story for Milford Buccaneers football this season, it has had a difficult time starting game. With the game shifted from Friday to last night (Monday) due to weather issues, Milford was hoping for something different. “We have had slow starts for most of the year, so I was hoping maybe tonight …
Field Hockey Has Solid Week
By Kevin Eickman The Milford field hockey team’s season got off to a slow start this year with the main culprit being a lack of finishing in the circle. Last week, the Bucs produced a solution to those problems as they played three games and came away with a 2-1 record. While it wasn’t perfect, it was progress. “The …
Central Routes Milford
By Kevin Eickman The Milford Buccaneers football team has been plagued by slow starts this football season, and last Friday night as Milford traveled to Sussex Central to battle the Golden Knights for their homecoming game was no exception. While it was going to be no easy task for Milford to stay with the defending state champions in Delaware’s …