Meet Delaware's fall All-State teams
Appoquinimink midfielder Matt Dina is the 2015 Boys Soccer Player of the Year. The fall high school sports season saw individual records fall and teams make history. The season’s team champions...
View ArticleUpdated Delaware Signing Day list
Friends gather around Giovanna Neel at A.I.’s Signing Day on Wednesday afternoon. Friends gather around A.I. duPont’s Taylor Edwards at A.I.’s Signing Day on Wednesday afternoon. (From left) St....
View ArticleA.I.'s Edwards recovers, signs with UMass
Friends gather around A.I. duPont’s Taylor Edwards at A.I.’s Signing Day on Wednesday afternoon. Taylor Edwards remembers everything. He was the holder on an A.I. du Pont field-goal attempt in the...
View ArticlePrep notes: Practices pay for sprinter Lampkin
Daija Lampkin of Middletown won the 55-, 200- and 400-meter dashes at the DIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships last Saturday. Middletown’s Daija Lampkin was the star of the girls sprints at the...
View ArticlePrep notes: D-I wrestlers out to take down Smyrna
Smyrna’s Cole Sebastianelli (top) controls Caesar Rodney’s Robert Stevenson in a Jan. 27 match at Smyrna. The Eagles won 47-17. Smyrna will be going for its fourth straight title, wrestling in its...
View ArticlePrep notes: Caravel boys rebound in basketball
Cape Henlopen’s Molly Weeks pushes off to start the 50-yard freestyle final at the DIAA Girls Swimming and Diving Championships. Cape finished fourth as a team, with points from only four swimmers. It...
View ArticlePrep notes: Expect lots of points at Blue-Gold games
Sanford’s Kyle Evans, shown against Mount Pleasant in the DIAA semifinals, will be one of 60 top senior basketball players participating in the annual Blue-Gold All-Star boys and girls games on...
View ArticleDelaware high school spring sports rankings
Appoquinimink won the DIAA Baseball Tournament last June at Frawley Stadium, and the Jaguars will start the 2016 season ranked No. 1 by The News Journal. BASEBALL 1. Appoquinimink 2. Caravel 3. St....
View ArticlePrep notes: N.J. assistant takes over Dover football
Rudy Simonetti, an assistant coach at Passaic Valley Regional High in Little Falls, N.J., has been hired as the new head football coach at Dover High. As an outsider with no head coaching experience,...
View ArticleDelaware high school sports rankings
Dominic Durante (7) of fifth-ranked St. Georges slides safely into third as William Penn’s Matthew North is late with the tag last Thursday. BASEBALL 1. Appoquinimink (2-0) 1 2. Caravel (1-0) 2 3. St....
View ArticlePrep notes: Spring break no break for top HS teams
St. Mark’s Brian Gilardi fields a ground ball during the Spartans’ March 23 win over Hodgson. No. 3-ranked St. Mark’s has three games scheduled during the school’s spring break this week. You’re going...
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Charter of Wilmington’s Michelle Shulkov (1) works around Tower Hill’s Jade Olurin during the Force’s 10-9 win on March 29. Charter moved into this week’s girls lacrosse rankings at No. 3. BASEBALL 1....
View ArticleAfter struggling in first half, Padua defeats CR
Padua’s Ashlee Brentlinger (right) works past Caesar Rodney’s Cowan Cummings (left) in the second half of Padua’s 2-0 win over Caesar Rodney at the Hockessin Soccer Club on Tuesday afternoon. Padua’s...
View ArticleDelaware high school sports rankings
Lake Forest Kerrigan Simpson fires a pitch against Red Lion Christian on Friday. The Spartans moved up to No. 2 in the state with a 7-5 victory. BASEBALL 1. Salesianum (4-0) 3 2. St. Mark’s (6-0) 2 3....
View ArticlePrep notes: Archmere honors Aitken as pioneer
Marcy Aitken looks to her son Mark as she’s applauded at a ceremony honoring Aitken for her contributions to Archmere on Thursday evening. Archmere has built one of the most competitive girls athletic...
View ArticleRyjewski, Scully help Padua soccer down Appo
Padua’s Mackenzie Scully (No. 22) runs ahead of Appoquinimink’s Alison Candy (No. 25) in the second half of Padua’s 4-0 win over Appoquinimink at Appoquinimink High School on Wednesday...
View ArticleCummings leads CR soccer past Charter
Caesar Rodney’s (from left) Aleya Cummings, Kimberly Glasser and Victoria Sebastian celebrate the Riders’ go-ahead goal in the second half of their 2-1 win at Caesar Rodney High School Friday....
View ArticleDelaware high school sports rankings
Caesar Rodney’s Lynsy Gruwell (left) celebrates with Aleya Cummings after the first of Cummings’ two goals on Friday night. No. 2 CR edged No. 3 Charter of Wilmington 2-1 in a Division I matchup....
View ArticlePrep notes: Del. Wrestling Alliance gets national award
(From left) Michael Clavier of Caesar Rodney, Alexander Spahr of Charter of Wilmington, Nathaniel Vincent of Delmar, Sara Davis of Woodbridge, Kalen Wilson of Smyrna and Shane Cawman of Delaware...
View ArticleAfter 55 baseball seasons, St. Andrew's Colburn retiring
St. Andrew’s head coach Bob Colburn talks starting pitcher Colin Cool before the start of a game at St. Andrew’s School in Middletown on Thursday afternoon. St. Andrew’s head coach Bob Colburn talks...
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