WILMINGTON — Howard honored its late coach Joe Hussey, who passed away earlier this month, bringing in the 1985 state championship team he coached. An inspired No. 5 Wildcats team held an early lead over top-ranked Sanford, but couldn’t hold on after halftime, falling 62-54 in overtime. The Wildcats took a 32-26 lead into the half, where we caught up …
WILMINGTON — Team defense and hot shooting from Ryan Wiegand sparked the visiting Wilmington Friends Lady Quakers over Saint Mark’s 46-34. After the game, Wiegand said team defense was a point of emphasis in the practices leading up to the game. “We have been bringing in groups of senior boys and we play against them, so it’s been really …
WILMINGTON — Makayla Sullivan hit a last-second shot in overtime to help the St. Elizabeth Vikings beat Padua on the road by a 42-41 score in the teams’ second meeting of the year. Sullivan found herself open for a last-second layup as she rebounded a missed shot by teammate Skylar Bolden. She came down with the rebound and immediately …
WILMINGTON — Salesianum got some measure of revenge from losing to Middletown in the football state championship game and grabbed a heart-pounding come-from-behind basketball win 69-68 Friday night. It was the first meeting between the schools since Middletown roared back from an 18-point halftime deficit to grab a 30-27 overtime win in late November. The Sals trailed the Cavaliers for …
WILMINGTON — No. 7 William Penn went on a late 12-2 run to hand the No. 2 St Elizabeth Vikings its first in-state loss of the season in front of a home crowd, 60-52. The Colonials are full of young talent but looked to their senior leadership of Zy’Aire Gibson and Andy Webb to close out the game. Gibson scored …
DOVER — Junior Liliana DiMarco led the Padua Pandas to a 47-31 road win over the Dover Senators Saturday night. DiMarco led the Pandas’ commanding victory with 18 points. When asked what led to her success, DiMarco said, “I was just feeling it, and I wanted to get my points up, so I did.” DiMarco didn’t have it easy in …
DOVER — The No. 2 St. Elizabeth Vikings fell behind the home-standing Dover Senators by double digits in the second half but fought back to beat the No. 3 Senators 50-48. Down 16 points — 35-19 — in the third quarter, St. Elizabeth’s stepped up their defensive pressure and looked to one of their leaders to get them back in …
The Wilmington (WilmU) softball team has been chosen as the DSBA Team of the Year for 2024. after making its second straight NCAA Division II World Series; setting a school record with 46 wins, the last coming at the World Series; and finishing the year ranked fifth in the final Division II Top 25 national coaches’ poll. The Wildcats also …
Second in a recurring series on Delaware high-school athletes and how they’re doing at the college level or in the pros. This week: Men’s and Women’s Basketball. If we’ve missed someone, please send a note to me at [email protected]. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Jy’are Davis (Sanford) transferred this year to Syracuse University from the University of Delaware, where he was a …
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