By Nick Halliday The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) board of directors has approved a significant football realignment for the 2025-26 season, just one day after the Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association (DIFCA) proposed changes that impact all three classifications in the state. The most significant changes are back-to-back state champion Caravel Academy moving up to 3A, Saint Mark’s dropping …
The Delaware Roundup is published every weekend. Send submissions for News Briefs and Calendar items toĀ [email protected]. If possible, please forward submissions within the email or in a Word document. LEADING OFF Delaware Sea Grant has been selected to be one of 11 groups nationwide to participate in a national cleanup of discarded fishing gear. This is an effort to clean …
Here’s a roundup of Delaware dual wrestling matches from Wednesday, Dec. 12. Caesar Rodney 54 – St. Markās 15 The Caesar Rodney Riders used five pins and scored bonus points in seven matches in their season-opening win over St. Markās 54-15. Ben Donato (106), Sean Dixon (138), Trevor Copes (144), Kenneth King (157), and Tristan Cooper (285) all had pins …
Conrad Basketball Vincent Starr lived up to his name, hitting six three-pointers and scoring 32 points in a win over Concord. A junior, Starr has started for the Red Wolves since he was a freshman.Ā Ā Other nominees for this weekās Premier PT Player of the Week award were Zha’mere Crawford (Dickinson), Kaden Briscoe (MOT Charter), Giālyl Conrad (AI DuPont), Kyle …
WILMINGTON –The fourth-ranked St. Elizabeth girls basketball team held off a second-half comeback by No. 5 Padua, handing the Pandas their first loss in another early-season Top 5 matchup 56-50 at the St E Center. The Vikings took an early first-quarter lead and extended it into the second quarter as they took a 33-20 halftime lead.Ā The Pandas hadn’t trailed …
First in a recurring series on Delaware high-school athletes and how they’re doing at the college level or in the pros. First up: College Football. If we’ve missed someone, please send a note to me at [email protected]. Debo Williams (Smyrna) Debo started or played in all 12 South Carolina Gamecocks football games. The Gamecocks were the 15th-ranked team in the …
WILMINGTON — Crosstown rivals faced off for the first time this season as the home-standing Goldey-Beacom Lightning held off a second-half comeback to beat Wilmington Wilmington by an 87-85 score. Goldey took a 51-35 lead into halftime after dominating the first half. They built on that lead early in the second half, going up by 24. But WilmU didn’t lie …
The Delaware Roundup, a compilation of news briefs from across the state from the past week, is published every weekend. Send submissions for News Briefs and Calendar items toĀ [email protected]. If possible, please forward submissions via email or in a Word document. LEADING OFF Kiandra Parks was celebrated as the 1,000th graduate of the West End Neighborhood House Launcher Entrepreneurship Program …
WILMINGTON — Top-ranked Ursuline Girls Basketball got its season off to a great start with a win over host and fourth-ranked St. Elizabeth by a 49-34 score. These two teams know each other very well. Some even used to be teammates, including Skylar Boldin, who transferred to St. E from Ursuline after the Raiders won it all, receiving her state …
The Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association released their selections for the 2024 All-Class football teams as voted on by the coaches. Sussex Central fullback Malik Bell was named to the Class 3A first team and picked as the offensive player of the year. The senior amassed more than 2,000 yards rushing for the Golden Knights. Robbie āR-Jā Johnson was selected …
