Photos by Ben Fulton. Nick Halliday
5 Delaware Tech baseball players earn All-Region honors
Delaware Technical Community College’s baseball team finished the 2021 season as runners-up in the NJCAA Region 19 tournament. Now the program has more accolades, as five players have been named to the NJCAA Region 19 All-Region teams. First team honors went to designated hitter Christopher Friend and outfielder Jonathan Golebiowski. Friend, a graduate of Caesar Rodney High School, …
Padua wins 3rd straight girls D1 soccer championship
Padua Academy Girls D1 Soccer State Champions photo courtesy of DIAA Padua was able to win their third straight consecutive girls division one soccer state championship with a 2-1 victory over Smyrna. The Pandas struck first with just over 5 minutes off the clock in the first quarter. Brieanna Hallo would corral a pass from Sydni Wright about 20 …
Caravel wins back-to-back DII state soccer championships
Caravel Academy Girls DII Soccer State Champions photo courtesy of DIAA Caravel Academy was able to secure a 3-2 victory after a late surge from St Marks in the division II girls soccer state championship. Neither team was able to score in the first quarter, but Caravel would make up for that as they scored two goals in the …
DMA bats come up big as Seahawks beat Appo for 1st baseball state title
Delaware Military Academy 2021 Baseball State Champions The Seahawks entered Monday’s game having never played in a baseball state championship and left with the school’s first state title. This all went down before a record-breaking crowd that saw over 2400 people in attendance, the most at Frawley Stadium since the championship game moved there in 1994. The Seahawks …
Caravel Wins Marathon Softball Championship
Caravel Academy 2021 DIAA Softball State Champions Photo by Ben Fulton BF Imagery A huge Memorial Day crowd witnessed a game for the ages at Dover High School Saturday afternoon as Caravel edged Sussex Central 1-0 for the program’s record 11th softball state title. The game featured two of the best pitchers in the state, three 1st team All-State selections, …
Walk-off single in 7th sends DMA to first baseball championship game
The DIAA baseball semi-finals both ended thrillingly Thursday Night. Appoquinimink held St. Mark’s to advance by a score of 3-0 and final between Caravel Academy and Delaware Military Academy would be even closer. DMA carried a one-run lead into the seventh inning but that’s when Caravel got hot. Ryan Lester, who pitched a great game for the Bucs, singled …
Pitching duel with St. Mark’s ends with Appo defending baseball title
While the weather may not look promising for Memorial Day Weekend, it was a beautiful at Frawley Stadium for the Thursday semi-final of the 2021 DIAA Baseball State Tournament. The 4 p.m. game saw 10th seeded Appoquinimink Jaguars — the 2019 champion — take on 3rd seeded and traditional powerhouse St. Mark’s Spartans. This one was hyped up to …
Final 4 set for state softball tournament
Dominating pitchers threw the top four seeds into Thursday’s semifinals in the state high school softball tournament. . No. 1 Sussex Central 6 – No. 9 Appoquinimink 1 Madge Layfield continues to impress as she allowed just one hit and struck out 13 batters to send the top-seeded Golden Knights into the semifinals. Layfield has allowed just seven …
DIAA 2021 Softball state championship quarter final results
#1 Sussex Central 7 – #32 Milford 3 The top seeded Golden Knights took a 4-0 first inning lead on the way to a 7-3 win over Milford. Madge Layfield recorded 17 strikeouts while Kate Evick led the offense with 2 doubles & 4 hits. McKenna Boyle collected 2 hits & knocked in 2 runs and teammate Ayanna/Pinky Briddell added …