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Walk-off single in 7th sends DMA to first baseball championship game

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  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 …

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Pitching duel with St. Mark’s ends with Appo defending baseball title

Betsy PriceHeadlines, Sports

  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 …

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Final 4 set for state softball tournament

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  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 …

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DIAA 2021 Softball state championship quarter final results

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#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 …