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Courtside View – Week 4 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The girls basketball season saw some great games last week as conference games provided some upsets as the season ramps back up after the holiday break.    Wilmington Friends won the Quaker Classic over the weekend. They defeated Seaford 57-49 behind 19 points from Izzy Winchell. She made 5 triples and led a balanced Quakers team.to the tournament title.   …

Delaware Blue Coats Jeff Dowtin attempts a shot against the West Chester Knicks photo courtesy of Ben Fulton 1

Blue Coats split weekend series with Knicks

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

  WILMINGTON- The Blue Coats returned to Chase Fieldhouse this weekend after splitting a double-header out in Portland against the Remix.  The Westchester Knicks came to town winless in 4 games of regular season play.   Game one was a fun, high scoring affair that saw the Blue Coats earn a 128-121 victory, as they led by a significant amount …

William Penn basketball celebrates after a timeout in their win over Appo photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

William Penn wins Flight-A opener over Appo High

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

  (Middletown, DE)  William Penn fell behind early, but closed the first quarter on a 16-5 run to lead Appoquinimink 21-10 Thursday night in boys basketball action. The Colonials actually found themselves down 1-0 before the game clock started. A William Penn player dunked the ball during pregame warmups, resulting in a technical foul. Jaguar junior guard Riley Busby converted …

Saint Marks Sophia Baffone attempts a shot against Conrad photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Courtside View – Week 3 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Schools

The girls basketball season enters the final week before the Chrotmas holiday and the holiday tournaments start next week. I am looking forward to seeing how these teams fare before they get into their conference schedule in January.     Ursuline freshmen Jezelle Banks scored a career high 29 points in their 79-67 win over Bonita Vista High (CA) over the …

Delaware Blue Coats Ricky Counsil hammers a dunk against Go Go photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Lofton’s impressive debut helps Blue Coats earn the win

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

WILMINGTON- The Blue Coats returned home to begin their regular season schedule on Wednesday.  The Capital City Go-Go visited the Chase Center after the annual G-League Winter Showcase wrapped up last week in Orlando.   The Winter Showcase is a unique concept in the G-League that is focused on giving the over 200 G-League players as much exposure to NBA …

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Salesianum falls short at Slam Dunk to the Beach

Joe SinglesHeadlines, Sports

Salesianum basketball team traveled to Cape Henlopen High School Wednesday night to play the College Achieve Public Charter Phoenix’s at the 2023 Slam Dunk to the Beach. After suffering a tough out of state loss last weekend to Archbishop Wood in Warminster, PA, the Sals bounced back with a 74-71 win over in state rival Appoquinimink HS exactly a week …

Ursuline Academy basketball Jezelle GG Banks dribbles down court with Skylar Bolden photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Courtside View – Week 2 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The girls basketball season enters the final week before the Chrotmas holiday and the holiday tournaments start next week. I am looking forward to seeing how these teams fare before they get into their conference schedule in January.     Ursuline freshmen Jezelle Banks scored a career high 29 points in their 79-67 win over Bonita Vista High (CA) over the …

Saint Marks Alassan Ndiaye scored 17 ponts to help defeat West Philly photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

St. Mark’s improves to 5-0 in boys’ basketball

Joe SinglesHeadlines, Sports

Game number four at the Boys’ Basketball Winter Showcase hosted by Mount Pleasant High School was between the St. Mark’s Spartans and the West Philadelphia High School Speedboys. St. Marks, who came in the contest touting a 4-0 record in state, started the game in a 3-2 full court zone press which proved to give West Philly some difficulty, causing …

Delaware Blue Coats Terquavion Smith attempts a shot photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Lethal shooting from beyond the arc carries Nets over Blue Coats

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

WILMINGTON- Long Island was scorching the nets on Saturday night at the Chase Fieldhouse as they would defeat the Blue Coats 125-117.  The Nets were able to overcome 21 turnovers with a spectacular shooting display as a team that included 47-80 from the field, highlighted by a red hot 18-31 from beyond the arc.   Long Island led throughout the …

Overview shot of all he mats at the Beast of the East photo courtesy of NJ.com

Delaware wrestlers face some of nation’s best at Beast of the East

Benny MitchellHeadlines, Sports

  Newark – The Bob Carpenter Center on the Campus of the University of Delaware with 12 wrestling mats sprawled across the floor was the battle ground for the 31st Beast of the East High School Wrestling Tournament. The event featured 960 wrestlers from 168 teams representing 24 states converging on Newark, Delaware. “It was a little overwhelming, but it was …