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 …
Lethal shooting from beyond the arc carries Nets over Blue Coats
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 …
Delaware wrestlers face some of nation’s best at Beast of the East
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 …
Wright leads St Elizabeth’s over Penn
WILMINGTON — Julius Wright scored 22 points to lead six St. Elizabeth players in double figures as the Vikings made a statement in an 86-67 win over William Penn at a sold-out St. E Center on Thursday night. The Colonials, who entered the game ranked fifth in the state by Delaware Live, took a 13-11 lead in the first quarter …
Courtside View – Week 1 girls basketball top 10 rankings
The Fall sports season ended on December 2nd and now is the time to focus on the winter sports that kicked off their season. Here are my Girls high school basketball courtside notes for this week and the first rankings for Delaware Live. Former Ursuline and Villanova basketball player Adrianna Hahn is the new coach at Tower Hill and …
Courtside View – Week 1 boys basketball top 10 rankings
The Fall sports season ended on December 2nd and now is the time to focus on the winter sports that kicked off their season. Here are my boys high school basketball courtside notes for this week and the first rankings for Delaware LIve. I have enjoyed the fact that these schools are playing some great out of state competition …
Former Sussex Central wrestler takes his talents to Japan
Okinawa, Japan is far far away from Long Neck, Delaware. A 13 hour time difference to be exact. But that is where former two sport high school athlete Jevon Saffold has already made a name for himself fighting in the cage. Saffold, a 2019 graduate of Sussex Central High School joined the United States Air Force after graduation. He is …
Delaware Military wins Milford Invitational
Milford – Fourteen teams throughout the state converged on Milford Central Academy on Saturday for the 64th Milford Invitational Wrestling Tournament. When the dust settled the Delaware Military Academy Seahawks emerged with the team title scoring 463.5 points to finish ahead of Wm. Penn 415.5 and Caesar Rodney 400. Smyrna and Milford rounded out the top five. Delaware Military crowned six …
Delaware looks to stay hot after first Big East win in program history
It was a great night for the 302 last Tuesday when the Delaware Blue Hens notched their first Big East Conference win in program history with an 87-80 win over Xavier in the Queen City. Jalun Trent, one of many new faces in the blue and gold this season, was named CAA Player of the Week Monday morning. Trent paced …
Delaware State Basketball off to the best start in the last 20 seasons
In the Summer of 2021, Stan Waterman was hired to be the head coach at Delaware State. He left a successful tenure at Sanford High School, where he won 6 basketball state championships. Del State had gone 3-16 the season before his arrival and after a few years, the Hornets are now turning things around in Dover. After the Hornet’s …