St Elizabeths Aidan Tobiason goes up for a dunk against Howard photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Courtside View – Week 7 boys basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The Boys basketball season ends on February 21st so there are 15 days left in the regular season.  The teams will make their final push to see if they can qualify for the state tournament at the end of the month.   The SL 24 Unlock the Light tournament  saw 6 boys games over the weekend including a big Blue …

St Elizabeths Aiden Tobiason attempts a pass during their win over Salesianum Photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

St. Elizabeth holds off Sallies in sold-out showdown

Joe SinglesHeadlines, Sports

The sell out crowd and the big game atmosphere had little effect on both teams as St. Elizabeth settled in to their 2-2-1 full court press defensively and received some hot three point shooting get them on the score board early and often scoring 20 points in the first 6 minutes of the contest. Sallies clawed their way to within …

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 …

Salesianums RJ Johnson attempts a layup at The Slam Dunk to the Beach Photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Courtside View – Week 3 boys basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellSports, Headlines

The Boy’s  basketball season heads into the 2024 portion of its schedule this week as teams start getting into their heavy part of the schedule.  Lots of big games on tap the next few weeks of the season.   The Blue Hen Fight A conference opener for both William Penn and Appoquinimink kicks off Thursday night at Appoquinimink.  That’s a …

Salesianum verse William Penn last years state championship basketball game photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Courtside View – Week 1 boys basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

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 …

Salesianum boys lacrosee team your 2023 diaa state champs photo courtesy of Jason Winchell

Salesianum runs lead to state lacrosse championship

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

DOVER – It would take all your fingers and toes to count the number of times Salesianum has been in the DIAA lacrosse state championship game (18, to be exact), but few have gone the way of the one the Sals played Saturday at Dover High School against perennial rival Cape Henlopen. The Sals, the top-seeded team in the bracket, …