Caravel softball Leah Richardson swings at a pitch. Photo by Nick Halliday

Inside The Circle: Week 5 softball top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

Caravel remains on top of our rankings despite a loss to undefeated Rising Sun (MD). There is movement after the Buccaneers while things stay the same from the 5th spot to No. 10. There are plenty of good matchups this week including 302 Sports live broadcast featuring No. 10 Cape at No. 4 Sussex Central.   No. 1 Caravel (6-1) The …

Sussex Central baseball Noah Burroughs. Photo courtesy of Prep Baseball DE

Clubhouse talk: Week 5 baseball top 10

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Well it was the best spring weather, but it was the best we have seen this spring so far. We saw a new number one last week and we will see a new number one this week.    Cape Henlopen took over as the new No. 1 last week, but suffered their first loss of the season this week. However …

Polytech sofball Julia MacConnel hit a three run homerun in their win over Smyrna. Photo by Ben Fulton

No. 7 Polytech rallies past Smyrna 

Glenn FrazerHigh Schools, Sports

The Polytech Panthers fell behind 2-0 after three innings in Monday’s Henlopen Conference game at Smyrna. They responded with an immediate rally in the top of the fourth, scoring 6 runs including a 3-run homer by Julia MacConnell.  After the win, I asked Julia what her approach was on the “at-bat” as she was down in the count on-and-two. She …

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On the Pitch: Week 4 girls soccer top 10

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The weather doesn’t look good again this week as the girls soccer resumes play for the final 4 week sprint to the state tournament..    The Division 1 No. 1 team Middletown is rolling along this season as they are off to a 5-0 start.  They have outscored their opponents 35-0 which is an average of 7-0 scores in their …

William Penn baseball Colby Gilbert hit a go ahead three run home run to lift the Colonials over Saint Marks. Photo by Nick Halliday

William Penn powers past Saint Mark’s

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  No. 3 William Penn visited Gene Alesandrini field on the campus No. 8 Saint Mark’s to face off in a top ten baseball matchup. The Colonials battled back from behind two times to defeat the Spartans at home.    The Spartans jumped out to an early two run lead in the bottom of the first inning. Chase Thorton led …

Caravel Softball Kasey Xenidis throws a pitch during a game. Photo by Nick Halliday

Inside The Circle: Week 4 Softball Top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

Caravel keeps on winning to hold onto the top spot in our poll but there is some movement for other teams. The weather has improved a little as most teams start playing games postponed from earlier in the season.  No. 1 Caravel (6-0) The Buccaneers picked up 3 wins last week against last year’s finalist Indian River (11-nothing), No. 8 …

DMA baseball Tyler Leech throw a pitch during a game. Photo by Nick Halliday

Clubhouse talk: Week 4 baseball top 10

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

It wasn’t the best weather as we saw more rainouts and games being played with 40 mph wind gusts. However there were some big games that got to play and will shake up our top 10 rankings this week. No. 1 DMA finally got in a good week of baseball. They defeated Newark Charter and Dover during the Week, but …