WILMINGTON — Salesianum, the top seed in the DIAA Class 3A football tournament, overcame a stiff challenge from No. 5 Middletown, earning a 24-14 win on Nov. 24 at Abessinio Stadium. It will be the Sals’ first trip to a state championship game since 2018. The Sals (11-1) advanced to the Class 3A championship game against No. 6 Cape Henlopen, …
Archmere defeats Woodbridge to advance to state championship
CLAYMONT — Miles Kempski led a prolific Archmere offense with three rushing touchdowns and two more through the air as the Auks clinched a trip to the DIAA Class 2A championship with a 56-28 win over Woodbridge on a sun-splashed day at Coaches Field on Nov. 25. The Auks and Blue Raiders began their assault on the scoreboard immediately, with …
Caravel remains unbeaten with DIAA semifinal win
(Bear, DE) The “ball-control” offense of Caravel Academy was on full display Friday night as the Buccaneers gained over 220 yards rushing in a dominant win. Caravel returns to Delaware Stadium next week to play for a state championship against the winner of Saturday’s other semifinal between Woodbridge and Archmere. The Bucs scored on their first possession as …
Salesianum soccer wins third consecutive state championship
The Salesianum boys soccer team won the state championship for the third consecutive year with a win over Cape Henlopen. The Sals were led by Senior Gianluca Maronni who had a hat trick in the 4-2 victory over the vikings. Marroni scored the first goal of the game on a centering pass from Chase Esser in front of …
Salesianum dominates St. Mark’s in renewed rivalry
They started arriving on the St. Mark’s campus early, fans eagerly awaiting the renewal of the Holy War, the football game between the Spartans and longtime rival Salesianum. The outcome wouldn’t change much as far as tournament seedings were concerned, but that is normally secondary in this series. The Sals scored early, building up a 26-0 halftime advantage on the …
Delmar, Newark Charter advance in state field hockey tourney
The Division 2 DIAA Tournament Semifinals did not disappoint after a great night of field hockey the night before in the Division 1 Semifinals where Smyrna and Cape Henlopen advanced to Saturday’s Finals. Jodi Hollamon and her Delmar Wildcats will play for what could be their eighth championship and Newark Charter under head coach Stacey Spiker is in the finals …
Smyrna and Cape Henlopen advance
The re-match is set as Smyrna and Cape Henlopen advance to the DIAA Tournament Finals.These two faced off in 2021 and 2022 in the finals with Cape winning in 2021 and Smyrna winning in 2022. In the regular season game, the advantage went to Smyrna 2-1. I want to extend congratulations to both Milford and Charter School of Wilmington …
The Corner Scoop – State Tournament Semifinals
Delaware Field Hockey is at a fever pitch after the first round in Division 2 Wednesday Nov. 1 and Quarterifnals on Saturday November 4, along with Quarterfinal play in Division 1 on Thursday Nov. 3. Championship field hockey is always exciting and will dial up the intensity as games move to the fast turf at Rullo Stadium at the University …
Caravel defense shines to keep Buccaneers undefeated
Caravel improved to 9-0 on the 2023 season with a 16-8 victory over DMA on Friday night. The Seahawks entered the game at 4-4 and in a must-win situation under first year head coach, Matt Carre. As noted on the broadcast, DMA has two losses on the season by less than 3 points and now fight for their …
The Corner Scoop – DIAA State Tournament preview
We have reached the end of the 2023 regular season in field hockey. Saturday, October 28th, Delmar was crowned the Henlopen Conference Champions as they defeated Smyrna 6-0 on their home field. A great win for the Delmar community who has suffered the loss of Carter Figgs, a 16 year old football player and wrestler. This game was a rematch …