Class 3A coach of year Mike Frederick from Cape Henlopen holding his award with DIFCA president John Wilson photo courtesy of Glenn Frazer

DIFCA awards banquet annouces Coaches of the Year

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

(Dover)  The Delaware Interscholastic Football Coaches Association (DIFCA) held its 20th annual awards banquet Monday night at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover. The All-Class teams were awarded trophies, including players of the year. Two officials were honored during the ceremony. John Patterson from the Northern Delaware Football Officials Association (DFOA) was awarded a plaque for his services since 1975. …

St Elizabeths Aidan Tobiason attempts a three pointer in their win over Saint Marks photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

St Elizabeth holds off Saint Mark’s

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

On a rare Monday night boys basketball matchup a packed St E’s Center watched No.1 undefeated St Elizabeth’s Vikings and a one loss Saint Mark’s Spartans face off. This is the first of two games for these two teams in less than two weeks as they will face off again on Feb. 2.   The Vikings came out hot right …

William Penns Emmanuel Vonhm dunks the ball in the game against Caravel photo courtesy of Nick Halliday 1

William Penn’s big fourth quarter lifts them over Caravel

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  The Caravel Buccaneers came into the hostile William Penn Colonials gym Wednesday night, but they were not intimidated. The Buccaneers were able to keep pace with the No. 5 Colonials leading them at halftime 27-23, and after three quarters they found themselves only down by two with a 43-41 lead by the colonials.    However the fourth quarter was …

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Field hockey players named to All Mid-Atlantic teams

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

MAX Field Hockey has announced their All Region Players and Teams. They look at data throughout the year of each graduating class of players in their selection process. A lot goes into the decision to place players in the Top 10, Top 100, Top 150, the Watch List, and to the All Region Team. They work class by class sorting …

Cape Henlopen girls basketball Amalia Fruchtman attempts a layup during a game photo courtesy of Pat Woods

Courtside View – Week 6 girls basketball Top 10

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The girls basketball season will heat up this week as the snow melts outside.  The snow last week knocked out a full schedule of games meaning the next 4 weeks will be filled with a lot of action.   The Diamond State conference had a real big game last week as Archmere traveled to DMA.  The Auks won their fifth …

St Georges Emory Womack scored a game high points against Odessa photo courtesy of Nick Halliday 1

St George’s wins a thriller at Odessa

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

In what can only be described as a playoff atmosphere, the St. George’s Hawks snapped Odessa’s 10-game win streak Tuesday night in boys hoops action. The night began with students from Old State Elementary singing the National Anthem. Then Blair Thomas of the Hawks converted two free throws as Odessa dunked the ball during warmups, drawing a technical foul. The …

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Courtside View – Week 5 girls basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

The girls basketball season saw a strange week as games were postponed due to a storm that provided heavy rain and winds.  The forecast this week is for snow and very frigid temps so check the schedules before heading to the gyms.   The Ursuline Raiders and Caravel Bucs continue to succeed against some of the better out of state …