New Castle County is planning major upgrades to Bechtel Park. Ken Mammarella photo

NCCo plans $4.25M facelift for a park on Naamans Road

Ken MammarellaGovernment, Headlines

Pickleball is in, and handball is out in a concept for Bechtel Park. New Castle County has scheduled a meeting on Monday, Aug. 12, to outline its plans for the 25-acre county park on Naamans Road in Brandywine Hundred, just west of Talley Middle. The meeting will be 6-7:30 p.m. at the Claymont Library, 400 Lenape Way. “The plan that …

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Blue Gold softball game features top seniors at Red Lion

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

  The 42nd annual Blue Gold All-star game will be played Wednesday night at Red Lion Christian Academy. The game features nearly 40 seniors from around the state, with nearly half of those players being honored on the All-State teams.  Festivities begin around 5:30 with a set of skill competitions. The game is scheduled to start at 6:45. The Gold …

Caravel Academy softball team poses with the DIAA softball state championship trophy after defeating Sussex Central. Photo by Shannon Timmons

Inside The Circle: 2024 softball recap

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

With the 2024 softball season in the “rear view mirror”, we present our reflections of the year that culminates with the Blue-Gold All Star game to be played Wednesday at Red Lion Christian Academy and will be broadcast on Delaware Live Sports. Twenty-five different schools were represented on the three All State teams. Several of those players will participate in …

Caravel Academy Haley Grygo gets ready for a groundball. Photo by Nick Halliday

Inside The Circle: Softball tournament preview

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

The DIAA softball tournament begins Tuesday with eight games as the field of 24 will be chasing top seed and No. 1 ranked Caravel for this year’s title. The Buccaneers have won three consecutive championships and 13 overall. Here are our top 10 teams and how they are seeded: No. 1 Caravel (14-1) The Buccaneers have won 8 straight since …

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Xenidis and Arrowsmith combine to keep Caravel on top

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

In the second matchup this season of non-conference teams Caravel and Cape Henlopen Caravel stayed red hot at the plate In the first matchup between these two teams the game went 6 scoreless innings before Caravel plated 5 runs to win 5-0.  The Caravel bats came alive in the 2nd inning but they left the bases loaded when a ground …

Caravel Academy softball Haley Grygo looks in on a pitch from second base. Photo by Nick Halliday

Inside The Circle: Final week softball Top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

This is the final week of regular season play as teams try to position for seeding in the upcoming tournament. There are many really good matchups this week, and hopefully “mother nature” will allow the games to be played without cancellations.   No. 1 Caravel (11-1) The Buccaneers anticipated a game with No. 2 Appo turned out to be a relatively …

Lake Forest softball Carah Sumpter throws a pitch during a game. Photo by Ben Fulton

Inside The Circle: Week 6 softball top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

Caravel holds on to the top spot and hasn’t played since April 26. Congrats to Lake for winning the Henlopen-South with a walk-off against Laurel. There are only a handful of games left in the regular season and 302 Sports will broadcast Tuesday night’s game under the lights as No. 1 meets No. 2.   No. 1 Caravel (9-1) The Buccaneers …

Smyrna vs DMA softball. Photo by Ben Fulton

Inside The Circle: Week 6 softball top 10

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

Caravel recorded three wins last week to improve to 9-1 and hold on to the top spot in our rankings. The next six remain the same with some changes at the bottom of the top 10 as we close in on the final few weeks of the season. There are plenty of good matchups this week including Caravel traveling to …

Smyrna softball Alexis Dennis swings at a pitch against DMA. Photo by Ben Fulton

Smyrna tops DMA to cross .500 mark on season

Shannon TimmonsHeadlines, Sports

Softball is a spring sport, but Mother Nature doesn’t know that as today felt more like football weather. On a cloudy and cold Saturday morning, the Smyrna Eagles topped DMV 2-0 at Beverly Jo Carter Field. This is a big non conference win for Smyrna to put them over .500 on the season at 6-5.    There was a shakeup …

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 …