St Elizabeth Skylar Bolden attempts a layup and scored 7 points in their win over Padua. Photo by Nick Halliday

St Elizabeth’s Sullivan makes last-second shot in OT to defeat Padua 

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  WILMINGTON — Makayla Sullivan hit a last-second shot in overtime to help the St. Elizabeth Vikings beat Padua on the road by a 42-41 score in the teams’ second meeting of the year. Sullivan found herself open for a last-second layup as she rebounded a missed shot by teammate Skylar Bolden. She came down with the rebound and immediately …

St Elizabeths boys basketball Kenny Hunter Jr attempts a floater in their win over Dover. Photo by Nick Halliday

St. E’s rebounds from 16-point second-half deficit to beat Dover 50-48 on the road 

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  DOVER — The No. 2 St. Elizabeth Vikings fell behind the home-standing Dover Senators by double digits in the second half but fought back to beat the No. 3 Senators 50-48. Down 16 points — 35-19 — in the third quarter, St. Elizabeth’s stepped up their defensive pressure and looked to one of their leaders to get them back in …

St Elizabeth Vikings Nicholas Mancini returns a punt in their win over Christiana. Photo by Nick Halliday

A Vikings win was certain — this time it was St E’s who beat Christiana 42-12

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

St. Elizabeth and Christiana played a football game with a little bit of everything, but when the dust settled, St. E’s had a 42-12 win that could prove critical to the team’s postseason chances. In this Vikings vs. Vikings showdown, the visitors — enjoying their best season in years — jumped out to a 6-0 lead when Jayvion Pollard brushed …

St Elizabeths alumni football camp coaches for the annual football clinic at St Elizabeths. Photo by Pat Garyantes

State Champion alumni return for 3rd youth football clinic

Patrick GaryantesHeadlines, Sports

  WILMINGTON- It was a star-studded afternoon at the St. E Center for St. Elizabeth High School’s 3rd annual youth football clinic.  Over 40 campers, current members of the high school coaching staff and players, and an impressive list of alumni players from three generations of Viking football as special coaches were in attendance for the event.     Campers were …

Saint Elizabeth basketball Aiden Tobiason has been selected as the 2023 24 Delaware High School Basketball Players of the Year by the DSBA photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Tobiason and Banks are named DSBA players of the year

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

Saint Elizabeth senior Aiden Tobiason and Ursuline freshman Jezelle “GG” Banks have been selected as the 2023-24 Delaware High School Basketball Players of the Year by the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association (DSBA). Tobiason led the Vikings in scoring with 432 points on the season in which he averaged 18 points a game. The Vikings went 19-1 in the regular …

St Elizabeths basketball Julius Wright 23 backs down a Howard defender photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Top seed St. Elizabeth knocks off Howard in quarter finals

Joe SinglesHeadlines, Sports

With the top seed in the 2024 boys’ basketball state tournament, the St. Elizabeth’s Vikings knew they would get Howard High School’s best effort Saturday night. Despite a rough start shooting, the Vikings withstood the early defensive intensity from the Wildcats and used their athleticism to take a 13-12 lead on the last possession of the quarter on a 25 …

St Elizabeths Aiden Tobiason holds the ball against Sanford photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Courtside View – Boys basketball second round playoff preview

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

The second round of the boys state basketball tournament kicks off tonight.  The eight second round games all tip off at 7 pm as the 2024 State tournament continues.  Here is a look of the eight games,   No. 9 Howard (14-7). at No. 8 William Penn (16-4)   The Wildcats advanced with a 61-46 win over McKean on Tuesday night.  …

St Elizabeths Julius Wright attempts a shot in their game against Dover photo courtesy of Ben Fulton

Vikings are top seed in DIAA Boys Basketball Championship

Nick HallidayHeadlines, Sports

  The No. 1 ranked St Elizabeth’s Vikings are the number one seed in this year’s Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Associations (DIAA) boys basketball state championship. The brackets were revealed today as the committee met at the DIAA headquarters in Dover.    St Elizabeths suffered just one loss this season when the No. 5 so have a chance to meet again …

Sanford boys basketball Jayden Taylor take a shot against St Elizabeths photo courtesy of Nick Halliday 2

Courtside View – Final boys basketball top 10 rankings

Jason WinchellHeadlines, Sports

    The Boys basketball season ends  on Wednesday and the brackets for the state tournament will come out on Friday morning.   The seedings come out Friday and their is a lot of intrigue this year as there are many teams on the bubble.  I’m looking forward to see where teams will be when they come out on Friday …

St Elizabeth basketball Aiden Tobiason dribbles against Avion Matthews from Middletown photo courtesy of Nick Halliday

Top ranked St. Elizabeth holds off late Middletown run

Glenn FrazerHeadlines, Sports

(Middletown)  There is a saying when a team starts out a game and can’t miss a shot, “they were in range when they stepped off the bus!” That’s how locked in the St. Elizabeth Vikings basketball team was when they raced out to a 22-12 first quarter lead, and extended the advantage to 45-22 at halftime. The Vikings connected on …