Sports

Cape tennis falls to Auks

Dan Cook
2 months ago
The Cape boys’ and girls’ tennis squads each faced undefeated Archmere April 16. When the last out...

GAP is looking for a little help

Fritz Schranck
2 months ago
This past week, I attended a volunteer training seminar provided by the Golf Association of...

Fishing Indian River Inlet’s north side has changed...

Eric Burnley
2 months ago
Not all fishermen have a boat. As soon as my youngest son Roger takes my 16-foot tin boat, I will...

McIlroy goes back to back

Sumner Spence
2 months ago
Rory McIlroy became only the fourth golfer in the 90-year history of the Masters to go back to back...

Athletes of the Week April 17

2 months ago
Layla Conn Layla rolls with the confident swagger of a coach’s kid. She has a high athletic IQ, is...

Spring season is all about participation across all...

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Cool Runnings - I snapped a photo of marathon runner Jodi Johnson and thought the 23-year-old out...

CoDel Running Festival attracts 3,000 runners

Tim Bamforth
2 months ago
More than 3,000 finishers in two days and four events emerged on the Cape Region April 11-12, as...

Delmarva Rush girls’ soccer teams excel at regional...

2 months ago
Delmarva Rush Soccer Club recognized the exceptional performance of its girls’ teams at the 2026...

Seahawks laxers fire on all cylinders in 17-2 win...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
The Sussex Academy boys’ lacrosse team rebounded from a heartbreaking loss to end spring break by...

Delmarva Christian volleyball digs deep in Sussex...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
Another chapter in the book of a local rivalry was written April 14, when the Delmarva Christian...

Ravens race past Royals in girls’ soccer action

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
Delmarva Christian was saddled with a 7-0 loss April 13, when the Royals took on a high-powered...

Vikings victorious against Seahawks in girls’ tennis...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
Despite the heat April 14, the Cape girls’ tennis team remained cool and calm with a 4-1 victory...

Cape baseball handles Indian River

Dan Cook
2 months ago
Cape sophomore Christian Cabello secured his first varsity victory April 14, with a 12-3 win over...

Cape boys’ lax shuts out the Panthers 19-0

Dan Cook
2 months ago
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team moved to 5-1 on the season with a 19-0 running-clock victory over...

Seahawks boys’ tennis flies over Cape 5-0

Dan Cook
2 months ago
The undefeated Sussex Academy boys’ tennis team made the trip down Route 9 for a match against 3-0...

Cape soccer ties Central 1-1

Dan Cook
2 months ago
It looked bleak for the Cape soccer squad April 14, as the Vikings went into the final five seconds...

Lewes Base Ball Club opens 2026 season

Dan Cook
2 months ago
The Lewes Base Ball Club opened its 2026 home schedule with a doubleheader against the Elkton...

Cape lax girls surge to 15-4 win over Queen Anne’s

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team surged in the second half against Queen Anne’s April 13 at Champions...

Sussex Academy upends Milford 13-3 at Del-Tech

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
Following an 11-3 loss to Conrad April 11, Sussex Academy baseball bounced back in a major way,...

Sussex Academy girls’ lax looking to get back in win...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
Buzzsaws are never fun to run into, especially one that is undefeated and outscoring its opponents...

Recognizing faces in places, but we all stumble on...

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Symbolic speech - The Coastal Delaware Running Festival produces a sea of T-shirts with message...

Ravens fly away from Vikings with big sixth inning...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
A young Cape softball team recently went toe-to-toe with Lake Forest, one of the top teams in the...

Seahawks suffer first loss in thriller against Tower...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
A 6-5 lead at halftime under the lights in Wilmington April 10 wasn’t enough of a cushion for...

Cape lax girls getting better by playing the best...

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team beat Kent Island 14-5 April 10, then lost to Marriotts Ridge 13-9...

Red baskets bankrolled by local player create disc...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
Thanks to a charitable donation by one of the better disc golf players in the area, more people...

SFY Tsunami water polo team tacks on another win

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
Tsunami warnings in the Atlantic Ocean are virtually nonexistent, meaning Mid-Atlantic water polo...

Sussex Academy softball grounded by Red Wolves

Dan Cook
2 months ago
The Sussex Academy softball team moved to 4-2 on the season with a 4-1 loss to Conrad School of...

Ravens baseball shuts out Cape 2-0

Dan Cook
2 months ago
The Sussex Tech baseball team moved to 3-3 on the season with a 2-0 win over previously unbeaten...

New driver tech for Mizuno

Fritz Schranck
2 months ago
Demo Day at the 2026 PGA Show looked like the largest golf show in the world finally made a full...

Springtime summer flounder are out there waiting

Eric Burnley
2 months ago
The first summer flounder of the year were caught on April 1, one from the fishing pier at Woodland...

Lewes Base Ball Club to host Elkton Eclipse April 12

2 months ago
Lewes Base Ball Club will open its 2026 home schedule with a doubleheader against the Elkton...

Masters week brings back great memories

Sumner Spence
2 months ago
The Masters golf tournament is my favorite event to watch every year because of the beauty of the...

Athletes of Week April 10

2 months ago
Owen Daminger Now a junior baseball player at Misericordia University, Owen was a junior during...

Refs rule the roost, control the venue and are...

Dave Frederick
2 months ago
Max factor - I don’t bash referees, but to claim they aren’t a factor in a game (pick your sport)...

Bunny Palooza 5K draws 669 racers to Bethany Beach

Tim Bamforth
2 months ago
Easter was in the air in Bethany Beach last weekend as the 14th Bunny Palooza 5K and 1-Mile Walk...

Seahawks get tying run to plate in 5-2 loss to CR in...

Aaron R. Mushrush
2 months ago
DIAA postseason action at Frawley Stadium is still several weeks away, but Sussex Academy made sure...

Cape swim teams visit North Carolina universities,...

3 months ago
At the end of January, the Cape Henlopen High School boys’ and girls’ swim teams took an enriching...

Cone of uncertainty surrounds protected cylinder of...

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Cone of Uncertainty - There is a cylinder of personal space in basketball, lacrosse, soccer and...

Royals go 2-1 in first three 2026 matches

Fritz Schranck
3 months ago
Delmarva Christian won its first match of the 2026 season March 26, with a 185-255 defeat of Mt...

Trout season opens April 4

Eric Burnley
3 months ago
Delaware will open the trout season Saturday, April 4, in New Castle County. So, you may ask, why...

Sussex Academy powers to 18-1 victory

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
Despite an early spring day that felt like winter April 2, the Sussex Academy softball team’s bats...

Sussex Academy volleyball back to .500 with 3-0 win

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
As spring brightens up the Cape Region, it’s helping the Sussex Academy boys’ volleyball team warm...

Seahawks send Senators home with a 5-0 tennis loss

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
Too much of a good thing is sometimes … a good thing, especially if it leads to back-to-back 5-0...

Cape boys’ lax edged by nationally ranked Radnor

Dan Cook
3 months ago
Four Cape seniors hit the twine in the 6-4 boys’ lacrosse loss to Radnor High School of...

Cape softball falls to Spartans in battle of the bats

Dan Cook
3 months ago
The Cape softball team gave Lake Forest all it could handle in a 12-8 loss April 2 at Bill Cordrey...

Cape volleyball shuts out Aspira 3-0

Dan Cook
3 months ago
The Cape volleyball team’s frontline hitters dominated Aspira 25-6, 25-9, 25-9 at home April 2, to...

Cape soccer falls to Middletown 2-0

Dan Cook
3 months ago
The Cape girls’ soccer team moved to 1-2-1 on the season with a 2-0 loss to Middletown April 2 on...

Interesting start for the Phillies

Sumner Spence
3 months ago
The Phillies just completed their first home stand of the season with a .500 record of 3-3. For...

Athletes of the Week April 3

3 months ago
Chase Ballinger There are players who start a year on fire and then there is this Sussex...

Parched like a Dead Sea scroll on a red devil track

Dave Frederick
3 months ago
Acclimation project - Cape’s red devil track was unrelentingly pizza-oven hot Tuesday afternoon. We...

Cape track downs Dover, Smyrna

Tim Bamforth
3 months ago
The Cape track & field team hosted a tri-meet March 31 at Legends Stadium, with hundreds of fit...

Seahawks boys’ lacrosse soars over Lake Forest 19-0

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
April 1 may be April Fool’s Day, but a high-flying Sussex Academy lacrosse offense had no time for...

Seahawks softball rally stalls in 12-6 loss to Lake...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
For the first time in three games, the Sussex Academy softball team was held below double-digit...

Cape softball shuts out Senators 17-0

Dan Cook
3 months ago
After a tough 4-0 loss to Stephen Decatur March 31, the Cape softball team’s bats came alive in a...

Seahawks claim 5-0 victory over Golden Knights

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
A friendly neighborhood tennis match broke out on the Sussex Academy courts March 31, resulting in...

Seahawks soccer soars back from loss to bounce...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
It might have taken the Sussex Academy girls’ soccer team until the third game of the year to score...

Cape tennis defeats Seaford

Dan Cook
3 months ago
Cape girls’ tennis players haven’t lost a set so far in the 2026 season, as the Vikings continued...

Cape baseball delivers from the plate and the rubber

Dan Cook
3 months ago
The Cape baseball team came back from a five-run deficit in the bottom of the second inning to...

Special turkey hunting days set April 4-5

3 months ago
Delaware’s upcoming spring turkey hunting season has been extended by a day thanks to a recent...

Delmarva Christian softball bitten by long ball in...

Aaron R. Mushrush
3 months ago
Shutouts are part of early-season diamond sports, but one will have to forgive the Delmarva...