Appoquinimink’s Courtney Burtell (left) shows her frustration after sprawling Middletown goalkeeper Taylor Wolf made two huge saves in the Cavaliers’ 1-0 win last Wednesday.

Middletown girls soccer coach Brian Derrickson hoped an influx of young talent and a change in training methods would lead to a better record this season.

But the Cavaliers have exceeded his highest hopes.

“I would have never expected us to be 11-0-2,” Derrickson said after Middletown’s 1-0 victory over Appoquinimink last Wednesday. “I throw credit to the players, responding to whatever they’re being asked to do and the competitive nature they bring.”

The fourth-ranked Cavaliers added another win to that total Monday, clinching at least a tie for the Blue Hen Flight A title with an 8-0 victory at William Penn. Charter of Wilmington can still tie Middletown atop the conference with a win at Mount Pleasant next Monday, but the Cavaliers have taken an amazing leap from last year’s 7-7-1 season.

“Everyone is really connecting,” freshman goalkeeper Taylor Wolf said. “No matter how they play, everyone is supporting each other. Every time something happens, we’re all there for each other. That’s how we get through every game.”

The only blemishes have been a scoreless tie against St. Georges on April 22 and a 1-1 draw with Charter on April 27. But the Cavaliers lost to the Force 4-0 last season, so a tie was a major step forward. Meghan Jolikko assisted on Rachel Finelli’s goal in the 67th minute to pull Middletown even.

“We have a tight bond. We never fight,” Jolikko said. “It’s just really different this year. We’re all a huge family.”

Derrickson and assistant coaches Rob Jamieson, Pat Williams and Joseph Sesay split the team into four groups each day and work on fundamentals.

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“We’re evolving as coaches and we’re doing some different things with them,” Derrickson said. “We’re training the girls every day, different coaches with different teams, so the girls feel very involved.”

Middletown has outscored opponents 58-7. Wolf has been a big part of that, including late in the first half against Appo when the freshman stopped two golden opportunities by the Jaguars. Then Jolikko scored the game’s only goal on a 35-yard free kick in the 78th minute.

“Some games in the beginning, she would bobble it just because she was so nervous, a freshman coming in,” Jolikko said of Wolf. “But she has definitely improved in every game, and we can definitely rely on her.”

The Cavaliers will finish the regular season at Delmar on Thursday, then prepare for their first DIAA Division I tournament appearance since 2014, when they lost to Sussex Tech 2-1 in the first round.

“We’re very excited to make the tournament this year,” Jolikko said. “We just want to do the best we can for our last time together.”

Baseball changes

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association’s plan to begin the state baseball tournament with four doubleheaders has been undone by Mother Nature.

Persistent rain over the last couple of weeks has prompted DIAA to extend the regular season to May 20. That will push the four opening-round tournament games – involving the eight lowest seeds in the expanded 20-team field – to May 23 at the home field of each higher seed. The eight second-round games will be played the following day.

The quarterfinals are now scheduled for May 26, with two games at Frawley Stadium and two at higher-seeded teams’ home fields. The semifinals will follow on May 28 and the championship will be May 31 – all at Frawley.

DIAA had planned to complete the regular season on May 18, then start the postseason on May 21 with the lowest eight seeds playing first-round games at the home fields of the four highest seeds, then following with second-round games the same day.

Rounding it up

— Four of the state’s top-five ranked softball teams will be in action against each other on Thursday. No. 4 Smyrna will play host to No. 1 Sussex Tech in a Henlopen North showdown at 4:15, and No. 5 Padua will travel to No. 2 Appoquinimink at 4:30.

— Macie Pennington totaled eight goals and an assist as Caravel (9-2-1), ranked third in Division II girls soccer, won three games last week. The junior had three goals in a 6-0 victory over St. Elizabeth, four goals in a 6-0 win over Wilmington Christian and a goal and an assist in a 2-1 victory over Delaware Military Academy.

— Four-time defending state champion Padua (13-0) jumped from 11th to sixth in the latest USA Today/NSCAA Super 25 national girls soccer rankings.

— The New Castle County track and field championships will be held Friday and Saturday at Baynard Stadium. Field events will begin at 2:30 p.m. Friday, with track events starting at 3:30. On Saturday, field events will begin at 8:30 a.m. and track events will start at noon.

— The Henlopen Conference track and field championships will be held Thursday and Friday at Lake Forest, with action starting at 4 p.m. each day.

— Lake Forest’s Austin Aguilar reached 100 career goals in the Spartans’ 18-16 victory over Indian River last Wednesday, quite a feat since the school only started a boys lacrosse program last year.

— Fifth-ranked Middletown (13-3, 8-1) clinched the Blue Hen Flight A baseball title with a 4-3 win over Charter of Wilmington last Thursday.

— The first win of the season was huge for the Seaford baseball team (1-10), as the Blue Jays stunned Cape Henlopen 6-4 last Thursday. The Vikings (9-3) have been ranked as high as No. 2 in the state this season, but Seaford got six strong innings of pitching from Dylan Allen, two doubles and two RBIs from Justin Gray and RBI hits from Evan Nibblett, Noah Waldridge and Tyler Harris.

— No. 1 Tower Hill (10-0-1) edged No. 2 Salesianum 147-158 in golf last Thursday at Fieldstone. Eighth-graders Jennifer Cleary and Phoebe Brinker led the way with 1-over-par 36s for nine holes. Ty Brinker added a 37 and Matthew Cleary shot 38 for the Hillers. Reed Winkler led Sallies with a 36.

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Athlete of the Week Sherita Lowman warming up prior to the Charter Invitational on Monday.

Athlete of the Week Sherita Lowman poses for a photo prior to the Charter Invitational on Monday.

Athlete of the Week Sherita Lowman poses for a photo prior to the Charter Invitational on Monday.

SHERITA LOWMAN, senior, Delcastle girls track and field

THE WEEK: Won the 100-meter hurdles (14.98 seconds) and 300-meter hurdles (47.57) and finished second in the triple jump (35 feet, 1½ inches) at the Blue Hen Conference track and field championships on Saturday.

THE DIFFICULTY: Hurdling is one of the most technical track events, with proper form being critical to maintaining speed while clearing each obstacle. “I like it because it’s not easy for everybody to hurdle,” Lowman said. “The hardest part about hurdling is three-stepping and leaning. If you can’t do that, it’s not going to be that easy.”

THE COACH SAYS: “She’s competitive,” Delcastle coach Carmella Anderson said. “She won’t give up, she doesn’t quit, she wants to be better. She goes into a meet with the mindset that she’s the best. She works that way at practice as well.”

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THE LENGTH: Lowman is 5-feet-8, her longer legs helping her take just three steps in between each hurdle in the 100. But there is a tradeoff. “I’m so tall, I have to get on the ground quicker than everybody else because they’re already lower to the ground than me,” she said.

THE LEARNING: “Just perfecting her form has been a challenge from the beginning,” Anderson said. “She’s learning as she goes, but she’s a fast learner.”

THE PREFERENCE: Lowman’s favorite event is the 100 hurdles, where she set a personal record on Saturday. “The 300 is a little bit harder, because it’s not that easy to practice,” she said. “You have to run all out each time.”

THE START: Lowman in the defending DIAA Division I and Meet of Champions champ in the 100-meter hurdles, and won the 55-meter hurdles at the DIAA Indoor meet in February. She is working to improve the critical phase before the first hurdle. “Her start is not the best, so we’re working on that every day,” Anderson said. “That is one of the main things that she has to work on, and it’s been a challenge for her.”

THE CLASSROOM: Lowman studies Culinary Arts at Delcastle, where she prefers baking. “I just love making cupcakes,” she said with a laugh. “They make everybody happy.”

THE FUTURE: Lowman has signed to continue her track and field career at Indiana Tech, where she plans to study Business Administration. “I want to own my own bakery after I finish college,” she said.

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Sophomore goalkeeper Mitch Meckley made five big saves in the second half to help Appoquinimink upset Cape Henlopen 10-7 on Tuesday night.

MIDDLETOWN – With a 34-game conference winning streak and four straight titles in Blue Hen Flight A, the Appoquinimink boys lacrosse team decided to dramatically increase the strength of its non-conference schedule this season.

The Jaguars took a couple of lumps because of that, but they delivered a big lump on Tuesday night with a 10-7 victory over third-ranked Cape Henlopen.

“They’re the juggernaut of lacrosse in the state of Delaware,” Appo coach Chris Rutter said of the Vikings, who have won six state championships. “They’re the ones who founded it, started it here. It was exciting to be able to compete with them and have a nice game.”

Cross Ferrara scored four times and John Dunbar and Zach Bowen each added three goals for the Jaguars (9-3).

Appo lost 17-6 to a dominant Wilson West Lawn (Pa.) team that is rolling along at 18-0, and Tower Hill and Delaware Military Academy edged the Jaguars in 10-8 and 11-10 games. Those setbacks prepared the home team for the challenge it would face Tuesday.

“Without those experiences, the outcome might have been a little bit different,” Rutter said. “We found that we needed to just work on our maturity and not making mistakes. We cut those mistakes out tonight.”

The first half was close all the way, with three lead changes and four ties. Ferrara reversed field twice before cutting in from behind and scoring on a low shot to give the Jaguars a 6-5 lead at halftime.

Then Appo played a textbook second half, holding Henlopen North champion Cape (8-5) to two goals and scoring twice in man-up situations.

After junior Noah Given stopped three shots in the first half, sophomore Mitch Meckley guarded the cage the rest of the way and made five big saves for the Jaguars.

“It’s really hard. It’s really nerve-wracking,” Meckley said. “Just don’t be the guy to mess it up, honestly. I work with Noah a lot, and we really get into those situations in practice, hopping in cold.”

Appo made Cape pay after one of the Vikings was sent off for slashing with 7:31 remaining. Ferrara dished to Bowen just 21 seconds later, and the junior scored for a 9-6 lead.

“That was huge,” Bowen said. “We needed to keep pushing the tempo. We wanted to get the lead and keep increasing the lead. We knew we had to stick together after that, calm it down.”

Brock Maloomian assisted on Hank Coveleski’s third goal as Cape pulled within 9-7 with 5:32 to play. But Meckley frustrated the Vikings the rest of the way, Appo senior Dominic Barrera singlehandedly controlled possession for almost two minutes, and Ferrara scoring the clinching goal with 3:09 left.

“We practiced a lot of situational stuff yesterday, and when we were put to the test we did exactly what we were supposed to do,” Rutter said. “It really paid off.”

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Tower Hill’s James Spruance (10) right, passes the ball off as Caesar Rodney’s Brinen Lefevre (12) defends.

Caesar Rodney’s Demetrius Stevenson (16), left runs with the ball as Tower Hill’s James Spruance (10) tries to block him.

Tower Hill’s Tej Vaddi (31), left and Caesar Rodney’s Noah Longest (2) fight for a loose ball in the first quarter of play.

Tower Hill’s Tej Vaddi (31), left defends against Caesar Rodney’s Jacob Pangle (22).

Caesar Rodney’s Jacob Pangle (22) runs with the ball in their home game against Tower Hill.

Tower Hill’s Tej Vaddi (31), left tries to steal the ball from Caesar Rodney’s Jacob Pangle (22).

Tower Hill’s Dougie McCoy (46) gains control of the ball in their win over Caesar Rodney.

Caesar Rodneys Patrick Matsko (9) runs with ball down the field in their home game against Tower Hill.

Tower Hill’s Christopher Miller (30) takes a hit while running with ball in their win over Caesar Rodney.

Caesar Rodney’s Jacob Mollohan (33) runs after the ball in their home game against Tower Hill.

Caesar Rodney’s goalie Tyler Gross reaches to stop a shot in their home game against Tower Hill.

Caesar Rodney’s Nolan Brockmeyer (8) runs with the ball through traffic in their home game against Tower Hill.

Tower Hill’s William Togo (20) reaches for the ball in their win over Caesar Rodney.

Tower Hill’s goalie Michael Gianforcaro (27) dives on the ball covering it in their win over Caesar Rodney.

Caesar Rodney’s Luke Rankin (27) runs down the field with the ball in their home game against Tower Hill.

Tower Hill’s Kevin Turner (7), left and Caesar Rodney’s Brinen Lefevre (12) battle for a loose ball.

Tower Hills Noah Thomas (11) runs down the side line away from Caesar Rodney’s players in their 11-9 win.

Caesar Rodney’s Jared Wagenhoffer (4), center, runs through Tower Hill’s defense.

Tower Hill’s James Spruance (10) runs down the field with the ball in their 11-9 win over Caesar Rodney.

Tower Hill’s goalie Michael Gianforcaro (27) keeps the ball away from Caesar Rodney’s offense in their 11-9 win.

Caesar Rodney’s Jacob Mollohan (33), left, with a hit to a Tower Hill player that ended in a penalty against Caesar Rodney.

Tower Hill’s Michael Gianforcaro (27), left and teammate Kevin Turner (7) jump into the air, congratulating each other, after their 11-9 win over Caesar Rodney.

CAMDEN – The Tower Hill boys lacrosse team had a lot to overcome on Wednesday night.

A wet field, a fired up opponent looking to end a three-game losing streak and a hamstring injury that ended senior midfielder Russell Applegate’s night in the opening minute made for a rough time.

But the second-ranked Hillers kept it together, weathered a hot start by Caesar Rodney and rallied for a character-building, 11-9 victory at Rider Stadium.

“We certainly did not start out real well,” Tower Hill coach Brad duPont said. “The kids showed a lot of poise and confidence to hang in there.”

The Riders (7-6) struck quickly, as Brinen Lefevre won the opening faceoff and passed to Luke Rankin for a goal just 13 seconds into the game. Carter Cucuzzella answered for the Hillers, but CR’s Rankin, Demetrius Stevenson and Jacob Copio each scored in a 67-second span to push Tower Hill into a 4-1 hole with 3:43 left in the first quarter.

“That was really nerve-wracking,” Hillers goalkeeper Michael Gianforcaro said. “… They came out firing, and we didn’t. We came out really flat. But we came back.”

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Dougie McCoy launched the comeback with his first goal early in the second quarter, and James Spruance bounced one in to pull Tower Hill within 5-4. Stevenson weaved through the defense for a CR goal, but McCoy assisted on Chris Miller’s goal and Spruance banged home a rebound in the final minute of the half to tie it at 6.

“There was a lot of adversity,” duPont said. “The score, you’re down a player, and we scratched back. I thought tying it at halftime was a big momentum boost.”

The Hillers (10-2) kept the momentum, taking the lead for the first time on two third-quarter goals by Jamie Spartin. But the Riders were far from finished.

Stevenson scored on a spin move with 7:13 left, and Lefevre won another faceoff and went straight in to tie it at 9 just six seconds later. All of a sudden, it was crunch time.

McCoy, one of the Hillers’ three captains, responded. The senior fired into the upper right corner of the net to give Tower Hill a 10-9 lead with 6:17 to play.

Gianforcaro made a big save at the three-minute mark, and McCoy rewarded him with another score from the left side for a two-goal lead with 2:11 remaining.

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“Coach always harps to me on being a leader and pushing my team through the tough times,” McCoy said. “First quarter, we were down 4-1 but the defense held strong and our offense started to push through.”

Gianforcaro stopped another key shot with 1:37 to go.

“I was really nervous,” said Gianforcaro, a freshman already in his second year as a starter. “I didn’t want to give up the game, and I felt that if I did let a goal in it would be on me. But our defense was doing a phenomenal job, only allowing outside shots.”

The Hillers played keepaway over the final 57.6 seconds, then mobbed their goalie to celebrate a big road victory.

“The kids are trusting each other. They’re not getting down on each other,” duPont said. “I think we’re playing better. With our chemistry, we’re really firing on all cylinders now.”

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Smyrna head coach Nicki Shirey out on the mound to settle down her pitcher in game with Sussex Tech.

Smyrna second baseman Kristen Fuhr makes a diving attempt to stop a single up the middle in game with Sussex Tech Thursday. Fuhr was injured on the play and had to be replaced.

Sussex Tech’s Madison Watson advanced to third when a pitch got away from the Eagles’ catcher early in the game Thursday. Sarah Miller of the Eagles takes in a late throw.

Jakayla Sample of Sussex Tech connects on a pitch and sends it over the left-center field fence for a three-run home against Smyrna.

Taylor Wroten of Sussex Tech drives a pitch toward second base but was thrown out late in the game with Smyrna on Thursday.

Taylor Cappella of Smyrna crosses home plate on a head-first slide to score a run for the Eagles.

Smyrna pitcher Jessica Anderson sends a fast ball to the plate in game with Sussex Tech Thursday. The hit put the Ravens up 5-0.

SMYRNA – The players and coaches on the Sussex Tech softball team each carry a Superball in their pocket, to remind them to bounce back when the going gets tough.

The Ravens hit like they were launching Superballs on Thursday.

Top-ranked Sussex Tech blasted four home runs — including two three-run shots — to power past No. 4 Smyrna 13-7 in a key Henlopen North matchup.

“We have some kids who can really hit the ball,” Ravens coach John Marvel said. “When they hit it, it’s going to go somewhere.”

It went over the fence. Freshman right fielder Jakayla Sample cracked two (to opposite sides of the field), and junior center fielder Rylee Shockley and junior first baseman Madison Watson each hit one for Sussex Tech (12-2, 5-1).

The Ravens also ripped three doubles, the first coming from Morgan Petty in the second inning to move Shockley to third. Then Alyssa Collins hit a sacrifice fly and Petty scored on a wild pitch for a 2-0 lead.

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Sussex Tech really got cranked up in the third. Watson and Taylor Collins singled with one out, and Sample lifted a towering shot over the left-field fence to make it 5-0.

“I think it was a high rise ball,” Sample said. “I just went with it. I could hear it. … If you hear it and you know it’s gone, it’s just a good rush in your body.”

The next batter — Shockley — also felt the rush with a solo drive to left-center to make it 6-0. The Ravens tacked on two more in the fourth on RBI singles by Collins and Shockley.

But Smyrna (9-3, 1-2) got it going in the bottom of the fourth. Olivia Faragher hit an RBI single and Sara Miller scored on a wild pitch to cut the lead to 8-2.

Then the Eagles flashed some power of their own in the fifth. Tayler John sliced an RBI single and Taylor Cappella — who went 4 for 4 — followed with a three-run homer to left to pull Smyrna within 8-6.

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“You’ve got to give Smyrna a lot of credit,” Marvel said. “They could have kind of rolled over, but they did not. They came right back at us.”

But the Ravens had a powerful answer in the sixth. Nicole Hovatter doubled and Shannon Lord singled to set the table for Watson, who unleashed a three-run bomb to left.

“I just wanted to hit a good pitch, focus on not chasing any balls,” Watson said. “Just hit a nice line drive and hopefully it will go out.”

It did. Two batters later, Sample smoked an outside pitch over the fence in right field for her second homer, pushing the Sussex Tech lead to 12-6.

“I just went with the pitch and took it out,” Sample said. “It just opens up your mindset, because you can hit it anywhere and not just on one side of the field.”

The teams combined for 25 hits, but made few defensive mistakes with only one error. Both Lord and Watson had three hits for the Ravens, and Hovatter, Collins, Sample, Shockley and Petty each had two hits.

“I’m proud of our kids,” Marvel said. “They pushed on, and got back in control of the game.”

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Senior Rachel Pritchard struck out 14 and held Conrad to two hits as Concord won 10-2 on Saturday.

Senior Rachel Pritchard struck out 14 and held Conrad to two hits as Concord won 10-2 on Saturday.

BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – Concord was a .500 team halfway through the season. But on Saturday, the Raiders showed they will be one of at least a dozen dangerous teams when the DIAA Softball Tournament begins in two weeks.

Senior Rachel Pritchard struck out 14 and Concord banged out 12 hits to easily handle Conrad 10-2. The Raiders were 4-4 at one point, but have won six of their last seven to jump to 10-5.

“We’re just striving to win the rest of our games,” Pritchard said. “We came out a little slow in the beginning of the season, but I think we’re definitely doing well.”

Concord was definitely doing well in the second inning, when five hits and three Redskins errors added up to five runs. Olivia Christy and Eryn Bailey each had an RBI single during the outburst as the Raiders took a 5-0 lead.

“We’ve sort of jelled together, getting those clutch hits in those big moments,” Concord coach Kelly Waslyn said. “We’re doing what we need to do.”

The Raiders scored three more in the third, the big blow coming when Sarah Raab’s single drove in two and an error on the same play cleared the loaded bases.

“I saw the pitch coming in, and next thing I knew it was going down past third base and I just ran,” Raab said.

Pritchard took it from there, getting at least one strikeout in every inning and striking out the side in the second and sixth.

“I threw mostly screwballs, but I also had the rise going a little bit today,” the right-hander said.

Conrad (12-3) had scored at least six runs in 12 of its first 14 games, but the Redskins couldn’t solve Pritchard. Conrad’s only rally came in the fourth, when Pritchard hit Isabelle Troise and Skyler Poore and Nicole Erhart drove them home with a double to deep center.

“She is moving the ball around, putting the ball where it’s supposed to be,” Waslyn said of Pritchard. “She’s keeping the batters off-stride. She’s been doing a great job.”

Raab, Bailey, Pritchard, Alyson Fox and Shelly Johnson each had two hits for Concord, including a triple by Fox and a double by Pritchard.

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Sussex Tech’s Madison Watson moves to third on a wild pitch last Thursday as Smyrna’s Sarah Miller snags a late throw. Sussex Tech is ranked No. 2 statewide in softball.

BASEBALL

1. St. Mark’s (14-2) Prev. 1

2. Smyrna (13-2) 3

3. Caravel (10-4) 2

4. Dover (15-2) 4

5. Middletown (14-3) 5

SOFTBALL

1. Appoquinimink (13-2) 2

2. Sussex Tech (12-2) 1

3. Caravel (13-2) 3

4. Padua (11-2) 5

5. Cape Henlopen (11-4) NR

BOYS LACROSSE

1. Salesianum (12-3) 1

2. Archmere (10-4) 5

3. Wilmington Friends (11-2) NR

4. Tower Hill (10-3) 2

5. DMA (9-2) 4

GIRLS LACROSSE

1. Cape Henlopen (12-1) 1

2. Polytech (13-2) 2

3. Caravel (12-2) 3

4. Charter of Wilmington (13-1) 4

5. Tower Hill (12-3) 5

GIRLS SOCCER

DIVISION I

1. Padua (14-0) 1

2. Caesar Rodney (13-1) 2

3. Middletown (13-0-2) 4

4. Charter of Wilmington (8-3-1) 3

5. Appoquinimink (11-3-1) 5

DIVISION II

1. Indian River (12-1) 1

2. Archmere (11-1-2) 2

3. Caravel (10-3-1) 3

4. Delaware Military Academy (11-3-1) 4

5. Sanford (10-3-1) NR

GOLF

1. Tower Hill (12-0-1) 1

2. Salesianum (9-2-1) 2

3. Caesar Rodney (16-1) 3

4. Appoquinimink (15-0) 4

5. Charter of Wilmington (10-2) NR

BOYS TENNIS

1. Caesar Rodney (15-0) 1

2. Tower Hill (10-2) 2

3. Charter of Wilmington (10-1) 3

4. St. Andrew’s (9-3) 4

5. Archmere (10-2) 5

GIRLS TENNIS

1. Caesar Rodney (14-0) 1

2. Archmere (12-0) 2

3. Charter of Wilmington (10-2) 3

4. Tower Hill (12-2) 4

5. St. Andrew’s (9-4) NR

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MATT PULGINI, sophomore, Appoquinimink golf

THE WEEK: Took medalist honors with a 1-under-par 34 at Back Creek Golf Club in Appo’s victory over Newark last Monday. Earned medalist honors again Wednesday with a 35 at Back Creek in the Jaguars’ tri-meet win over Middletown and St. Georges. Then took medalist honors in a much bigger tournament – U.S. Open local qualifying – shooting a 73 on Monday at Silver Creek Country Club in Hellertown, Pa., to finish first among 90 amateurs and professionals.

THE QUALIFIER: Pulgini’s performance on Monday earned him a spot in one of 10 U.S. Open sectional qualifiers on June 6. He expects to play at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md. Success there would earn a spot in the U.S. Open, to be played June 16-19 at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, Pa. “It was very, very windy. You really just had to stay patient and not get ahead of yourself,” he said. “The main goal was trying to hit fairways and greens, two-putt and get out of there with par. My putting really helped me out a lot today. I made a lot of big putts toward the end.”

THE STRENGTH: “I’d have to say course management, and getting the ball off the tee,” Pulgini said. “Once I can get it off the tee, I feel like my approach shots are good enough to set myself up for better scores.”

THE SHORT GAME: “I love chipping,” Pulgini said. “It’s probably my favorite part of the game. I do it all the time, practice every single day. That’s how you get better.”

THE COACH SAYS: “He is constantly working. I know when he’s not playing for us, he’s out playing other rounds of golf,” Appo coach Craig Ford said. “He’s out doing other things to prepare and play… He has the swing, he has the ability.”

THE TEAM: The Jaguars went 15-0 in dual matches. They will finish the season at the DIAA Golf Tournament, May 31-June 1 at Rehoboth Beach Country Club. “Now we’ve got to step it up a little bit and continue to play well against these bigger schools and see how far we can make it in states,” Pulgini said.

THE CLASSROOM: Pulgini enjoys studying World History. “I like learning about different countries and how they relate with us,” he said.

THE FUTURE: Pulgini’s goal is to play Division I college golf. In addition to the U.S. Open sectional qualifier, he plans to play tournaments in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Florida this summer.

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Golfer Matt Pulgini, at Back Creek Golf Club near Middletown Saturday May 14, 2016. He’s the News Journal’s athlete of the week. Gary Emeigh/Special For The News Journal

Golfer Matt Pulgini, at Back Creek Golf Club near Middletown Saturday May 14, 2016. He’s the News Journal’s athlete of the week. Gary Emeigh/Special For The News Journal

Golfer Matt Pulgini, at Back Creek Golf Club near Middletown Saturday May 14, 2016. He’s the News Journal’s athlete of the week. Gary Emeigh/Special For The News Journal

Golfer Matt Pulgini, at Back Creek Golf Club near Middletown Saturday May 14, 2016. He’s the News Journal’s athlete of the week. Gary Emeigh/Special For The News Journal

Middletown sprinter Daija Lampkin will travel to Havana, Cuba, next week to compete for Team USA in the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational track and field meet.

The first international track and field competition for Middletown sprinter Daija Lampkin will take place in a country few Americans have been able to experience.

Cuba.

Lampkin is among 28 girls and boys nationwide who have been selected to compete in the 10th annual Caribbean Scholastic Invitational, to be held May 27-28 in Havana. The team was put together by the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation.

“They pay for my uniform, the hotel, the travel, the visa, everything,” Lampkin said. “We’re going to be Team USA competing against Cuba.”

Lampkin will leave for Havana on May 24, so she will miss the DIAA Meet of Champions on May 25. A rare chance to travel to Cuba is a good reason to skip a local event.

“Just the whole experience, meeting new people, rooming with them, getting to know them,” Lampkin said. “Going to a foreign place I’ve never been, getting that type of international experience, it’s going to be fun.”

The meet will coincide with Memorial Barrientos, a historic, elite track and field invitational that will include Olympians from Cuba and other Caribbean nations.

Lampkin, a junior, set a state record of 23.80 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the New Castle County Championships last Saturday. She swept the 55-, 200- and 400-meter dashes at the DIAA Indoor meet in February, and will be the Division I favorite in the sprints at the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, to be held Friday and Saturday at Dover High.

Henlopen happenings

The Henlopen Conference is reaching the end of the regular season in several sports, with three postseason events scheduled for Friday.

In girls soccer, Southern Division champion Indian River will meet Northern Division winner Caesar Rodney for the overall Henlopen title at 6 p.m. Friday at Milford. It will be a rematch of classic battle on May 2, when CR (ranked second statewide in Division I) edged IR (ranked first in Division I) 4-3. Admission will be $7.

In boys lacrosse, Northern champ Cape Henlopen will play host to Southern winner Delmar for the overall Henlopen title at 7 p.m. Friday. Admission will be $7.

In golf, Northern champion Caesar Rodney will take on Southern winner Delmar in a dual match at Baywood Greens at 3:30 p.m. Friday. That will be followed by the Henlopen Conference golf tournament, which will start at 8 a.m. May 24 at Cripple Creek Country Club in Dagsboro. Admission is free to both golf events.

Rounding it up

— Sean Gilardi struck out 11 in a no-hitter and added two doubles and an RBI as the top-ranked St. Mark’s baseball team blanked Woodbridge 6-0 on Thursday.

— Cape Henlopen and Lake Forest played an epic softball game last Thursday, with the Vikings winning 11-10. Hannah Jones hit a grand slam for Cape, and Raegan Jackson, Jordyn Virden and Sydney Ostroski also homered. Brooke Glanden hit a home run for the Spartans, and center fielder Mya Maddox ripped three doubles.

— Archmere junior Leah DaCosta played a big role in three girls soccer wins last week. DaCosta, playing her first season as a forward, scored twice in a 4-0 victory over Newark Charter on Monday, added a goal in a 4-0 win over Wilmington Christian on Wednesday, then scored the game’s only goal in a 1-0 upset of perennial Division I contender Charter of Wilmington on Friday.

— Conrad students Tara and Rose Carr, competing for the Newport Rowing Club, won their third straight U.S. Rowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship Women’s Varsity double title on May 8 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. The sisters qualified for the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships, to be held June 10-12 on the same lake. The Carr sisters finished fifth nationally last year.

Conrad students Rose (left) and Tara Carr won their third straight U.S. Rowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship Women’s Varsity doubles title recently.

— The boys tennis teams from Tower Hill and Archmere had to come back for a second day before the Hillers won 3-2 last week. James Fleming and Spencer Johnson won in singles for Tower Hill, Rodman Ward won in singles for Archmere and the Auks’ Spencer Lutz and Sam Wayne won the first doubles match on Tuesday. The second doubles match was suspended after two sets due to rain, but resumed Wednesday. Allan Wu and Julian Jackson took the decisive set 6-2 to give the team victory to the Hillers.

— Senior Brooke Beam became the first Indian River soccer player to score 100 career goals, reaching the milestone with a hat trick during the Indians’ 5-2 victory over Polytech on May 3.

— Senior Mesha Mosley scored her 100th career goal in the Sanford girls lacrosse team’s 20-12 victory over Westtown (Pa.) last Wednesday.

— Five Conrad athletes will continue their field hockey careers in college: Anna Fleetwood (Belmont Abbey), Wynnsome Gadson (Seton Hill), Breanne Owens (Stevenson), Xzyla Russell (King’s College) and Madison Varney (Neumann).

— A.I. du Pont hosted a Special Olympics soccer showcase before its May 9 girls soccer game against Newark. The school also capped fundraising activities by presenting $827 to Special Olympics Delaware.

— Wilmington Christian is seeking two assistant coaches for boys soccer next fall. Contact athletic director Joe Thomson at (302) 239-2121 or jthomson@wilmingtonchristian.org for details.

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Caravel’s Maia Bryson (left) tries to maneuver away from Smyrna’s Lindsey Asbury during Caravel’s win at home Tuesday.

Caravel’s Lauren Phillips (right) tries to get past the defense of Smyrna’s Madeline Price in the second half of Caravel’s win at home Tuesday.

Caravel’s Meghan Hartzell (left) carries past Smyrna’s Meghan Yerkes during Caravel’s win at home Tuesday.

GLASGOW – There was no fanfare when Olivia Duarte scored the 300th goal of her high school girls lacrosse career Tuesday night.

An official just rolled the ball to the sideline, and the Caravel bench threw a new ball in and kept playing.

It was a major milestone, but Duarte didn’t see it that way. The junior was more concerned with the Buccaneers’ overall effort as they capped the regular season with a 21-5 victory over Smyrna.

“Goal scoring is never the most important thing on our team,” Duarte said. “We really focus on moving the ball as a team. Obviously, we did really well on the draw today, and our defense played really strong. That’s what caused us to score goals.”

Duarte hit 300 on a free position with 12:33 left in the first half. It was the fourth of her seven goals on the night, pulling Duarte ever closer to the state record of 343 set by Haley Schweizer of St. Mark’s in 2013.

“She will do whatever it takes on the field, whether it’s on the defensive end or the hustle,” Caravel coach Carolyn Thompson said of Duarte. “We like to joke on the sideline and say that she might be 5-4, but she plays like she’s 6-foot-8. If a ball is there, she’s going to go get it.”

The third-ranked Buccaneers are 13-2, their only losses coming by one goal to No. 5 Tower Hill and No. 2 Polytech. The DIAA Girls Lacrosse Tournament begins Saturday, and this was a good tuneup.

“I think we worked out all the kinks that we had,” Duarte said. “We really hustled hard, and I think our coach is proud of how we played.”

Prep notes: Middletown’s Lampkin earns trip to Cuba

Duarte’s first goal came on a high shot exactly one minute into the game. Shabnam Noroozi Pooya answered for Smyrna (9-5), but the Buccaneers reeled off the next seven goals.

Lauren Phillips weaved through for a score, then faked twice before putting another one in. Duarte zigzagged for a goal, Mary Gray set up Meghan Hartzell’s score and Phillips hit Maia Bryson on a sharp cut for another goal. DeLaney Chrisco bounced one in off a free position, and Duarte assisted as Phillips made it 8-1 with 17:34 left in the first half.

“Our transitions were really good,” Phillips said. “We kind of worked with what we were given. We know how to spread out and pass. That’s something we’re really good at, and fast break.”

Duarte hit the magic number five minutes later, and the Buccaneers pushed the lead to 16-3 at the half before cruising the rest of the way.

“It was about incorporating all the kids. We’re a small team, so it’s about team effort and team unity,” Thompson said. “It was nice to see lots of kids touch the ball tonight and work on what we could do.”

Phillips added six goals. Chrisco, who transferred from Appoquinimink for her senior year, scored four times in what may be her final game at Bob Peoples Stadium.

“This is my first year back with them, and it was Senior Night so I liked playing with them and coming back,” Chrisco said. “We knew they were going to be aggressive, so we knew what we were getting into.”

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Mount Pleasant’s Malachi Davis will be one of the favorites in both the long jump and triple jump at the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, to be held Friday and Saturday at Dover High.

It has been said that April showers bring May flowers.

But May showers bring a pain in the neck for the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association.

A forecast of a near 100 percent chance of rain on Saturday has the governing body of Delaware high school sports scrambling to adjust its schedules as postseason play begins in the spring sports.

The major event of the weekend — the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Dover High — had been scheduled for Friday and Saturday. After looking at the forecast on Wednesday, the DIAA track committee decided to compress the schedule and conduct the entire meet on Friday.

But several schools quickly mentioned that doing so would conflict with many proms scheduled around the state on Friday night. So DIAA has reversed course and gone back to the original Friday-Saturday track schedule. Monday will be the rain date if needed.

DIAA did move the first and second rounds of the DIAA Boys and Girls Tennis Tournaments up to Friday. The first round of the DIAA Girls Lacrosse Tournament has also been pushed up to Friday. But the opening round of the DIAA Division II Girls Soccer Tournament will remain on Saturday, with two doubleheaders to be played on artificial turf fields.

Riders outlast Jaguars in 11 innings

Girls lacrosse

Seven-time defending state champion Cape Henlopen (14-1) again earned the No. 1 seed in the 10-team DIAA Girls Lacrosse Tournament when pairings were determined Wednesday.

Two first-round games will be played at 5:30 p.m. Friday, with No. 10 Smyrna traveling to No. 7 Caesar Rodney and No. 9 St. Andrew’s taking on No. 8 Ursuline at the Raiders’ Serviam Field.

Quarterfinal games will be played Tuesday. No. 3 Tower Hill will host No. 6 Archmere and No. 4 Charter of Wilmington will host No. 5 Caravel at 5 p.m. Cape Henlopen will host the St. Andrew’s-Ursuline winner at 7, and No. 2 Polytech will host the Smyrna-Caesar Rodney winner at 7.

Semifinals will be played May 26, with the championship game on May 31. The sites and times for the final two rounds have yet to be determined.

Girls soccer

Four-time defending state champion Padua (15-0) earned the top seed in Division I, and Indian River (14-1) was the No. 1 seed in Division II when the pairings for the DIAA Girls Soccer Tournaments were determined Wednesday.

The 12-team Division II field will kick things off with four first-round games on Saturday. Milford will be the site of an early doubleheader, as No. 9 Woodbridge meets No. 8 Tower Hill at 11 a.m. and No. 10 St. Georges takes on No. 7 Delmar at 1 p.m.

Caravel will be the site of a second Saturday doubleheader, with No. 12 Lake Forest going against No. 5 Delaware Military Academy at 5 p.m. and No. 11 Ursuline meeting No. 6 Sanford at 7 p.m.

No. 1 Indian River, No. 2 Caravel, No. 3 Archmere and No. 4 Newark Charter earned first-round byes and will open against the four first-round winners on May 25 or 26 at sites to be determined. The semifinals will be June 1 at sites TBA, with the championship game scheduled for 4 p.m. June 3 or 4 at Smyrna.

The eight-team Division I field will start play with two quarterfinal doubleheaders on May 26. Dover High will host one, with No. 8 Sussex Tech meeting Padua at 6 p.m. and No. 6 Smyrna taking on No. 3 Middletown at 8. The other doubleheader will be played at Caravel, with No. 7 Dover taking on No. 2 Caesar Rodney at 6 p.m. and No. 5 Appoquinimink going against No. 4 Charter of Wilmington at 8.

Division I semifinals will be played June 1, at sites and times to be determined. The championship game will be at 7 p.m. June 3 or 4 at Smyrna.

Caravel’s Duarte reaches lacrosse milestone in win

Tennis

Colt Williamson (14-0) of Milford was named the top seed in boys first singles, and Grace Shiau (11-0) of Charter of Wilmington was named top seed in girls first singles when pairings for the DIAA Tennis Tournaments were determined Wednesday.

Other boys top seeds are Parker Barton (13-0) of Caesar Rodney in second singles, Spencer Johnson (12-0) of Tower Hill in third singles, Spencer Lutz and Sam Wayne (9-0) of Archmere in first doubles and Joseph Gravelle and Adam Ahern (15-0) of Caesar Rodney in second doubles.

Other girls top seeds are Abby Podolsky (12-0) of Archmere in second singles, Natasha Sijan (13-0) of Caesar Rodney in third singles, Katherine Tamesis and Micaela Thorogood (14-0) of Caesar Rodney in first doubles and Clare Mangubat and Caroline Pangle (8-0) of Caesar Rodney in second doubles.

The first and second rounds of both tournaments will be played Friday. The third round is scheduled for Monday, the semifinals on Tuesday and the championship matches on May 25. All of the early rounds will be played at various sites, with all of the finals to be held at the University of Delaware’s Field House courts.

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DIAA GIRLS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT

First round

Friday

No. 9 St. Andrew’s (10-5) vs. No. 8 Ursuline (9-5) at Serviam Field, 5:30

No. 10 Smyrna (9-6) at No. 7 Caesar Rodney (8-7), 5:30

Quarterfinals

Tuesday

St. Andrew’s-Ursuline winner at No. 1 Cape Henlopen (14-1), 7

No. 5 Caravel at No. 4 Charter of Wilmington, 5

Smyrna-Caesar Rodney winner at No. 2 Polytech (13-2), 7

No. 6 Archmere at No. 3 Tower Hill, 5

Semifinals

Thursday, May 26

St. Andrew’s-Ursuline-Cape Henlopen winner vs. Caravel-Charter of Wilmington winner, site and time TBA

Smyrna-CR-Polytech winner vs. Archmere-Tower Hill winner, site and time TBA

Championship

Tuesday, May 31

Semifinal winners, site and time TBA

DIAA GIRLS SOCCER TOURNAMENTS

DIVISION I

First round

Thursday, May 26

No. 8 Sussex Tech (8-7) vs. No. 1 Padua (15-0) at Dover High, 6

No. 5 Appoquinimink (11-3-1) vs. No. 4 Charter of Wilmington (10-3-1) at Caravel, 8

No. 7 Dover (9-6) vs. No. 2 Caesar Rodney (14-1) at Caravel, 6

No. 6 Smyrna (9-6) vs. No. 3 Middletown (13-0-2) at Dover High, 8

Semifinals

Wednesday, June 1

Sussex Tech-Padua winner vs. Appoquinimink-Charter of Wilmington winner, site and time TBA

Dover-Caesar Rodney winner vs. Smyrna-Middletown winner, site and time TBA

Championship

Friday, June 3 or Saturday, June 4

Semifinal winners at Smyrna, 7

DIVISION II

First round

Saturday

No. 9 Woodbridge (11-3-1) vs. No. 8 Tower Hill (11-4) at Milford, 11 a.m.

No. 10 St. Georges (10-4-1) vs. No. 7 Delmar (10-5) at Milford, 1 p.m.

No. 12 Lake Forest (8-7) vs. No. 5 Delaware Military Academy (11-3-1) at Caravel, 5

No. 11 Ursuline (7-6-2) vs. No. 6 Sanford (11-3-1) at Caravel, 7

Quarterfinals

Wednesday, May 25 or Thursday, May 26

Woodbridge-Tower Hill winner vs. No. 1 Indian River (14-1), site and time TBA

Lake Forest-DMA winner vs. No. 4 Newark Charter (11-4), site and time TBA

St. Georges-Delmar winner vs. No. 2 Caravel (11-3-1), site and time TBA

Ursuline-Sanford winner vs. No. 3 Archmere (12-1-2), site and time TBA

Semifinals

Wednesday, June 1

Woodbridge-Tower Hill-Indian River winner vs. Lake Forest-DMA-Newark Charter winner, site and time TBA

St. Georges-Delmar-Caravel winner vs. Ursuline-Sanford-Archmere winner, site and time TBA

Championship

Friday, June 3 or Saturday, June 4

Semifinal winners at Smyrna, 4

Padua pitcher Abby Cunningham delivers in the seventh inning of Padua’s 3-2 win against Charter Thursday.

Padua’s Hannah Williams gets a hit to start the Panda’s toward breaking a 2-2 tie in the fifth inning and scoring the eventual winning run during Padua’s 3-2 win against Charter Thursday.

MILLTOWN

– Padua softball coach Peter Boyer wasn’t worried when his team fell behind early in Thursday’s game.

“When they step on the field, they just know they’re going to win,” Boyer said. “They just make it happen.”

The fourth-ranked Pandas came from behind for the seventh time this season, erasing a two-run deficit to edge Charter of Wilmington 3-2 at the Midway Softball Complex.

“This is a big win,” junior pitcher Abby Cunningham said. “We dropped down 2-0, and we really just wanted to win it for our seniors today, since it is Senior Day. We knew this was going to be a good game.”

And it was. Cunningham retired the first six in a row, including a strikeout on a devastating changeup to end the first inning. But the Force (12-4) started to hit that change of pace in the third.

Julianna Kolek led off with a single and moved to second on Kate Massih’s sacrifice bunt. Taylor Gillis ripped a hard, two-out single to score Kolek, and Gillis went all the way around the bases on an error to make it 2-0.

Payton Czerwinski and Zoey Jones followed with singles before Cunningham ended the uprising with one of her 11 strikeouts.

“I threw a couple that were too much on the plate, so I knew I had to work the corners more,” the right-hander said. “I had to lay off the changeups, because they squared those up.”

Czerwinski, Charter’s pitcher, allowed only a hit batter through the first three innings. But the Pandas (13-2) roared to life in the fourth.

Caitlin Baxter and Kiersten Fallers singled, and Baxter scored on Cunningham’s groundout. Then Fallers raced home on Anna Zebley’s two-out single to tie it at 2.

“I was thinking I’ve got to put the bat on the ball, get it on the ground as hard as I can and run it out,” Zebley said.

Then Padua took the lead with a two-out rally in the fifth. Hannah Williams and Baxter hit back-to-back singles, and Williams scooted home on an error to push the Pandas ahead 3-2.

Cunningham made sure that go-ahead run became the winning run, as she retired the Force in order in the sixth and seventh innings.

“You’ve just got to make sure you keep them off balance, make sure you move the ball around the plate,” Cunningham said. “If you keep it too close to the plate, they’re going to square it up.”

Padua has reached the state tournament in seven consecutive seasons, but a young lineup had the coach setting his sights a little lower this year. The Pandas have exceeded expectations, and will certainly be in the 16-team field when the DIAA Softball Tournament seedings are determined next week.

“We came into this year thinking it was going to be a rebuilding year,” Boyer said. “I have three freshmen and two sophomores out there. But everybody has really stepped up, they’ve really matured, and they’ve really jelled together. The team chemistry is tremendous.”

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Left-hander Andrew Reich helped St. Mark’s finish the regular season 16-2 and earn the top seed in the DIAA Baseball Tournament.

Perennial power St. Mark’s earned the top seed when the pairings for the DIAA Baseball Tournament were determined Friday night.

The Spartans (16-2) have won eight of the last 13 state titles, and 13 championships overall. St. Mark’s was one of 12 teams to earn first-round byes in the new, expanded 20-team field.

Four first-round games will be played by the eight lowest seeds on Monday, all starting at 4 p.m. No. 17 Newark will travel to No. 16 Glasgow, No. 20 Milford will play at No. 13 Red Lion Christian, No. 18 Sussex Central will take a short trip to No. 15 Sussex Tech and No. 19 Wilmington Christian will play at No. 14 St. Georges.

There will also be one second-round game at 4 p.m. Monday, as No. 12 Archmere plays No. 5 Appoquinimink at Hodgson, due to field construction at Appo. The game will be played a day early to avoid a conflict with Appo’s prom on Tuesday.

State track meet gets off to fast start

The rest of the second-round games will begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday. St. Mark’s will host the Newark-Glasgow winner, No. 9 Salesianum will play at No. 8 Cape Henlopen, No. 4 Dover will host the Milford-Red Lion Christian winner and No. 2 Smyrna will host the Sussex Central-Sussex Tech winner.

The other second-round games will be No. 10 Delaware Military Academy at No. 7 Middletown, No. 3 Caravel at home against the Wilmington Christian-St. Georges winner and No. 11 Polytech at No. 6 Conrad.

Quarterfinals will be played Thursday, with two games at Frawley Stadium and two games at the higher remaining seeds. Pairings and sites for all quarterfinal games are to be announced.

Frawley will host a semifinal doubleheader on Saturday, May 28 (times TBA). The championship game will be played at 7 p.m. May 31 at Frawley.

DIAA has a new ticket agent for the baseball tournament games played at Frawley Stadium. Tickets may be purchased only on smart phones and tablets at https://statechamps.com/clients/diaa/

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DIAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

First-round games

Monday

No. 17 Newark (9-9) at No. 16 Glasgow (12-6), 4

No. 20 Milford (9-9) at No. 13 Red Lion Christian (16-2), 4

No. 18 Sussex Central (9-9) at No. 15 Sussex Tech (10-8), 4

No. 19 Wilmington Christian (10-8) at No. 14 St. Georges (13-5), 4

Second-round games

Monday

No. 12 Archmere (12-6) vs. No. 5 Appoquinimink (14-4) at Hodgson, 4

Tuesday

Newark-Glasgow winner at No. 1 St. Mark’s (16-2), 4

No. 9 Salesianum (13-5) at No. 8 Cape Henlopen (13-5), 4

Milford-Red Lion Christian winner at No. 4 Dover (16-2), 4

Sussex Central-Sussex Tech winner at No. 2 Smyrna (15-3), 4

No. 10 Delaware Military Academy (12-6) at No. 7 Middletown (14-4), 4

Wilmington Christian-St. Georges winner at No. 3 Caravel (13-4), 4

No. 11 Polytech (13-5) at No. 6 Conrad (15-3), 4

Quarterfinals

Thursday

Newark-Glasgow-St. Mark’s winner vs. Salesianum-Cape Henlopen winner, site and time TBA

Milford-Red Lion Christian-Dover winner vs. Archmere-Appoquinimink winner, site and time TBA

Sussex Central-Sussex Tech-Smyrna winner vs. DMA-Middletown winner, site and time TBA

Wilmington Christian-St. Georges-Caravel winner vs. Polytech-Conrad winner, site and time TBA

Semifinals

Saturday, May 28

Doubleheader at Frawley Stadium, times TBA

Championship

Tuesday, May 31

Semifinals winners at Frawley Stadium, 7

Milford’s Colt Williamson, shown here during last year’s state finals, won his opening match as the top seed in first singles on Friday to advance to the quarterfinals of the DIAA Boys Tennis Tournament.

GIRLS

FIRST SINGLES

First round – Civiletti, San, def. Donoho, WF, 6-0, 6-0; Reeves, NC, def. McCulloch, Tat, 6-0, 6-0; McCoy, WP, def. Condiff, Dic, 6-1, 6-2; Hinawy, Mid, def. MacFarlane, Pad, 1-6, 6-4 (TB 10-6); Ivanova, LF, def. Speer, Conr, 6-2, 6-1; Zolper, Smy, def. Roach, SA, 6-4, 6-3.

Second round – Shiau, CSW, def. Balcerak, Poly, 6-0, 6-0; Sawyer, SM, def. Civiletti, San, 7-5, 7-5; Morris, CR, def. Reeves, NC, 6-1, 6-0; Derr, Urs, def. McCoy, WP, 6-0, 6-0; Pool, STM, def. Hinaway, Mid, 6-2, 6-2; Butler, TH, def. Ivanova, LF, 6-1, 6-0; Ozer, Dov, def. Zolper, Smy, 6-2, 6-1; Dignazio, Arch, def. Xiao, MP, 6-0, 6-0.

SECOND SINGLES

First round – Hering, San, def. Neuser, Pad, 6-3, 6-2; Zheng, MP, def. Campbell, Poly, 6-3, 6-4; Balik, WF, def. Lungen, SM, 6-3, 6-2; James, Tat, def. Varney, Conr, 3-6, 6-3 (TB 10-4); Young, Smy, def. Lopez, McK, 6-0, 6-1; Halakos, Urs, def. Darmawn, New, 6-0, 6-0.

Second round – Podolsky, Arch, def. Hodge, Mid, 6-0, 6-0; Krebs, SA, def. Hering, San, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Kaericher, TH, def. Zheng, MP, 6-0, 6-2; Malenfant, Dov, def. Balik, WF, 6-2, 6-1; James, Tat, def. Catipay, STM, 6-2, 6-1; Chen, CSW, def. Young, Smy, 6-0, 6-0; Getchell, WP, def. Halakos, Urs, 6-3, 6-2; Parker, CR, def. Kandula, NC, 6-0, 6-0.

THIRD SINGLES

First round – Truman, Pad, def. Collins, LF, 4-6, 6-0 (TB 10-5); Kirk, WP, def. Benitez, Dic, 6-3, 6-3; Flesch, MP, def. Washam, Conr, 2-6, 6-1 (TB 10-1).

Second round – Sijan, CR, def. Van Winkle, SM, 6-2, 6-0; Garber, WF, def. Truman, Pad, 6-1, 6-0; Friedlander, CSW, def. Usewicz, Smy, 6-1, 6-0; Thompson, TH, def. Kegelman, Urs, 6-0, 6-1; Tackett, Dov, def. Kirk, WP, 6-0, 6-4; Sheridan, SA, def. Fotakos, San, 6-0, 6-0; Moyer, Mid, def. Flesch, MP, 6-0, 6-1; Yakovenko, Arch, def. Duke, NC, 6-0, 6-0.

FIRST DOUBLES

First round – Northam-Sadlowski, STM, def. Thakkar-Kaur, New, 6-1, 6-1; Correll-Connolly, San, def. Nowak-Williamson, Conr, 6-3, 6-3.

Second round –Tamesis-Thorogood, CR, def. Indukuri-Khan, NC, 6-0, 6-0; Southerland-Wilcox, SA, def. Northam-Sadlowski, STM, 6-0, 6-0; Lunger-Teng, TH, def. Unterberg-Simmons, MP, 6-1, 6-1; Procak-Lo, CSW, def. Huber-Startt, Poly, forfeit; Scheir-Jawahar, Dov, def. Roesser-Irons, Urs, 7-5, 6-0; Gardner-Thompson, WF, def. Moore-Mojica, Smy, 6-0, 6-0; Nolte-Sharpe, Mid, def. Correll-Connolly, San, 6-3, 6-3; Kelly-Murphy, Arch, def. Augustynowicz-Bonk, SM, 6-1, 6-1.

SECOND DOUBLES

First round – Cook-Smallwood, Smy, def. Patel-Kothari, NC, 6-1, 6-4; Casey-Hantman, Pad, def. Padovani-Dacey, SM, 6-0, 6-0.

Second round – Mangubat-Pangle, CR, def. Corson-Larmore, Urs, 6-0, 6-1; Canalichio-Lin, Dov, def. Cook-Smallwood, Smy, 6-1, 6-4; An-Fishman, CSW, def. Divi-Suh, CSW, 6-4, 6-2; Belitiskus-Li, Mid, def. Ward-Bracho, San, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; McMahon-Swinford, STM, def. Readorews-Koenig, Poly, 6-3, 7-6 (TB 7-3); Malangyaon-Diggins, Arch, def. Callahan-Wilson, Tat, 6-4, 6-0; Saunders-Mraz, WF, def. Casey-Hantman, Pad, 6-2, 6-3; Kollias-Rastog, TH, def. Zheng-Bass, MP, 6-0, 6-0.

BOYS

FIRST SINGLES

First round – Dornsife, MP, def. Sylvester, WP, 6-0; 6-0; Malenfant, STM, def. Ksiazek, Appo, 7-6 (TB 7-3), 6-2; Dombrowski, Mid, def. Dorsey-Lomax, Dic, 6-4, 6-1; Anyanwu, Dov, def. Tonkay, Smy, 6-1, 6-1; Shah, SA, def. Jayanetti, NC, 7-6 (TB 7-3), 6-2; Dewey, Conc, def. Dixon, Poly, 6-0, 6-0; Civiletti, San, def. Koski, Bran, forfeit.

Second round – Williamson, Mil, def. Dornsife, MP, 6-0, 6-0; Bevard, Sal, def. Malenfant, STM, 6-0, 6-1; Battaglia, Tat, def. Dombrowski, Mid, 6-1, 6-0; Saunders, Conr, def. Waryn, SM, 6-1, 6-3; Gundakaram, CR, def. Anyanwu, Dov, 6-0, 7-6 (TB 9-7); Manning, TH, def. Shah, SA, 6-1, 6-4; Dewey, Conc, def. Fairfield, CSW, 6-4, 3-4, retired; Ward, Arch, def. Civiletti, San, 6-1, 6-0.

SECOND SINGLES

First round – Stocker, SM, def. DiBenedetto, Sal, 6-0, 6-2; Richard, Tat, def. Suresh, Appo, 6-2, 7-6 (TB 7-2); Chompre, WF, def. Dharmadhikari, NC, 6-0, 6-2; Peterson, San, def. Bogan, Mil, forfeit; Horgan, Conr, def. Gibson, Poly, 6-0, 6-0; Chinnery, Dic, def. Satcher, Bran, forfeit; White, LF, def. Modi, WP, 6-2, 6-2; Shalk, Smy, def. Reyes, STM, 6-2, 6-0.

Second round – Barton, CR, def. Stocker, SM, 6-0, 6-0; Richard, Tat, def. Chompre, WF, 6-4, 6-0; Chang, CSW, def. Peterson, San, 6-2, 6-0; Malhotra, SA, def. Coffing, New, 6-3, 6-4; Ratnagiri, Conc, def. Horgan, Conr, 6-1, 6-1; Bollu, Arch, def. Chinnery, Dic, 6-1, 6-0; Anyanwu, Dov, def. White, LF, 6-0, 7-6 (TB 7-3); Fleming, TH, def. Shalk, Smy, 6-2, 6-0.

THIRD SINGLES

First round – Sardo, Appo, def. Webb, Mil, forfeit; Kosinski, San, def. Coffing, New, 6-2, 6-2; Dookran, LF, def. Brown, Bran, 6-3, 6-2; Downey, SM, def. Crooks, Dic, forfeit; Farquhar, Tat, def. Pepukayi, Mid, 6-4, 6-2; Shanley, Sal, def. Kher, NC, 6-0, 6-0; Mohnot, Conc, def. Hart, STM, 6-1, 6-3; Gaughan, Conr, def. Dao, WP, 6-0, 6-0; Cooke, Dov, def. Messick, Poly, 6-0; Nie, WF, def. Connor, MP, forfeit.

Second round – Johnson, TH, def. Sardo, Appo, 6-0, 6-0; Kosinski, San, def. Dookran, LF, 6-3, 6-0; Subbaraya, Arch, def. Downey, STM, 6-2, 6-2; Chiu, SA, def. Farquhar, Tat, 6-3, 6-2; Shanley, Sal, def. Shalk, Smy, 6-0, 6-4; Kasat, CSW, def. Mohnot, Conc, 6-0, 6-0; Cooke, Dov, def. Gaughan, Conr, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0; Haynes, CR, def. Nie, WF, 6-0, 6-1.

FIRST DOUBLES

First round – Mageid-Knox, New, def. Bal-Messiao, WP, 6-1, 6-0; Cho-Mehta, Appo, def. Joseph-Leidy, Conc, 6-0, 6-2; Badiang-Talamini, Poly, def. Gibbs-Kazanovsky, Bran, forfeit; Berman-Gatson, Smy, def. Scott-Zweiacher, Mid, 6-2, 6-4; Wills-Robeson, STM, def. Morris-Ganter, WF, 7-6 (TB 7-1), 6-4.

Second round – Lutz-Wayne, Arch, def. Agostino-Coleman, SM, 6-2, 6-0; Musemeci-Long, Sal, def. Mageid-Knox, New, 6-1, 6-4; Cho-Mehta, Appo, def. Kasat-Malempati, CSW, 6-1, 6-3; Ayres-Choi, SA, def. Badiang-Talamini, Poly, 6-1, 6-2; Donaho-Racape, TH, def. Berman-Gatson, Smy, 6-1, 6-0; Atwater-Zammaccori, Tat, def. Remondi-Adewusi, Dov, 6-0, 6-1; Wills-Robeson, STM, def. Carswell-Pelesko, San, 6-4, 6-3; Shanehsaz-Patel, CR, def. Portillo-Wilczynski, LF, 6-0, 6-3.

SECOND DOUBLES

First round – Magee-Patel, STM, def. Acevedo-Clark, Appo, 7-5, 6-0; Landis-Pittenger, WF, def. Khan-Gottschalk, NC, 6-0, 6-0; Smith-Reeves, Mid, def. Folke-Almeida, Mil, 6-0, 6-3.

Second round – Gravelle-Ahern, CR, def. Beck-Enverso, Arch, 6-2, 6-4; Leach-Ward, Tat, def. Magee-Patel, STM, 6-0, 6-2; Zimmer-Nashed, San, def. Landis-Pittinger, WF, 6-2, 6-3; White-Rainieri, Conc, won by forfeit; McKee-Richards, SA, def. Young-Cheema, Dov, 6-1, 6-2; Smith-Reeves, Mid, def. Galileo-Hagan, New, 7-6 (TB 7-4), 6-2; Chang-Lu, CSW, def. Griffin-Bischo, Poly, forfeit

St. Andrew’s Louisa Belk (left) moves in front of the Ursuline net as Raider Moira Carroll defends in the second half of St. Andrew’s 12-8 win against Ursuline in the first round of the DIAA high school tournament Friday.

GREENVILLE – The St. Andrew’s girls lacrosse team found a shady spot in the far corner of Serviam Field for a halftime talk on Friday, after Ursuline had just taken the lead with a three-goal burst.

Scrambling for a loose ball are Ursuline’s Janet Schmeusser (left) and Erin O’Doherty (right) with St. Andrew’s (from second from left) Neely Egan, Louisa Belk and Hanna Soulati in the second half of St. Andrew’s 12-8 win against Ursuline in the first round of the DIAA high school tournament Friday.

Saints coach Jen McGowan told her team to ratchet up the defense, and they listened. St. Andrew’s took control in the second half and pulled away to a 12-8 victory in the opening round of the DIAA Girls Lacrosse Tournament.

“We definitely talked at halftime about being an attacking defense,” McGowan said. “I think we were playing a little passively. The ball would get on the ground, and we would wait for them to pick it up. In the second half, we were going for any ground ball.”

The ninth-seeded Saints (11-5) picked it up and earned a trip to top-seeded Cape Henlopen in the quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The seven-time defending state champion Vikings have a 96-game in-state winning streak, including a 17-6 victory over St. Andrew’s last Monday.

But the Saints were the last Delaware opponent to beat Cape, 13-12 on May 2, 2009.

“I think we’re ready to come to them with fire in our bellies,” said St. Andrew’s senior Louisa Belk, who scored four goals Friday. “We’re the underdog, so we’ve got nothing to lose.”

Eighth-seeded Ursuline (9-6) erased a 4-2 deficit late in the first half. Jane Lyons converted on a strong run, Janet Schmeusser scored on a rebound with 26.3 seconds left, and Schmeusser passed to Erin O’Doherty for a goal with 0.3 of a second to play to push the Raiders ahead 5-4.

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But the second half was a different story. Hanna Soulati and Belk scored off of free positions, and Soulati looped to her left for another goal to give St. Andrew’s a 7-5 lead.

“Our whole team just settled it down,” Soulati said. “We were more confident, and that helps everybody individually.”

Lyons answered for the Raiders, but the Saints responded with five straight goals. Elisa Davila zigzagged for a score, Neely Egan converted a free position and two big saves by St. Andrew’s goalkeeper Anna Gillespie set up goals by Reagan Meyer and Belk on the other end. Then Soulati weaved in to make it 12-6 with 9:01 to play.

“We just started making better decisions, and our girls had a bit more confidence going to goal,” McGowan said.

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Jackie Fuentes scored three goals as St. Georges topped Delmar 3-1 in the opening round of the DIAA Division II Girls Soccer Tournament on Saturday.

MILFORD – Three minutes into its first-round game in the DIAA Division II Girls Soccer Tournament, St. Georges fell behind.

But the Hawks quickly found an equalizer, and Jackie Fuentes went on to earn a hat trick as St. Georges overcame Delmar 3-1 on Saturday at Briggs Stadium.

The 10th-seeded Hawks (11-4-1) advanced to play No. 2 Caravel in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, at a site and time to be determined.

Seventh-seeded Delmar (10-6) got off to a flying start, as a strong 45-yard free kick by Brittany Knapp slipped away from St. Georges keeper Morgan Mitchell and trickled across the line in the third minute.

“Unlucky. Freshman goalkeeper, it’s wet,” Hawks coach Bonnie Mills said. “I knew she would bounce back. I knew we would bounce back. It was just a matter of us calming down, possessing the ball.”

St. Georges tied it just five minutes later, as Fuentes made the most of a sharp assist.

“Britney Stewart sent a through ball and I just ran into it,” Fuentes said. “I had to cross it in, so I just crossed it in and it went in.”

It stayed that way until two minutes into the second half, when Mitchell earned a rare assist by a goalkeeper. The freshman rocketed a goal kick that rode a stiff tailwind all the way to the other end. Fuentes turned it into a breakaway goal.

“It went over two defenders, so I just beat them and took it,” Fuentes said.

The senior’s final goal came in the 63rd minute, as she got the best of a scrum with a defender and Delmar goalkeeper Julia Johnson.

“The goalie let go of it, and I just poked it in there,” Fuentes said.

The Hawks outshot the Wildcats 17-7, with Johnson making nine saves for Delmar. St. Georges was happy to absorb the Wildcats’ early punch and recover.

“We didn’t start as well as we should. We’re a better team,” Fuentes said. “As soon as we started possessing through the middle and playing the way we usually play, that’s when we started getting goals.”

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Sophomore Allison Smith scored the first goal as Tower Hill blanked Woodbridge 2-0 in the DIAA Division II Girls Soccer Tournament on Saturday.

MILFORD – At 6-foot-2, Delaware Girls Basketball Player of the Year Altia Anderson presented a formidable obstacle as Woodbridge’s goalkeeper on Saturday.

It took 14 shots and 42 minutes for Tower Hill to finally get one past her. Then the Hillers added an insurance goal and fought through a steady rain to seal a 2-0 victory over the Blue Raiders in the opening round of the DIAA Division II Girls Soccer Tournament at Briggs Stadium.

“She’s an imposing figure,” Tower Hill coach Garry Chandler said of Anderson. “She’s tall and athletic. She can get the high ball, she can get to the wide ball. We really had to work.”

The eighth-seeded Hillers (12-4) outshot ninth-seeded Woodbridge 11-1 in the first half, but Anderson kept it even. The senior punched out a 20-yard drive by Tower Hill’s Allie Salter in the 35th minute, cradled a 30-yard blast from Simi Olurin a minute later and smothered a low shot by Isabelle Pilson two minutes after that.

“We can bring attack, but we have really struggled to finish for much of the year,” Chandler said. “It showed in the first half. Once you get the first one in, you can relax a little bit. But as minutes tick by, it gets tighter and tighter.”

The Hillers finally found a way to loosen it up two minutes into the second half. Sophomore Allison Smith instantly pounced on a rebound to make it 1-0.

“Our team had a lot of opportunities and crosses, and it was all thanks to them,” Smith said. “I just happened to be in the right place at the right time to put it in.”

Anderson managed to stop Pilson on what appeared to be two golden opportunities, but she had no chance in the 64th minute. The ball deflected off three players and straight to the right foot of Salter for a tap-in goal.

“I was just in the right place,” Salter said. “Everyone did a really good job serving the balls to us. It was really important to get that one more goal.”

Tower Hill advanced to face top-seeded Indian River in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, at a site and time to be determined. Anderson made 13 saves for Woodbridge, which finished its season at 11-4-1.

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Cape Henlopen’s Evan Gehman (left) defends against Salesianum’s Robert Fink during the Sals’ 17-3 win on April 22. Sallies is the No. 1 seed in the upcoming DIAA Boys Lacrosse Tournament.

Seven-time state champion Salesianum earned the No. 1 seed when pairings for the DIAA Boys Lacrosse Tournament were determined Saturday night.

The Sals (12-3), who have won four of the last five state titles, only played three in-state opponents during the regular season but defeated St. Mark’s, Cape Henlopen and Caesar Rodney by a combined 46-12. Sallies will open the tournament against No. 16 Dover at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Baynard Stadium.

Tower Hill’s DeGroat Field will host a first-round doubleheader on Tuesday, with No. 13 Delmar meeting No. 4 Delaware Military Academy at 6 and No. 15 St. Andrew’s taking on No. 2 Tower Hill at 8. Tuesday’s other first-round game will be No. 9 Sussex Tech at No. 8 Lake Forest at 6.

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The other four first-round games will be played Wednesday. No. 12 Indian River will travel to No. 5 Archmere and No. 14 Charter of Wilmington will play at No. 3 Wilmington Friends, both at 5 p.m. No. 10 Cape Henlopen will play at No. 7 Caesar Rodney and No. 11 Red Lion Christian will travel to No. 6 Appoquinimink, both at 7 p.m.

Quarterfinals will be held next Saturday, May 28. Semifinals will be June 1, with the championship game June 3 or 4. Sites and times for the final three rounds have not been determined.

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Caravel junior Olivia Duarte has scored 303 career goals, just 40 shy of the state high school record in girls lacrosse.

OLIVIA DUARTE, junior, Caravel girls lacrosse

THE WEEK: Scored seven goals – including the 300th of her career – and added three assists as Caravel defeated Smyrna 21-5 last Tuesday to cap a 13-2 regular season.

THE MILESTONE: Duarte has 303 career goals, just 40 short of the state record set by St. Mark’s Haley Schweizer in 2013. “Scoring my 300th was kind of cool, but it was also really nice to just come out with a big win and have the team be so supportive of you,” she said. “I know they’re the reason I’ve scored 300 goals.”

THE WORK: “Olivia puts in as much time out of season as she does in season,” Caravel coach Carolyn Thompson said. “If you drive by her house, she’ll be in her yard shooting balls all the time. She will stay for as long as I will. I have to chase her out of here, and that’s what makes her the player she is.”

THE SHOOTING: “I shoot with my little brothers every day, and my club coach,” Duarte said. “It’s a really good way to just get out there and work on your stick skills.”

THE DESIRE: “She will do whatever it takes on the field, whether it’s on the defensive end or the hustle,” Thompson said. “We like to joke on the sideline and say that she might be 5-4, but she plays like she’s 6-foot-8. Because if a ball is there, she’s going to go get it.”

THE POSTSEASON: The fifth-seeded Bucaneers open the state tournament at fourth-seeded Charter of Wilmington on Tuesday. Caravel has lost its tournament openers in overtime the last two seasons. “I think we’re really prepared for the tournament,” Duarte said. “I think the way we practice and the way we run and condition at practice is really going to serve us well.”

THE CLASSROOM: Duarte’s favorite subject is AP Biology. “My teacher [Steve Oliver] is a really great teacher, and bio really challenges me. I like that,” Duarte said. “I like learning about how the body works.”

THE FUTURE: Duarte has committed to continue her lacrosse career at Colgate. “That’s my dream school,” she said. “… I stepped on campus at Colgate, and it’s breathtaking. Then I met the coaches and met the team, and I was sold. That’s exactly where I wanted to go.”

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Aleya Cummings (3) of Caesar Rodney and Samantha Whelen (10) of Indian River battle for possession on May 2. Caesar Rodney finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in Division I, while Indian River is ranked No. 1 in Division II.

BASEBALL

1. St. Mark’s (16-2) 1

2. Caravel (13-4) 3

3. Smyrna (15-3) 2

4. Dover (16-2) 4

5. Conrad (15-3) NR

SOFTBALL

1. Sussex Tech (15-2) 2

2. Smyrna (12-4) NR

3. Caravel (15-3) 3

4. Appoquinimink (13-4) 1

5. Cape Henlopen (13-4) 5

BOYS LACROSSE

1. Salesianum (12-3) 1

2. Archmere (11-4) 2

3. Wilmington Friends (13-2) 3

4. Tower Hill (12-3) 4

5. DMA (13-2) 5

GIRLS LACROSSE

1. Cape Henlopen (14-1) 1

2. Polytech (13-2) 2

3. Caravel (13-2) 3

4. Charter of Wilmington (14-1) 4

5. Tower Hill (12-3) 5

GIRLS SOCCER

DIVISION I

1. Padua (15-0) 1

2. Caesar Rodney (15-1) 2

3. Middletown (13-0-2) 3

4. Charter of Wilmington (10-3-1) 4

5. Appoquinimink (11-3-1) 5

DIVISION II

1. Indian River (14-2) 1

2. Archmere (12-1-2) 2

3. Caravel (11-3-1) 3

4. Delaware Military Academy (11-3-1) 4

5. Sanford (11-3-1) 5

GOLF

1. Tower Hill (14-0-1) 1

2. Salesianum (10-2-1) 2

3. Caesar Rodney (16-1) 3

4. Appoquinimink (15-0) 4

5. Charter of Wilmington (11-3) 5

BOYS TENNIS

1. Caesar Rodney (15-0) 1

2. Tower Hill (11-2) 2

3. Charter of Wilmington (12-1) 3

4. St. Andrew’s (9-3) 4

5. Archmere (11-2) 5

GIRLS TENNIS

1. Caesar Rodney (14-0) 1

2. Archmere (13-0) 2

3. Charter of Wilmington (11-2) 3

4. Tower Hill (12-2) 4

5. St. Andrew’s (10-4) 5

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