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Big first quarter helps Riders to Henlopen girls title
LEWES – The last time the Caesar Rodney girls basketball team came to Cape Henlopen, things didn’t go very well. The Riders were determined to erase that bad memory, and they did it easily with a 75-38...
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Smyrna uses size to defeat Woodbridge for Henlopen Championship
LEWES – Size isn’t everything in basketball, but it certainly helps most of the time. The Smyrna boys took full advantage of their size advantage on Friday night, grabbing almost twice as many rebounds...
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Mount Pleasant rallies past Glasgow for Blue Hen boys title
Mount Pleasant’s Ny’Jere Hodges (5), shown here against Newark on Feb. 2, scored 19 points to lead the Green Knights in Saturday’s Blue Hen Conference championship game MILLTOWN – A quirk in the...
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In defeat, Wilmington Christian's Reynoso achieves milestone
DOVER – Martin Reynoso wasn’t able to do what most Delaware high school wrestling fans thought would be impossible on Saturday night. But he did something no Wilmington Christian wrestler had done...
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Delaware high school sports rankings
Smyrna’s Zubi Nwankwo goes up for a shot against Cape Henlopen on Feb. 15. The Eagles finished No. 1 in The News Journal’s Top 10 going into the DIAA Boys Basketball Tournament. THE NEWS...
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Athlete of the Week: Zach Spence
Athlete of the Week: Zach Spence Salesianum sophomore earns 106-pound title at DIAA Individual Wrestling Championships Athlete of the Week: Dawson Grinnage Versatile senior brings hard work,...
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Prep notes: Two sessions for boys hoops quarterfinals
The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association hopes it has solved the seating issues that have plagued the DIAA Boys Basketball Tournament quarterfinals. DIAA is splitting Sunday’s four games into...
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E'Nama comes up big as Cape edges Mount Pleasant
LEWES – Abby E’Nama is Cape Henlopen’s only senior, the only one whose high school basketball career could have ended Tuesday night. E’Nama made sure that didn’t happen, blocking Mount Pleasant’s final...
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Rickards helps Cape boys dismantle CR
CAMDEN – Cape Henlopen put it all together on Wednesday night. The 17th seed in the DIAA Boys Basketball Tournament showed just how scary of an opponent it can be, seizing the lead midway through the...
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Maull steps down as St. Georges football coach
St. Georges football coach J.D. Maull and his Hawks celebrate a DIAA Division II playoff semifinal win over Woodbridge on Nov. 28, 2015. Maull is stepping down as the Hawks’ coach after 11 seasons....
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Caesar Rodney girls zoom past Howard
CAMDEN – Caesar Rodney and Howard screamed up and down the floor throughout the first half Thursday night, exchanging fast-break baskets. It was exactly the pace the second-seeded Riders wanted, hoping...
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Free throws send Woodbridge past William Penn
BRIDGEVILLE – Even with 10 players from Woodbridge and William Penn running all over the court for 40 minutes, Friday night’s game was decided when everyone was standing still. Woodbridge hit 83.3...
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Huge third quarter carries St. Elizabeth girls past CR
NEWARK – Sometimes, the flow of what was expected to be a very close game all goes in one direction. That’s what happened Saturday, as St. Elizabeth scored the first 17 points of the second half and...
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Hot start sends Ursuline past Sussex Tech
Maggie Connolly scored 17 points to lead Ursuline past Sussex Tech 55-27 on Saturday. NEWARK – Ursuline is a 16-time champion in the DIAA Girls Basketball Tournament, and the Raiders like to remind...
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St. Thomas More withstands Appo rally for quarterfinal win
Appoquinimink’s Darrell Jenkins has his shot blocked by St. Thomas More’s Alvin West in the second half of St. Thomas More Academy’s 48-40 win over Appoquinimink High School in the quarterfinals of...
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Rawls, St. Georges stun top-seeded Mount Pleasant
NEWARK – First, St. Georges weathered the storm. Then the Hawks unleashed a downpour on Mount Pleasant’s parade. St. Georges dug its way out of a dunk-fueled, 13-point crater that had a crowd of 3,366...
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Athlete of the Week: Alexis Bedford
Athlete of the Week: Alexis Bedford Newark senior wins fourth consective girls 1-meter diving title at annual DIAA meet. Athlete of the Week: Zach Spence Salesianum sophomore earns 106-pound title at...
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Prep notes: Waterman to coach internationally
Sanford’s Stan Waterman has been named as an assistant coach on the USA Basketball U16 Men’s National Team that will play in Argentina in June. At this point, something has to be pretty special to be...
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Familiar teams in DIAA Girls Basketball semifinals
Sanford’s Lauren Park (right) drives against Ursuline’s Yanni Hendley-McCalla during Ursuline’s 50-40 win on Feb. 16. St. Elizabeth vs. Caravel. Ursuline vs. Sanford. Not much has changed going into...
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Will the Bucs stop in the Semifinals?
Two years ago, the Caravel boys basketball team went 3-17. At 6:30 Thursday night, the Buccaneers will meet St. Thomas More in the semifinals of the DIAA Boys Basketball Tournament at the Bob Carpenter...
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