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DIAA football semifinals preview
Salesianum’s Colby Reeder stiff-arms Middletown’s Kedrick Whitehead on Oct. 9. The teams meet again Friday night in the DIAA Division I semifinals at Baynard Stadium. DIVISION I NO. 4 MIDDLETOWN VS....
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Austin's last-ditch play pushes Wildcats to DII Final
Howard running back Gerald Wiggins breaks through the Friends defense for a touchdown. WILMINGTON – Earnest Austin was stopped cold. It looked like Howard was going to...
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Sals hold on against Cavaliers, reach DI title game
Middletown’s Kedrick Whitehead falls on his own fumble for touchdown as Salesianum’s Colby Reeder defends in the first quarter of a DIAA Division I state tournament semifinal at Baynard Stadium...
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Smyrna stuns, dethrones defending champion William Penn
Smyrna’s Will Knight celebrates after his Eagles’ 30-13 win against William Penn in a semifinal of the DIAA Division I state tournament at Bill Cole Stadium Saturday. Knight finished with 270 yards on...
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Athlete of the Week: Will Knight
Smyrna High School running back Will Knight poses for a portrait at the school’s football stadium on Monday evening, November 30, 2015. Sophomore, Smyrna football THE WEEK: Rushed 32 times for 270...
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Tickets on sale for state football title games
Kevin Charles, executive director of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association, is calling Saturday’s DIAA Division I football championship game “maybe the most highly anticipated event we’ve...
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QB Austin gritting it out for Howard
Howard quarterback Earnest Austin ran for three touchdowns as the Wildcats defeated Tower Hill 30-16 on Friday night. Howard QB Earnest Austin (4) tries to break away from Friends tackler Andrew...
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Improved Smyrna defense up for challenge
William Penn’s Titus Nelson (obscured) draws a crowd to bring him to the ground during Smyrna’s 30-13 Division I semifinal win last Saturday. SMYRNA – The last time the Smyrna defense saw Colby...
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Sals' Cathers wants to finish with title
WILMINGTON – Kyle Cathers has seen Salesianum win its last football game. And he has seen Salesianum lose its last football game. Saturday will mark his last football game at Salesianum, and he has a...
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St. Georges feels heat against Howard
St. Georges running back Gary Brightwell (21) breaks a 79-yard touchdown run against Woodbridge in the DIAA Division II semifinals on Nov. 28. For the fourth straight year, St. Georges is the No. 1...
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Sals, Smyrna meet again for all the marbles
Smyrna running back Will Knight, show here against Sussex Central, has a chance to eclipse 2,000 yards for the season in the Division I championship game. The wish of most Delaware high school...
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DIAA football championship predictions
Salesianum running back Colby Reeder rushed for 408 yards against Smyrna in the first meeting. DIVISION I FINAL NO. 3 SMYRNA VS. NO. 1 SALESIANUM WHEN, WHERE: 1 p.m. Saturday, Delaware Stadium,...
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Defending champion Sals edges Howard
Howard’s Fahmee Lewis (top) defends as Salesianum’s Mike Kempski works on the perimeter in the first half of Salesianum’s 59-52 opener win at home Friday. WILMINGTON – When Howard suddenly turned a...
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Big defensive stand propels Smyrna to title
The Eagles celebrate their 32-26 overtime win in the DIAA Division I state high school tournament championship game at Delaware Stadium Saturday. The Eagles celebrate their 32-26 overtime win in the...
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Howard claws way to first Division II title
Howard’s #10 Korey Kent keeps himself up running during the Division II championship against St. George. St. George’s #5 Angelo Ortiz runs with the ball in the first quarter of the Division II...
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Concord boys edge Cape in opener
Concord’s Joseph McHugh (No. 21) puts up a shot in the second half of Concord’s 55-51 win over Cape Henlopen at St. Georges High School on Sunday afternoon. MIDDLETOWN – Only...
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Athlete of the Week: Gerald Wiggins of Howard
Howard senior running back Gerald Wiggins rushed 20 times for 94 yards as Howard defeated St. Georges 28-13 in the DIAA Division II championship game last Saturday night at Delaware Stadium. GERALD...
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Delaware high school winter sports rankings
Mount Pleasant’s Raheim Burnett wears No. 0, but his Green Knights are ranked No. 1 in boys basketball by The News Journal. THE NEWS JOURNAL / DELAWAREONLINE RANKINGS BOYS BASKETBALL 1. Mount Pleasant...
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Smyrna, Howard bask in football titles
Howard coach Dan Ritter (left) and Smyrna coach Mike Judy Lineman Jeff Campbell (79) joins his Smyrna teammates in celebrating their 32-26, overtime win over Salesianum for the Division I title on...
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Knight, Reeder, Cathers lead All-State football
Smyrna sophomore Will Knight has been named the state’s Offensive Player of the Year after rushing for 2,015 yards and accounting for 38 touchdowns. Three of the participants in Saturday’s DIAA...
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