CLAYMONT – A glimmer of hope came to the northernmost part of Claymont on July 14. Finally, after years of no visible progress, the first pieces of the Levitz furniture store at Tri-State Mall came crumbling to the ground. The Katz Property Group purchased the dilapidated building a short time ago from the Rosen Group, […]
PHILADELPHIA — Delaware South jumped out to an early lead, watched it disappear, then took control with a seven-run fourth inning en route to a victory over Delaware North, 12-7, in one semifinal of the Carpenter Cup Classic softball tournament June 23 at FDR Park in Philadelphia. The South, featuring 14 players from Kent and […]
On a cold night in Dover, the Archmere soccer team got where no Auks squad had gone before. A 1-0 win in the state championship game concluded a fantastic season.
The games: Padua vs. Saint Mark’s volleyball The dates: Sept. 17, Oct. 22 and Nov. 11 The skinny: These two longtime rivals met three times last season, each match carrying more importance than the last. They filled gymnasiums, gave us moments to remember and provided a state championship that included an unfortunate injury but a […]
The settings could hardly have differed more, but the objective was the same: score more goals than the other guys.
The game: Middletown vs. Hodgson football The date: Nov. 30, 2019 at Delaware Stadium The skinny: This is the second time the Cavaliers are on my list, but the real story here is Hodgson. The Silver Eagles wrapped up a dominating season with the first Division I state championship, and they did it in grand […]
The game: St. Andrew’s at Sanford volleyball The date: Oct. 10, 2019 The skinny: Oftentimes, the things you remember kind of come by happenstance. That was the case on this afternoon in Hockessin. This random midseason Thursday was a busy one for me. It started at the 76ers Fieldhouse for St. Elizabeth and Howard boys […]
The game: Dover vs. Padua field hockey The date: Nov. 14, 2019 at Rullo Stadium The skinny: This is another game where the play was the story. The Lady Senators and Pandas battled for more than 70 minutes with a berth in the Division I state championship game on the line, and neither could get […]
For sports fans, two words that always inject a feeling of optimism and excitement are “opening day.” Such was the case last September at Caravel Academy.
One of the best soccer games in Delaware last season got lost on a football Saturday. But a last-minute decision kept me at the pitch that early afternoon.
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