The Caesar Rodney Riders baseball squad were awarded one of the final spots in the DIAA Baseball State Tournament, the #15 seed to be exact, drawing a match up with #2 Caravel Academy. Going into Tuesday’s first round matchup it was easy to see the uphill climb that awaited the Riders. And while they weren’t able to pull the upset, falling to Caravel 13-8, they did fight until the end with an...

On Saturday night, two of the top boys lacrosse squads in the Henlopen Conference, Caesar Rodney and Polytech, battled for the right to move onto the DIAA Semifinals.After meeting just a few weeks ago, a 12-8 Caesar Rodney win, both teams entered Saturday’s Quarterfinals matchup knowing what to expect. And while neither team disappointed on Saturday, it was the Riders who were able to come through when it mattered, winning 9-7 to advance to...

After posting a 13-1 record this season and earning their first DIAA State Tournament berth, they were knocked out of the states by the #5 Ursuline 9-8 on Saturday afternoon.From the opening minute, the squads traded goals and the play seemed to fly back-and-forth from one side of the field to the other. The Panthers started the game hot, netting several goals to get an early jump on Ursuline, only to see Ursuline respond to take a 5-3 lead into...

The Henlopen Conference Tennis Championships were delayed on Saturday morning due to cloudy skies that brought with them torrential down-pours. However, the clouds eventually parted, giving way to bright sunshine and yet another Henlopen Conference crown for both the Caesar Rodney girls and boys tennis squads.The Riders as a whole were able to win 8 of the 10 overall championships on their way to retaining their titles at the Henlopen Conference...

After flawless regular season records this season, both the Caesar Rodney boys and girls track & field teams entered the Henlopen Conference Championships looking to make some noise before the DIAA State Championships this weekend. Neither disappointed on Saturday. The Caesar Rodney boys took first-place, while the girls finished in second-place behind an impressive Smyrna Eagles squad.

The Dover Senators baseball squad were on quite the win streak entering their game on Thursday against Seaford. That streak would continue after Seth Penniston and the rest of the Senators took down Seaford 5-1 on Thursday for their 6th victory in a row.Penniston pitched 3 scoreless innings before giving way to the bullpen consisting of Jared Rowley, Kendall Small and Ian Gory who gave up only 1 run over the final 4 innings of play.

The Caesar Rodney Riders baseball squad improved to 9-6 on the season Tuesday after a 4-0 win over the Milford Bucs.The Bucs’ bats were kept quiet by CR’s Seth Brosius who went 5 innings, striking out 7 Bucs and allowing no runners to cross the plate. Lefty Travis Dill kept the shutout intact in relief for the final 2 innings.The Riders struck early off Milford starter Garrett Coverdale, going up...

The Caesar Rodney Riders boys lacrosse team improved to 11-2 on the season after defeating the Middletown Cavaliers 16-5 on Saturday.Seven different Riders found the back of the net on Saturday, including David Schmidt who led the way for the Riders finishing with 6 goals in the win. Both Austin Hayward and Sean MacLeish finished with 2 goals and 4 assists on the day for CR.The Riders took a commanding lead...

The season has not gone as the Lake Forest Girls Soccer squad may have hoped when they started the season. However, with a young and inexperienced team featuring only 4 seniors, growing pains were inevitable.After a lot of hard work and some tough losses, the Lady Spartan’s were rewarded with a 4-1 victory over Pencader on Saturday morning.Morgan Gannon led the way for the Lady Spartans tallying 2 goals...

After finishing with a respectable 9-8 record last season, the Ravens have hit a bit of speed bump this season. The Ravens lost 5 of their first 6 games this season, then proceeded to lose 4 of their next 6. So, now they stand at 3-9 on the season with 4 games remaining in the regular season. And while they won’t challenge for the Diamond State Division, they can surely end their season on a high-note.

Taekwondo is one of the longest standing practiced martial arts in the world, stemming from the oldest form of martial arts itself. Here in Delaware there are a large number of participants, many coming from the Global Taekwon-do Center based in Smyrna and headed by Tony Skinner. Skinner along with high ranking seniors of the Global Taekwondo Federation held a special international event on Saturday...

East Stroudsburg University freshman William Berry has been named the PSAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week after reaching the NCAA Division II provisional qualifying standard in the high jump at the Warriors' annual All-American Meet on Saturday at Eiler-Martin Stadium. Berry cleared 6-8 3/4, the top mark in the PSAC this season and the conference's only athlete on the NCAA provisional list. He...

While the season hasn't gone the way the Lake Forest girls soccer team may have wanted, the young squad has seen some improvement this season. On Saturday, that hard work was rewarded with a 4-1 win over Pencader.Morgan Gannon 2 first half goals for the Spartans leading the way on Saturday afternoon.After an early Pencader goals cut the Spartan lead to 2-1, Kori Johnson and Summer Morgan would add goals 6...

Antonio DePina has accomplished a lot on the basketball court for the Polytech Panthers. Since transferring his sophomore year, DePina has fought his way to becoming a starter on what has become a very successful basketball program at Polytech. In a season where he scored his 1,000th point and helped the Panthers yet again reach the state tournament, the next logical step for the senior was committing to...

The St. Thomas More baseball squad fell in a tough one to the Smyrna Eagles on Saturday, 20-4.The Eagles came out of the gates hot, scoring runs in each of the first 3 innings of play on Saturday.In the 1st Smyrna put 3 on the board to take an early 3-0 lead. In the 2nd inning the Eagles picked up where they left off in the 1st, this time scoring 7 runs to take a 10-0 lead into the bottom half of the...

The Polytech girls soccer squad improved to 6-1 on the season Thursday afternoon when they defeated Delcastle 2-1.Jessica Rutkoski opened the scoring for the Panthers at 13:00 in the first half to give Polytech a 1-0 lead.  After some cautious defensive play from Delcastle, the score remained 1-0 at the end of the first half.In the second, it was more of the same until an own goal at 64:00 gave Polytech a...

The Polytech Panthers boys lacrosse squad improved their record to 8-1 on Saturday afternoon in come-from-behind fashion over Appoquinimink with a 5-4 overtime victory. Polytech’s Jack O’Brien scored the game-tying goal with just 32 seconds left in the 4th quarter to send the game into overtime. Connor Ott would score just 26 seconds into the extra stanza to give Polytech the victory.

The Polytech Panthers baseball squad was able to hold off the Caesar Rodney Riders in a Henlopen Conference match up on Friday, 5-4. Polytech’s Conner Chasanov pitched a complete-game, giving up 4 runs on 7 hits while striking out 6 Rider batters in the victory. While C.J. Baker lead the offense for Polytech finishing 3-for-4 with a homerun and double and 2 RBI in the victory.