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14th seeded Spartans blank Concord in softball quarterfinals
Lake Forest’s Grace Aguilar (5) catches a ground ball in the 3rd inning in their home game against Caravel. BRANDYWINE HUNDRED – With their usually potent bats having an off day in Tuesday’s DIAA...
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Caravel cruises past Riders in quarterfinal
Caravel’s Elizabeth Smith (19) with a throw to first base in their win over Lake Forest. BEAR—When Caravel Academy played Caesar Rodney in the quarterfinals the DIAA Softball state tournament last...
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Sussex Tech holds off Lake Forest in softball semi
Sussex Tech pitcher Taylor Wroten sends a fastball to the plate in the sixth inning of game with Lake Forest Thursday. Sussex Tech’s Jakayla Sample slides into third with an RBI single that...
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Caravel routs Wilm. Charter, back in softball final
Caravel third baseman Chloe Kennedy throws out a runner at first during Caravel’s 10-0 win over Charter in their semi-final game of the DIAA State Softball tournament at...
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Polytech's DeMora leads All-State softball team
Polytech first baseman Whitney DeMora was named Player of the Year and leads the All-State softball team. An off-the-charts 1.400 slugging percentage made Polytech first baseman Whitney DeMora the...
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Caravel silences Sussex Tech in softball final
Caravel’s Chloe Kennedy (24) tries to tag out Sussex Tech’s Brooke Ward (4) at third base in the DIAA Softball State Championship game at Milford High...
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Cannon, Sals set tone in championship rout
Salesianum’s Michael Drake (left) dislodges the ball from Appoquinimink’s Nicholas Ferrara in the second quarter of the Sals’ win in the DIAA state title game at Caravel Academy on Saturday. GLASGOW –...
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Prep notes: Rago retires as St. E hoops coach
St. Elizabeth head coach Dick Rago, who has announced his retirement after 30 years as boys basketball coach, is a five-time Catholic Conference coach of the year and three-time Blue-Gold coach with a...
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Prep notes: Neubauer moves up at DIAA
Tommie Neubauer, DIAA’s coordinator of officials and events since 2005, will become executive director of the governing body of Delaware high school athletics on July 11. Veteran athletic...
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Carpenter Cup softball rosters announced
Sussex Tech’s Jenna Calloway (left) is one of 11 players on the Delaware South roster for the 12th annual Phillies Carpenter Cup softball tournament. The rosters for Delaware’s two entrants in the...
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Delaware South wins Carpenter Cup baseball opener
Jared Gillis of Smyrna, shown here against St. Mark’s during the high school season, had an RBI single and scored twice in Delaware South’s 10-4 win in the Carpenter Cup. PHILADELPHIA – Delaware South...
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Awards night begins new era in Delaware sports
Members of the Mount Pleasant boys basketball team were named the team of the year at the Delaware Sports Awards banquet at the Bob Carpenter Center at the University of Delaware in Newark on...
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Gold edges Blue in high school softball finale
Caesar Rodney’s Rosa’Lynn Burton was named Gold MVP after getting two hits, stealing two bases and scoring two runs in her team’s 6-5 win in the Blue-Gold softball game. DOVER – The summer travel-ball...
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Beloved Delaware Special Olympian mourned
Ryan Bradford’s warm and welcoming personality made everyone want to be his friend. Ryan Bradford, who was involved in the Special Olympics, loved sports and his welcoming personality was one of his...
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Prep notes: Breaking down the DIAA champions
Howard’s Kevin Womack (20), Christian Francis (53) and Hissan Snell (30) celebrate the Wildcats; 28-13 win over St. Georges on Dec. 5 for Howard’s first DIAA Division II football championship. It’s...
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Spring All-State photos needed
The News Journal will recognize the spring All-State teams starting Saturday. We are missing headshots of the following athletes. Photos should be at least 200 dpi and can be emailed to...
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All-State softball: DeMora has a blast for Polytech
Polytech High School softball player of the year Whitney DeMora. Polytech High School softball player of the year Whitney DeMora. Polytech High School softball player of the year Whitney DeMora....
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Night home game adds to Tatnall football fever
Tatnall’s Weymouth Field will be illuminated by temporary lights for the school’s first night home football game Sept. 30 against Tower Hill. Friday night lights. Every high school football player...
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Prep notes: St. Mark's football rolling along at 3-0
St. Mark’s quarterback Billy Sullivan, shown here against St. Georges last year, has completed 16 of 19 passes for the 3-0 Spartans this season. What a difference a year makes. At this point last...
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Prep notes: Falco lights it up for Tower Hill football
Tower Hill’s A.J. Falco, shown here against Tatnall on Sept. 30, accounted for seven touchdowns and six two-point conversions in the Hillers’ 54-50 victory over Conrad last Friday. When asked to...
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