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Delaware is FCS/CAA outcast but 2024 football season still important for Blue Hens
The Coastal Athletic Association announced its preseason football coaches’ poll Wednesday morning. The University of Delaware was included, placing fifth in the 16 coaches' assessment with three first-place votes, even though the Blue Hens are officially outcasts. Ineligibility for the CAA title and NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs is the price Delaware...
Little League Roundup: Rising Sun's Seniors Softball run ends at regionals
Rising Sun’s Seniors Softball All-Stars, who recently brought a District 5 and Maryland State Championship back to Cecil County, saw their summer push come to an end on Monday in a 13-1 loss to Connecticut’s Bristol Girls Little League in the quarterfinals of the East Region Tournament. Rising Sun’s lone run of the game came on an RBI-double from Bailey Vaughan in the fifth inning. Sun’s Gemma Brand, Leah Felty and Kelly Dabler each finished with two hits. Vaughan, Emma McBride and Kendall Lehr recorded...
Indoor pickleball coming to Newark's Grove
More indoor sports entertainment is coming to the former College Square Shopping Center in Newark. Just over two months after Lefty's Alleys and Eats' proposed bowling, axe throwing, and golf simulator venue was approved by Newark City Council, its neighbor is likely to feature another popular sport, pickleball. City Council...
KCHS grad Walters takes his game to the next level
ST. MARY’S CITY — Ian Walters of Galena, a junior catcher at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, excelled on the baseball diamond and in the classroom this spring. He batted .300, fourth best for the Division III Seahawks, while also boasting a grade point average of at least 3.2 (on a 4.0 scale) to qualify for the conference’s All-Academic Team.
Cecil College athletes named to NJCAA All-Academic teams
NORTH EAST — Twelve students-athletes from Cecil College were named to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s All-Academic teams on Thursday afternoon. Volleyball’s Lily Landis and softball’s Delaney Stanley headlined the group with first team honors. Landis — a native of Elkton — played in 17 matches for the Seahawks last fall and led Cecil in digs with 223 at the libero spot. Landis earned an All-Region honorable mention nod in 2023. Stanley played in 14 games as a member of the Seahawks’ revitalized softball...
Sylvia Wasylyk Was A True Pioneer Of The Women's Game In America's Mid-Atlantic Region
Sylvia Wasylyk founded the Delaware Bobcats women's team and the Mid-Atlantic Women's Hockey League, and dominated the crease playing men's hockey in the mid-1970s.
Football Has Five Earn CAA Preseason Recognition; Blue Hens Picked to Finish Fifth
NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware football team had a pair of student-athletes named to the 2024 CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team, as announced by the league office on Wednesday. Running back Marcus Yarns and offensive lineman Fintan Brose were both selected via a vote by the conference's head coaches. Additionally, wide receiver and kick returner JoJo Bermudez, punter Josh Cupitt and defensive back Tyron Herring all earned preseason honorable mention honors.
Middletown, DE takes down Keystone 11-0
Dover, DE- Middletown M.O.T. Little League entered the Little League entered the 2024 Intermediate East Region as the host team and they’ve made the most of their chances by remaining the region’s only unbeaten team. Middletown would hold previously unbeaten Keystone to no runs on just two hits...
Men’s Soccer Welcomes Eight Newcomers Ahead of 2024 Season
NEWARK, Del. – Eight newcomers will be joining the University of Delaware men's soccer team ahead of the 2024 season, head coach Tommy McMenemy announced Monday. Six freshmen are joined by a pair of transfers. "This class reflects the values that we believe make successful student-athletes, soccer players, and...
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