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  Sea Colony attracts young pros for $10,000 tournament

  By Nick Roth - Jun 18
  Unseeded Brianna Morgan rolled past top-seeded Jessica Moore June 16 to win her first professional tennis tournament at the 3rd annual Sea Colony ...
  
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  Two hundred thirty-five attend NFL-sponsored camp at Cape Henlopen

  Jun 17
  Cape head coach Bill Collick served as the camp coordinator for the local NFL player development camp held June 10-14 at Cape Henlopen High ...
  
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  Worcester Prep girls' tennis wins conference title

  Jun 14
  The Worcester Prep girls’ tennis team, under the direction of veteran coach Cyndee Hudson, left, of Ocean City, Md., has captured the Eastern ...
  
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  Road racers who win get to the front and stay there

  By Dave Frederick - Jun 14
  There are no Silky Sullivans in the sport of foot racing. The hot coppers line up in the front row, sprint to the front and generally stay there. ...
  
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  Henlopen Soccer Club U12 Sharks win state cup

  Jun 13
  Henlopen Soccer Club’s U12 Sharks are Delaware State Cup champions. They will travel to Rhode Island representing Delaware in the U.S. Youth ...
  
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  The end of an era in Cape girls' lax at Delaware Senior All-Star Game

  By Dan Cook - Jun 11
  The Frederick and Young era came to an end June 8 as high scorers Anna Frederick and Sara Young played their last high school lacrosse game at ...
  

• Cape places players on all-state lacrosse, softball, track teams

  Jun 10
  Anna Frederick and Sara Young were chosen to the 2013 High School Girls' All-American team; it was announced June 3. Delaware players joining them ...
  
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  The Rehoboth Econ Education 5K all about benefits and costs

  By Dave Frederick - Jun 08
  Just the words Economic Education was enough to make 147 people run away from the boardwalk June 2 in Reboboth. But they all came back 5 kilometers...
  
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  South Side Shoot Out brings out tough competition

  Jun 04
  The South Side Shoot Out skim competition kicked off with small waves and tough opponents June 1 at the south side of the Indian River Inlet. The ...
  
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  Penn State geologists rock the Lewes 5K

  By Dave Frederick - Jun 03
  The Lewes 5K Run on June 1 to benefit Sussex County Habitat for Humanity, sponsored by Irish Eyes, attracted 158 runners and a bunch of walkers, ...
  
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  Former Cape teammates coaching LYC swim team

  By Ron MacArthur - Jun 02
  This summer, friends, former high school swimming teammates and assistant coaches Renah Scudlark and Corey Cellurale will take on head coaching ...
  
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  Twentieth Masser 5 Miler stocked with talent from other sports

  By Dave Frederick - May 31
  The 20th annual Masser 5 Miler starting at Cape Henlopen High School and running through the expensive real estate of Lewes attracted 277 runners ...
  
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  Atlantic Lacrosse U13 records undefeated season

  May 27
  The boys U13 Atlantic Lacrosse team, coached by Mark D'Ambrogi, John Rishko and Mike Shook, capped an undefeated season in the Eastern Shore Youth ...
  
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  American Legion Post 17 hosts veterans' fishing trip

  May 27
  American Legion Post 17 in Lewes hosted veterans from the Elsmere Veterans Medical Center, the Delaware Veterans Home and the Home of the Brave ...
  
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  Nine hundred run DE Feet Breast Cancer 5K

  By Dave Frederick - May 25
  Mike Sewell of Smyrna, 43, was the overall winner of the DE Feet Breast Cancer 5K, chased to the finish line by Paul Ecker in 18:40 and Anthony ...
  
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  Cape lacrosse girls beat Tower Hill 12-10 for state title

  By Dave Frederick - May 24
  The agony of victory and a fifth straight state championship fell to a mentally exhausted Cape Henlopen girls' lacrosse team May 23 at Dover, ...
  
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  Riders beat Cape again to advance to state final

  By Dave Frederick - May 22
  “If you want to play catch-up, grill a hamburger." The Cape boys' lacrosse team, 13-5, showed up 22 minutes late and 5 goals short in the May 22 ...
  

• Third Annual Mud Run Jr. to take place June 19

  May 03
  All youth age 6 through 13 are invited to take part in the Third Annual Delaware Mud Run Jr., which begins at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 19, at ...
  

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  Former Olympian Carrie Lingo leads Elite Club 2013 at Cape High

  By Dan Cook - Jun 18
  Former United States Olympian Carrie Lingo has brought her Elite Connection Summer Club 2013 to Cape Henlopen's second turf field Tuesdays, ...
  
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  Golf event benefits Circle of Light

  Jun 16
  The Women’s Delmarva Golf Association tournament hosted by The Rookery Golf Club May 23 raised funds for the Circle of Light mission. Sue Dubre ...
  
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  Delaware Shore Field Hockey heats up turf Monday and Wednesday nights

  Jun 14
  The Delaware Shore Field Hockey season is underway with June 10 and 12 competitions at Cape Henlopen's Champions Stadium. The first games included ...
  
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  Local athletes compete in Special Olympics

  Jun 13
  The 2013 Special Olympics Delaware Summer Games presented by DuPont took place June 7-8 at the University of Delaware. More than 700 athletes and ...
  

• Sports Briefs

  Jun 12
  Heart & Should 5K a huge success The Trinity Foundation’s third annual Heart & Sole 5K was held on Saturday, April 27 with all proceeds benefitting...
  
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  Slowest 5K by hours brings tears and cheers at finish line

  By Dave Frederick - Jun 10
  The 10th Annual Blue Gold All-Star 5K run was about good times and slow times, but the theme for all those paying attention was an old folk lyric, ...
  
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  Youth fishing tourney held at Cape Henlopen State Park

  Jun 09
  The Annual Youth Fishing Tournament was held on the pier at Cape Henlopen State Park May 18. Sponsored by the Friends of Cape Henlopen Park, about ...
  
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  Cape girls' lacrosse celebrates fifth straight state title

  Jun 05
  To celebrate Cape Henlopen's fifth straight girls' lacrosse state championship, the Cape Gazette created a four-page commemorative special section ...
  
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  Worcester Prep announces spring sports awards

  Jun 04
  Top spring girls' awards in Worcester Prep tennis and lacrosse went to in back (l-r) Alex Bruder of Ocean Pines, Md., Coach’s Award for varsity ...
  
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  Tony Stewart victorious at Monster Mile

  By DJ Hughes - Jun 03
  After two weeks of racing in Charlotte, home of most race teams, NASCAR made its way north to Dover Downs International Speedway. NASCAR, DIS and ...
  
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  Benbow chased to finish line in Highway One Pictures 5K by Andrew Weir

  By Dave Frederick - May 31
  The Highway One Pictures 5K was run May 27, Memorial Day morning, in downtown Dewey Beach. The newly configured landscape of the Rusty Rudder was ...
  

• A championship tradition continues at Cape

  By Dave Frederick - May 28
  The DIAA state girls’ lacrosse finals held May 21, 2009, at Middletown High School featured the favorite St. Andrew’s with two wins over Cape ...
  
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  Milton Mile starts Memorial Day weekend with a prayer and a dog

  By Dave Frederick - May 27
  The Milton Wesleyan Church on Union Street in Milton is "good people" and to quote local Brian Kugelman, "If you ever decided to go to church, ...
  
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  Golf tournament raises $6,700 for Alzheimer's research

  May 26
  The charity golf tournament to raise funds for Alzheimer’s research, held May 17 at Salt Pond Golf Club in Bethany Beach, raised $6,700. The event ...
  
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  Smyrna High's Dustin Warren to play at Del Tech

  May 24
  Dustin Warren of Smyrna recently signed to play baseball for the Roadrunners of Delaware Tech Owens Campus. Warren, who attends Smyrna High ...
  

• Cape girls' lax wins fifth straight title

  May 23
  Cape continued its dominance of Delaware girls' lacrosse tonight, beating Tower Hill 12-10 at Dover High to win its fifth straight state title. The...
  
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  Outkast ends Grand Rental's 35-game win streak 28-26

  May 21
  The Outkast had won four YMCA Flag Football Championships, and they wanted to add another trophy to their collection May 19 on the Lewes School ...
  

Sports Columnists

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  Ask The Trainer

  By Chris Antonio
  Chris Antonio is a personal trainer and former world-class weightlifter. He has been lifting for more than 20 years and has trained a wide variety ...
  
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  Outdoors

  By Eric Burnley
  Eric Burnley is a Delaware native who has fished and hunted the state from an early age. Since 1978 he has written countless articles about ...
  
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  Thoughts From the Sidelines

  By Sumner Spence
  A 2002 Cape grad and 2007 UD grad, Lewes resident Sumner Spence is one of the Cape area's biggest sports fans. Wheelchair-bound his entire life, ...
  

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  People In Sports

  By Dave Frederick
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  Golf

  By Fritz Schranck
  Send your news about local tournaments, charity golf events, holes-in-one and other golf news by email to Fritz at FSchranck@HoleByHole.com. The ...
  
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  By Tim Bamforth
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