http://capegazette.villagesoup.com?source=rss Latest posts by Dave Frederick Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:30 EDT Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:30 EDT en-us Copyright 2011 Cape Gazette http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/showtime-step-up-or-step-off-state-tournament-one-and-done/1002866?source=rss ]]> Theme dreams - This is no joke. I have two recurring dreams. In one I’m going backward at 60 miles an hour at night with no lights in a pickup truck with no brakes through the North Philadelphia ghetto. A self-analysis: I peaked in eighth grade and I’ve been going backward ever since and just can’t stop the slide. The other dream: I’m at the gates of heaven (wrought iron gate made by John the Blacksmith on ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/showtime-step-up-or-step-off-state-tournament-one-and-done/1002866 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sports-scene-the-good-the-bad-and-the-annoying/1001184?source=rss ]]> The Good, Bad and Annoying - Four young Atlantic Lacrosse girls were part of the Cape-Tower Hill game Friday night, warming up with the team, being introduced, sitting on the bench and “getting the goalie” when it was over. Shown behind goggles are (l-r) Emily Monigle, Carrie Clausius, Lindsay D'Ambrogi and Haley Craig. It was as cute as it was frightening, as first-grade cage fighters carrying sticks are ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sports-scene-the-good-the-bad-and-the-annoying/1001184 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sports-celebrations-sometimes-last-a-little-too-long/999721?source=rss ]]> Every step you take, I’ll be watching you.” - Sting Crowd control - Cape’s Todd Keen scored the go-ahead goal with two minutes left against visiting Caesar Rodney and was mobbed behind the net by his teammates. A lacrosse official with the ESPN Sports Package on his Direct TV and The Hopper banged the Vikings for an excessive celebration, a 60-second, man down, nonreleasable penalty. The Riders won the game with ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sports-celebrations-sometimes-last-a-little-too-long/999721 Fri, 10 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/record-win-streaks-end-and-new-records-are-set-on-sports-scene/997997?source=rss ]]> NASCAR color - Michael Waltrip, cruising the track Sunday at Talladega under a caution waiting for a restart after a multicar crash in which he saw Kyle Bush go airborne over another car, said during a live interview with his brother Darrell Waltrip, “When the boys ask you if you got one underneath you, I don’t think that’s what they meant.” Darrell went silent; so did I at my keyboard. I honestly never had a ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/record-win-streaks-end-and-new-records-are-set-on-sports-scene/997997 Tue, 07 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sometimes-school-gets-in-the-way-of-sports/996544?source=rss ]]> Track and field trip - Coach George Pepper looked slightly shell-shocked Wednesday at a triangular track meet at Sussex Tech against the Ravens and Milford Bucs. The veteran has 36 years coaching Cape girls, including the last two Division I state championships, and two years ago had open heart surgery and only missed a week of practice. Pepper was missing seven athletes who were on a field trip because that was ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sometimes-school-gets-in-the-way-of-sports/996544 Fri, 03 May 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/mallards-at-vikings-showdown-about-to-go-down/994771?source=rss ]]> Over easy - The Cape girls' lacrosse team of 2013 has had too many games that were over easy or late early for the visiting team. It’s hard to assess and do a self-analysis of what that means. Are we that good or have the people we’ve been playing just that bad? Cape, 9-0, and their buddies at Worcester, 10-1, will test each other at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 30 at Champions Stadium in what promises to be an ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/mallards-at-vikings-showdown-about-to-go-down/994771 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/penn-relays-the-nation-s-biggest-track-carnival/993350?source=rss ]]> Cape Henlopen rolls off the tongue - The Penn Relays weekend is always the last weekend in April. I was there in April 1975, stretched out under the overhang like a webbed belt on a pair of Dockers. Hall of Fame announcer Jack O’Reilly was calling three hours of high school boys' mile relays. Then he said “Going down the backstretch, it's Brooklyn Boys' Tech, Malcolm Shabazz, Paramus Catholic, Cape Henlopen” - he ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/penn-relays-the-nation-s-biggest-track-carnival/993350 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sallies-fans-give-generously-at-brian-tappan-fundraiser/991780?source=rss ]]> Friends and foes - You play Salesianum in a sport, you get the whole shebang - moms and dads, grandparents and alumni - and if you have to sit on the same side of the stadium as their fans as in the sports of lacrosse and soccer, their enthusiasm will wear you out. But the better news is that, on the way into Legends Stadium before Saturday’s Brian Tappan fundraiser, the Catholic crew from Wilmington proved very ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/sallies-fans-give-generously-at-brian-tappan-fundraiser/991780 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/schools-compete-for-athletic-academic-talent/990222?source=rss ]]> Destination anywhere - I’m the smartest person I know, took every undergraduate college course three times. I do know a sports interview is like a research paper in that you start down a road with a premise asking questions but must be willing to follow the answers even if your original theory is shot all to pieces. Dover lacrosse, coached by John Coveleski and Ron Allen, came into Cape Wednesday night with more ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/schools-compete-for-athletic-academic-talent/990222 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:00:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick ) Sports http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/if-you-want-to-be-caddy-buy-a-golf-bag/102383?source=rss ]]> Here’s what I’m saying: if you’re interested in being caddy, go buy yourself a golf bag. I saw the Cape lacrosse girls' practice schedule for the rest of the season after the Tuesday practice before the Wednesday game at Sussex Tech. It read, “Conditioning run after game.” Cape runs after lots of its games because sprinting about like a house cat during a game really produces little in the way of physical/cardio ... http://capegazette.villagesoup.com/p/if-you-want-to-be-caddy-buy-a-golf-bag/102383 Fri, 20 May 2011 09:04:00 EDT newsroom@capegazette.com (Dave Frederick) Sports