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Proof is in the performance for Poochie and Will
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How do I strengthen my shoulders?
By Chris Antonio - Feb 18 -
Fishing good at inshore wrecks and reefs
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USGA’s membership and marketing campaigns are fully ...
By Fritz Schranck - Feb 17 -
Indoor state track and field results posted
By Tim Bamforth - Feb 17 -
Riding haughty on my high horse
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Choose words carefully and speak sparingly
By Dave Frederick - Feb 14
Sports Stories
Ulysis Slagle honored with Sportsmanship Award
Feb 22Ocean City Department of Recreation and Parks Program Director Ron Strickler presented Beacon Middle School sixth-grader Ulysis Slagle with the ...
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DNREC Fish and Wildlife announces spring trout stocking plans
Feb 21The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Division of Fish and Wildlife announced that its spring 2012 downstate ...
Ott and Smith crowned conference champions
By Nick Roth - Feb 18Cape Henlopen wrestlers Thomas Ott (220) and Garrett Smith (138) stood atop the podium at the Henlopen Conference Championships Feb. 18 at Sussex ...
Hot feet and cold hearts at Valentine's Chase 5K
By Dave Frederick - Feb 15Anyone knowing the slightest thing about runners can watch a small group warm up on a cold morning and most likely pick out the winner. Patrick ...
Cape still breathing after 44-43 home win over Sussex Tech
By Dave Frederick - Feb 14Agonizing victories and frustrating losses have been the storyline for the Cape boys' basketball team under first-year head coach Stephen Re. On ...
Cape girls hit track stumbling; Tatnall girls win state title
By Dave Frederick - Feb 13The diversified and talented Cape girls' track team knew it was a long shot to no shot to challenge Tatnall and Padua for the indoor state ...
Cape boys' swim team wins second straight conference title
By Dan Cook - Feb 13The Cape Henlopen boys swim team once again proved that winners don't always place first, but in swimming, where points are given to the 1-12 ...
Laurel forfeits eight in 66-17 loss at Cape; Vikings now jump into the fire
By Dave Frederick - Feb 09The Cape wrestling team defeated Laurel 66-17 on Senior Night, Feb. 8, closing out the home schedule and improving to 9-3 on the season. The match ...
Cape pounds Poly Panthers 60-35
By Dan Cook - Feb 07Kadijah Doughty and Aaliyah Davis each scored 23 points to lead the Cape girls' basketball team past visiting Polytech 60-35 Feb. 7. "We're trying ...
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Del Shore field hockey posts indoor league results
Feb 06The fourth week of the Delaware Shore Field Hockey Indoor League was held Feb. 5 at the Milton Elementary School gym. In the Elementary Division, ...
Run to the Plunge 5K attracts 700 runners
By Dave Frederick - Feb 06Seven hundred hardy souls showed up Feb. 4 for the Run to the Plunge 5K, starting on the Boardwalk at Rehoboth Avenue. The immense turnout ...
Dover drops money ball on Cape seven times for 70-62 victory
By Dave Frederick - Feb 03Dover dropped the money ball seven times on Cape, including twice in the final four minutes to hold off surging Cape Henlopen for a 70-62 victory ...
Three Cape hockey players sign to play Division I
By Dan Cook - Feb 02Feb. 1 was national signing day for college athletes, and Cape Henlopen was represented by three state champion hockey players. Taylor Trimmer ...
Rip Tide students compete in Philadelphia
Feb 01Nine adults and seven kids from Rip Tide Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competed Jan. 21-22 in the Maxercise Affiliate Tournament in Philadelphia. In total, ...
Davis gets flowers and balloons for scoring 1,000 but Seaford wins 58-46
By Dave Frederick - Jan 31Aaliyah Davis dropped her second basket in the first two minutes in Cape's Jan. 31 game at Seaford to go over 1,000 points for her career. The ...
Brown to play baseball at Del Tech
Jan 30Michael Brown from St. Mary’s Ryken High School in Leonardtown, Md., signed his letter of intent to play baseball for the Roadrunners at Delaware ...
Cape boys lax club wins two at Crown Center
Jan 29The Cape boys' high school lax club notched two wins Jan. 29 at the Crown Center in Fruitland, Md. First, the team knocked off the Greene Turtle ...
Milford wins boys' and girls' conference indoor track titles
By Dave Frederick - Jan 29Cape coach George Pepper knew his slightly favored girls team would be in for a battle Jan. 27 at the Henlopen Conference Indoor Track Championship...
Little grapplers get after each other just for the fun of it
By Dave Frederick - Jan 28The Cape Takedown Club knew the Cape gym would be set up with three mats Jan. 29 in the morning as the Vikings were scheduled to host a quad meet ...
Cape Henlopen names Kate Windett as head coach of field hockey
By Dave Frederick - Jan 26At its Jan. 26 meeting held at Beacon Middle School, the Cape Henlopen School District Board of Education announced the appointment of Katharine ...
Cape cheerleaders to host fundraiser Feb. 28
Feb 22The Cape Competitive Cheerleading Squad is holding a fundraiser at Irish Eyes on Anglers Road in Lewes Tuesday, Feb. 28. A portion of the night's ...
Cape basketball battles St. Elizabeth tooth and claw for 70-62 win
By Dave Frederick - Feb 19Fans of Cape girls' basketball who have followed the Vikings over the last three seasons know there are always missing pieces to the puzzle. Fans ...
Cape beats Milford 62-45 hanging on for postseason tournament berth
By Dave Frederick - Feb 16Cape won a “stayin' alive” game at Milford Tuesday night, beating what looked like a low-on-energy Milford team 62-45. The Vikings completed the ...
Cape girls' basketball powers to decisive 58-35 win over Tech
By Dan Cook - Feb 15The Cape Henlopen girls' basketball team powered its way to a 50-26 third-quarter lead and traded baskets the rest of the way in a one-sided 58-35 ...
Sallies' wrestlers clean up on Cape 40-18; three Vikings injured
By Dave Frederick - Feb 13Cape traveled north to Broom Street where the Salesianum wrestling team cleaned up - no pun intended - by a 40-18 margin and picked up the ...
Rehoboth Beach girl wins four snowboarding gold medals
Feb 13The sun was shining all weekend as Stormy McGuiness of the Park City Snowboard Team and of Rehoboth Beach, and Caleb Lacey of Team Utah competed ...
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Make-A-Wish Foundation to host Walk for Wishes April 14
Feb 10Registration is now open for the first Walk for Wishes to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic. The event will take place from ...
Panthers pull away from Cape for 83-65 win
By Dave Frederick - Feb 08The little guys "lit it up" in Woodside Feb. 7 as the Cape boys' basketball team went at talented Polytech hard in the first half, led by sophomore...
Cape JV boys' basketball avenges early season loss, beats Senators 33-32
By Dan Cook - Feb 07The Cape Henlopen boys' junior varsity basketball team avenged a Friday the 13th 31-39 loss to the Senators as it dropped Dover 33-32 in one of ...
Peninsula director of golf wins awards
Feb 06The Peninsula’s Director of Golf Troy Flateau, PGA, along with his team, was honored by two golf management organizations for their performance in ...
Nate Graulich offers custom-crafted duck and goose calls
By Dave Frederick - Feb 05There finally is something to get that rugged outdoorsy man who has everything, right down to a camouflage wallet and insulated underwear that ...
Free Throw Championship winners announced
Feb 02The Knights of Columbus Bishop Burke Council No. 11285 held its annual Free Throw Championship at the Oak Orchard-Riverdale Boys & Girls Club Jan. ...
Cape pancakes Panthers, stacking five for 39-34 dual-meet victory
By Dave Frederick - Feb 01The Little Big House of Pancakes was slaphappy crazy Feb. 1 as a total of nine grapplers got their tickets punched early. And - an odd observation ...
Hounds of the Little Big House dog Seaford 69-49
By Dave Frederick - Feb 01The pound dog puppies of Cape basketball, the Hounds of the Little Big House, were off the chain snarling in full frenzy Jan. 31 at home, at one ...
Beacon boys' basketball blows out Chipman 58-23; girls lose 34-33
By Dan Cook - Jan 30The Beacon Middle School girls' basketball Vikings went into an epic battle with the Spartans on the home synthetic court and when the final ...
Cape's JV rally falls short as Vikings drop 37-31 to Riders
By Dan Cook - Jan 29The Cape Henlopen junior varsity basketball team turned around a lackluster three quarters to outscore Caesar Rodney 14-1 in the fourth but ran ...
Cape Cannons lacrosse club scores 15-10 win over Fruitland Falcons
By Dan Cook - Jan 29The Cape Cannons U11 lacrosse club took the Crown Center by storm Sunday, Jan. 29, as the team scored a 15-10 victory over the Fruitland Falcons ...
Cape wrestling wins all three sides of invitational quadrangle
By Dave Frederick - Jan 28There are four teams in a quadrangular wrestling match, but a team can't pin a win on itself. Cape Henlopen wrestling was perfect Jan. 28, ...
Cape basketball wins crazy fast game of guards 77-72 over Caesar Rodney
By Dave Frederick - Jan 28Rosters can't be found at high school basketball games, but if you could find them, one immutable truth would become readily apparent: Short ...
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Sports Briefs
Jan 24Boating skills class begins Feb. 27 The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Indian River Flotilla 12-09 will present a seven-week boating skills and ...
Sports Columnists
Ask The Trainer
By Chris AntonioChris 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 ...
Outdoors
By Eric BurnleyEric Burnley is a Delaware native who has fished and hunted the state from an early age. Since 1978 he has written countless articles about ...
Running
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People In Sports
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Golf
By Fritz SchranckSend 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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