Dover girls still chasing tourney dream
DOVER — When the regular season ended last spring, Dover High’s players knew their chances weren’t good. Still, missing out on making the DIAA girls’ lacrosse state tournament by maybe a point was crushing. The Senators won their final nine games to finish with a program-best 11-4 mark. “Last year, we were so close,” […]
Local roundup: CR boys, Dover girls win titles at Burgess Invitational
Caesar Rodney High won the boys’ team title while Dover earned the girls’ championship at the Keith Burgess Invitational at Lake Forest on Saturday. The Riders recorded 198 points to top the boys’ standings. Lake Forest was second with 128.5 points and Cape Henlopen was third with 77. Dover had 177 points in the girls’ […]
Blue Hen notebook: Whitehead a quick study for Hens
CAMDEN — Kedrick Whitehead still plans to walk at Middletown High’s graduation. As for going to prom, that’s up in the air. But, in every other way, Whitehead is already a University of Delaware student — and football player. After graduating early from Middletown, the freshman linebacker was out there with a group of other […]
Friendly RB battle heats up at DSU scrimmage
DOVER — The healthy rivalry in the Delaware State backfield has resumed. With Mike Waters back in action, the Hornets’ running game had a field day in their annual football spring game on Saturday. Waters and Brycen Alleyne combined for five touchdowns to highlight the offensive performance in the Red-White scrimmage hosted by Dover High. […]
Local college notebook: DSU Red-White scrimmage Saturday at Dover High
Delaware State University football fans will have their first chance to see the squad under first-year coach Rod Milstead today. The Hornets will close their spring camp with their annual Red-White scrimmage. The offense vs. defense scrimmage kicks off at 2 p.m. and will be played at Dover High this year. Delaware State is coming […]
Unbeaten CR eyes today’s Dave Reynolds boys lax festival
CAMDEN — Maybe if they could have started the game over, the outcome would have been different. Certainly, if Caesar Rodney High’s boys’ lacrosse players could have erased the first quarter, they know there was a lot to like about the way they played that day. But that’s not the way sports work, of course. […]
Velazquez, Senators slug past Smyrna 9-5
DOVER — The ball left Dom Velazquez’s bat and the Dover High sophomore sprinted out of the batter’s box thinking double. Then he looked up. This ball wasn’t coming back. Velazquez homered and tripled in the later innings to help the Senators earn a 9-5 victory over Smyrna High in Henlopen Conference Northern Division baseball […]
