Ricardo Cupa used to be president of the Brookside Soccer League, which more than any other club catered to the Hispanic community in the greater Newark and New Castle areas. His son, and other Hispanic players, were left without a home when the league folded two years ago, until the Urban League started as a partnership between Kirkwood Soccer and New Castle County.
The Sanford Warriors (24-1) defeated the Dover Senators (19-4) 55-45 in the championship game of the Delaware boys’ basketball state tournament on Saturday, March 13 at the University of Delaware’s Bob Carpenter. The victory came less than 24 hours after the Sanford girls’ team had clinched the state championship with a 51-36 victory over the Smyrna Eagles, making Sanford the first school in state history to claim both the boys and girls titles in the same season.
Sanford (19-4) dominated en route to a 51-36 win over Smyrna (21-3) in girls basketball state championship.
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The U.S. Army Baltimore Recruiting Battalion has announced the finalists for the inaugural Army STRONG Wrestler of the Year award, honoring Delaware’s best high school wrestler.
The Sanford School boys basketball team has secured the number one seed for the 2010 state basketball tournament that began on March 3. A big reason for their success has been the reunited one-two scoring punch of junior stars Trevor Cooney and Deon Jones.
The setting could have not been more appropriate for the Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association’s Flight B championship on Feb. 25. Delaware Military Academy faced defending champion Hodgson Vo-Tech, which had dashed the Seahawks’ hopes of winning their first title last year.
Tatnall ice hockey continues to roll along. The Hornets won their third consecutive state championship by defeating Newark 6-5 on a goal by Taylor Swarter in Flight A overtime.
When the talented Delcastle girls indoor track team found itself pushed by Tatnall – a formidable track machine – at the girls indoor track state championship the Cougars could have responded in one of two ways – take home second or go for it all.
Concord High School senior Ashleigh Roberts has put an indelible stamp on her fourth year on the girls varsity basketball team, becoming the Raiders’ all-time leading girls basketball scorer. She has also surpassed 1,500 points. And he GPA is a solid 3.0.
The United States Tennis Association Delaware District recently honored its own for accomplishments on and off the court.
Despite the frozen ground, winter weather advisory, temperatures in the teens and single-digit wind chill, 78 people fought Jack Frost and Mother Nature to play in the 27th Groundhog Golf Tournament, Jan. 30 at Delcastle Golf Course.
A two-way standout for Alexis I. duPont, William "C.J." Jones smiles coyly when asked about taking snaps behind center at his new home, Boston College.
Two 11-2 teams will take to the court Tuesday in a game expected to have a significant impact on both the Flight A standings and state tournament seeding.
The newly formed Delaware Legends Basketball Hall of Fame inducted its first class at a Jan. 15 ceremony.
The U.S. Army Baltimore Recruiting Battalion has named St. Mark’s Bobby Telford it's Army STRONG Wrestler of the Week (Jan. 10-17).
East Stroudsburg Junior forward Kailyn Buckley, a Brandywine High School graduate, was named to the All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference's Second Team.
AJ Dillione of Salesianum and Chaz Malewski of St. Mark’s are this year's recipients of the Michael DeLucia Award, given annually to greater Wilmington's outstanding Catholic school football players.
The world of college athletic scholarships is not just a one-way street. The big time, Division I football programs will find the studs sooner or later. But what about the remaining diamonds in the rough? That is where Hockessin-based Athletic Scholarship Help comes in.
Brandywine Youth Lacrosse Club will hold its’ spring 2010 annual general meeting at the Brandywine Hundred Library (next to Talley Day Park on Foulk Road) 6:30 p.m., Jan. 6.
