Obama selects Biden as running mate

Hockessin Soccer Club's U12 Academy LadyHawks won the under-12 elite age group of the Spirit United Kickoff Classic Tournament held August 23 and 24 in Downingtown, Pa.

The Wilmington University cheerleading team received the highest award at the National Cheerleading Association Camp held from July 30 to August 1. That earned them an expenses paid trip to the National Cheerleading Association’s College National Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida in April.

Red Clay's established football programs - Dickinson,  McKean, A.I. duPont and Charter, have struggled in recent years. Can they ever match the dominance enjoyed in the neighboring Brandywine and Christina school districts?

What will the Padua Academy volleyball team have to do to defeat its nemeses, Ursuline Academy and St. Mark’s High School, who perennially refuse to let anyone else take home the title?

For six years it was St. Mark’s. Then, for five of the last six its been Salesianum. The year that it was neither, Tatnall was crowned. It has been since Glasgow in 1995 – twelve seasons – that a Delaware public school has won a state title in boy’s soccer. But starting this year, with the Charter School of Wilmington on the rise, the reign of the private schools could be in peril.

The Dragons Lacrosse Club has grown in three years from 17 players on one team to 119 players on five teams. Head coach and founder Kevin Green likes the family and camaraderie that players, coaches and parents have developed while they in turn credit him for his passion for lacrosse.

Concord Soccer Association has named Fran Kulas as its new director of coaching and player development. He is an assistant coach with the under-14 & 15 USA Women’s National Team programs.

The Gamestop on Naamans Road in Wilmington had customers showing up to wait in line at 10 p.m. for the midnight release of the much anticpated Madden NFL 09 video game.

The Hockessin Force U10 girls soccer team won the West Chester Summer Classic Tournament on August 3. They outscored their opponents 13-2 enroute to the 2-0 championship victory over PA Classic ' 98.

Piedmont Baseball 13 year old team that won the Delaware state championship at the end of July.

Madden NFL, the longest running video game franchise, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with Madden 2009.  The game is so popular that last year’s release was named “Maddenoliday” by producer Electronic Arts and celebrated with a full-day event in Times Square, complete with parade, concert and a recreation of the New Year’s Eve ball drop (replaced by life-sized picture of the game).

The Hockessin Giants won the Central Division Championship or Piedmont Babe Ruth Baseball.

Piedmont Giants won the Central Division championship.

The Hockessin Piedmont Cal Ripken Baseball 9U state team finished first in the ECTB Clash of the Champions Tournament.

Mike and Bradley Wisnoski of Hockessin qualified for the the regional finals of the Philadelphia Phillies Home Run Derby after competing in the local competition while vacationing at the Jersey shore.

The Kirkwood Soccer Club Freedom girls under-14  team won the 2008 U.S. Youth Soccer Association National Directors Cup Championship.

A new traveling baseball team for players 14 and under will offer an opportunity for a higher level of competition against teams from across the region, coaches hope. Tryouts will be held this weekend and in mid August.

The 17th Annual Diamond State Masters Regatta featured 73 rowing races from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.  Orignally scheduled for 99 races, 26 were canceled due to a rain delay, the third time in three years that rain has effected the event.

Ernie DiStefano is forming a niche as a baseball agent specializing in helping athletes looking to resurrect their careers. Their troubles vary from steriod or substance abuse to injuries, but they must all have one thing in common - some humility. And DiStefano plans to do all this without giving up his day job.

The New Castle Sailing Club raised $1,200 for the March of Dimes at their 21st annual charity regatta on July 12, a series of races between sailboats on the Delaware River.