Defending D2 champion Woodbridge and undefeated Hodgson earned the top seeds for the 2019 DIAA Football Tournaments that kick off Friday.
Shall we dance?
It's November, also known as fall championship season.
Salesianum pulled together a stunning last-minute drive for a touchdown, but missed on a 2-point conversion after the buzzer as they fell 28-27 to Middletown Saturday night.
Delaware high school football teams have many goals going into the penultimate weekend of the 2019 regular season.
Who is the best team in Division 2 football and volleyball? It's certainly up for debate.
In a year where it looks like the final playoff spots will be as competitive as ever, every win matters in Delaware high school football.
When Friends heads home to Alapocas Saturday night, we'll be halfway done the season.
Another week of stellar performance in Delaware, but one player's last stand before shoulder surgery stood above the rest in Week 4 of Delaware High School Sports.
Two-time state championship quarterback Troy Haynes, of Woodbridge, died over the weekend after a 5-month battle with pancreatic cancer.
Smyrna's defense made big plays at all three levels in a second-half shutout as they defeated Salesianum 18-10 Friday night.
When you only have 10 games, every one matters as you try to be one of the 14 lucky teams to extend your season into the postseason.
Howard's Karvin Reeves scored 4 rushing touchdowns as the Wildcats pulled away for a 44-16 victory over McKean Thursday night.
Delaware Military Academy opens its new home with an easy victory.
Perfection is a goal rarely achieved, and that’s what Saint Mark’s was kind enough to remind me about Tuesday night.
Walk-off victories in several sports, and a showdown of Delaware's two-best running backs shined brightest this week in Delaware high schools.
Division 2 football suffered its first shakeup as the bottom half of the Top 10 became quite turbulent in the second week of the Delaware High School season.
Salesianum QB Dylan Mooney scored 2 second-half rushing touchdowns to lead the second-ranked Sals to a 42-20 win over No. 3 Dover Saturday night.
Week 2, when we begin to find out what we really learned from Week 1.
It's often thought you need 2 weeks of data before you can make good assessments on what you see early in a sports season.
Middletown opens the season knocking off Smyrna 17-6.
Saint Elizabeth's Thomas Mosley rushed for 3 touchdowns as they won the "Battle of the Vikings" 34-6 over Christiana.
There’s nothing quite like Opening Weekend.
A mix of established dynasties and sometimes complete guesses find their way to the top of our 2019 Fall Preseason Delaware High School Sports Rankings.
One was a defensive end, one was a quarterback, but when mixed together they’ve combined into a solid linebacker duo.
Delaware Military Academy lineman Christopher Boc knows the reputation of his team: regular season success, and then an immediate postseason dismissal.
Matt DiGregorio’s junior year wasn’t supposed to end before it started.
Hodgson was setting up for a potential game-tying 2-point conversion in the final moments of their 2018 DIAA Division 1 semifinal with Salesianum, when an unseen piece of laundry stunted their dream of a perfect season.
Saint Elizabeth’s Sam Janicki wears two purple bracelets on his right wrist, and they have all the meaning in the world.
Delaware high school football camps open up on August 12, as the chase to replace Sussex Central and Woodbridge as state champions begins.
Smyrna's Will Knight, who holds Delaware high school's all-time career rushing record, announced he will transfer to the University of Delaware.
Woodbridge quarterback Troy Haynes did nothing but win during his four years as a starter, but now he's facing his toughest battle.
Caravel-alum Darnell Savage is heading to Green Bay after the Packers selected him with the 21st pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Wilmington City Council's 7-3 vote to lease a portion of Kirkwood Park to Howard, that the school was already using, could have wide-ranging impacts for the school.
This week marked the beginning of another pivotal period as high school athletes hope to earn a spot on a college roster in the future.
The realignment of the Henlopen Conference for the next two years has taken its toll on Delmar's in-state football schedule.
2018 Delaware Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year Drew Fry and Brock Keeler will both play in the 2019 DFRC Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game to be held on Friday, June 21.
It's known as National Signing Day. An event when friends and family come to celebrate a high school athlete signing a letter of intent to play their chosen sport in college.
Woodbridge's Brock Keeler plans to take his linebacker skills to the University of New Haven after being named Delaware's Player of the Year by the Maxwell Football Club.
The 64th Annual DFRC Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game is moving to Friday Night Lights.
Welcome in to WDEL's Top Plays of the Fall for the 2018-19 campaign.
Wilmington-native David Sills V wrapped up his college career with a second-straight selection to the Associated Press' All-American Team.
43 Delaware high school football players have been honored by the Maxwell Football Club for their "Mini-Max" Awards.
Dover's Javon Peace ran away with the title of 2018 Delaware Gatorade Football Player of the Year.
Middletown's Drew Fry, Woodbridge's Brock Keeler, and Smyrna's Saleem Wormley were named the top players in Delaware by the state's coaches.
The Eagles of Smyrna defeated Newark Charter 26-12 in the Unified Flag Football Championship at the University of Delaware.
The Golden Knights of Sussex Central broke open a tight first half to defeat Salesianum and capture the 2018 Division I State Championship 33-7.
After 12 long weeks, it's finally time for Football Championship Saturday in Delaware.
It never seems wise to completely count Salesianum out, but after a crushing 34-7 loss to Middletown in week 6, it seemed like a championship ceiling for the Sals might have to wait until 2019.
If the adage "defense wins championships" holds up, Sussex Central may finally get to hoist a much-coveted trophy.
Rob Tattersall got a call in August that could have changed the course of Wilmington Friends' 2018 football season.
Eight teams remain in Delaware High School Football as we reach the semifinals this weekend.
Newark Charter's Jordan Wyatt caught a 2nd half touchdown to help seal a 27-12 win over Delcastle in a DIAA/Special Olympics Unified Flag Football semifinal Tuesday afternoon.
Welcome in to top plays of the week Tournament action in full swing which means we'll be going from football to field hockey and throw in a first ever volleyball championship while we're at it.
The Wildcats of Delmar started their potential road back to the Division II championship game with a two-hour bus trip from the Maryland state line to the Pennsylvania state line and left it all on the field in a 38-10 victory over Archmere, punching their ticket into the semi-finals.
A strong ground game leads Tower Hill to an upset of top-seeded A.I. DuPont.
Salesianum pulled away from Middletown in the second half thanks to 30 unanswered points as they defeated the Cavaliers 49-25 to advance in the Division I playoffs.
There's consensus in Division 1, but lots of room for thought in Division 2, as our staff takes our guesses as to what will happen this weekend.
The top players Delaware football were named this week to the various All-Conference teams.
Welcome into Delaware's top plays of the week where if you've got a weird mascot, we're all in.
Flight A Champion Hodgson and Flight B winner A.I. duPont are the top seeds for the DIAA Football Tournaments that begin Friday.
Friends came away with a 10-3 victory on a cold & windy Saturday over Tower Hill.
Middletown made their way across the C&D Canal hoping to steal a win and a bye-week for the upcoming DIAA tournament--instead Hodgson's defense played lights-out and CJ Henry found late paydirt as the Silver Eagles defended home turf against the visiting Cavaliers, 14-7.
Andrew watkins scored twice as Salesianum defeated St. Marks 28-0 on Friday Night.
The final week of the Delaware High School regular season brings 3 conference championship games, as teams fight for bids into the DIAA playoffs.
It's officially championship week for every fall sport in Delaware, except football.
Welcome in to Delaware's High School Plays of the week. Plenty of hard-hitting action from the gridiron to the pitch.
Five teams are set, while it appears Appoquinimink and William Penn will battle for the final slot going into the final weekend of Delaware Division 1 Football.
The Field of 8 is just about set for the DIAA Division 2 Football Tournament, but what that bracket will look like is very much in doubt going into the final week of the regular season.
On a windy day in Middletown, William Penn scored 3 touchdowns in the second half giving them a 28-7 win over St. Georges.
Salesianum's Andrew Watkins scored 3 touchdowns as the Sals took advantage of a few mistakes by a young Smyrna squad for a 35-16 victory.
It wasn't pretty, but the Green Knights of Mount pleasant are now a single win away from a .500 season after heading to Mill Creek and taking down the Highlanders of McKean 17-6.
On a rainy night at Appoquinimink, Hodgson routs the Jaguars 52-6.
Perfection is difficult to achieve, and despite a week with 20 of the 23 games going to a running clock, none of us were able to unlock all of the correct answers.
While some sports are starved for parity, volleyball was very tough to rank as DIAA championship season begins this week.
It’s starting to look like a chase between 5 teams for 1 bid as the Division 1 playoff chase begins to each its frantic finish.
A.I. duPont and Delmar continued their paths towards 2 home games in the Division 2 state tournament, as the chase for the final bids begins to clear.
Welcome in to WDEL's Top Plays of the week.
Sussex Tech's K.J. Custis scored 5 touchdowns, as they blitzed short-handed Smyrna 61-6 in a Henlopen North shocker Friday night.
Thanks to three Woodbridge touchdowns in the first 7 minutes of the game, the Blue Raiders cruised to a 42-6 win at St. Marks.
A nor'easter threatened New Castle County for the weekend and St. Georges threatened to ruin Hodgson's perfect record in a Division 1 bout--the Silver Eagles took the earlier game and and never relinquished an early lead, shutting out the Hawks 47-0.
Delaware Military Academy's Corahn Alleyne scored four 1st-half touchdowns as the Seahawks defeated First State Military Academy 65-6 on Thursday afternoon in Wilmington.
Three weeks remain in Delaware high school football's regular season, as the tight races for playoff bids come down to crucial showdowns.
This weekend's anticipated nor'easter is already leading to the adjustment of Delaware's Week 8 high school football schedule.
Welcome in to Delaware's top plays of the week.
Division 1 football needed a substantial makeover, while Ursuline cross country reached No. 1 in a very busy week in Delaware high school sports.
Delaware Division 2 Football Playoff Points after Week 7
Losing to the 3rd best team in the country was worth absolutely nothing to Middletown, but that’s the strangeness of the Division 1 point system, at times.
A.I. duPont defeated Howard 27-6 on a perfect fall weather afternoon at Baynard Stadium.
DMA's Corahn Alleyne scored 3 touchdowns and a two-pont conversion to pace the Seahawks to a crucial 20-14 win at Saint Mark's Friday night.
St. Elizabeth would win the toss and elect to receive. Unfortunately, the Vikings could not do anything with that possession.
Separation Weekend worked out well for several schools, most notably Sussex Central in the Henlopen North, but the playoff-style games keep coming.
Middletown and Sussex Central's football victories forced some major changes to the Top 5 in this week's WDEL/ESPN930 Delaware High School Sports Rankings.
Four weeks remain in the regular season, so it’s time to start taking look at the teams who are contention to make the DIAA Division 1 Football Tournament.
Four weeks remain in the regular season, so it’s time to start taking look at the teams who are contention to make the DIAA Division 2 Football Tournament.
Middletown placekicker Kayla Bierlein has proven to be a solid weapon for the top-ranked Cavaliers football team, but she'll soon be showcasing her skills as a role model.
Welcome in to Delaware's High School Plays of the week, breast cancer awareness month so I've decided to feature some plays that have the hits like everyone is taking to cancer awareness right now.
Two teams heading in different directions, but still very much at the top of Division II and Diamond State Conference play--Archmere got the ball rolling early but had to fight to keep their lead as they defeated DMA 34-24 on homecoming weekend.
Middletown QB Drew Fry threw 5 touchdown passes to end the top-ranked Cavaliers past No. 3 Salesianum 34-7.
After trailing late in the second quarter, St. Georges scored the last 21 points to win 33-17 at Newark.
Welcome to Separation Saturday (and Friday).
