The DIAA Football Committee voted to recommend the top level of Delaware's new high school football system end with an open tournament, but there are still questions about how they'd create the seedings.
An expected vote on various Delaware high school football realignment plans was tabled by the DIAA Board following concern that non-public schools didn't get ample notification of proposals.
Forty-one Delaware high school football players have been honored with the 2020 Maxwell Football Club Mini Max High School Award for leading their schools on the field, in the classroom, and in the community.
Howard RB Kevin Ignudo, Smyrna DT/TE Elijah Statham, and Sussex Central LB Alton Dennis won the major awards on the 2020 DIFCA All-State Football Teams.
Newark's two-year run in Division 2 and the Blue Hen Conference's Flight B will come to an end based upon enrollment numbers announced by the Delaware Department of Education.
They might not have been the consensus picks for the championship games, but we are left with two intriguing matchups for the DIAA Football Championships Saturday in Dover.
There will be a split-admission doubleheader for the DIAA Football Championships on Saturday.
The DIAA selection process will probably remain as controversial as anything over the past three months, but the time to listen to complaining is over for now, as the focus shifts to the field for the DIAA Football Semifinals.
Smyrna and Archmere earned the top seeds for the DIAA Football Tournaments after a lengthy discussion by the committee Sunday morning.
This time next week, we'll be counting down the hours until semifinal weekend in Delaware, but there remain so many unknowns.
Caesar Rodney alum Justin Strickland remembered his coach Mike Schonewolf as someone who could use colorful, non-colorful, language on the practice field.
There is plenty to be thankful on this Thanksgiving weekend, and hopefully you are reading this in good health, and ready for another pivotal week in the chase for the 2020 DIAA Football Playoffs, with a five-day sampler on tap.
Another tough week for Delaware high school football, as six games are off the schedule, just another reminder that those teams that can play should savor the opportunity this weekend.
The 7-week sprint that is the 2020 DIAA Football season races past the midway mark this weekend, and sorting out the 8 teams that will play in mid-December will start to take form this weekend.
The four-year journey of transforming Baynard Stadium concludes Friday night as Salesianum hosts Smyrna in the first game at Rocco Abessinio Stadium.
The DIAA announced this week that games affected by COVID postponements are no-contests and not forfeits, that could be very important for Division 2 tournament contenders.
Facing a shortage of competitive games and an earlier potential lawsuit from Salesianum, Delaware high school football might look a lot different next fall.
Wilmington Friends has forfeit Friday's football game at Saint Mark's, as the school is struggling to keep a healthy roster.
The goal is 80%, but sometimes achieving it isn't pretty.
Sussex Tech will close their campus on Thursday and Friday, including not playing their football game this weekend, due to a third COVID-19 positive test this week.
Woodbridge High School will revert to a remote learning model until at least November 9, 2020, and the football team will lose three games, after the school reported multiple positive COVID-19 cases among staff members and students.
Smynra's Daryl "Debo" Williams said he just wanted to put on a show on National Signing Day.
This week's early signing period is for Division I athletes, Division II athletes can sign during the regular period that begins on February 5, 2020.
Fourty-four Delaware high school football players have been honored with Mini Max Awards by the Maxwell Football Club.
Earning a trip to Delaware Stadium isn't supposed to be easy, and last week's 6-for-6 picking performance is a sign that upsets could be lurking.
High school conferences throughout Delaware announced their all-conference football teams this week.
Polytech’s Board of Education unanimously voted to leave the Henlopen Conference after the 2020-21 season following a lengthy discussion at their school board meeting Tuesday night.
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.
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.
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.
Caravel-alum Darnell Savage is heading to Green Bay after the Packers selected him with the 21st pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
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.
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.
It seems fitting that Woodbridge QB Troy Haynes will wrap up his high school career playing Wilmington Friends on Saturday.
The Independent Conference title game rematch from week 10 determined who would get a crack at Woodbridge for the Division II title in Newark and Wilmington Friends pulled out a 14-point second half to beat Tower Hill 14-6.
Salesianum's Andrew Watkins rushed for 3 touchdowns, and teammate Rasheed Caulk intercepted a 2-point conversion pass made more difficult by an excessive celebration foul, in a 20-18 win for the Sals over Hodgson in a DIAA Division 1 Semifinal.
Sussex Central's defense threw a 2nd half shutout, and Issac Barns hit Dom Smith for a 13-yard touchdown pass with 31 seconds left to give the Golden Knights a 21-20 win over a shocked Dover squad.
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.Â
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.
