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Conference play is in full swing now in all fall prep sports. Every game from here on out is crucial to teams’ postseason hopes.
Following is the reported results of all local high school sporting events.
FOOTBALL
Appoquinimink 25, Sussex Central 12: Sussex Central's Golden Knights of the gridiron lost for the second straight week on Friday night, this time 25-12 against Division II Appoquinimink.
Central, which fell to 1-2 with the loss, held a 12-10 advantage with just over four minutes remaining in the contest when a bad snap recovered by the visiting Jaguars' Christopher Buckley at the Appo 35 set up the game-winning drive.
“When you have the lead at that point in the game, you have to put it away,” Central head coach John Wells said. “We can’t make those kind of mistakes at any point of the game, let alone there.”
Appo needed just four plays, two of which were sophomore Andre Connally runs of 13 and 35 yards, to set up quarterback John Gasparovic's 1-yard sneak to pay dirt and a two-point conversion pass that followed gave the Jags an 18-12 advantage.
“When we started that drive, we knew we were going to score,” Connally said. “My boy Mike Marino was blocking for me, and I made a few moves on that [35-yard] run.
“I wanted to score, but I’m glad I got us down there and gave us a chance to get it in.”
The victors iced the bout on the second play of the ensuing Central drive when senior James Scully intercepted Knights quarterback Jesse Long's errant pass at the 44. Appo scored its final touchdown moments later thanks to Connally's trip to the end zone from 17 out.
Central struck first in the contest when junior Brandon Lewis scored on a 4-yard run, but Appo answered with a Gasparovic 1-yard sneak on its following drive and grabbed a 7-6 advantage midway through the second quarter.
The Knights, however, re-took the lead, 12-7, on a 23-yard Long pass to senior Kevin Guthrie with 2:22 left in the half before allowing the Jags a 36-yard Tyler Green field goal with 29 seconds remaining on the clock.
“That field goal was big for us, because 12-10 at half time is basically 0-0,” Jags head coach Jeff Weiner said. “We played a very good second half and were able to get the victory.
“To come in here and beat a Division I powerhouse, this is the biggest win our program has had.”
Conference play is in full swing now in all fall prep sports. Every game from here on out is crucial to teams’ postseason hopes.
Following is the reported results of all local high school sporting events.
FOOTBALL
Appoquinimink 25, Sussex Central 12: Sussex Central's Golden Knights of the gridiron lost for the second straight week on Friday night, this time 25-12 against Division II Appoquinimink.
Central, which fell to 1-2 with the loss, held a 12-10 advantage with just over four minutes remaining in the contest when a bad snap recovered by the visiting Jaguars' Christopher Buckley at the Appo 35 set up the game-winning drive.
“When you have the lead at that point in the game, you have to put it away,” Central head coach John Wells said. “We can’t make those kind of mistakes at any point of the game, let alone there.”
Appo needed just four plays, two of which were sophomore Andre Connally runs of 13 and 35 yards, to set up quarterback John Gasparovic's 1-yard sneak to pay dirt and a two-point conversion pass that followed gave the Jags an 18-12 advantage.
“When we started that drive, we knew we were going to score,” Connally said. “My boy Mike Marino was blocking for me, and I made a few moves on that [35-yard] run.
“I wanted to score, but I’m glad I got us down there and gave us a chance to get it in.”
The victors iced the bout on the second play of the ensuing Central drive when senior James Scully intercepted Knights quarterback Jesse Long's errant pass at the 44. Appo scored its final touchdown moments later thanks to Connally's trip to the end zone from 17 out.
Central struck first in the contest when junior Brandon Lewis scored on a 4-yard run, but Appo answered with a Gasparovic 1-yard sneak on its following drive and grabbed a 7-6 advantage midway through the second quarter.
The Knights, however, re-took the lead, 12-7, on a 23-yard Long pass to senior Kevin Guthrie with 2:22 left in the half before allowing the Jags a 36-yard Tyler Green field goal with 29 seconds remaining on the clock.
“That field goal was big for us, because 12-10 at half time is basically 0-0,” Jags head coach Jeff Weiner said. “We played a very good second half and were able to get the victory.
“To come in here and beat a Division I powerhouse, this is the biggest win our program has had.”
Dover 42, Indian River 12: Indian River’s Darontay Turner gave the Indians an early 6-0 lead over visiting Dover, but the Senators eventually ran away from their smaller opponents.
IR’s loss was its second of the season and sends it into conference play with a losing record for the first time in over half a decade.
Sussex Tech 49, Laurel 21: Two-time defending state scoring champion Desmond Sivels reached pay dirt for Sussex Tech three times as the Ravens cruised in a non-conference win over Laurel.
Tech also got touchdowns from Elijah Fountian and Darrin Beckett in the rout.
SOCCER
Sussex Central 2, Lake Forest 1: Central’s Alberto Sosa-Contreras’ goal late in the first half proved to be the game-winner as the Knights knocked off Lake in a conference contest.
Central got on the board first in the contest thanks to a Sixto Perez score.
Indian River 3, Smyrna 0: A pair of Nick Izzo goals was more than enough for the Indians to win a conference bout with Smyrna and remain undefeated on the season.
Smith Purdum also found the net for IR in the win.
FIELD HOCKEY
Cape Henlopen 4, Sussex Tech 3: Sussex Tech saw its 18-game winning streak come to an end in overtime, as visiting Cape Henlopen got a Jackie Coveleski sudden death score to lead the Lady Vikings into a celebration.
In a back-and-forth-battle that saw the Lady Ravens twice take leads that were erased within moments, Tech took an early advantage thanks to a Logan Pavlik goal less than four minutes into the bout.
The Vikings battled back undauntedly with a pair of scores from Alexa Hendrickson and Hannah Pepper – whose goal come on a penalty stroke – before Tech’s Taylor Quillen tied the game 2-2 with a score before the break.
Tech retook the lead just over 4:30 into the second half when sophomore Isabella Delario scored, but Cape came right back with to score less than half a minute later to retie the score.
“Whenever you score, you have to give up possession and it doesn’t take much for a good team to put you on your heels,” Ravens head coach Nancy Tribbett said about the Vikings’ quick score. “You can’t lose focus, even for a few seconds.”
Despite the loss, Tribbett said she was proud of her team’s effort and added she will remind the Ravens that they rebounded from their loss to Cape in last year’s regular season with a winning streak that ended with a state title.
En route to that state title, Tech got revenge on the Vikings in the playoffs.
“Certainly we know that this one game doesn’t change our season,” said the coach. “It’s a tough one to lose, but we saw last year what happens if you work hard and come back from a loss.”
Sussex Tech 9, Seaford 1: Tech exploded for seven second half goals en route to a conference victory over Seaford.
Senior Abby Atkins rattled the cage four times after the break to lead the Ravens.
Sussex Central 2, St. Elizabeth 1: Sussex Central got its first field hockey win in over a season thanks to a late second half Emily Sanders goal to tie and then another Sanders score in overtime.
