The Sussex Tech Ravens, behind a stellar first-half defensive effort, defeat rival Sussex Central Friday night 61-47.
Along with strong defense three Ravens finished in double-figures. Toney Floyd and Rae’Kwan DeShields finished with 14 points a piece while Troy DeShields finished with 10 points.
Sussex Tech field hockey has been here before. Just a year ago, the Lady Ravens entered the season as defending state champions and after capturing the crown again in 2010, Tech will begin 2011 as the title holder.
Every once in a while, even the best of teams are forced to rebuild. While not quite ready to put his Lady Knights in that category, Sussex Central head coach Mike Adams realizes Central could face some growing pains in their upcoming campaign.
Just like the weather as schools release students for the summer, American Legion baseball is heating up and swinging into action. Locally, two teams are taking the diamond this summer, as the Sussex East Warriors will play out of Dagsboro at Indian River High School and Spooner Post will host visitors at Sports at the Beach.
Sussex Central reached the semifinals of the state softball tournament Tuesday with a 6-4 victory over Delmar. Sussex Tech, however, lost 5-3 in nine innings to Smyrna and saw its hopes for a state title end.
Sussex Tech and Sussex Central will begin state softball tournament play Saturday at 1 p.m.
Indian River girls soccer finished its regular season with a 6-0 win over district rival Sussex Central. The Lady Indians (12-3 overall, 11-2 Henlopen) will now await the announcement of tournament pairings, where they figure to be somewhere between a six and eight seed.
On a team that features a pair of dominant seniors and several talented sophomores and freshmen, sometimes its sole starting junior gets overlooked. Still, even Sussex Central head coach John Wells knows his team would not be the same without the services of Lauren Illian.
Sussex Central and Caravel softball renewed their annual rivalry on the diamond and gave fans another classic showing between the powerhouse programs. Unfortunately there could only be one winner in what was a pitchers’ duel between Lady Knights senior Kristen Cooper and Bucs sophomore Carolyn Szymanski. Thursday at Central it was the Caravel windmiller who earned that victory, 1-0.
Sussex Central's Chris Conaway had a pair of RBI singles and senior Steve Novak tossed his best game to date as the Golden Knights defeated Milford and kept their playoff hopes alive.
Sussex Central baseball woke its bats up and kept its playoff hopes alive, as the Golden Knights routed Woodbridge in a “must-win” affair.
Sean Lewis, Luis Barrientos and Trevor Wilkins, all former central Sussex baseball stars, are making their respective marks at Delaware Tech.
Sussex Central senior Whitney Brittingham is one of the main reasons why the Lady Knights have state softball championship aspirations.
How do you top a 30-game hitting streak as a freshman college baseball player in a season that ended with a .350 average batting average? For former Sussex Central Golden Knight shortstop and current University of Delaware second baseman D.J. Long, a promotion to the top of the lineup and his Blue Hens beating then nationally ranked No. 4 team Arizona State – Long had two hits and a RBI in the win - was a good start.
Sussex Central and Sussex Tech baseball, today, will clash for the second time this week after the Golden Knights scored an upset over the Ravens on Tuesday.
Sussex Central baseball played its best game to date and upended rival Sussex Tech 3-1 on Tuesday.
Kelsey Doherty’s ninth inning, bases loaded single drove in the winning score as Tech softball took control of the Henlopen Conference with a 3-2 win over Sussex Central.
Having just watched Central tie the contest in the bottom half of the seventh inning thanks to Butch Booth home run, IR put up seven runs in the top half of the eighth en route to a 15-8 victory over its rival.
Sussex Central softball trounces rival Indian River, 13-1 in five innings.
