Cape boys’ lacrosse runs down Appo 17-2
“You can’t do that!” Nick Arnold goes cross face on Jamison Hatton to get the ball while getting torpedoed from below. DAVE FREDERICK PHOTOS
Dave Frederick April 12, 2021
The Cape boys’ lacrosse team ran the clock at Appoquinimink April 8, leading 13-1 at halftime, then cruising home for a 17-2 victory.
The Vikings were intense during pregame warmups and started off slow in two losses to Gilman of Maryland and Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia.
“We have to play the first quarter like we’re behind in the fourth,” said coach Mark D’Ambrogi. “It’s not just shooting; it’s ground balls, clearing passes and eliminating turnovers. Appoquinimink was 2-0, and we did not take them lightly.”
Cape falls to William Penn in opening round
Kenny Riedel March 4, 2021
Cape seniors Nate Sivels, left, and Ja Vaughn Burton closed out their Cape careers in the loss at William Penn. KENNY RIEDEL PHOTOS
William Penn assistant coach William Tail Davis, left, and head coach Gary Lumpkin are all smiles under their masks.
Early in its matchup with host William Penn in the first round of the DIAA boys’ basketball tournament, Cape Henlopen’s zone defense did what it was designed to do. It forced the Colonials into wild 25-footers and awkward mid-range flings, as Penn managed just two points through the first nine minutes of action.
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Cape junior guard Kay von Jackson drives on Central’s Jeremiah Wilson. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Kenny Riedel February 22, 2021
If the struggling Cape Henlopen boys’ basketball team wanted to start putting games in the win column, the Vikings couldn’t continue to live and die with the scoring of Ja’Vaughn Burton. Through Cape’s first nine games of the season, the senior wing averaged 23.4 points and accounted for nearly 40 percent of his team’s offensive output. Hosting a dangerous Sussex Central squad Feb. 19, the Vikings knew that others would have to step up and provide balance.
Zimere Bolden got the message.
Vikings play best ball of season against Senators
Nate Sivels gets to the basket. DAVE FREDERICK PHOTOS
Kenny Riedel February 17, 2021
The Cape Henlopen boys’ basketball team played its best ball of the season Feb. 15, outgunning and outhustling a 7-2 Dover squad that had recently upended Henlopen North contender Caesar Rodney. For 30 minutes of action, the Vikings looked like the better team, knocking down open three-pointers, forcing turnovers, attacking in transition and battling the taller Senators on the boards.
They came up two minutes short.
Dover finished the game on a 9-3 run to spoil Cape’s upset bid and take a 68-65 win back up Route 1.