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Freshman Lindsay D’Ambrogi shoots on goal.
Riley Keen shoots on goalie Destiny Kusen.
Coach Lindsey Underwood talks to her team.
Riley Keen runs a personal best 7:30 mile.
The Cape girls’ lacrosse team won 11 straight state championships and were hunting for No. 12 last spring when COVID-19 shut down the season. Seven seniors including Talbot Buck, Anna Stancofski, Delaney Zolper, Meredith Lockwood, Sawyer Walker, Lola Messick and Lee Lee Wilson missed out on another state title, Senior Night and high school graduation.
“It was just awful, especially for the seniors,” said coach Lindsey Underwood, who had guided Cape to three state championships since taking over from the Zen Master P.J. Kesmodel.
Cape cheerleaders wow their fellow athletes
Laci Dixon takes iPad videos at wrestling matches. It’s just impossible to keep her from smiling. DAVE FREDERICK PHOTOS
Dave Frederick February 12, 2021
Meeting the moment - Laci Dixon is a Cape junior and wrestling manager who just told coach
Chris Mattioni to include her in Senior Night ceremonies because she is graduating early. The sports moments are fleeting by choice for Laci, who guarded the lax cage two seasons for the Mariner boys’ team before starting her freshman season for the Cape girls, leading them to a perfect 18-0 season and their 11th straight state championship. “It’s time for me to move on to college,” Laci said behind her trademark smile. “I’ll be going to Del Tech, and I’m going to be a dental hygienist.” And that is the great thing about covering high school kids – they stick and jab while circling the ring and sometimes before the round is over, they ring their own bell, climb thr
February 5, 2021
Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester has nominated 28 Delaware students for admission to United States service academies for the Class of 2025. Each year, members of the U.S. Congress are charged with nominating top candidates for attendance at four service academies: the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.; the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y. Nominees must then be accepted by the academies to gain admittance.
“As we continue to face unprecedented times, I am filled with pride seeing young Delawareans answering the call to serve our nation in our military,” said Blunt Rochester. “Serving in our nation’s armed forces requires bravery and selfless dedication to their fellow citizens. I was pleased with the high volume of applications my office received this year, and I am honored to nominate these exceptional students to the Uni
January 28, 2021
Tony D Antonio
Sussex Academy has announced Tony D Antonio as its new high school academic counselor. D’Antonio has spent much of his career working in education in one capacity or another.
Over the past two years, he has been actively engaged in the college admission process through his work as an independent educational consultant with his company, CoreEd College Prep LLC. This has enabled him to maintain his professional contacts at colleges all over the country - and to stay in tune to what is happening with the ever-changing landscape of college admissions.
For the 17 years before that, he was director of college counseling at Worcester Preparatory School in Berlin, Md. From 2014 until 2018, D’Antonio served the Worcester Prep community as both assistant head of school and director of college counseling, and was director of national testing.