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Cape basketball falls to No. 1 Sanford

Three players score for Vikings
Cape senior Lauryn Head drives baseline on Sanford’s Amiya Carroll. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
February 14, 2022

No. 2 Cape traveled to No. 1 Sanford Feb. 11 and came up short, as the Vikings fell 43-25. Cape moves to 13-4, while the Sanford squad is now 12-2. Sanford’s losses have come at the hands of out-of-state schools McDonogh School and Georgetown Visitation.

“Losses always show us what we need to work on,” said Cape coach Pat Woods. “The problems have been there, but they weren’t exposed until we faced a lot of resistance. We know that Friday wasn’t a playoff game. So we wanted to make sure we learned from it.”

Only three Cape players scored in the contest. Julia Saleur led the Vikings with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Mehkia Applewhite hit for eight points and eight rebounds. Morgan Mahoney scored seven points, seven rebounds and two blocks. Kelly Bragg pulled down seven rebounds.

“I think this loss will help us in a sense,” said Saleur. “We needed a game like this one to realize that the competition is way more than we thought, and that we need to be more aggressive and relentless. We can’t be scared. We need to be able to face these teams and execute as well as we do when we face other teams. Now we know what we need to work on and what we need to change in order to move forward and get ready for bigger games coming up.”

Amiya Carroll led the Warriors with 15 points. Azareya Kilgoe hit 11 points, while Jada Snow scored 10.

The Lady Vikings defeated Polytech 60-23 Feb. 10. Mahoney scored 18 points, eight rebounds and four blocks. Applewhite tallied 16 points, six rebounds and four steals. Saleur added 12 points, five assists and five steals. Ella Rishko grabbed seven rebounds and made four steals.

Kallie Hopkins led the Panthers with 10 points.

 

Cape senior Mehkia Applewhite is fouled by Sanford’s Amiya Carroll.
Cape junior Ja’Onna Lee gets crunched by Sanford’s Dallas Pierce.
Cape senior Julia Saleur drives past Sanford’s Azareya Kilgoe.
Cape senior Kelly Bragg goes strong to the basket.
Cape senior Morgan Mahoney drives to the paint.
Cape senior Morgan Mahoney puts in a deuce.
Julia Saleur for a bucket.
Cape’s Morgan Mahoney, right, battles for position with Polytech’s Kallie Hopkins.
Cape’s Julia Saleur, right, plays tough defense on Polytech’s Kallie Hopkins.
Cape’s Grace Totten gets the ball in the paint.
Morgan Mahoney hits a foul shot in the win over Polytech.
Ella Rishko speeds the ball upcourt on a fast break.
Cape senior Lauryn Head takes a shot in the paint.
Mehkia Applewhite dribbles upcourt on a fast break.
Cape junior Ja'Onna Lee goes up for a deuce.
Cape senior Morgan Mahoney drives past the Poly defense and lays one in.
Cape senior Kelly Bragg drives to the paint.
Cape freshman Hayden Hudson looks to go up strong.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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