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The birthday boys of summer at the Firecracker 5K
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Birthday boys - July 1 was the birthday of local runners Bill McArthur , 77, and Troy Senft, 60. I...
Fast friends on the running scene looking toward...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Cinco de Marathon - Five amigos drawn to the sport of running one person at a time have made a...
Coach P.J. Kesmodel continues to create concentric...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
P.J. waves hello - Coach P.J Kesmodel lost his older brother Hunter June 17 to advanced Parkinson’s...
Beach Blast lax set to blanket Lewes this weekend
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Beach Blast lacrosse - 100 girls’ club lacrosse teams playing on 10 fields at Cape High and the...
A magic moment captured at the end of the Father’s...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
The Naturals - Bennett Brumbley, 9, from Laurel ran his Father's Day 5K in 22:56. Doc Lee Masser,...
Buddies charging the field is the best 10 minutes of...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Reach out - The 10 minutes before the Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game, where Buddies charge the...
A locals guidebook - act like you know, even if you...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tim and Grace - I snapped a photo of Seashore Striders Race Director and Beacon track coach Tim...
Pep and pet rallies in Cape history
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Pep Rally - A pep rally is a term older than Grandmom Rose that just keeps hanging around, just...
Cape tribal elders and warriors rim the field for...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Rimming the field - History and tradition rim the field and inhabit the stands during championship...
Legends of Lewes Half Pint and Jimmy at Frawley...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Legends of Lewes - Sitting in the shade at Frawley Stadium watching Cape play baseball May 31 were...
Atlantic Lacrosse continues to develop stellar players
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Feeder system - I photographed the girls’ U15 championship lacrosse game of the Eastern Shore Youth...
Sports make your dreams come true, but sometimes not
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Enjoy the journey - Condensed craziness has settled over the metropolis leading into Memorial Day...
Tear-stained eyes reflect on the struggle to survive
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Joyful sadness - Miss Wilmington Rebecca Gasperetti sang the national anthem from a 1-foot elevated...
Hydrate in the high heat and avoid getting half-baked
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Mother and daughter - Amy Kuhlman and her daughter Katie crossed the finish line together at 32:00...
Runners roll in the morning through rain and wind or...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Happy Hours - My new millennium lifestyle has been “sleep at night, prowl in the morning.” That is...
The harder they come, the harder they fall on you
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Waxed - “The harder they come, the harder they fall” - Jimmy Cliff . Most athletes and coaches will...
Run for Recovery and Revelation and beer
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Run for Recovery and Revelation and beer - Two races over two days, I am there taking a couple...
All winning streaks must come to an end eventually
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tear-stained eyes - The Beacon track girls’ win streak was stopped at 73 May 2, as they lost to...
Family and friends turn out for Tommy 10K and...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Uncle Tommy - There were nephews and nieces all running away from the Lewes Ferry terminal April 29...
Holly Wilson Smith runs a 3:10 marathon gliding and...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Ain’t that tough enough? - Runner Holly Wilson Smith is gracious and loquacious, smiles at the...
Best Buddies run together over a lifetime
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Best Buddies - Grown men latch onto their buddies at an early age and never let them go. “I got...
A sports day for half of the Patriots
7 years ago
Gronk and Spicey - Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski opened the door to a Sean Spicer press...
Distance running and offshore fishing require...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Boston Marathon - Grand Mom Rose: “Relating to the Boston Marathon because you used to be a runner...
Frozen moments in sports only get more vivid over time
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Capturing moments - The save and the shot. In the final minutes of a Cape JV lacrosse game at...
A gathering of Gooches at Temple sports complex
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Family Ties - I got the lead column photo of the week after Temple’s 13-11 win over Villanova April...
Ben Ashby jumps and runs back to the future
7 years ago
Déjà vu all over again - It was fate that put me in a blue field chair at the end of the long jump...
Keep on dancing and a-prancing, making sports fun
7 years ago
Keep on dancing - I’ve photographed 10 Temple University women’s lacrosse games this season and...
Keep on running and don’t look back
7 years ago
The fast blind pass - The Beacon track girls, winners of 67 straight meets under coaches Gilbert...
True sportsmen savor victory but share the pain
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Happy and humble - A true sportsman savors the victory, and feels the pain and disappointment of...
Johnny comes marching home to Hall of Fame
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Break me, shake me - Johnny Coveleski, the athlete/coach also known as Gino, made the 2017 Delaware...
Grown men have buddies for life, it’s what they do
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Hey buddy buddy - Grown men have buddies for life, and it’s pretty funny when you hear stories...
Dr. Dave Robinson walks 15 feet and that is big news
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tracks of my happy tears - Down at Elite Physical Therapy on the Boardwalk, Dr. Dave Robinson is...
Duke’s Lucas Kennard a freakishly fascinating...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Lucas Kennard - I’ve been a closeted Duke fan for a long time, and I don’t understand why. I’d be...
Walk-on and walk-off, Tiara Duffy delivers game...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Walk-on walk-off - Junior Tiara Duffy, a South Carolina walk-on, had a walk-off two-run single in...
‘The ceiling is the roof,’ Jordan gaffe and laugh...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
The ceiling is the roof - Michael Jordan was selling something at halftime of the Duke at North...
Spring sports roar in like a wet lion
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Hunker down - A weather front came through the Cape sports complex March 1 just as all sports teams...
Big House rocks for Henlopen Conference showdown
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Free agent fans - A Cape Big House not fully packed but plenty crowded whooped and hollered Feb. 24...
‘Bragging Bad,’ a story of academic airballs and...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Sitting on stories - Remembering history experienced down to the details is something I’m good at...
Running clock spins both ways, the ups and downs of...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Two-faced running clock - Cape boys’ basketball, who lost by 16 at Smyrna Feb. 15, dismantled...
Warrior girls sustaining ACL injuries at eight times...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Warrior Girls - I read the book “Warrior Girls” by Michael Sokolove in 2009, when it was first...
Hearts will be broken at dual-meet championships
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Goodnight, sweetheart - The state dual-meet championships set for Tuesday Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day...
Micah mistakes me for Colonel Sanders, the...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Micah and Mike - I was visiting with longtime friend Cliffone Howell on the bleachers front row...
Slams and swats, some fans come loose
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Coming loose - Dec. 28, 2007, the Bay Ball Classic at Cape’s Little Big House, a game that featured...
Dave Robinson returns home with a smile on his face
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Homecoming - Dr. Dave Robinson, former school superintendent at Caesar Rodney and Cape, and a...
Cape girls’ swim team 62-1 since 2012
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Splash down - Swimmers are like track athletes, because they compete in front of small crowds of...
Cape secretary Amy Gooding has sports stories to tell
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Amy Gooding - Cape High School’s front desk secretary Amy is married to Chuck, and their daughter...
Derek and Derrick: Two Cape guys serving the community
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Derek and Derrick - Derek Savage and Derrick Quillen, two Cape athletes past and a pair of good...
The circle is unbroken as players save the...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
What’s the 411? - Gramps at a game is capable of getting the most basic elements wrong like, “Who...
The upside-down wait until the pole snaps back to...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Wahoo! - Sam Young, former Cape state champion pole vaulter and soccer player, recently transferred...
Wawa to Walmart - highway to the sports history...
Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Wawa and Walmart - Both stores are clearinghouses where you walk in and out, get what you want, and...
Cape’s Hackney and Batson are college guys and good...
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Good guys - Josh Hackney and Trent Batson , a pair of 6-foot-4 friends and former Cape basketball...
Central at Cape crowd tame compared to 1990 Little...
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Vociferous not boisterous - The Big House wrestling crowd Jan. 4, with bleachers on both sides...
Forever athletes always lace them up before a...
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Cool Hand Billy - Billy Savage came to watch the Slam Dunk and not to spend 25 seconds on the court...
Guitar-strumming goalie Jeff Trench tops 40 in harmony
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Trenchtown Rock - Think reggae, home of Bob Marley and Rastafari elder Mortimer Planno . Dec. 28...
Hair of the Dog 5K and 10K on New Year’s Day
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Miscalculation - Football teams do not practice real-situation football. We all know about clock...
Matrix of resolutions range from get skinny to stay...
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Skinny and sober - Gym memberships rely on resolutions and vows of sobriety, as every new year the...
Dean of Delaware Distance Running Doug White dies at...
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Running machine - Grand Mom Rose would say of husband Frank ’s shiny Studebaker in the driveway, “...
Cape track a storied program with a rich tradition
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Two-mile relay - Back when tracks were 440 yards and not 400 meters (438 yards), the race was...
Robinson family presented with autographed ball from...
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Coach collaboration - Coaches Freeman Williams of Caesar Rodney and Steve Re of Cape Henlopen...
Comcast Triple Play shuts down my offense
Dave Frederick
8 years ago
A blast at Comcast - My entire adult life includes deadlines for sports stories, and I have never...
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