People in Sports

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Dress like a Bedouin and keep your camel close

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Pop roast - I had scheduled myself to photograph about six games of Eastern Shore girls’ lacrosse (...

Lineman for Lightning catches the cup

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Lineman for Lightning - John McMahon was a Philadelphia All-Catholic League lineman for Lasalle...

Sharing the roads at Sesame Street by the Sea

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Sharing the road - Lewes running races staged at Irish Eyes thanks to the graciousness of Charlene...

Joann Szczepkowski drives an Outback, but she’s...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Joann Szczepkowski - Runner Joann and I share the same year and day of birth. She recently asked me...

Coach Nic’s dog Hepburn carries on his love of...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Hepburn - Cross country and track coach Lou Nicoletti passed on April 19, 2020, at the age of 70...

Fish On! Get in the fighting chair or start telling...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Fish On - Trolling the blue waters of Baltimore Canyon, “fish on'' means game time –...

Babies carry my blue chair from Toddle and Topple

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Whack Pack - It’s no surprise if you read this column, now going on 40 years, that I cover...

Sands of time sifting through fingers of little girl...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Sand of Time - Childhood friends Katie Frederick and Alia Marshall pass the...

Kissed by a cop at the Father’s Day 5K

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Kissed by a cop - Kim Geyer is a fast friend from the running scene. She has been a Millersville,...

Friends share sports moments together

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
True friends - Last Saturday morning as the SoDel Cares 5K was winding down, a little girl...

Cape football sends three Gold players to 65th all...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Keep your distance - The 65th annual Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game is set for Friday night, June...

Basement Boys to Beach Boys, they get around

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Ahead of the game - I was a Rehoboth Beach Patrol rookie at age 30 with a wife and four kids, and a...

Summer is for strength, speed and nutrition

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Fish out of water - I’m a Cape person, but mostly a kid person, so June 1 I walked onto the...

Take it to the House of Spirits and remember them all

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
House of Spirits - Magic Mikey Fred played for a state championship in lacrosse Thursday night,...

Two Cape teams in lax finals; fans pay two times

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Double game-day face - The Cape girls’ and boys’ lacrosse programs each played state championship...

Track is a digital, data-driven sport in real time

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Bits of digital data - The state track meet generates two days’ worth of live data which has to be...

Is Mullet Run Street in Milford named after the fish...

3 years ago
Biting midges - Known locally as No See Ums. Their scientific name is ceratopogonidae. What are...

Sunday morning track clinic at Sesame Street by the...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Tim’s track clinic - Sunday morning sunrise to slow-down day, I am heading out the door...

Hoping for sports success doesn’t come at the...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Changing the locks - Gates and doors around schools and fields are locked most of the time...

Coastal Sussex is a mecca of running races; just hit...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Half in the bag - The 12th Seashore Striders Half Marathon, Relay and 5K run are in the books for...

Masks or no masks: What is going down in the world...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
No mask, don’t ask - Fans from afar looked at my posted game photos of the May 5 girls’ lacrosse...

Read option: If a coach you know writes a book, go...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Read option - I just read “More Than One Goal” by Cape boys’ lacrosse coach Mark D’...

Siblings score goals in Wednesday lacrosse games

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Sibling scorers - In lacrosse games played April 28, Lindsay D’Ambrogi and her older...

Ice cream and wind-driven spray at Dairy Queen 5K

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Rude is wrong - Fans are back in the stands and so are some boneheaded boys who sit in the...

Forty years on the beat I wear a credential around...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Big yellow taxi - “Pleased to meet you, hope you guessed my name. But what’s confusing you...

Fields of dreams teeming with teams and fans in the...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Thursday Night Lights - It all looked normal and idyllic on the Cape campus April 15. Sussex Tech...

Some of my best friends are dogs

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Billy the Beagle - I have friends from the running scene I wouldn’t otherwise know, from some as...

Showdowns about to go down in high school baseball

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Let’s play hardball - The Cape Henlopen, Sussex Central and Sussex Tech baseball teams are all...

Bryan Stevenson to play piano with Wynton Marsalis’...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Honeysuckle Rose - Two years ago, Susan and I went to the Kimmel Center in downtown Philly to see...

I prefer Jim Palmer because he’s not John Kruk

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Palmer is my preference - All pizza is good. The one you like best is a matter of personal...

Crooked numbers dominating spring high school sports

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Crooked numbers - “Mercy, mercy me. Things ain’t like they used to be.” - Marvin Gaye. We have...

Sonja Friend-Uhl sets American record in 1,500...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
A Friend in speed - Sonja Friend-Uhl is a 50-year-old masters runner I’ve known since she was a 15-...

Come see about me and JV

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Come See About Me - The Supremes’ song that rhymes with JV. So full disclosure: My granddaughter...

Hear about the dairy farmer who milked the clock?

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Equalization Title IX - A civil rights law passed in 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in any...

Sports is a visual handoff to a history of colorful...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Visual handoff - In the fall of 1978, Jay Maull quarterbacked a Cape football team coached by Jim...

Kids of coaches learn the game is about patience and...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Underwoods in the hood - Coaches’ kids are socialized like therapy dogs. They grow up around lots...

Cape campus teeming with athletes for spring sports

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Thundering herd immunity - Legends Stadium was teeming with sports action March 9, with the boys’...

Burton and Currie light up Lax World at Bethany...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Hometown hat trickers - The Bison of Bethany College lacrosse are 1-1 this early season, having...

Keep your headgear handy and be ready to get back...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
El smacko - I was an embedded Fred with photo cred working inside the state wrestling tournament...

Satchels and gym bags hold cameras and crackers

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Satchel days - Back in my day, which was last Sunday and 900 moons ago, we athletes carried...

Josiah Miller: A true student-athlete pleasantly...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Four sports an hour - Josiah Miller is a 6-foot-3, 275-pound Cape senior with brains and...

Einstein the Dirty Dog at Freeze the Day 5K

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Dirty dogging - A collie named Einstein was one of several canines at Sandhill Fields in Georgetown...

Everybody loves Tia Jarvis

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Circle Game - Coach Tim Bamforth is working with runner Tia Jarvis to determine if she is better...

Sweeney to Bunyan: Linemen for Life turned airline...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Undeclared majors - While checking the University of Maryland football roster I noticed...

Laci Dixon, Cape lacrosse goalie, will graduate early

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Meeting the moment - Laci Dixon is a Cape junior and wrestling manager who just told coach Chris...

Delaware State football kicks off spring season Feb. 20

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Hornets football - An email from Delaware State offensive coordinator Steven Azzanesi about spring...

Sports are peeking out and sneaking out

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Spring field hockey - Division I field hockey play was shut down last fall because of COVID...

Olivia Weir cartwheels all the way into Big 10

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Nine to Big Ten - As a 9-year-old, Olivia Weir cartwheeled across the finish line in a 5K in...

Athletes know athletes and respect performance...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Athletes know athletes - Socially distanced Cape cheerleaders had their own section of home...

Indoor track held outside in weather that’s not that...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Indoor/outdoors - An indoor track meet held outdoors Jan. 22 on Cape’s Legends Stadium track...

Some streamers are dreamers who forget to hit the...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
You there? - The answer to that texted question is always, yes, I am here; otherwise, I would have...

Old-school basketball and community connections

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Who rocks the house? - J-Roc rocks the house. Ja’Vaughn Burton is Eastern Basketball League early...

Tail over teakettle while keeping pace with fast...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Tail over teakettle - Cape’s Curtis Purnell (2018) returns a kickoff on a Friday...

Winter sports contests begin with one fan per...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Side door - I’m about to wade into the hot tub of indoor sports coverage. I take photos and...

Pointed moment: 40 years ago, student Richard...

Dave Frederick
3 years ago
Mainstreamed man - Most days are yesterday to me. I am in high school with my students, and before...

Cape sports culture changes as home prices zoom into...

Dave Frederick
4 years ago
An all-time offensive line - 2014-15: Tyre Maull, Julius Tyler, Devin Miller, Brandon...

Steve Snell was Cape’s Golden Richards in 1986

Dave Frederick
4 years ago
Golden Richards - Steve Snell was the Golden Richards (Cowboys, Bears, Broncos) of Cape football,...

Wily Coyote quarterbacks at their best under pressure

Dave Frederick
4 years ago
Wily Coyotes - The old guys playing quarterback lit it up early Christmas weekend in the...

White heat runners and black heat hurlers

Dave Frederick
4 years ago
White heat - On a sun-drenched day in the summer of 2007, two blond white guys ran a barefoot...

Central casting coaches are a cadre of homegrown...

Dave Frederick
4 years ago
Central casting - If your ball cap is not on the last notch, you are probably not on the Sussex...