Delmar wins third straight hockey title
The Delmar field hockey team went Wildcats on the Caravel Bucs Nov. 16, taking a 5-0 victory and the DIAA Division II field hockey trophy back to the town too big for one state. The Wildcats end the season at 18-0. They have not lost a game since Oct. 22, 2016, when they fell 1-0 to Cape.
Delmar eighth-grader Maci Bradford started off the scoring unassisted at 23:48. She tallied her second goal off a pass from senior Ashlyn Carr at 9:09. The roles were reversed at the 2:22 mark, when Carr scored off a pass from Bradford.
The Wildcats came out fired up in the second half with sophomore Payton Lynch scoring at 10:48 off an assist from Bradford. Senior Anna Webster finished the scoring at 7:31 with an assist from eighth-grader Josie Hollamon.
The Wildcats took 19 shots to Caravel’s zero and also held a 12-0 edge in penalty corners.
Caravel’s Karli Cauley finished her high school career with 13 saves in the cage.
In the three championship seasons for the Wildcats, they have had a 54-1 record with 40 shutouts, scoring 378 goals while only relinquishing 16.
