There is one week down and eight to go in the final season of the 2000-2001 high school sports year. Here are some notes from around the state in a variety of sports. Listed in each little section are the athletes who stood out in certain games for reaching certain game totals and also notes of special games.

Boy’s Tennis bits

The Auks of Archmere went through their first two dual meets without losing a match. They opened up with a 5-0 shutout over Glasgow but then went on to shut out St. Andrews by the same score. The Saint loss was their first since 1999 and since the Auks were ranked second going into that match against the number one, they left it as the number one team.

Girl’s Track bits

Half of the Ursuline student body runs track, it seems, and they started their outdoor season on fire. The Raiders knocked off the considerably smaller-sized team of St. Elizabeth 101-31 and

St. Marks began their season with an 81-46 win over their rivals from Newark. Susan Neuman won the 100 and 300 hurdles, and the triple jump to lead all point scorers with 15.

Boy’s Track bits.

Newark knocked off St. Marks to take their first meet of the season 83-54. Omar Rogers and Isaac Wolkiewicz began their assault on the counties shot putters and discus throwers splitting the two wins between themselves.

Salesianum opened up with a big win against Dover 98-43. The Senators ran without Jason Lilly but even with him in the lineup Dover would have fell that day. The Sals finished the first week of Spring with a 4-0 record.

Softball bits

Padua’s Gina Madeline opened up the 2001 season with a 10-strikeout shutout performance over Archmere and went 3-3 with a home run. Kendy Russell drove in 4 runs in the Pandas 9-0 win.

Christina Kirby struckout ten North East, MD batters in Caesar Rodney’s opening day 9-1 win.

Caravel’s Jackie Homiak opened up the Bucs season striking out 12 Dickinson Rams as the Bucs won 7-0.

Archmere’s Nicky Dalphon struckout ten Polytech Panthers when the Auks won their first game of the year 2-0.

Indian River’s Cara Deldeo opened up the Indians season by throwing a no-hitter against St. Marks in a 2-1 win. Deldeo also had the game’s only hit and scored the winning run of the game.
The next day Deldeo and the Indians had to take on the defending champions at Caravel on a cold, and windy day. The Indians scored the first run of the game but Caravel’s Megan Richardson displayed her unique blend of power and speed undoing the Indians shot at an upset. Richardson and Deldeo are both headed to St. Joe's next year to play ball. Deldeo has 12 strikeouts to Jackie Homiak’s 11.

Speaking of St. Joe’s, Dana Travis, the St. Marks grad, is 2-2 on the mound at last check. Her last victory came in a two-inning, six-strikeout relief performance.

Also playing for St. Joe’s from Delaware is Glasgow graduate Kristin Nau. She is a junior captain of the team who last year set a St. Joe’s season record for sacrifice hits with 22.

Brandywine’s Jenn Joseph opened up the Bulldogs season with a grand slam against A.I. duPont in a 30-0 win in which she also struck out eight batters. She followed up that performance with 17-strikeout game against McKean and hit her second homer of the young season.

Corrine Cowen threw an 11-strikeout shutout for Ursuline as the Raiders dumped Wilmington Christian 18-0.

Hodgson defeated Mt. Pleasant at home 8-7 in the first of two scheduled meetings between the two Flight B rivals. Katie Gallagher doubled twice and Christina Moore was 4-4 for the Silver Eagles.

Stephanie Prather drover in four runs for McKean as the Highlanders opened up their season with a 14-10 win against Glasgow. Mandy Collins and Kelly Louth homered for McKean.

St. Elizabeth pounced on A.I. duPont in their opening day game. Kelly Nepi, Alaina Novel and Ryan Biliski each had four hits.

Sussex Central graduate, and Wilmington College freshman, Sandy Samsel had a two-home-run game against Philadelphia University.

Cara Deldeo and Brandy Ash combined on a perfect game for Indian River in a 22-0 win against Dover. Dana Elliott went 4-5 with four RBI.

Cape Henlopen’s Maggie Lingo pitched a no-hitter against Woodbridge. The Vikings (2-0) Maren Ford scored five times in the 18-0 whitewash.

Boy’s Lacrosse bits

Phil Miller scored five times for Newark in their 14-1 win against McKean. He added three assists as well.

Eric Seifert scored five goals and an assist for Caesar Rodney in the Riders 12-4 win against Upper Darby, Pa. Josh Coveleski scored three times and had four assists in the same game.

Justin Gray scored five goals for Brandywine in the Bulldogs 13-3 win over William Penn.

Joe Cahill scored three goals and added six assists for Cape Henlopen in a 13-1 win against Kent County, Md. Steve Conlon scored five times himself in the same game.

Ted Ungar scored four goals for St. Andrews as the Saints pulled off a mild upset of Salesianum 13-5.

Nick Rubino scored five goals in Dover’s 7-2 opening win against Charter.

Girl’s Lacrosse bits

Kayte Hall scored five goals for St. Marks as the Spartans won their opener against Christiana 15-5. Hall also added a couple assists.

Girl’s Soccer bits

Sarah Raniszewski scored three goals for Wilmington Christian in their 6-1 opening day win against Sussex Central. Danae Chambers added two goals to give her 72 for her career.

Caesar Rodney’s Megan Collins is on a pace to score over 100 goals this year. She scored seven goals in the Riders opening game 11-0 win against Sussex Tech. Sophomore Stephanie Keough scored three times in the same game and had four assists.

Alesha Bonaquisti scored five goals and added an assist for Concord as the Raiders beat Hodgson 7-0.

Baseball bits.

Dickinson graduate Bret Underwood is leading the Del State Hornets with seven homeruns about 20 games into the season.

St. Marks’ Tom Cochran struckout 16 batters in his first appearance of the year as the Spartans defeated Dover 3-0.

Indian River’s Billy Clemens struckout ten in their opening day win on the road against Caravel. He also scored the eventual winning run in the 3-1 win.

Gordy Quillen and Kyle Scott combined for 10 strikeouts and a no-hitter for Milford against Laurel.

Mark Rash struckout 10 for St. Marks as the Spartans beat North East, MD 2-1.

St. Elizabeth’s Steve Scholl shutout Archmere 8-0 and struck out 12 Auks in the process.