With the approaching graduation of Ace Reporter (and Brandywine Bulldog) Dana Anderson on the horizon, it will soon be time for me to audition students who would like to take her place behind the microphones on the Brandywine Sports Corner on Tuesdays from 9-10 p.m.

If this is something that sounds interesting, please drop an e-mail to yours truly with some reasons why you think you might be worthy of a chance to take a seat that Dana has been occupied for 2 ½ years. It will be difficult fill Miss Anderson’s shoes though, so give much thought into a decision before dropping that line to me.


Just a few weeks left before the final championships of the 2001-2002 high school sports season are upon us. I’ll perhaps do some sort of look at the tournaments just prior to their beginning and how the teams earn their spots in those playoffs.


At the end of the season, our recap will include results from the reader polls that are currently being conducted on the site. I don’t get to see everything that I want to see all year, let alone what needs to be seen everyday. That means there are a lot of things that just go overlooked and under-covered. There are also many more opinions out there than just mine, so I’ll piece everything I have together and bust out a cool recap to end it.


Sometime soon we will present the candidates for the 5^th Delaware Sports Athlete of the Year awards. Both a male and a female athlete will be honored. Please feel free to nominate someone you think is worthy via e-mail. For those who are new to us, we like to award the winners in surprise fashion for the TV show, so if you do nominate someone, we will need to know who you are so we can contact you to begin making the surprise arrangements should your candidate win. Only one surprise has been botched so far and that was in our second year when Mt. Pleasant’s Alison Stewart won. At the time, the administration in the Brandywine School District was a mess and there were a few overzealous administrators whose actions tipped Alison off, in a roundabout way, before she was led to the presentation we made.  



After the first weekend in June it will be time to decide what I will get into next. In the past I have preferred to rest for the summer and try to hook up with a woman (or 10) and have some fun since I don’t get to do so during the year. Last summer was taken up with the Diamond State Games, so I am itching for some action.

But I also know that I will look to get involved with some new type of project because I’m getting uglier every year and the chances to score aren’t as frequent as when I was the stud that I was in my twenties. 

So what will that new project be? A couple of years ago we started our first newspaper and the following summer we launched DSG. DSG would be a logical choice for a variety of reasons but also a poor choice for a variety of reasons as well. Only time will tell, so stay tuned to see what happens.

Delaware Jr's 12 & under volleyball team, the Delaware Dolphins coached by Traci DenHoed, have won the Chesapeake Region Championships. The championships were held in Boyds, Md. on April 6th 2002.  The Dolphins defeated the following teams to win the championships:  Brandywine Blitz, Wilmington, De.,  Columbia Canaries, Columbia, Md.,  NVVA Fairfax, Northern Virginia,  NVVA Loudoun, Northern Virginia,  SMJ Cygnets, Western, MD.  
The final game was against team Clash Falcons out of Virginia.  The scores were 23-25, 25-23, 16-14. The day was very exciting and tiring for the team, which started their day at 5:00am and ended it at 11:30pm.  
The players on the team are from various schools in Delaware:  Samantha Kelley, Emily Stave, Dana Griskowitz, Dani Jester, Allie Renai, Justine Shockley, Victoria Strengari, Riki Parry, Gina Marro, Gabrielle DiPasquantonio, and Erica Bader.  All of these players contributed to their win and all will move on the the Nationals which are being held in Salt Lake City, Utah.  If anyone is interested in helping to support the team in going to Salt Lake they can contact Delaware Juniors VBC.  For info email delawarejuniors@aol.com.



This coming Saturday I will travel to someplace in Virginia to tape my partner Dee Meyer, the Most Dangerous Man in Delaware, compete in a national powerlifting competition. Meyer set a National record a few years ago in the squat thrust, his specialty, in the 40-44 year old age group. He hopes to set a new mark in the 45-49 year-old group this weekend. 


I attended my first Penn Relays last weekend and had a blast. Although I was only there for about 6 hours, it was enough to begin plans to cover the whole three-day event next year. It was fun being on the track and taping our athletes competing against teams from 37 different states and 7 different countries. I found myself shouting out congratulations to athletes from teams down south who don’t have an idea of who I am at all. Some of the looks were a mixture of confusion and gratitude, but it made for a good time. 

We had some outstanding performances from Newark’s Louis Broyles and William Penn’s Lateefah Vaughn who both took second places in their field events; Broyles in the triple jump and Vaughn in the discus.

Delawareans have had limited success at the Penn Relays, an event that began 108 years ago. The information through which I scanned went back about 25 years, on average, and following are winners and top ten performances by Delaware athletes. There could be more that I have missed, but you’ll get the idea.

Concord graduate and Villanova running superstar Vicki Huber was part of Villanova’s all-time record-holding team in the Distance Medley of 10:48.38 in 1988. The information doesn’t list the members of all of the winning teams however, so any other team championships of which she may have been a part can’t be listed.

Huber also has three of the top 15 1600-meter splits: in 87, 88, and 89. The 88 time was 4:29.9.

Cape Henlopen’s Kai Maull won the long jump in 1998, the year he set the state record in Delaware. He jumped 24-9 before heading to Clemson University on a track scholarship.

Tower Hill’s Ty Roberts won the triple jump in 1979 when he jumped 47-9.75

Newark’s Omar Rogers won the shot put last year with the 6^th best Penn Relays mark of 63-4.75.

Terry Thomas of Howard won the shot put in 1982 with a 62-10 mark. 

Woodbridge’s Greg Rowe won the shot put in 1979 with a toss of 59-9.25.

The Dickinson Rams girl’s 4x400 team won in 1978 with a time of 4:02 that set the PR record at the time.

Ursuline’s Colleen Taylor, the Delaware Sports Athlete of the Year in 2001, ran a top ten time of 4:58.78 in the mile last year. Unfortunately, Erin Donohue of Haddonfield Mennonite won the race with a 4^th ever-best time of 4:54.15.

Huber and Vic Zwolak (Salesianum 1955) are the two lone Delawareans to be elected to the Penn Relay’s Wall of Fame. Huber was chosen in 1995 and Zwolak in 1999.


The stands were full of Jamaican fans whistling and waving their green, yellow and black flags whenever one of their own came dashing around the track. I thought I might have actually been in Jamaica for a while at one point until I saw a lone man waving a little American flag on a stick in the midst of that sea of green, yellow, and black. 
I was standing next to Bill Cosby at one point and former Olympian Dwight Stones at another. Stones was a high jumper who I looked up to when I high jumped in high school, so I was a little star struck, which rarely happens. 

Good stuff for sure and we’ll definitely make a bigger presentation next year.


Former Wilmington Friends Quaker Friedrich was expected to sign to play basketball for Penn University, a team that was 25-7 last year and an NCAA tournament team. 

Ebede, a native of Cameroon, completed his preparation for college Northfield Mount Hermon and could land a spot on the Penn rotation behing Jeff Schiffmer and Tim Begley.

Former Brandywine Bulldog Kristen Wisniewski was third on the Catholic University Lacrosse team in scoring after 18 games. Wisniewski, a freshman, had started in 17 of the 18 games played and scored 34 goals and three assists. The team leader is Ann Lawall who had 41 goals and 16 assists for 57 points.

Former Tatnall Hornet Matt Fink was leading the Washington and Lee Men’s Lacrosse team in scoring after 14 games with 32 goals and 11 assist. The second leading scorer on the team was Andrew Barnett who had 28 goals and 10 assists.

A pair of Delmar graduates are playing softball for Randolph-Macon college. Sisters’ Carrie and Stacy Brittingham are the former Wildcats. Carrie, a junior, was hitting .296 after 30 games with 7 RBI. Stacy, a freshman, was hitting .197. Carrie is also one of the two main pitchers on the team and is 2-18 with a 7.55 ERA in 27 appearances.

Molly Phillips, a Caesar Rodney graduate, finished her senior year with Virginia Wesleyan’s lacrosse team. In 18 games Phillips was 6^th on the team in scoring with 12 goals and 2 assists. The top scorer for VW was Meagan DiCave who racked up 70 goals and 59 assists (7.16 points per game!)

Also at Virginia Wesleyan, a slew of former Delawarean lacrosse players can be found. Cape’s Bill Lingo was third on the team with 27 goals and 11 assists; Cape’s Cory Mahoney scored from his defensive position; Friends E. J. Amobi had 2 goals and 2 assists; and Dover’s Ryan Naftzinger scored 3 goals. VW finished their season 5-10.

Cape graduate Logan Short is a junior playing lacrosse for Lynchburg. In 14 games he has scored two goals.


Newark’s Chris Hudson will be attending Lock Haven University next year and will join the wrestling team on which his older brother Jeff is. That announcement follows two big ones made by Hodgson’s Jordan Sianni (Pitt) and St. Marks’ Bobby Shaw (North Carolina). 

Brown is MEAC's top softball player

Greensboro, NC — Delaware State University shortstop Jaleah Brown (so. Glasgow
HS / Wilmington College / Wilmington, DE) was named 2002 Mid-Eastern Athletic
Conference (MEAC) Softball Player-of-the-Year in voting by the league's head
coaches and sports information directors. Brown, in her first season at DSU, led
four Hornets on the All-MEAC First Team, tops among league schools. During the
regular season, she led the conference in runs batted in (41), was fourth in
hitting (.381), and tied for fifth in home runs (4). She is the first DSU
softball player to win the award. Delaware State players joining Brown on the
first team are outfielder Patty Brown (jr. Westlake HS / Waldorf, MD), Tameka
Robinson (fr. Milford HS / Milford, DE), and Jillian French (fr. Hamilton West
HS / Hamilton, NJ). Patty Brown led all MEAC players with eight home runs this
season. She was an All-MEAC First Team selection and conference
rookie-of-the-year in 2000. Robinson is batting .404 with four home runs and 40
RBI, while French is batting .357 with 39 runs scored. Delaware State captured
its first MEAC North title this season, and set a school-record with 26 wins
(26-20). Coppin State pitcher Jamie Imhoff was named MEAC Rookie-of-the-Year,
while Coppin's Marcie Hickey was selected as Coach-of-the-Year.

RICHMOND, VA -- University of Delaware women's lacrosse players Ashley Moderacki and Corinne Shuck and women's tennis standout Elly Giese have all been named second team all-stars by the Colonial Athletic Association.

Moderacki and Shuck were among 27 players honored on the first and second teams for women's lacrosse from a vote of the league coaches while Giese was one of 24 players selected by the women's tennis head coaches. Delaware did not have a men's player named to the all-conference team. The men's lacrosse all-conference team will be announced in early May.

The UD women's lacrosse team currently owns a 4-11 record heading into its season finale Saturday at home vs. Penn State. The UD women's tennis team posted a dual record of 7-11 and lost in the first round of the CAA quarterfinals to Old Dominion.

Moderacki, a senior midfielder/attack from Havertown, PA (Haverford HS), was honored despite missing the last six games with a knee injury. She started the first eight games of the season and at the time of her injury was among the CAA leaders in scoring with 22 goals and four assists for 26 points. She also has recorded 10 groundballs, 12 draw controls, and nine caused turnovers. She scored a career-high six goals earlier this year vs. Towson and added five against Rutgers. A first team all-region and second team All-America East selection a year ago, she ended her career with 98 points.

Shuck, a senior midfielder from Annapolis, MD (Broadneck HS), currently leads the Blue Hens in scoring with 33 goals and 7 assists for 40 points while taking a team-high 79 shots. She has also collected 16 groundballs. She has scored at least one goal in all but two games this season and has scored two more 11 times, including a career-high six vs. Ohio State. She needs just five points to become the 23rd player in UD history to reach 100 for a career.

Giese, the Hens' No. 1 singles player out of Washington, DC (National Cathedral High School), capped an outstanding four-year career for the Blue Hens this spring, including the last three season as the team's No. 1 singles player and No. 1 doubles player. She posted a singles record of 13-8 this season and was 11-10 in doubles play. For her career, Giese posted a singles record of 53-33, ranking fifth all-time in wins in Delaware history. She set a UD record with 24 singles wins as a freshman in 1998-99.

Highlighting the All-CAA women's lacrosse team was 2002 Player of the Year Lisa Staedt of James Madison, Rookie of the Year Meg Dentler from George Mason, Coach of the Year Sue Stahl from Old Dominion, and Defensive Player of the Year Tricia Dabrowski of Loyola. League champion Loyola placed five players on the All-CAA first team.

Highlighting the All-CAA women's tennis team were Co-Players of the Year Nataly Cahana of Old Dominion and Andrea Ondrisova of Virginia Commonwealth, Rookie of the Year Candice Fuchs of William & Mary, and Coach of the Year Brian Kalbas of William & Mary.

Highlighting the All-CAA men's tennis team were Player of the Year Florian Marquardt of Virginia Commonwealth, Co-Rookies of the Year Sean Kelleher of William & Mary and Marton Ott of Virginia Commonwealth, and Coach of the Year Paul Kostin of Virginia Commonwealth.

Softball

Sophomore Amanda Hastings pitched her second no-hitter of the season for Sussex Central while striking out 13 and walking only two in a win against Lake Forest.
Indian River 12, Polytech 0: Lindsey Warrington (3-0) pitched a no-hitter for Indian River with five strikeouts in a five-inning win over Polytech, 12-0. Julene Gamble and Brandy Ash each had three hits.

Cape’s Maren Ford has a 4-4 day in a Viking 4-3 win over Lake Forest.

Padua’s Kendy Russell and Alison Bryan combined to pitch a 17-0 no-hitter against Wilmington Christian.

William Penn’s Whitney Carver had a 10-strikeout performance for the Colonials in a 5-2 win against McKean.


Boy’s Lacrosse

Caesar Rodney’s Josh Coveleski scored 7 goals and Eric Seiferts scored 6 during a Rider 20-8 win over Newark. Coveleski also added 6 assists for the #1 team in the state. 
Jeff Mangat scored 5 goals for St. Marks in a 7-4 upset over Cape Henlopen at Cape.

Rob Towe and Zach Walsh both scored 5 goals for A.I. duPont in an 18-7 win over Concord. Tower added 6 assists. 


Girls Lacrosse

Leslie Baldino scored 6 goals for Sanford in a 20-8 loss against Friends. In the same game the Quakers Corey Leader scored 10 times single-handedly outscoring the Warriors.

Larisa Broglie scored 5 goals for Ursuline in a 13-5 upset against St. Marks. 


Girls Track

Padua won the Catholic Conference Championships followed by Ursuline, St. Marks, Archmere and St. Elizabeths. The Pandas Lauren Wallace was a double winner (100-meter dash,  200-meter dash) as was the Pandas Elizabeth Virden (Long jump, High jump). Padua’s Brittany Hackett won the 400-meter dash despite nursing a hamstring injury that kept her out of three other events. She was entered into the 400 to stretch out the muscles as part of a recovery process. 

Ursuline sophomore Julie Taylor was a double winner capturing the 1600 in 5:33.70 and the 800 in 2:22.30, which was the fastest 800-meter time this year. 


That about wraps it up for now. Please don’t forget that we would like to hear if any impending statistical milestones are approaching for anyone that you know. We would like to try to tape them for our TV show. Examples include 100 goal increments in lacrosse; 50 or 100 goals for soccer; 150 or 200 strikeouts in baseball; any school career mark, etc. As much advance warning as possible is appreciated even though that can be difficult to figure. Feel free to pass on this information to other people or refer them to the site so we can be contacted by more people who may have knowledge of these upcoming events.