Tobiason and Banks lead DSBA all-state basketball teams
St. Elizabeth senior forward Aiden Tobiason and Ursuline first-year guard Jezelle “GG” Banks were named state boys’ and girls’ basketball players of the year by the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association Monday, highlighting the release of both boys’ and girls’ all-state teams. Already committed to Temple University for next season, the 6’5 Tobiason averaged 18.8 […]
First State Hoops Report 2023-24 Final Top 10s
Here are our final boys’ and girls’ Top 10s for the 2023-24 season. Boys 1. Dover (23-2) 2. Salesianum (15-9) 3. St. Elizabeth (21-2) 4. Middletown (18-6) 5. Sanford (17-5) 6. Howard (15-9) 7. St. Georges (15-8) 8. Saint Mark’s (17-5) 9. William Penn (16-5) 10. Appoquinimink (14-7) Girls 1. Ursuline (18-6) 2. Caravel […]
2023-24 Delaware boys’ basketball state tournament championship game preview
By Chris Stevens, Editor One team is making its third straight appearance in the championship game while the other is looking to finally break through in their sixth overall trip to the promised land. Defending state championship Salesianum takes on Dover for the DIAA boys’ basketball state championship tonight at 6 p.m. and it promises […]
2023-24 Delaware girls’ basketball state tournament championship game preview
By Chris Stevens, Editor The DIAA girls’ basketball state championship tournament has given us the two teams we thought would be here at the end of the season and today at 2 p.m., they will face off against each other for the privilege of being called champions. Top seeded Caravel (19-3) will play No. 2 […]
2023-24 Delaware girls’ basketball tournament first round previews
By Chris Stevens, Editor The girls’ tournament tips off tonight with plenty of interesting storylines and games around the state, all of which will have the higher eight seeds looking on with interest. There is the potential for more than one lower seed moving through to the second round, so let’s take a look at […]
2023-24 Delaware boys’ basketball tournament first round previews
By Chris Stevens, Editor This year’s boys’ first round features five regular season rematches so familiarity will work in favor of the winner and not so much for the team who doesn’t win. There’s no clear-cut favorite in any of the eight matchups overall, so whoever wins will have earned it. Let’s preview tonight’s games. […]
24 And More: The Final Countdown
By Chris Stevens, Editor The regular season ends next Wednesday and the Delaware High School basketball season has been full of action and surprises. The final seven days promise to be no different as some teams are looking to wrap up byes, others are looking for first round home games and others just want the […]
24 And More: Traffic Jams All Over The State
By Chris Stevens, Editor 141 was closed for forever Tuesday, and fittingly that traffic madhouse is what we have going on as we enter the final two weeks of Delaware high school regular season basketball. Another wild Tuesday yielded surprises, conference championships either being decided or adding new contenders to the mix and pivotal point […]
24 And More: Movement Aplenty
By Chris Stevens, Editor As January becomes February, the Delaware high school basketball season carries more weight with each passing game as teams are looking to secure one of the eight first round byes available to the teams with the highest point indexes while others are looking for a home game in the first round […]
First State Hoops Report Week 10 Top 10s
First State Hoops Report’s boys’ and girls’ basketball Top 10s (along with the previous week’s ranking) to start Week 10 of the 2023-24 season. Boys’ Basketball St. Elizabeth 11-0 (1) Dover 10-2 (2) Middletown 7-3 (4) Salesianum 6-7 (3) William Penn 7-3 (5) Odessa 10-1 (6) Howard 9-2 (7) Lake Forest 11-0 (9) Seaford (12-0) […]
