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 […]
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 time champs a perfect way to cap a return to normal…sort of
By Chris Stevens, Editor The latest edition of the First State Hoops Report journey began Wednesday December 1st at the palatial Odessa High gymnasium and ended Saturday March 12th the venerable Bob Carpenter Center, where we saw two schools with historically solid, competitive and contending sports programs add a missing piece to their respective trophy […]
Money Situation No Joke For Delaware State University basketball
By Chris Stevens April Fools’ jokes became passé a while ago, so when Delaware State University alumni received an e-mail Thursday from university president Dr. Tony Allen that the Hornets were firing men’s basketball coach Eric Skeeters and women’s basketball coach David Caputo, there was no reason to believe that this was anything but the […]
From the Editor’s Desk – We’re getting closer…
Hopefully everyone is staying safe and doing the best they can with remote learning and other challenges in the time of Corona. The purpose of this column is to announce a thing and share some thoughts about where we are currently in life and in the sports world. As fall practice enters the midway point […]
Condensed Seasons were DIAA’s only hope
By Chris Stevens, Editor COVID-19 has changed our lives and the world in ways we hadn’t imagined almost five months ago, so it was only natural that sports were going to be affected by the pandemic as well. Thursday morning, DIAA voted 15-0 to postpone fall sports until mid-March and start the sporting calendar with […]
Christina referendum is literally life or death for education and sports
By Chris Stevens, Editor One week from today, the fate of hundreds of student-athletes will likely be decided as the Christina School District will attempt to pass a referendum that will provide close to 10 million dollars designed to provide an infusion of funding and resources to the 20-plus school buildings and programs within the […]
A (love) letter from the editor…
Photo credit: WDEL.com Living across the street from Bancroft Elementary in the early 90s meant Stormin’ Norman Oliver’s summer basketball league, Stormin’s Classic, was literally steps away from my door. Wilmington wasn’t as dangerous then, so I got to walk over on those muggy nights and step into Bancroft’s gym, where I used to shoot […]
