People in Sports

Sports Editor Emeritus

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Liem Fitzgerald, age 4, runs his first 5K through...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Just Do It! - Liem Fitzgerald of Middletown insisted on running the Que Pasa 5K in a steady...

Eagles logo and bingo card on graveyard tombstone

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tombstone Blues - I had time to kill last Tuesday morning in Annunciation Cemetery in Shenandoah...

Momma’s a Mastiff and I’m my doggie’s daddy

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Your momma’s a Mastiff - The Run for the Paws was the ninth annual in honor of Lucy Crowe whom I...

Jonah and Tanner are rock-solid, salt of the earth...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Beastie Boys - I call it a Jerry Carter moment. Some years back, covering a high heat preseason...

Cape High School talent mostly missing from local...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Sitting on stories - I can top most of the stories I hear for the first time from the newly arrived...
In Wawa, there are no legends and no MVPs

A legend of lax walks the grass fields in Rehoboth

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Lax legend - I had John Zulberti and Mark Duncan pose for a photo at the GameBreaker lacrosse camp...

Wawa twins Lori and Sandra Waldee-Warden are married...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Wawa Twins - Lori and Sandra Waldee-Warden are so close it took me two years covering road races...

Hall of Fame wrestling coach Pete Basile runs...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Basile Day - Pate Basile of Ocean View is the former Caesar Rodney wrestling coach who was at the...

Seashore Striders and the bandit young gun wins...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Watch old bandit run - A bandit in a road race is someone who doesn’t register, and he or she just...

Birthdays, babies and champions celebrated

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Magic Mikey - Mikey Frederick, whom I dub the forgotten grandchild, he is No. 5 of 9, turned 13...

Vistas and venues embedded in Cape Henlopen School...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Vistas and venues - I could teach the greatest semester class at Cape Henlopen High School called...

Magical realism runs through the Independence Day race

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Magical realism - Chilean-American author Isabel Allende, who wrote “The House of the Spirits,”...

The birthday boys of summer at the Firecracker 5K

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Birthday boys - July 1 was the birthday of local runners Bill McArthur , 77, and Troy Senft, 60. I...

Fast friends on the running scene looking toward...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Cinco de Marathon - Five amigos drawn to the sport of running one person at a time have made a...

Coach P.J. Kesmodel continues to create concentric...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
P.J. waves hello - Coach P.J Kesmodel lost his older brother Hunter June 17 to advanced Parkinson’s...

Beach Blast lax set to blanket Lewes this weekend

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Beach Blast lacrosse - 100 girls’ club lacrosse teams playing on 10 fields at Cape High and the...

A magic moment captured at the end of the Father’s...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
The Naturals - Bennett Brumbley, 9, from Laurel ran his Father's Day 5K in 22:56. Doc Lee Masser,...

Buddies charging the field is the best 10 minutes of...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Reach out - The 10 minutes before the Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game, where Buddies charge the...

A locals guidebook - act like you know, even if you...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tim and Grace - I snapped a photo of Seashore Striders Race Director and Beacon track coach Tim...

Pep and pet rallies in Cape history

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Pep Rally - A pep rally is a term older than Grandmom Rose that just keeps hanging around, just...

Cape tribal elders and warriors rim the field for...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Rimming the field - History and tradition rim the field and inhabit the stands during championship...

Legends of Lewes Half Pint and Jimmy at Frawley...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Legends of Lewes - Sitting in the shade at Frawley Stadium watching Cape play baseball May 31 were...

Atlantic Lacrosse continues to develop stellar players

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Feeder system - I photographed the girls’ U15 championship lacrosse game of the Eastern Shore Youth...

Sports make your dreams come true, but sometimes not

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Enjoy the journey - Condensed craziness has settled over the metropolis leading into Memorial Day...

Tear-stained eyes reflect on the struggle to survive

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Joyful sadness - Miss Wilmington Rebecca Gasperetti sang the national anthem from a 1-foot elevated...

Hydrate in the high heat and avoid getting half-baked

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Mother and daughter - Amy Kuhlman and her daughter Katie crossed the finish line together at 32:00...

Runners roll in the morning through rain and wind or...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Happy Hours - My new millennium lifestyle has been “sleep at night, prowl in the morning.” That is...

The harder they come, the harder they fall on you

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Waxed - “The harder they come, the harder they fall” - Jimmy Cliff . Most athletes and coaches will...

Run for Recovery and Revelation and beer

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Run for Recovery and Revelation and beer - Two races over two days, I am there taking a couple...

All winning streaks must come to an end eventually

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tear-stained eyes - The Beacon track girls’ win streak was stopped at 73 May 2, as they lost to...

Family and friends turn out for Tommy 10K and...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Uncle Tommy - There were nephews and nieces all running away from the Lewes Ferry terminal April 29...

Holly Wilson Smith runs a 3:10 marathon gliding and...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Ain’t that tough enough? - Runner Holly Wilson Smith is gracious and loquacious, smiles at the...

Best Buddies run together over a lifetime

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Best Buddies - Grown men latch onto their buddies at an early age and never let them go. “I got...

A sports day for half of the Patriots

7 years ago
Gronk and Spicey - Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski opened the door to a Sean Spicer press...

Distance running and offshore fishing require...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Boston Marathon - Grand Mom Rose: “Relating to the Boston Marathon because you used to be a runner...

Frozen moments in sports only get more vivid over time

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Capturing moments - The save and the shot. In the final minutes of a Cape JV lacrosse game at...

A gathering of Gooches at Temple sports complex

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Family Ties - I got the lead column photo of the week after Temple’s 13-11 win over Villanova April...

Ben Ashby jumps and runs back to the future

7 years ago
Déjà vu all over again - It was fate that put me in a blue field chair at the end of the long jump...

Keep on dancing and a-prancing, making sports fun

7 years ago
Keep on dancing - I’ve photographed 10 Temple University women’s lacrosse games this season and...

Keep on running and don’t look back

7 years ago
The fast blind pass - The Beacon track girls, winners of 67 straight meets under coaches Gilbert...

True sportsmen savor victory but share the pain

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Happy and humble - A true sportsman savors the victory, and feels the pain and disappointment of...

Johnny comes marching home to Hall of Fame

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Break me, shake me - Johnny Coveleski, the athlete/coach also known as Gino, made the 2017 Delaware...

Grown men have buddies for life, it’s what they do

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Hey buddy buddy - Grown men have buddies for life, and it’s pretty funny when you hear stories...

Dr. Dave Robinson walks 15 feet and that is big news

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Tracks of my happy tears - Down at Elite Physical Therapy on the Boardwalk, Dr. Dave Robinson is...

Duke’s Lucas Kennard a freakishly fascinating...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Lucas Kennard - I’ve been a closeted Duke fan for a long time, and I don’t understand why. I’d be...

Walk-on and walk-off, Tiara Duffy delivers game...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Walk-on walk-off - Junior Tiara Duffy, a South Carolina walk-on, had a walk-off two-run single in...

‘The ceiling is the roof,’ Jordan gaffe and laugh...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
The ceiling is the roof - Michael Jordan was selling something at halftime of the Duke at North...

Spring sports roar in like a wet lion

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Hunker down - A weather front came through the Cape sports complex March 1 just as all sports teams...

Big House rocks for Henlopen Conference showdown

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Free agent fans - A Cape Big House not fully packed but plenty crowded whooped and hollered Feb. 24...

‘Bragging Bad,’ a story of academic airballs and...

Dave Frederick
7 years ago
Sitting on stories - Remembering history experienced down to the details is something I’m good at...

Running clock spins both ways, the ups and downs of...

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Two-faced running clock - Cape boys’ basketball, who lost by 16 at Smyrna Feb. 15, dismantled...

Warrior girls sustaining ACL injuries at eight times...

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Warrior Girls - I read the book “Warrior Girls” by Michael Sokolove in 2009, when it was first...

Hearts will be broken at dual-meet championships

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Goodnight, sweetheart - The state dual-meet championships set for Tuesday Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day...

Micah mistakes me for Colonel Sanders, the...

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Micah and Mike - I was visiting with longtime friend Cliffone Howell on the bleachers front row...

Slams and swats, some fans come loose

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Coming loose - Dec. 28, 2007, the Bay Ball Classic at Cape’s Little Big House, a game that featured...

Dave Robinson returns home with a smile on his face

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Homecoming - Dr. Dave Robinson, former school superintendent at Caesar Rodney and Cape, and a...

Cape girls’ swim team 62-1 since 2012

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Splash down - Swimmers are like track athletes, because they compete in front of small crowds of...

Cape secretary Amy Gooding has sports stories to tell

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Amy Gooding - Cape High School’s front desk secretary Amy is married to Chuck, and their daughter...

Derek and Derrick: Two Cape guys serving the community

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
Derek and Derrick - Derek Savage and Derrick Quillen, two Cape athletes past and a pair of good...

The circle is unbroken as players save the...

Dave Frederick
8 years ago
What’s the 411? - Gramps at a game is capable of getting the most basic elements wrong like, “Who...