Sports

With just more than a week to go before the Pyle Center in Roxana plays host to the 2010 Senior League Softball World Series, the international field is starting to fill out.

For 12 young Delaware girls, fast-pitch softball is more than a sport. It’s a lifestyle. And if there was ever any doubt about their drive, they have put that notion to rest.

New regulations for 2010 hunting season

This fall, hunters will see a number of changes, including a new crossbow season, a statewide red fox season, use of pellet firearms for squirrel hunting and licensing changes, the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife announced July 14. The changes were made following public review.

The Senior League Softball World Series is right around the corner, and on Aug. 8, teams from around the globe will come together in Roxana at the Pyle Center for the week-long tournament, but not before the 2010 Delaware District III All-Star Tournament crowns a champion and a host team.

Don’t count out the little guys! The youngest athletes on the Lower Sussex Little League (LSLL) Pat Knight and All-Star teams took down their tournament competition this past weekend. The 9-and 10-year-olds in both the Pat Knight and All-Star leagues were crowned champions for their respected divisional competitions.

Don’t count out the little guys! The youngest athletes on the Lower Sussex Little League (LSLL) Pat Knight and All-Star teams took down their tournament competition this past weekend. The 9-and 10-year-olds in both the Pat Knight and All-Star leagues were crowned champions for their respected divisional competitions.

Summer is flying by for many as July wraps up, but for one ambitious local, the summer of 2010 been quite a journey. Jack Hogan set off on June 21 with his bicycle, high hopes and a destination of San Diego, Calif. Originally intended as a personal excursion, he decided to turn the ride into a fundraiser for Justin’s Beach House in Bethany Beach. Early this week, he found himself on the western border of Texas, just shy of New Mexico, and, though the journey has been a long and sometimes daunting one, it’s been quite the learning experience as he finds himself ahead of schedule.

Cripple Creek Golf and Country Club played host to yet another sold-out event last week, with the 7th Annual Progress for Prostate Golf Tournament, aimed at raising funds and awareness for one of the most common cancers faced by men today. In all, more than $20,000 was raised from last Thursday’s golf tournament, which saw more than 100 golfers and was preceded by a dinner and theatrical performance the evening before.

Cripple Creek Golf and Country Club played host to yet another sold-out event last week, with the 7th Annual Progress for Prostate Golf Tournament, aimed at raising funds and awareness for one of the most common cancers faced by men today. In all, more than $20,000 was raised from last Thursday’s golf tournament, which saw more than 100 golfers and was preceded by a dinner and theatrical performance the evening before.

The Lower Sussex Little League regular season may have ended in the first week of June, but young athletes are still swinging bats and lighting up the bases. The Lower Sussex Pat Knight and All-Star teams are continuing their runs into the summer, and games are coming down to the wire.

For Harry Walls and his family and friends, the summer was a time to come together, get outdoors and enjoy one another’s company. A 10.5-mile bike ride around Ocean View, Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island became a summertime staple, as they would take in the scenery before ending with a barbecue. But in November 2007, Walls succumbed to a battle with pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 40. His legacy and memory lives on, though, as will be evidenced next week with the Tour de Har, a fundraising event in Walls’ honor.

There are still a few more months before local schools get back to their daily routines, and even longer until the winter sports athletes suit up for their seasons, but the girls’ basketball team of Indian River High School hasn’t been sitting back this summer. The Lady Indians’ varsity head basketball coach, John Frye, has been making sure that his team is enjoying the game and keeping active, through camps and summer leagues, in hopes of returning next year with another conference crown.

Shuffle up and deal! This week kicked off the Main Event of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio Casino in Las Vegas, the largest Texas Hold’em poker game in the world. The series, a tournament comprising 57 events, draws in both veterans and novices – all striving to strike it rich and capture a bracelet, the sought-after prize for each of the annual series’ games.

Alex Ternahan and Chris Fisher, two rising Worcester Prep lacrosse athletes, have taken their skill to the next level, advancing to the 2010 Free State Top 44 Team this summer – an elite group of lacrosse players with ambitions of moving up to collegiate play.

While the extent of many Fourth of July hardships reflect only the compromising choice between a hotdog or hamburger fresh off the grill, one Sussex County man is putting it all on the line this holiday weekend. On June 21, Jack Hogan set out on a journey, accompanied by his custom 21-speed bicycle, from Bethany Beach to San Diego, Calif., all in the name of charity.