Spring Sports Recap

 

Delmarva Christian High School's 2024 baseball season had a mix of strong victories and tough losses. The team started strong against Christiana HS and ASPIRA HS. A series of wins and losses followed, including a walk off win over Polytech HS at the bat of Team Most Outstanding Player Xaiver Efford.  Their season included some high-scoring victories, and multiple narrow defeats.  Despite their effort, the latter part of the season saw more losses, concluding with a loss to Indian River HS in a make-up game. The team's final record showcased their resilience and ability to secure several notable wins despite facing challenges throughout the season.

 

Key contributors to the team's success were Kasey Bell who finished the season as the School's Athlete of the Year, Kasey secured the middle infield alongside Xavier Efford. Efford finished the season with the highest batting average on the team, most RBIs, and most wins on the mound. Malakai Jones contributed offensively while Mason Bohinksi captained the outfield patrolling centerfield for the Royals. A player the Royals will miss next year alongside Bohinski and Efford was senior, Garrett Rodgers who held the Designated Hitter role this year and served as a vocal and visual leader for the team. 

 

Xavier Efford also was selected to represent Delmarva Christian in the annual Blue Gold Game at Frawley Stadium, playing infield for the Gold team. 

 

Kasey Bell- 2nd Team 2B

Kasey Bell- HM Utility

Xavier Efford- HM SS

Malakai Jones- HM OF

 

 

 

The Golf team will say farewell to Sean Dawson, Daniel Genga, David Green, Edward Higgins, Ashtin Reese, and Lance McQuay. Higgins and McQuay represented two of the four golfers who represented the team during their 10th place finish in the DIAA State Championship. 

 

The golf team achieved a school-record score of 148 on March 22, 2024. Key individual performances throughout the season included Avery Brown consistently scoring in the 30s and 40s, with medalist honors on several occasions.  Avery would earn Most Outstanding Player Honors for his efforts. 

 

Daniel Genga, Edward Higgins, Lance McQuay, and Joel Perry also had notable rounds, contributing to the team's overall success. Highlights included Perry’s 35 at Frog Hollow Golf and McQuay's 35 at DuPont CC, both earning them medalist titles. 

 

For the first time in school history, Delmarva Christian advanced three golfers to the second day of the DIAA tournament a tremendous achievement. 

 

Avery Brown 2nd Team

 

Ryley McCluskey secured Most Outstanding Player honors for Soccer this season, after spending the last three years on the high achieving Softball team. Ryley and the team battled injury and illness throughout the season, yielding high scoring defeats when hampered but when healthy the team went toe-to-toe with Division 1 teams like Sussex Tech. Though, the season proved difficult and the team fell to 6-9 on the year with a string of defeats near the end of the season. The Royals say goodbye to Allie Munro who effectively managed her position and posted impressive stat lines all season, Journey Handy who secured over 100 saves this year, Vanessa Pierre-Louise, Josie Parenteau and Mia Elliot as key contributors. 

The future is bright for the Royals who fielded a team of 30 players this year, graduating only 7.

Madeline Taylor, a 9th grader, led the team with 7 goals and 1 assist, totaling 15 points. Megan Yoder scored 3 goals, while Alexandra Munro, Mia Elliott, Layni Dukes, Lucy Magee, and Eva Elliott each contributed 2 goals. Dukes also provided 2 assists, making her second in total points with 6. Other key players included Ava McCarron and Alyse Potter, both scoring 1 goal and providing 1 assist each. Overall, the team's scoring was well-distributed, with contributions from athletes across various grades.

Josephine Peranteau - 1st Team

Alexandra Munro - 1st Team

Megan Yoder - 1st Team

Madeline Taylor - 2nd Team

Ryley McCluskey - 2nd Team

The Softball team finished the 2023 season with a semi-final loss to Indian River, but this year’s team was focused on returning to the tournament. They did that, eventually falling to Indian River again in the 2024 state tournament.

The team leaned on the arms of Senior Lily Hutt who pitched 9 games, recording 48 strikeouts, 19 hits allowed, and 32 walks. Junior Taylor Lowe pitched 8 games with 41 strikeouts, 29 hits allowed, and 25 walks. Sophomore Kylie McCabe pitched the most with 13 games, achieving 25 strikeouts, 53 hits allowed, and 29 walks. A very special shout out to senior Katie Thompson who has caught for the Royals for several years, working with five different pitchers and maintaining consistency and dominance throughout. 

The Royals say goodbye to Rachel Hall, Lily Hutt, Maggie Kwiatkowski (who belted her first career home run during her last home game), Katie Thompson, and Lydia Woods each senior contributed greatly to the success of the Royals and leave a legacy of determination and grit. 

Lily Hutt, the team’s Most Outstanding Player for 2024 was also named to the roster of the annual Blue Gold Game.

All-Conference, Non-Conference

Lily Hutt 1st team

Maggie Kwiatkowski 2nd Team

Taylor Lowe 2nd Team

 

The volleyball team, led by junior Isaiah Walton and team Most Outsanding Player Harrison Schlabach finished the season just outside of the cut to make the DIAA Tournament. The program, which is in it’s second year will lose one senior in Travis Lattanzi and return 14 players with the hope of growing the program more in their third year. 

Harrison Schlabach led the team with 41 kills, followed by Seth Mifflin and Isaiah Walton, each with 28 kills. Ethan Fels led in aces with 7 and also in assists with 73. James Baxter was the top dig performer with 39 digs, while Ethan Fels also contributed significantly with 15 digs and 6 blocks. Other notable contributions came from Travis Lattanzi, who had 3 kills, 4 aces, 1 block, and 5 digs, and Caleb Holloway, who, despite being a freshman, added 3 kills, 2 aces, 1 block, and 4 digs.