The Henlopen Conference dominated the fields for the DIAA wrestling dual-meet state tournaments that were determined on Sunday.

Nine of the combined 16 teams that are in the Division I and II brackets are from the Henlopen.

The event opens on Wednesday with quarterfinal matches at the higher-seeded school. The tournaments then conclude on Saturday at Smyrna High with the semifinals and finals.

Wednesday’s quarterfinals all start at 7 p.m. In Division I, top-seeded Cape Henlopen (11-2) hosts No. 8 William Penn (9-5), No. 4 Smyrna (6-3) hosts No. 5 Milford (10-3), No. 3 Caesar Rodney (7-5) hosts No. 6 Sussex Central (9-7), and No. 2 Salesianum (7-5) hosts No. 7 St. Georges (7-3).

In the Division II quarterfinals, No. 1 Caravel (7-0) hosts No. 8 McKean (11-2), No. 4 Lake Forest (7-3) hosts No. 5 Red Lion Christian (11-2), No. 3 Laurel (7-1) hosts No. 6 Indian River (10-3) and No. 2 Delaware Military (16-3) hosts No. 7 Delmar (4-7).

On Saturday, the Division I semifinals are slated for 2 p.m. while the Division II semis are at 4 p.m. The finals for both are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.

The dual-meet state tournament wasn’t held last winter because of the COVID pandemic.

College basketball

WOMEN, Delaware 77, UNCW 62: Four players scored in double figures as the Blue Hens won their fifth game in a row with the CAA victory on Sunday at the Carpenter Center.

Jasmine Dickey followed up her 52-point performance on Friday with a team-high 24 as Delaware (9-1 CAA, 15-5 overall) won their seventh straight over the Seahawks (0-9 CAA, 3-16 overall).

Dickey surpassed former teammate Nicole Enabosi for second place on UD’s all-time scoring list.

Ty Battle (17), Tyi Skinner (13) and Paris McBride (13) also led Delaware. Skinner added 16 rebounds while Battle had 11.

The Hens never trailed after breaking out to a 23-10, first-quarter lead. As part of the 10-2 run in the third quarter, Delaware saw its lead balloon to a game-high 23 points.

The Seahawks did close within 60-52 with 8:28 left but never got any closer.
Dickey, who went 14-of-16 from the foul line, post her third-straight double-double and ninth on the season. Battle’s double-double was her 14th this year.

College softball

Hornets picked 5th in MEAC: Delaware State has been picked to finish fifth in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular-season race.

Also, Delaware State outfielder Johan Cunnigan has been selected to the preseason All-MEAC first team.

Delaware State was 9-10 in the MEAC and 11-20 overall during the pandemic-shortened 2021 season, and came up short in qualifying for the four-team MEAC post-season tournament.

Cunnigan, a 2021 All-MEAC second-team selection, batted .309, and led the Hornets in hits (30), runs scored (20) and triples (3) last season. DSU hired Daniel Stockdale as its new head softball coach last summer.