By Andy Walter

After going a couple weeks without winning a game, Dover High’s football was ready to start winning again.

On Saturday afternoon, the Senators got themselves back on track, rolling to a 40-0 win over William Penn in a Class 3A matchup to snap their two-game losing streak.

Quarterback Nahseem Cosme ran 58 yards for one touchdown and threw for two more and Dover (6-3) strengthened its DIAA state tournament resume with one regular-season game remaining.

“We needed that,” said Dover coach Chip Knapp. “We’ve been giong through some adversity here and we needed to find a way to win. You can always get a little better but it was a good win for our guys.”

Leading 16-0 at halftime, Dover broke the game open with 24 unanswered points in the third quarter. Five different players scored touchdowns for Dover, which also got a 35-yard field goal and five PAT kicks from Brandon Yoder as well as a safety on a high snap by the Colonials (2-6).

Cosme finished with 99 yards on seven carries while completing 3-of-8 passes for 58 yards. The junior QB threw a 25-yard scoring pass to John Parker and a 27-yarder to Taishaun Allen.

Jakwon Kilby scored on a seven-yard run with sophomore linebacker Rasheed Branch-Calhoun returning a fumble 37 yards for another TD.

The shutout was the Senators’ second of the season.

“Some guys who normally don’t get to play got to play and, because of that, it was a positive win,” said Knapp. “Some guys got to show what they can do.”

Sussex Central 33, St. Georges 28: The Golden Knights (7-1) got by the Hawks for their fourth win in a row Saturday.

Polytech 40, Early College 0: The Panthers picked up a Class 1A district win to improve to 2-6 overall.

Indian River 38, First State Military 0: The Indians built a 17-0 halftime lead before taking the District IA win on Friday.

Lake Forest 58, Woodbridge 14: The Spartans bounced back from a shutout loss a week ago by posting the victory in Class 2A action on Friday night.

The Spartans (3-2 district, 6-2 overall) put up a season high in points one week after it was blanked by Caravel, 28-0. The win avenged an eight point loss to the Blue Raiders a year ago.

Woodbridge fell to 2-3 in district, 2-6 overall.

Milford 46, Sussex Tech 35: The Buccaneers snapped a five-game losing streak with the high-scoring Class 2A district victory on Friday night.

Laurel 40, Seaford 12: The Bulldogs (8-0) stretched their winning streak to 11 games in a row with the win on Friday night.

Caravel 24, Delmar 14: The Buccaneers improved to 8-0 overall with the road win in a Class 2A district game.

Boys’ soccer

Caesar Rodney 3, Caravel 0: The players scored goals as the Riders finished the regular season 11-4 with the win on Saturday.

Thad Glasser (1 assist), William Victory and Matthew Reed scored while Jacoby Sheaffer made nine saves for CR, which led 1-0 at halftime. The Buccaneers out-shot the Riders, 12-10, with both teams having two corner kicks.

Delcastle 6, Milford 0: Fernando Flores made 13 saves for the Buccaneers in the non-conference loss.

Girls’ volleyball

Smyrna 3, Indian River 1: The Eagles downed the Indians, 25-15, 20-25, 25-19, 25-16 in the Henlopen Conference championship match at Woodbridge on Saturday.

The Henlopen title was the fifth for Smyrna, which also win it four straight years between 2015-18.

The Eagles were paced by Anna Richardson (15 kills, 5 blocks), Skylar Berge (1 kills, 2 aces), Elise Carter (11 kills) and Karalyn Osborne (36 assists).

College volleyball

Delaware State 3, North Carolina Central 0: The Hornets completed the regular-season sweep of the Eagles with the victory on Friday night.

Valeria Otero had a match-best 12 kills and two service aces. Alondra Maldonado tallied nine kills and a pair of assisted blocks for a total of 10 points in the win.

Delaware 3, UNCW 1: The Blue Hens posted a 18-25, 25-17, 25-23, 25-22 win to snapped their three-match losing streak and clinch a berth in the CAA Tournament.

College field hockey

Hens seeded No. 2 in CAAs: Delaware will be the No. 2 seed in next weekend’s CAA Tournament and will host Northeastern on Friday at 4 p.m.

Top-seeded Monmouth will take on No. 4 Drexel on Friday at 1 p.m. in the other tourney semifinal at Rullo Stadium. The championship game is slated for Sunday.

College soccer

MEN, Northeastern 3, Delaware 0: The Blue Hens (4-11-2, 2-6-1 CAA) finished the season with the loss on Saturday.

Sports editor Andy Walter can be reached at 302-741-8227 or walter@iniusa.org. Follow on Twitter at @DSNSports.