Dave Frederick

Longevity and loyalty - I am the last man standing – not to mention ambulating – in a lot of categories from family to friends to coaching groups. Recently, Bobby Maull, a footballer from back in the mid-‘70s, told me of a reunion of players, most...

Awakenings - I was on the academic spectrum as a college student and athlete. I was as smart as I wanted to be but rarely dialed it in. My goals and values weren’t mistakenly skewed toward sports; they weren’t skewed at all. I had no clue. I was...

A dozen athletes, all recent Cape graduates, were invited by the ambassadors and faculty advisors of the Morgan’s Message group to take part in a 45-minute question-and-answer program Dec. 20, the last school day before winter vacation. Student-...

A dozen athletes, all recent Cape graduates, were invited by the ambassadors and faculty advisors of the Morgan’s Message group to take part in a 45-minute question-and-answer program Dec. 20, the last school day before winter vacation. Student-...

Breaking the banner is a ritual of road races only offered to first-place overall finishers. On New Year’s Day on the Bethany Beach boardwalk, 14-year-old Liam Steyn of Newtown, Pa., cruised to a first-place win in 17:57 in the 14th annual Hair of...

Snow days transitioned to go days as pent-up grapplers headed out to weekend tournament competitions. The Iron Horse duals at C. Milton Wright High School in Maryland welcomed Henlopen Conference teams Sussex Central, Cape Henlopen and Smyrna. The...

Rastling relatives - I am the grandfather of Mikey, who was a wrestler for Cape, and I’ve been covering other families’ wrestlers for 45 years. And so it is only logical that on a frigid Thursday afternoon with nothing better to do, I would pack up...

Taking care of fitness - The first time I saw 27-year-old rookie Ichiro Suzuki was like every time to the last time I saw him. My reaction was: “That dude is super fit, not to mention quick and explosive,” a focused technician of all things related...

Arm bars - Two young girls, arms locked, skipped past my camera during Saturday’s Cape at Central wrestling match. They ducked as they traversed my sightline. They are both wrestlers themselves, little sisters of wrestlers, and just the best...

Magic Max - Anyone who has watched Cape senior Max Meadows wrestle in tournaments will understand why auto correct sometimes changes his last name to Meltdown. It’s not Max who is a meltdowner; it’s the rest of us who feel we just had lunch at Three...