At least 3 kids from red lion I believe it is going to be there's to lose. And with Caravel losing poore, wells and duarte and DMA losing August, Simpson, and Williams they are going to be tough to replace
I assume they only went d1 for football then, my mistake. I definitely think they take d2 then, Butler has done a great job with that program.
I do know that Ebaugh is at st. Marks and I believe the Fabien brothers are there as well. I'm not sure but I heard rumors the Bellerin had left as well. If all of those are correct that is really going to be a lot to replace
they wrestle sallies this year, maybe the rivalry might spark up again? should be a great dual to watch.
St Marks did a lot of that this off-season. They're getting back to their old ways. Not on a national/regional level but they should clean up this year after basically merging with Red Lions program.
i disagree, public schools in Delaware have been doing very well. With schools like sallies, caravel, and St. marks it would make it alot harder other private schools and would result in lack of instate competition for many of these recent power house schools.
Salesianum won a state championship last year for the first time since 1984. St. Mark's hasn't won since 2010. Caravel won 2 championships until losing last year and is the only nonpublic school to win Division II. Red Lion has never won the dual title. But we need these teams to compete separately.
D2 Boys soccer playoffs had 2 public schools out of 12 teams in the playoffs. Football championships, 5 of the 6 teams are Private schools. Private schools have better facilities and you don’t have to pay a penalty year if you transfer to them after your 10th grade year.
There are 3 divisions in Football and it's working. They could always just have a Public School division and a Private School division. The "Get Better" argument works fine when talking about individuals but when your talking about a low end Public School that is struggling to get a Coach and fill roster spots you can't just say Get Better.
Unfortunately, a lot of public schools have been providing a poor product, in terms of education.... If you look at past conversations, you'll see a myriad of reasons on why these schools struggle. There was a time where just about every public school fielded a wrestling team. Even if you separate the schools, there's still going to be the haves and have nots....
Hard to get better when schools get some of their top kids poached right from high school or in some cases their middle school. It’s not even just a private vs public school thing but privates are definitely the worst for it.
Smyrna and Middletown poach more athletes than anyone in the state and both have gotten caught doing so. This debate is being fueled by someone out of state that obviously doesn't know Delaware sports or its history.
This could be the case in PA and other surrounding states but not DE. Doesnt make sense for a lot of reasons.
