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March 2, 2021
GEORGETOWN, Del.- Behind 11 points from Chase Hesson (go ahead shot for win) and Jayson Handy, the number 37 seed Delmarva Christian Royals defeated the number 28 Sussex Central Golden Knights in the final seconds 39-38. The Golden Knights finished their season with a 7-7 record.
For the first time since 2013, the Sussex Central Golden Knights were making an appearance in the DIAA boys basketball tournament. That season, the Knights finished 12-8 with a 9 point loss to Newark. Central (7-7) came into tonights game on a rough three game losing streak with the Royals (2-9) not any hotter, 7 losses in a row. But, you can throw the records out the window when it comes to the DIAA tournament, anything can happen!
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Knights send Middletown to 0-6 in last 6 title games
December 19, 2020
DOVER, De- Sussex Central head football coach John Wells was 0-4 in state championship games–before his 2018 squad broke thru. On Saturday, he became 2-0 in the last three years, when the Golden Knights defeated Middletown 28-19.
The Golden Knights led 7-0 after the first half, with the lone points of the game coming on a Dion Stephens 3-yard touchdown. After forcing two key turnovers in the first half, Jacob Dempsey and the SC defense went back to work in the second.
Although Middletown would tie the game 7-7 midway thru the 3rd quarter–the Golden Knight defense came up huge a few times to help the offense. Alton Dennis would come up with a huge interception that set up Central in the red zone. Stephens would cap off his second score, putting Central back up 14-7 with 1:58 in the third quarter.
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