Leading off with football, that sport has reached week 10 of the regular season. The teams will find out next weekend if they will be playing in the postseason. The Division II soccer tournament features a matchup between two Catholic schools.
Football
Friday
St. Elizabeth (2-7) at Newark (1-8), 7 p.m.
Salesianum (5-4) at St. Mark’s (6-3), 7 p.m. St. Mark’s may have moved to Division II, but this game still generates some extra excitement because of the history between the two schools. The Sals need a win to keep their playoff hopes alive. The Spartans are fighting an uphill battle as far as getting into the tournament is concerned.
Saturday
First State Military (0-7) at Archmere, (6-3) 2 p.m. The Auks can close the regular season with four straight wins if they defeat the Bulldogs, who are in their first varsity season. Whether that is enough to propel them into the tournament remains to be seen.
Soccer
Division II
Tuesday
No. 10 Delaware Military (8-6-1) vs. No. 7 Archmere (9-4-2), 6 p.m. at Caravel. The Seahawks and Auks are not strangers, as they are both members of the Diamond State Athletic Conference. DMA took a 3-0 decision over Archmere in September. The Auks, however, were unbeaten in nine straight until a season-ending loss at Salesianum, while the Seahawks lost four of their final six matches.
Wednesday
No. 9 St. Elizabeth (9-6) vs. No. 8 St. Mark’s (8-6-1), 6 p.m. at Caravel. The Spartans defeated St. Elizabeth, 1-0, in a midseason battle, but have lost five of eight since then against a difficult schedule. The Vikings are winners of six of their last seven, with the lone setback coming at Salesianum.
Saturday
St. Elizabeth/St. Mark’s winner vs. No. 1 St. Andrew’s (14-1), 3 p.m. at Appoquinimink.
DMA/Archmere winner vs. No. 2 Laurel (12-2), 5 p.m. at Dover.
Division I
Saturday
No. 8 Wilmington Charter (8-5-2) vs. No. 1 Salesianum (14-1), 7 p.m. at Caravel. The Sals again are the top seed in Division I, which they earned with a 14-1 record against some of the best competition in the country. Their lone loss came to St. Benedict’s Prep of New Jersey, who was ranked first in the country at the time. Salesianum defeated the Force, 8-0, on Sept. 22.
