Congratulations to Palmer Jenney of Wilmington Friends field hockey, the Delaware Online High School Sports Athlete of the Week for Week 7 of the fall sports season.
Jenney scored five goals across Wilmington Friends' 2-0 win over Sanford, 1-0 win over St. Andrew's and 3-1 win over Archmere.
Jenney won an online vote over four other nominees. The poll, presented by Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists, runs Monday through Thursday each week on Delaware Online with the winner announced Friday.
Nominations for the next Athlete of the Week can be sent to Brandon Holveck at bholveckdelawareonline.com. Please include the athlete you are nominating, their school and a brief summary of their achievements in the past week.
Brandon Holveck reports on high school sports for The News Journal. Contact him at bholveckdelawareonline.com.

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By Tom Hals
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Sept 15 (Reuters) - As U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to crack down on what he says is widespread illegal voting by noncitizens, several people charged with that crime are trying a novel strategy to get their cases dropped.
Five people being prosecuted in separate federal cases in Miami and Madison, Wisconsin, have ‌argued for the first time in court that the 1996 law used to charge them is unconstitutional, according to a Reuters review of court filings.
A ruling for the ‌defendants, which could come before the November 3 midterm elections, would raise questions about the federal government's authority to prosecute noncitizen voting cases. The Trump administration has pushed to deport noncitizen voters, raising the stakes for defendants who previously faced as little as a $150 fine if convicted.
The defendants were accused of violating the federal "Voting by Aliens" statute enacted three decades ago. The law makes it illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal elections, and violators can be fined up to $100,000 or imprisoned for up to a year.

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The final week of nonconference play for most Wilmington-area high school football teams has arrived.
Week 4 of the 2026 NCHSAA season includes five home matchups for area teams, with Hoggard, Ashley and New Hanover all playing in the Port City Friday night. Find complete schedules here.
North Brunswick is the only area team that remains perfect through three weeks of action. The Scorpions hit the road in Week 4 for a matchup with the unbeaten St. Pauls Bulldogs.
The StarNews is bringing you live updates and scores from each Wilmington-area matchup in Week 4 of the 2026 North Carolina high school football season. Follow along below all night for the latest.
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Wilmington, Massachusetts-based ***** og Devices, Inc. (ADI) designs, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits (ICs), software, and subsystems products. Valued at $171.8 billion by market cap, the company's products are used in communications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, military, aerospace, automotive, and high-performance consumer electronics applications.
Companies worth $10 billion or more are generally described as "large-cap stocks," and ADI definitely fits that description, with its market cap exceeding this threshold, reflecting its substantial size, influence, and dominance in the semiconductors industry. ADI commands a strong competitive position in high-performance ***** og and mixed-signal semiconductors, underpinned by its global leadership in data converters. Its moat is built on a deep proprietary IP portfolio, entrenched relationships in high-margin industrial, automotive and healthcare markets, and expanded signal-chain and power management capabilities from strategic acquisitions. The company further benefits from a resilient hybrid manufacturing model and strong pricing power, supported by the long, sticky lifecycles typical of critical ***** og components.
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GROVE CITY, Pa. (WKBN) - The WKBN viewing area is well represented on the Grove City College football team this Fall.
A total of eight local players are on the Wolverines' 2026 roster, and all of them are shown in the attached photograph.
Front row, left to right: senior safety Peyton Ahlquist (Canfield), senior safety Johnny Ruggles (Austintown Fitch), graduate student safety Ryan Montgomery (Slippery Rock) and senior linebacker Jase Herrick (Greenville).
Back row, left to right: junior wide receiver John Perry (Howland), freshman defensive end Jacob Coulter (Wilmington), senior offensive tackle Alex Winklevoss (Reynolds) and sophomore safety Ian Odille (Warren John F. Kennedy).
Grove City will kick off the 2026 regular season on September 5 against Cortland (N.Y.).

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Week 1 of the North Carolina high school football season is finally here.
After months of buildup, Thursday, Aug. 20, marks the start of the 2026 season for nearly 100 teams across the state as the possibility of storms pushed games up a day.
A little, or maybe even a lot, of rain won't stop Wilmington-area squads from kicking off the season. Five area teams will play Thursday, with the rest still slated to suit up Friday. Find a comprehensive list of the latest Week 1 schedule changes here.
Now it's time to sit back and enjoy some football.
The StarNews is bringing you live updates, scores and highlights from every Wilmington-area game Thursday and Friday. Follow along below throughout the next two nights as we keep this page updated with the latest from Week 1.

#thursday #season #Friday #Football

Seven first-team selections are among 27 Section 4 players who have been chosen to the New York State Sports Writers **** ociation all-state baseball team for the 2026 season.
The first-team picks from the Elmira, Corning, Ithaca and greater Binghamton regions:
Aedan Palmer, Elmira, senior: Earning first-team honors in Class AAA was senior outfielder/pitcher Aedan Palmer, who was a third-team all-state pick last season. Palmer helped the Express repeat as Section 4 Class AAA champion and posted a 6-2 pitching record with a 1.50 ERA, 85 strikeouts, and 30 hits allowed in 51 1/3 innings. The left-hander tossed three one-hitters and is a LeMoyne College commit.
Nolan Stark, Oneonta, senior: Stark was a repeat first-team all-state selection in Class B. He helped the Yellowjackets to a third consecutive Section 4 **** le and the Southern Tier Athletic Conference tournament championship. Stark batted .414 with seven homers, seven triples, 19 stolen bases, 31 RBIs, and 31 runs. On the mound, he went 9-1 with a 0.75 ERA and two no-hitters that included a perfect game. Stark committed to UNC-Wilmington for baseball.
Dasch Benson, Lansing, senior: Benson, a first-team Class B pick, batted .540 with 14 doubles and two homers while earning Interscholastic Athletic Conference South Large School Division Most Valuable Player honors. His pitching numbers included a 5-1 record, a 1.27 ERA, 76 strikeouts, and two no-hitters.

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Week 1 of the 2026 North Carolina high school football season will arrive a day early for some teams.
The threat of storms across the state on Friday, Aug. 21, has pushed dozens of teams to reschedule their season openers. Several games have already been moved to Thursday, Aug. 20, including road matchups for Hoggard and Trask.
Hoggard will face Richmond in Rockingham, while Trask will travel to Elizabethtown to play East Bladen.
Four Wilmington-area teams were originally scheduled to open the season at home: Laney, Topsail, South Brunswick and Pender.
Here are the latest Week 1 schedule changes involving Wilmington-area high school football teams:

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the semiconductor landscape, fueling heavy investment in data center infrastructure while reviving demand for industrial automation. Defense spending tied to domestic chip capabilities adds another layer of support. These forces have created favorable conditions for ****** og and mixed-signal semiconductor companies.
Analog Devices (ADI) has steadily strengthened its competitive position within this environment. A hybrid manufacturing strategy combining internal production with outsourced capacity has given the company greater operational flexibility. Broad exposure across industries, alongside the Empower Semiconductor acquisition focused on AI power delivery, further reinforces the company's long-term growth ambitions.
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The latest quarterly performance reflected that strategy in action. CEO and Chair Vincent Roche described Q2 FY2026 as one marked by record demand and disciplined execution. He pointed to investments in supply chain resilience, research, software capabilities, and AI initiatives while acknowledging continuing geopolitical uncertainty and broader macroeconomic challenges worldwide.
Based in Wilmington, Massachusetts, ****** og Devices develops, manufactures, tests, and markets integrated circuits, software, and subsystem solutions. Its technologies connect ****** og and digital signals while supporting power management, sensing, and data processing applications.

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Nats first round pick Chris Hacopian will be making his minor league debut tomorrow. Interestingly, it will not be in Fredericksburg. Instead, the local kid will be skipping over Low-A and will join the Wilmington Blue Rocks. The old regime would always send draft picks to Low-A first, even if it were only for a few games, but that has changed.
After being drafted 11th overall last month, it will be exciting to see Hacopian get started. That Wilmington team was already loaded, and now they are getting another top prospect. The likes of Eli Willits, Ronny Cruz and Miguel Sime Jr. are some of the players currently in Wilmington. Now, Paul Toboni's first draft pick will join them.
This ***** ignment is interesting for a couple reasons. First is that it is another change from the new regime. Even when Dylan Crews was drafted second overall, he played 14 games in Fredericksburg. After that, he skipped High-A and went to Harrisburg. Playing for the Fred Nats was like a rite of passage for Nationals prospects.
Wilmington is known as a bad place to hit, and the old regime was hyper-aware of that. The new regime has been more willing to send guys to Wilmington and let them stay there. It is a pitchers park, but if you can hit, you can thrive there. We saw that with the likes of Ethan Petry, Devin Fitz-Gerald and now Eli Willits.
Hacopian will be the next big bat in Wilmington. Toboni and the front office must have felt that the infielders bat was just too advanced for Low-A. There is certainly evidence for that, as Hacopian was seen as one of the best college hitters in the class. He has walked more than he has struck out wherever he has played. Now, he will take on Wilmington.

#wilmington #hacopian #first #willits

A Trump-appointed federal appeals judge spent months running a Washington public affairs firm after being appointed to the bench last year, an arrangement that contributed to an exodus among the firm's staff and clients and only ended when the firm went out of business at the end of June.
Jennifer Mascott, a former conservative law professor who sits on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, was deeply involved in daily operations at the firm, Adfero, for at least six months after she was confirmed as a judge in October 2025, according to 14 former employees and clients granted anonymity to discuss internal details of the firm's final months.
Nine of the former employees said Mascott, who inherited her ownership stake in the firm from her late husband in 2023, worked at least once a week out of Adfero's office in Washington and oversaw the firm's staffing, business development efforts and client relations in between her full-time judicial duties in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
The firm was historically a nonpartisan business that did public relations and marketing work for companies and trade ******* ociations such as PhRMA and the National Retail Federation. In the final months of the business, Mascott brought on consultants with strong MAGA credentials, according to eight of the former employees and clients. Her leadership of the firm involved operational and strategic decisions: She required her signoff on marketing materials and suggested staff pitch the firm's services to health insurers after the loss of crucial clients like PhRMA.
The details of Mascott's involvement with the firm, which have not been previously reported, come amid a yearslong push by members of Congress and others in the legal community for stricter ethical requirements for judges. While judges are barred from engaging in business activities that could call their impartiality into question, they may maintain ownership of family businesses as long as they are not using the prestige of their judgeship to further the business or taking significant time away from their judicial duties.

#firm #months #employees

The North Carolina high school boys soccer season is less than one week from getting underway.
The Wilmington area is once again stacked with talent as several teams are coming off deep postseason runs.
Now you have a chance to voice your opinion and vote for your favorite Wilmington-area high school boys soccer player in the 2026 Preseason Boys Soccer Player of the Year Poll.
Voting in this poll is decided entirely by fans. Vote as many times as you like now through Aug. 13, at 11:59 p.m.
After voting, see full results of the live poll or refresh the page to submit another response.

#wilmington #voting #school

A husband and wife found dead inside their North Carolina home are believed to have died in a murder-suicide, investigators say.
Stephen Larnell Willetts and Tracey Parker Willetts were both found shot dead inside their Wilmington, North Carolina, home on Thursday.
The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office said, "Based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, detectives believe this to be a murder-suicide in which the wife fatally shot her husband before taking her own life."
Stephen and Tracey Willetts were found shot dead inside their Wilmington, North Carolina, home in what deputies are calling a murder-suicide.
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(NewsNation) — Puerto Rico police say they have identified a person of interest in the execution-style killing of an Ohio man who was fatally shot during a solo camping trip earlier this month, after he had texted friends about a mysterious "howler" outside his tent in the nights before his death.
Tyler Wilkin, 35, of Wilmington, Ohio, was found shot once in the head in the mangroves near Playa La Selva in Luquillo on July 10.
His body was discovered by a beachgoer during a morning walk just after 6 a.m., some distance from the campsite where his tent and belongings remained set up.
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Police Superintendent Joseph González told the newspaper El Nuevo Día on Thursday that investigators have identified a person of interest but declined to release further details, saying he did not want to interfere with the investigation.

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Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L, 1-8 vs. Syracuse Mets
SS George Lombard Jr. 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — no fretting about him not starting this time
C J.C. Escarra 1-4, 3 K, catchers' interference
CF Spencer Jones 0-4, 2 K
DH Marco Luciano 0-3, 1 BB, 3 K
RF Yanquiel Fernández 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB
2B Oswaldo Cabrera 2-4
3B Tyler Hardman 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
1B Ernesto Martinez Jr. 1-4, 2 K
LF Kenedy Corona 0-4, 3 K

Adam Kloffenstein 4 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 4 BB, 5 K, 1 HR (loss)
Chris Kean 1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 BB
Carson Coleman 0.2 IP, 3 R, 4 H
Danny Watson 1.1 IP, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Yerry De Los Santos 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K
Double-A Somerset Patriots: W, 5-4 at New Hampshire Fisher Cats
2B Connor McGinnis 2-4, 1 BB, 1 K
DH Jace Avina 2-5, 1 HR, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 R, 1 K
3B Coby Morales 3-5, 1 R, 1 SB
CF DJ Gladney 3-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB — go-ahead RBI single in the ninth
LF Jackson Castillo 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 SB
RF Cole Gabrielson 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 R, 1 SB
1B Josh Moylan 1-4, 1 RBI
C Manuel Palencia 1-4, 1 K, throwing error
SS Owen Cobb 0-4, 1 K, throwing error

Jack Cebert 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 BB, 7 K — 1.74 ERA in July after being north of five in May and June
Geoffrey Gilbert 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR
Kevin Stevens 1.2 IP, 0 R, 2 K
Michael Arias 0.2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 K (win)
Tony Rossi 0.2 IP, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (save)
High-A Hudson Valley Renegades: L, 1-9 at Wilmington Blue Rocks

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The Chemours Company (NYSE:CC) is one of the 8 Most Undervalued Growth Stocks to Buy for the Next 10 Years. According to a report released on July 6, BMO Capital ******* yst John McNulty reiterated a Buy rating on The Chemours Company (NYSE:CC) with a price target of $26. The firm's ******* igned price target is close to the median Wall Street ******* ysts' price target of $25, according to 11 ******* ysts covering the stock. Moreover, the stock is currently trading about 11% below the lowest Wall Street price target of $21.
In contrast to BMO Capital, Mizuho Securities cut its price target on The Chemours Company (NYSE:CC) from $30 to $25 while keeping its Outperform rating on July 1. The firm's downward-adjusted price target still presents a further 32% upside from current levels. Mizuho Securities updated its outlook for the chemical sector as part of its second-quarter earnings preview. The firm lowered price targets for most basic chemical companies.
According to Mizuho Securities, the recent decline in oil prices has reduced the expected cost advantage of natural gas for many basic chemical producers. At the same time, the firm believes that continued investment in advanced computing infrastructure will support demand for technology materials over the longer term.
The Chemours Company (NYSE:CC) is a global specialty chemicals company. The company operates in the ******* anium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials segments. It is based in Wilmington, Delaware, and serves customers worldwide.
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With the high school sports season behind us, it's time to look back.
This is the fifth poll in a series the Journal Star is rolling out this summer, asking readers to select various superlatives across the 2025-26 season — including top teams, coaches, plus male and female athletes.
It's time to name the Peoria-area high school Boys Coach of the Year. Head to pjstar.com/sports to vote. The poll closes at noon Thursday. Information about the nominees is below.
If you have a nominee for next week's Girls Coach of the Year honor, email us at sportspjstar.com or tag us on X pjstarsports. Last week, Morton two-sport star Claire Ceresa was named the fans' choice for 2026 Journal Star Girls Athlete of the Year.
The ***** ans (12-1) made program history in 2025 under Benedict. EP-G played in its first-ever state semifinal as a consolidation, but also had its first undefeated regular season, winning the Heart of Illinois Conference-Large Division at 5-0. Despite losing to eventual state champion Wilmington in the November semifinals, El Paso-Gridley averaged 36.8 points a game, scoring 35 points or more eight times. But the ***** ans' defense was extra special in giving up 11 points a game, while pitching four shutouts and 10 times allowing 15 points or less. Sophomore Cha'von Maxon (wide receiver) and junior Owen Adams (linebacker) were Journal Star All-Area selections.

With their fourth and final pick on day one of the 2026 MLB Draft, the Seattle Mariners opted for UNC-Wilmington third baseman Trevor Lucas.
Lucas possesses an excellent blend of hitting ability and defensive chops that made him an attractive candidate for an M’s farm system lacking in depth at the hot corner. Comped to Ben Williamson by Scott Hunter, Lucas is a plus defender in the field and could bounce around the diamond if need be, but his arm strength and lateral movement should lend themselves well to wherever he happens to be playing. The M’s are bullish on his abilities on the dirt and view him as an ***** et defensively.
Offensively, Lucas posts some eye popping underlying metrics. Making a ton of contact and producing some very solid exit velocities, Lucas complements his raw batting ability with a sound approach at the plate, limiting chase and drawing a healthy amount of walks. Lucas walked more than he struck out this season, a trait that typically tends to translate to the professional ranks pretty well.
The feel to hit for Lucas is evident; he frequently barrels the baseball, and the M’s think there’s even more power to unlock once he’s in a professional development setting. The foundation for a very enticing prospect is certainly there, but proving it against a higher level of competition will be the next step for the former Seahawk infielder.
Lucas has reportedly agreed to terms with the M’s, coming in at an underslot $450,000 figure. This puts the Mariners roughly $450,000 under their allotted bonus pool entering day two, a decent chunk of change that should afford them some flexibility.

As the final month of the high school sports offseason rolls on, summer is a reminder of how much the Wilmington area's sports scene is fueled by its fans.
From packed football stadiums on Friday nights to loud student sections inside gyms, the atmosphere wouldn't be the same without the energy, passion and creativity of local supporters.
Now it's your turn to decide which school has the area's best fan base. Which students bring the most energy? Who has the loudest student section, the most creative chants and the best game-day traditions? However you define a great fan experience, cast your vote below and help crown the area's top fan base.
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This article originally appeared on Wilmington StarNews: Which Wilmington-area high school has the best fans? Vote now

First-year Rainbow Wahine women's volleyball head coach Joshua Walker added a middle from New Zealand to his first recruiting class Tuesday in UNC Wilmington transfer Marnie Ursem.
The 6-foot-3 middle blocker will be a junior this season after playing the past two seasons at UNCW. If the NCAA finalizes its move to five seasons of eligibility, it would appear she would have three seasons of eligibility remaining.
Ursem played in 40 matches for the Seahawks and averaged 1.53 kills and 1.01 blocks per set. She started all 26 matches this past season and her average of 1.08 blocks per set ranked second in the Coastal Athletic ***** ociation. She led UNCW with 30 service aces.

Wilmington, Delaware-based Incyte Corporation (INCY) is a biopharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutics in the United States and internationally. The company has a market cap of $19.6 billion and offers JAKAFI for the treatment of myelofibrosis, ICLUSIG, a kinase inhibitor for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia, and other products.
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Instead of directing financial markets with its policy moves, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh wants the markets to inform the central bank.
"Financial market prices are probably the most important source of information to guide central bankers," Warsh said during a press conference on Wednesday. "But when all the financial markets are doing is reflecting back what we've said, then we're taking the most important source of information, and we're being blind to it."
Warsh said he wants the Fed to create a system where those blinders come off and the markets follow data they efficiently deem reliable.
"He wants to have financial markets help him see what they're thinking without biasing their opinion," said Wil Stith, senior bond portfolio manager at Wilmington Trust. "He wants markets to give [central bankers] a fresh read on risk, economic weakness potential, and inflation as opposed to all that feedback [being] biased by what the Fed has been telegraphing constantly."
That means stripping so-called forward guidance, a communication tool that signals the central bank's potential next move based on how the economy unfolds.

A stronger-than-expected — albeit stale — September jobs report is muddying the picture of whether a split Federal Reserve will cut or hold interest rates steady at its next policy meeting.
Experts and markets are divided.
“They will not cut rates,” Wilmer Stith, bond portfolio manager for Wilmington Trust, said Thursday.
While payroll growth was stronger, Stith noted that the unemployment rate on an unrounded basis was 4.44%, which could create concern for some members of the Fed who view a level of 4.5% as cautionary.
“Getting to that 4.5% unemployment would sort of raise their anxieties