They don’t call them celebrations anymore.

Delaware’s high school athletes have shortened that word to “celly.”

It’s what you do to pump up your team, recognize a teammate for a big play or maybe throw off an opponent.

We recently asked players to share some of their best cellies at Delaware Online High School Baseball and Softball Media Day at Frawley Stadium, and they had some good ones.

“A big celly I like to do is I like to do a little motion to my parents in the outfield when they’re watching,” said Madison Evans of Archmere softball. “In the dugout, I like to be as loud as possible for every teammate I can, no matter who’s up to bat.”

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Milford softball lets the dogs out.

“We all just bark,” the Buccaneers’ Madison Webb said. “… A loud dog. A very loud and annoying dog.”

With the Masters right around the corner, Dover catcher Ryan Perkins often borrows a motion from one of his other favorite sports to celebrate.

“I’m a big golf guy, so I hit a little pitching wedge into the green,” he said.

Then there is the Cape Henlopen softball team, which does something appropriate for a school located a mile from the Atlantic Ocean.

“We do like a little scuba thing if we hit a double,” Alivia Longo said. “We also like to eat candy in the dugout sometimes, so we’ll just say, ‘Hey, where’s the candy at?”

We also took a lot of photos at media day – hundreds and hundreds of photos of players and coaches from 54 teams around the state. Take a look through the first batch – these are focused on softball – and come back to Delaware Online over the next few days as we release more.

Delaware Orthopaedic Specialists served as the presenting sponsor of the event.

ShopRite provided a free lunch for all in attendance, and Birdie’s Links and Drinks also sponsored the media day.

Special thanks to Andrew Layman of the Riverfront Development Corporation, who allows Delaware’s top high school players to enjoy the state’s only professional baseball stadium.

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