OCEAN VIEW, DEL. – The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was too celebrate the completion of a new outreach facility. The project started in 2019, but stalled because of unforeseen circumstances. The Executive Director of the group, Christophe Tulou, is excited about the next step. “This was a 6 year project, and we’ve been working hard throughout the process interrupted by the pandemic; what this represents is a huge community resource.”
The James Farm Ecological Preserve Education Campus serves as a hub for environmental education, community engagement, and research. The 150-acre campus has been managed by the Delaware Center for Inland Bays since 1998. Annually, thousands of classroom students and visitors take tours of the campus. Tulou said the upgraded campus will bring modern amenities.
“We are so delighted to be to this point today, because now we have a place where we can vastly enhance our educational opportunities for students of all ages at the James Farm.”
However, while the project took 6 years to get done, legislators are happy to get it over the line. State Senator of the 20th District, Gerald Hocker, played a pivotal role in getting the project finished. He appreciates the work people have put into the facilities.
“They put their heart and soul in it. The staff, and volunteers, are so remarkable, that has made this place a reality that it is today.”
Senator Hocker said education should be kept on the forefront.
“There is so much history taught here, not only about our bays, but so much about how Sussex County became about, and the importance of Sussex County to the state.”
The features on the campus include an environmental education building, amphitheater seating, integrated signage, red trail realignment, and more.
The address is 30048 Cedar Neck Road in Ocean View. Hours are from dawn to dusk.
Delaware Valley picked up five bonus point wins to take a 40-29 home dual win over High Point in Frenchtown.
Luke Cyphert started the dual at 215 with a pin over High Point’s Kaleb DeFalco. Julian Bednar (120), and Tristian Fawthrop (132) also won via pin.
Oliver Paul gave the Terriers (3-0) five points off a 21-6 tech over John McCarthy at 175, Michael Hasson took a 23-7 tech over Tyler Brarman at 144 and state qualifier Sebastian Dobak earned a 7-1 decision over Gerard Empirio at 150. Vincent Rainey outlasted Thomas Jaust at 113 for a 7-4 sudden victory win.
Trey Falkenstein picked up a forfeit at 138 to make it a four match sweep for Del Val between 132 and 150.
Luke Tompkins recorded a pin for the Wildcats (1-1) at 157 while Jack Kitchart picked up a pin at 190. Region 1 third place finisher Gavin Mericle took a 2-1 decision win over Luken Alberdi at 285, Logan Takach recorded a 7-3 decision over Tanner Donaruma at 126 and Jayden Ruplall earned five points at 165 with a 17-1 tech over Rylan Bush.
Primo Maschio won the $110,000 DSBF series championship for sophomore male pacers Thursday at Bally’s Dover
Photos by Quenton Egan Photography
DOVER — Following decisive wins in both preliminary legs, Primo Maschio dug deep to head off Lew Not Lou for a 1:52.3 triumph in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series championship for 3-year-old male pacers on Thursday, Dec. 18, at Bally’s Dover.
Primo Maschio and driver Trae Porter landed second-over on the first turn behind Shore Not Beach (driven by Pat Berry), who worked to clear early leader Lew Not Lou (Jason Thompson) for the lead at the end of a :27 first quarter. Left uncovered off the first turn, Primo Maschio drove on to assume control of the terms with a circuit to go, and the Badlands Hanover-Primadonna gelding rolled to the half in :55.
Up the backstretch and through the far turn, Primo Maschio faced sustained pressure from Lew Not Lou, who re-emerged from third to force a :28.2 third quarter and pose an even bigger threat off the home turn.
“I was a little worried,” said Porter of Lew Not Lou taking aim at Primo Maschio off the corner. “He got to my saddle pad, but as soon as we got to the top of the stretch, my colt dug in deeper. He’s such a nice horse.”
Primo Maschio kept Lew Not Lou a neck at bay while Shore Not Beach stayed on from the pocket to finish third, just a length shy of the top pair.
Walter Callahan trains Primo Maschio, now a 19-time winner with $414,618 in earnings from 27 career starts, for Forrest Bartlett. As the overwhelming 1-10 favorite, Primo Maschio paid $2.20 to win.
Tommy Denvir scored a game-high 30 points for Delaware Valley in its 61-51 win over Bernards in Alexandria.
Delaware Valley (2-0) led 40-27 at halftime against Bernards.
Lochlyn Marsh scored 12 points for Delaware Valley. Peter Dubljevic had eight points.
Ryan Frame and Richie Jobs each scored 16 points for Bernards (0-3). Ricky Giebel tallied 10 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals. Casey Hoeckele recorded 12 rebounds with four points and three blocks.
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