Jon Buzby

Media Relations Director, Special Olympics Delaware and Freelance Writer at Freelance

Voice of Wilmington Univ. Wildcats Men's/Women's Basketball || Co-Host THE Delaware H.S. Football POD || Award-Winning Columnist: SPORTS BUZZ/Newark Post

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SPORTS BUZZ: Hodgson's Brysheem Davis shines in Blue-Gold All-Star Game

1 day ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

Hodgson’s Brysheem Davis said it was always a dream of his to play a football game on Tubby Raymond Field. So he was elated when he got the call telling him he had been selected to play in the 69th annual DFRC Blue-Gold All-Star Game, held June 20 at Delaware Stadium. However, that dream almost didn’t come true.
SPORTS BUZZ: ‘Human connection’ keeps cheerleading coach involved in Blue-Gold All-Star Game

1 week ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

The 69th annual Blue-Gold All-Star Football Game is Friday at Delaware Stadium, where several local players will compete in their last high school football game. What started out as just a football game for a good cause has evolved into more of an event that includes band members, school ambassadors and cheerleaders.
SPORTS BUZZ: Delaware high school athlete of the year did it ‘his way’

2 weeks ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

The Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association created a new award this year to honor the top senior male and female high school athletes. It was a way to honor interscholastic student-athletes whose resumes have come up short of the organization’s “Athlete of the Year” award criteria in recent years due to an overwhelming presence of Delawareans playing in college and at the professional level.
SPORTS BUZZ: Wilmington University baseball, softball advance in tournaments

1 month ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

Last weekend was a big one on the local college diamonds as Wilmington University’s softball team advanced to the Super Regionals, and its baseball team made it to the East Regionals. The softball team won a winner-take-all game on Sunday afternoon in the NCAA East Region 2 Tournament at crosstown rival Goldey-Beacom College. It was a scoreless game through seven innings before a walk-off RBI single by Sydney Hatch in the bottom of the eighth clinched it for the Wildcats. kAm“(92E 2?
SPORTS BUZZ: Inaugural boxing club at UD gaining popularity among students

1 month ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

The sport of boxing is commonly thought of as a fight between two people who both have a goal to knock the other one out. It can be gruesome and ugly, and in some cases, bloody. So why does the first-ever boxing club at the University of Delaware appeal to so many? “It doesn’t have to be violent,” club president Sebastian Zellmer shared. “Every fighter has a different view of the sport.”kAm%92E :D E96 7@F?52E:@? @? H9:49 E96 4=F3 H2D 4C62E65 EH@ J62CD 28@ 2?5 9@H :E 92D 366?
SPORTS BUZZ: Christiana volleyball benefiting from athleticism and experience

1 month ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

The Christiana High School’s boys volleyball team won two games its first year as a club program, 11 during its first varsity season in 2023, and seven last year. Now, the Vikings enter the homestretch of the 2025 season with just four losses, with two of those coming to the top two teams in the state — Salesianum and Appoquinimink. The loss to Appo included a third-set rally when the Vikings led much of the way and managed to score 21 points against the Jaguars.
SPORTS BUZZ: Local teams learn future division status

2 months ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association board of directors approved the non-football sports divisions for the upcoming 2025-2027 seasons at its April meeting. Christiana (1,132 enrollment) and Hodgson Vo-Tech (1,104) are the only local schools that will compete in Division I. They are ranked 17th and 18th, respectively, in total enrollment of the 19 Division I schools.
SPORTS BUZZ: Dale Smith is the new basketball coach at ASPIRA Academy

2 months ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

ASPIRA Academy just completed its second year playing basketball at the varsity level. Next year when the Wolves take the court on the first day of practice for their third season, it will be with a new coach. Dale Smith takes over the program from Donte Murphy, who led the Wolves to records of 7-13 and 2-16 in his two seasons at the helm. kAm“r@249 $>:E9 :>AC6DD65 FD 7C@> E96 DE2CE @7 E96 9:C:?8 AC@46DD H:E9 9:D AC@24E:G6 2AAC@249 E@ AC@G:5:?8 2 56E2:=65 A=2?
SPORTS BUZZ: Freeman Williams to be enshrined in Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame

2 months ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

Player. Coach. Administrator. Fan. Freeman Williams has done it all in the sport of basketball over a lifetime that started when he first played the sport as a youngster to now, at the age of 72, watching his grandson play NCAA basketball. kAm(:==:2>D :D A6C92AD 36DE <?@H? 96C6 :? E96 }6H2C< 2C62 2D 2? 25>:?:DEC2E@C H9@ H@C<65 7@C EH@ 564256D :? E96 r9C:DE:?2 $49@@= s:DEC:4E[ :?4=F5:?8 7@FC 2D DFA6C:?E6?56?E] qFE :E :D 9:D =6824J @?
SPORTS BUZZ: Newark High’s Annil McIntosh signs Division 1 letter of intent

2 months ago | newarkpostonline.com | Jon Buzby

Annil McIntosh moved from Jamaica to Newark in 2019 and soon after enrolled at Newark High School where, despite having no prior formal training, she has became one of the most prolific track stars in recent Yellowjacket history. Moving to the U.S. was a big adjustment at the time for the middle-schooler, but little did she know it would be one that was just setting her up for an even bigger move.