REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. - After Thursday night's brawl, varsity basketball players from both Cape and Sussex Tech volunteered together at Faith United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall on Saturday.
Robert Fulton, superintendent for Cape Henlopen School district, and Stephen Guthrie, superintendent for Sussex Technical School District issued a joint statement saying:
“Cape Henlopen and Sussex Tech have been working together to address the unfortunate incident at Thursday’s varsity basketball game. What happened does not represent the shared values of either school district, and we are taking these matters very seriously. Our student-athletes are competitors on the court, but also friends and neighbors in our Sussex County community."
The statement says the players packed and distributed soup to families in Sussex County.
The statement concludes with, “Today, students from both teams took a strong first step forward in mending those friendships and recalling the spirit of sportsmanship that drives all our athletic pursuits ... This united effort working to help serve our neighbors is a reminder that there are things more important than a game, and that actions have real impact. Whether we wear gold and blue or black and silver, we are all Sussex.”
