The Diamond State Athletic Conference is a high school sports conference organized in 2007, featuring charter and private schools in
New Castle County, Delaware. The teams participate in a variety of sports including football, boys and girls soccer, track and field, cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls indoor track, boys and girls outdoor track, wrestling, boys and girls lacrosse, baseball, softball, cheerleading, boys and girls swimming, and field hockey. Conference titles (and an automatic berth to state tournaments) are awarded based on the best record at the end of the regular season or in championship competitions between the schools.
Membership and History
Members as of the 2022-2023 school year include:
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Archmere Academy
Archmere Academy is a private Roman Catholic college preparatory school located in Claymont, Delaware, United States. 514 students were enrolled for the 202021 academic year. The academy is co-educational and is run independently within the Roman ...
(original member, 2007)
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Charter School of Wilmington
The Charter School of Wilmington (CSW) is a college preparatory charter high school in Wilmington, Delaware. It is Delaware's first independently operated public school whose curriculum emphasizes math and science. It shares the former Wilmingt ...
(joined in 2017)
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Conrad Schools of Science (joined in 2011)
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Delaware Military Academy
The Delaware Military Academy (DMA) is a publicly-funded charter high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware and has a Wilmington postal address. The Academy was founded in 2003 by Charles Baldwin, a retired Master Chief Petty Offi ...
(original member, 2007)
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First State Military Academy (joined in 2017)
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MOT Charter School
MOT Charter School is a charter school in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. It was established in 2002 and operates on two campuses. The K-8 Academy is in the city limits of Middletown, while the high school is in an unincorporated are ...
(joined in 2017)
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Newark Charter School (joined in 2015)
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St. Elizabeth High School (joined in 2021)
Seven of the eight schools in the conference are classified by
DIAA as Division II schools (Wilmington Charter is classified as a Division I school).
Former members of the conference include:
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St. Thomas More Academy (Delaware)
St. Thomas More Academy was a private Roman Catholic high school in Magnolia, Delaware. It was a parish run school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
The Diocese of Wilmington ( la, Dioecesis Wilmingtoniensis) is a Latin Church eccle ...
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Campus Community School
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Delmarva Christian High School
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Wilmington Christian School
Wilmington Christian School (WCS) is a private, non-denominational college preparatory Christian school. Founded in 1946 in the city of Wilmington, Delaware, it has since consolidated its elementary and secondary schools to a campus in the suburba ...
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Red Lion Christian Academy
A similarly named conference that consisted of large schools from Kent and Sussex County existed until the 1969-70 school year when the
Henlopen Conference
The Henlopen Conference is a high school sports conference comprising public schools in Kent County and Sussex County in lower Delaware. The teams participate in a variety of sports including football, boys and girls soccer, track and field, c ...
was formed. Members until 1969 were: Smyrna, Dover, Caesar Rodney, Milford, Seaford, Lewes, Georgetown and Middletown; Middletown being the lone member from New Castle County.
State championships
Total number of State Champions by members of the conference in the Fall, Winter and Spring
sports seasons. Years listed may predate membership in the conference.
* Archmere Academy (30)
** Fall (19) - Football 2A (2021, 1982, 1980, 1979), Boys Soccer DII (2019), Girls Volleyball (2014, 1987, 1986), Boys XC DII (2008, 2007, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1997, 1995, 1994, 1991), Girls XC DII (2003, 1992)
** Spring (11) - Softball (1990), Boys Tennis (2002, 1993, 1992, 1982, 1981), Girls Tennis (2009, 2007, 1993, 1986, 1985)
*St. Elizabeth High School (10)
** Fall (3) - Football 2A (2010, 1996, 1994)
** Winter (7) - Boys Basketball (2018), Girls Basketball (2021, 2013, 2007, 1985, 1982, 1979)
* Charter School of Wilmington (17)
** Fall (7) - Girls Volleyball (2019), Boys XC DI (2019, 2015), Girls XC DI (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009)
** Winter (9) - Boys Swimming and Diving (2016), Girls Swimming and Diving (2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008)
** Spring (1) - Girls Soccer DI (2005)
*Delaware Military Academy (4)
** Fall (2) - Girls Volleyball (2016, 2015)
** Spring (2) - Baseball (2021), Girls Soccer DII (2018)
*Newark Charter School (4)
** Fall (2) - Unified Flag Football (2017, 2016)
** Winter (2) - Girls Swimming and Diving (2019, 2018)
*Conrad Schools of Science (1)
** Winter (1) - Girls Basketball (2018)
*First State Military Academy (0)
*MOT Charter School (0)
References
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Delaware high school sports conferences