{"id":13980,"date":"2026-05-30T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/?p=13980"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:05:55","slug":"2026-diaa-softball-state-champions-crowned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/2026\/05\/30\/2026-diaa-softball-state-champions-crowned\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 DIAA Softball State Champions Crowned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Dover, DE &#8211; May 29, 2026 &#8211;\u00a0 <\/strong>The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) announces the 2026 DIAA Softball State Champion: the No. 1 seed <strong>Caravel Academy Buccaneers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In a competitive championship matchup held at the University of Delaware\u2019s Delaware Diamond, Caravel Academy secured the state title with a 5-0 victory over the No. 3 seed Sussex Central High School Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p>DIAA commends both teams for their impressive journeys to the championship.\u00a0We extend our deepest appreciation to the DIAA Softball Committee for their leadership and commitment throughout the season. A special thanks goes to the University of Delaware and their staff for providing a top-tier venue for this year\u2019s state semifinals and finals.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"markiq0oogd1q uM2yb\" data-markjs=\"true\">Congratulations<\/span>\u00a0to all student-athletes, coaches, and schools who participated in the 2025 DIAA Softball State Tournament. Your hard work, sportsmanship, and dedication helped make this season one to remember.<\/p>\n<p>Rewatch all the action from the DIAA Championships on the NFHS Network at <a title=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/8nzwvf\/s7zp4pce\/87itxq\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/8nzwvf\/s7zp4pce\/87itxq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">www.nfhsnetwork.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-13979\" src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"674\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27810%27%20height%3D%27674%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20810%20674%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27810%27%20height%3D%27674%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026-200x166.png 200w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026-400x333.png 400w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026-600x499.png 600w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026-768x639.png 768w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026-800x666.png 800w, https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/SOFTBALLCHAMPIONS2026.png 810w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dover, DE &#8211; May 29, 2026 &#8211;\u00a0 The Delaware Interscholastic [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":13979,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-page","category-home-page-slider","category-news"],"acf":[],"checksum":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}