The Diamond State Athletic Conference is a high school sports conference organized in 2007, featuring charter and private schools in

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. 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: *

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) *

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 Wilmingto ...

(joined in 2017) *

Conrad Schools of Science Conrad Schools of Science is a public high school in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, United States and has a Wilmington postal address. It opened in 1935 as the Henry C. Conrad High School before closing in 1978 to become the middle ...

(joined in 2011) *

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 Of ...

(original member, 2007) *

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(joined in 2017) *

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, Delaware, Middletown, while the high school is in ...

(joined in 2017) *

Newark Charter School Newark Charter School (NCS) is a public charter school located in Newark, Delaware, that serves children from kindergarten to twelfth grade using the Core Knowledge curriculum. 3,005 students were enrolled in the school for the 2022–23 school y ...

(joined in 2015) * St. Elizabeth High School (joined in 2021) Seven of the eight schools in the conference are classified by

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as Division II schools (Wilmington Charter is classified as a Division I school). Former members of the conference include: *

St. Thomas More Academy (Delaware) St. Thomas More Academy was a private school, private Roman Catholic high school in Magnolia, Delaware. It was a parish run school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. Background In 1952 Holy Cross Parish opened Holy Cross Elementary Sc ...

Campus Community School Campus Community School is a tuition free, public charter school located at 350 Pear Street in Dover, Delaware Dover () is the capital and second-largest city of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County and the pri ...

Delmarva Christian High School Delmarva Christian High School is a private Christian high school located in Georgetown, Delaware, the geographic center, and county seat of Sussex County. Background In April 1999 a group of Sussex County educators, businesspeople, pastors, and ...

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 ...

Red Lion Christian Academy Red Lion Christian Academy (RLCA) is a private Christian Preschool– 12 school in Bear, Delaware, named for its location within the Red Lion Hundred. History A committee led by Dr. Charles F. Betters founded the school in 1980 as a Preschool– ...

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 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

{{reflist Delaware high school sports conferences