Salesianum looked right at home in its first game in Delaware's first lighted, ... “It’s really neat to see the whole community get to use all of the facilities here at Sallies,” Kardish said.

When Paul Worrilow accepted his first high school coaching job on first-year head coach Gene Delle Donne's staff at Salesianum, he didn't watch a single snap of 2022 Sallies football.

Bonner-Prendie quarterback Kenjai Gatling is taken down by Salesianum’s LJ Smith (9) during the Sallies’ 36-0 blowout of Bonner. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group) ...

That has cast Salesianum as somewhat of a villain in the recent spate of debate and discussion involving First State high school sports. Sallies also won eight state titles in 2022-23.

Salesianum named just its fourth head football coach since 1976 on Thursday, ... Gene Delle Donne was named Sallies' new head coach on Thursday.

Salesianum's Connor Riley (right) moves for the net against Wilmington Friends' Philip Crock in Salesianum's 13-3 win in a DIAA state tournament semifinal Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at Abessinio Stadium.

Salesianum looked right at home in its first game in Delaware's first lighted, ... “It’s really neat to see the whole community get to use all of the facilities here at Sallies,” Kardish said.

Salesianum looked right at home in its first game in Delaware's first lighted, ... “It’s really neat to see the whole community get to use all of the facilities here at Sallies,” Kardish said.

Salesianum looked right at home in its first game in Delaware's first lighted, ... “It’s really neat to see the whole community get to use all of the facilities here at Sallies,” Kardish said.

Salesianum looked right at home in its first game in Delaware's first lighted, ... “It’s really neat to see the whole community get to use all of the facilities here at Sallies,” Kardish said.

Salesianum looked right at home in its first game in Delaware's first lighted, ... “It’s really neat to see the whole community get to use all of the facilities here at Sallies,” Kardish said.