April 1, 2011

Parkside Edges Seahawk Girls, 14-13

BERLIN- Something had to give when Decatur’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team hosted Bayside South rival Parkside on a dreary Wednesday afternoon this week, and it was the Rams that fired the last salvo in a dramatic 14-13 win. Decatur jumped out to an early 2-0 lead before Parkside and its offensive catalyst Brie Custis got cranked up. Custis scored two goals to tie the game and start a five-goal run for the Rams to take a 5-2 lead. Decatur’s own offensive catalyst Leigh Anne...READ MORE

Mallards Fall to Sabres in Double OT

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s girls’ varsity lacrosse team lost a heartbreaker to rival Saints Peter and Paul at home on Tuesday, falling to the Sabres, 12-11, in overtime after giving up a tying goal with seven seconds left at the end of regulation. The two teams exchanged goals throughout the first half before the Mallards gained a little separation early in the second half. Worcester scored two goals within a minute of each other to take a 5-2 lead with just over 24 minutes left in the...READ MORE

Berlin Dolphins Mini-Camp Set

BERLIN- The Berlin Dolphins youth football program, fresh off one of its most successful seasons ever, is hosting a free football camp and registration for the 2011 season tomorrow, Saturday, April 2 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Players ages 6-13 are invited to register for the 2011 season and participate in the football camp, which will include offensive and defensive position instruction, agility and speed drills and player evaluation. Players will be evaluated for the Cadet and Junior teams and...READ MORE

Berlin Police Chief Concerned Over Officer Shortage

BERLIN -- Police Chief Arnold Downing warned the Mayor and Council Monday that the number of active Berlin Police Department (BPD) officers could drop into the single digits. “We don’t want it to get to that point,” said Downing. The chief added that because of the disparity in pay and benefits between Berlin and surrounding areas, this was an issue the town might have to worry about for a long time. According to Downing, one officer has recently resigned, another has submitted...READ MORE

Ground Broken On New Salisbury Zoo Clinic

SALISBURY -- Government and Salisbury Zoological Park officials joined together to break ground on a new Animal Health Building Monday. “The construction of this project is very important to the future of the Salisbury Zoological Park,” said Zoo Director Joel Hamilton Once completed, the facility will provide more space and means with which to keep zoo animals healthy. Among the sections of the new building, there will be a room for surgery, necropsy, multiple holding areas and...READ MORE

Berlin Starts Project ‘Wish List’ For Slots Revenue

BERLIN -- The Mayor and Council began drafting a “wish list” Monday for all the projects they hope slot revenue will be able to finance in the future. “There’s quite a bit of latitude with what can be done with video lottery money,” said Mayor Gee Williams. Topping the list is the often discussed new police station on the east side of Route 113. Property for the station was purchased last summer. The six-and-a-half-acre parcel is located at the corner of Bay Street...READ MORE

Boardwalk Street Performer Regs Tightened

OCEAN CITY – Street performer guidelines became even stricter this week, as the ordinance outlining their regulations to perform on the Boardwalk moved toward first reading. A couple of weeks ago, City Clerk Kathy Mathias and Police Chief Bernadette DiPino presented the Mayor and City Council with proposed regulations on street performers on the Boardwalk. Due to congestion and noise complaints, Mathias and DiPino requested the council consider 18 specific locations for the street...READ MORE

OC Council Approves Firm’s 2011 Marketing Plan

OCEAN CITY – Following some debate and recommendations from the Tourism Advisory Board (TAB) the town’s advertising firm MGH received approval to run with their marketing plan for 2011. On Tuesday, MGH President Andy Malis explained this year’s concept is to reinforce the key message, “In 2011, Ocean City equals an even greater vacation value.” Malis explained there is a huge opportunity to reach existing visitors, encourage repeat visits and bring on newcomers...READ MORE

Snow Hill’s Blues Jam Returns With All Star Lineup

SNOW HILL – Snow Hill’s Art and Entertainment District’s 4th Annual Blues Jam will be held on Friday, April 15 from 7-11 p.m. Headline entertainment this year includes Daryl Davis and the Snow Hill Blues Jam All Stars, which includes vocalist Margo Resto and instrumentalists Angel Resto, Mike Armstrong and Burley Strand. According to Ann Coates of Snow Hill’s Art and Entertainment District, the event usually holds three headliners but this year they minimized it to two so...READ MORE

Berlin Axes Utility Commission

BERLIN -- Fourteen years after first becoming a town entity, the Berlin Utility Commission (BUC) was disbanded Monday with little in the way of protest. The elimination comes at a unique time, with the town finalizing negotiations for a new energy supplier this week. At a public hearing held by the Mayor and Council, only Erik Quisgard, the head of the BUC, spoke up in defense of the organization. “I disagree with the disbanding,” he said. The commission’s primary role for the...READ MORE

Berlin Says New Power Contract Will Reduce Utility Bills

BERLIN -- Berlin officials are hoping a new power contract will reduce resident energy bills by about 12 percent this summer. That decrease will be shown in the Price Cost Adjustment (PCA) section of resident electric bills and will be phased in over a three month period beginning in August. “PCA charges represent just over one-third of the cost per kilowatt hour for residential customers, so the savings provided through the new contract will have a measurable impact for Berlin electric...READ MORE

Dew Tour Leads Council To Approve Skate Park Repairs

OCEAN CITY – The world’s oldest skate park will soon undergo some repairs, thanks largely to last week’s announcement that the Dew Tour is coming to town. Recreation and Parks Director Tom Shuster said that the Ocean Bowl Skate Park is the oldest continuously operated skate park in the United States. “It is also one of the assets that we have that makes us a tourist destination community,” Shuster said on Tuesday. According to Assistant Director of Recreation and...READ MORE

Summer Flounder Regs Loosened

OCEAN CITY -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Fisheries Service this week announced the 2011 recreational summer flounder regulations including a minimum keeper size one inch smaller than last year. The DNR Fisheries Service on Tuesday announced the 2011 summer flounder regulations, which include a three fish per angler creel limit, an 18-inch minimum keeper size, which is an inch shorter than last year, and a season that will run from April 15 to Nov. 30. After several years...READ MORE

Tuesday’s Election Will Bring New Faces To Council

SALISBURY -- Regardless of the outcome, Salisbury’s City Council will get a dramatic makeover next Tuesday when as many as three new faces could join the town’s five-member elected body. Six candidates will vie for three open seats during Salisbury’s City Council Election on Tuesday. Salisbury’s city government includes a mayor and five council members. The council terms are staggered to provide continuity and prevent a complete turnover in a single year, similar to the...READ MORE

City Council Votes Down Proposed Taxi Fare Increase

OCEAN CITY – After much discussion from various cab companies in Ocean City, the City Council decided this week to not increase fares, which some had suggested was needed. Last year there was an increase in cab’s maximum initial fare of $3.20, maximum mileage charge of $2.20 per mile (22 cents every 10th of a mile), and the maximum wait time of 33 cents per minute was established as Ocean City’s code on taxicab rates. Larry Bode, owner of Casino Express Taxi, spoke to the...READ MORE

SEED School Reaching Out To Eastern Shore Students

OCEAN CITY – The SEED School of Maryland is reaching out to the Eastern Shore to provide students with a supportive structural academic environment. The school is located in Baltimore and is a five-day-a-week boarding school. It was opened through the SEED Foundation, which opens and supports college-preparatory, public boarding schools that provide a 24-hour-a-day nurturing environment designed specifically for children who would benefit from SEED’s comprehensive model and the...READ MORE

City Targets Dirty Properties

SALISBURY -- The Mayor and City Council discussed at this week’s meeting proposed ordinances to clean up the streets and properties of rubbish and nuisance trees and plants throughout the city. The first ordinance discussed defined rubbish as “trash from normal household living conditions…tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matters, glass, abandoned or inoperable machinery, unregistered marine equipment, including boats and towing trailers (in which the...READ MORE

Fatal Hotel Fall Ruled Accidental

OCEAN CITY -- A local man’s fatal fall from a sixth-floor room at a north-end hotel in Ocean City early last Wednesday morning was officially ruled an accident this week by the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office. Shortly after 4 a.m. last Wednesday, a local man, later identified as Gregory Sean Pierce, 46, of Berlin, fell to his death from the sixth-floor room at the Fenwick Inn on 138th Street under what appeared to be at the time suspicious circumstances. The victim’s body was...READ MORE

Safety Standards Questioned After Last Week’s Incident

OCEAN CITY -- Last week’s tragic accident involving a local man falling through a sixth-floor hotel window to his death below highlighted the need for a close examination of the resort’s testing and inspection process for the countless similar hotel and condominium windows throughout Ocean City, and it appears there are safeguards in place. Last Wednesday, a local man fell through a window on the sixth floor of the Fenwick Inn in an incident ruled accidental this week by the Maryland...READ MORE

Salisbury Council News In Brief

SALISBURY – During this week’s Mayor and City Council meeting, several agenda points including bids, ordinances and resolutions were approved. Bids Awarded To Purchase Police Department Equipment The council approved the police department’s request for property room evidence lockers at the expense of $14,306 and equipment to support two automated license plate recognition systems at the expense of $17,148. According to Major David Meienschein, the police department’s...READ MORE

Man Facing 20 Years In Jail For Child Porn Possession

OCEAN CITY -- A West Ocean City man indicted in February on federal child pornography possession charges pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court and now faces as many as 20 years in prison. Lawrence King III, 41, was arrested last October and charged with 13 counts of possession of child pornography when members of the Maryland State Police Computer Crimes Unit served a warrant on his Golf Course Rd. home after receiving information from authorities in Anne Arundel County. King is a...READ MORE

New Employee Pension Policy Approved

OCEAN CITY – Last week, the City Council decided on new city employee retiree health benefits and a couple weeks before that new starting pay was approved. This week, the council checked off the list new employee pension plans as well. Mary Jo Gary of Mercer returned to the Mayor and City Council this week with a continuance of the presentation on alternative pension plans for new city employees. Gary returned with answers to the council’s previous requests. One request was to...READ MORE

OC Police Horse Roy Retires

OCEAN CITY -- After 14 years of dedicated service, one of the Ocean City Police Department’s most decorated and beloved mounted patrol horses, Sundancer Royal, better known as “Roy,” is retiring, OCPD officials announced this week. Roy came to the OCPD in 1997 at the young age of just four, but has become a fixture with the department’s mounted unit for the last 14 years. During Roy’s service with the OCPD, he has been involved in hundreds of arrests and several...READ MORE

Berlin Seeks End To Hotel Conflict

BERLIN -- Within the next few weeks, Berlin’s Historic District Commission (HDC) will have to decide if a months’ old case is worth pursuing, especially since pursuit will likely mean the town will end up in court with one of its biggest businesses. At Monday’s Mayor and Council meeting, Town Attorney Dave Gaskill weighed in on a controversial decision Mayor Gee Williams made regarding the HDC last November. At the time, Williams chose to instruct the town’s code...READ MORE

Plea Agreement Means Life Without Parole For Leggs

SALISBURY -- Accused murderer Thomas Leggs, charged with kidnapping, raping and killing an 11-year-old girl in Salisbury in 2009, will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a plea agreement was reached last week, removing the option for the death penalty while ensuring consecutive sentences of life without the possibility of parole. Leggs, 31, of Salisbury, was indicted in January 2010 on first-degree murder, kidnapping, a first-degree sex offense and other charges for the death of Sarah...READ MORE

Partners Start Skimmer Island Restoration Work

OCEAN CITY -- In what could turn out to be a test case of sorts, the dredging of the navigation channel at the entrance to a West Ocean City marina began this week with the sand deposited on nearby Skimmer Island, just north of the Route 50 bridge, in an effort to restore critical nesting habitat for a handful of threatened bird species. The Maryland Coastal Bays Program, in conjunction with multiple public and private entities including Worcester County, the Army Corps of Engineers, the...READ MORE

Community Embraces Family Displaced By Fire

OCEAN CITY -- In typical fashion, the generous resort community circled the wagons and rallied in an outpouring of support for a family displaced by a fire at their home early last Monday with a pair of highly successful fundraising events this week. Around 5:30 a.m. on March 21, a fire was reported at a single-family home in West Ocean City. The residence was occupied at the time by local residents Damon and Kim Deppe, along with their four children, all of whom were able to escape unharmed....READ MORE

Dew Tour Is Worth Getting Excited About

Dew Tour Is Worth Getting Excited About Ocean City is gaga over the Dew Tour, and that’s exactly how it should be. The buzz alone created by this event over the last week has given Ocean City just what it needs this time of year -- a reason to get out in front of eyeballs that are surely having some spring fever. The Dew Tour, which began in 2005, is an action sports tour, featuring extreme events in a variety of mediums and in a unique setting. The Ocean City stop, July 21-24, will...READ MORE

Wind Energy Bill Short On Details

Editor: The Administration’s wind generation legislation, the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act, is a case study in the doctrine of government economic planning. Eager to appear on the leading edge of developing alternative energy, the measure was crafted with no regard to the American economic system of free markets. It is not only the philosophical argument that concerns Maryland Business for Responsive Government: the legislation does not address key business details and raises...READ MORE

Between The Lines

There were a lot of reactions to the plea arrangement announced Tuesday with Thomas Leggs, who plead guilty to kidnapping and murdering 11-year-old Sarah Foxwell days before Christmas in 2009 in exchange for having the death penalty removed from the equation. It may be an unpopular opinion, but I was relieved that was the ultimate outcome to this horrifying case. I have no interest in hearing the grisly details of what that monster did to that little girl. It’s already known he took her...READ MORE

Bank Announces New Manager

BERLIN -- Edward M. Thomas, President and CEO of The Bank of Delmarva, recently announced that Karen M. Turner joined the bank as assistant vice president and branch manager for its north Ocean City location. 
Originally from Salisbury, she was a graduate of Parkside High School in 1999 and also a graduate of the Purdue School of Business in 2003 from Salisbury University. 
Turner comes from a financial background with experience in investments and insurance. She lives in Ocean City...READ MORE

What's Your Sign?

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Regarding your upcoming challenges, the Aries Lamb should very quickly size things up and allow you to make the best possible use of whatever resources you have on hand. Good luck. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20): You rarely blame others for missteps that worked against you. But this time you need to lay out all the facts and insist that everyone acknowledge his or her share of the mistakes. Then start again. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20): You might want to start making...READ MORE

Things I Like

Independent minds When my kids sleep late Being outside Non-corporate businesses Panini sandwiches When the last of the Girls Scouts cookies are gone Melting snow Watching my dogs work on their bones March Madness brackets The unique feel of a Friday Grilled scallops ...READ MORE

Open Houses This Week

WEST OCEAN CITY Bay Point Plantation Rt589/Gum Point Rd Daily 10-5 Waterfront Estate Lots in 142 Acre Preserve Kevin Decker The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 443-235-6552 OCEAN CITY Sunset Island Sat & Sun 10-4 3-5 Bedroom Condos, Townhomes, Single Family Homes C.Jett/T.Riley Vantage Resort Realty 410-723-1730 OCEAN CITY Makai Condominiums 42nd St. Bayside Daily 10-4 New Construction 2BR & Studio Condos Ben Dawson The Fritschle Group/ Condominium Realty 410-603-2205 WEST OCEAN...READ MORE

Market Indicators To Watch

OCEAN CITY -- Analysts need to be particularly selective about the indicators they rely on. Rather than trying to digest each and every piece of daily market data available to them, they de-emphasize the numbers they consider less important and increase the attention they pay to select statistics — the ones they trust to give them a clearer, more accurate picture of the economic outlook. It’s an approach that can serve individual investors as well. Joseph Zidle, head of...READ MORE

OCES Enjoying Library Books

Ocean City Elementary School third graders Alan Cabello-Vargas, Jessie Albino and William Melgar-Mejia prepare to take tests in Mrs. Janet Baunhofer's classroom after carefully reading their library books. Submitted Photos ...READ MORE

"Oystering On The Bay" At BIS

At Berlin Intermediate School, the BIS and Beyond Afterschool Academy, "Oystering on the Bay", helps teach students about the oystering industry, its benefits to the community and the aspects of oystering that are in danger.  Tammy Kreppel, a science teacher at BIS, brought in raw oysters for the students to examine and open. Pictured are Carina George, Khalin Wise and Emma Hancock. ...READ MORE

The Tale Of Snow White At WPS

Worcester Prep’s seventh and eighth grade students presented The Tale of Snow White by Barbara Lennon to students in the lower school, parents and friends. The unique adaptation of the familiar fairy tale included a cast and crew of over 50 students directed by teachers Geneva Sampson and Susan Godwin. Above, in the traditional “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall” scene, are, from left, Elena LaPlante as Snow White with the poison apple; Devin Hammond as the hip-hop spouting mirror;...READ MORE

Showell First Graders Make Piglet Cupcakes

Showell Elementary first graders Evan Ritz, Abby Yeager and Kylie Cosman made piglet cupcakes after reading “If You Give a Pig a Pancake.”  ...READ MORE

St. Patrick's Day At OCES

Frank O'Nanna serenaded students in the Early Childhood pod at Ocean City Elementary on St. Patrick's Day. He played the banjo and guitar and sang Irish tunes including an original about Leprechauns jumping on a bed. Pictured are Andrew Cummings, Ava Hinkle, Frank Nanna, Logan Intrieri, and Brittany Chase. ...READ MORE

DAR Essay Winner At WPS

Two Worcester Preparatory School students were honored by the Maryland State Society DAR for their winning essays at an Awards Luncheon in Hunt Valley, Md.  Colton Edmunds won the American History Essay Contest for Grade 5 and received a $200 award for his “Memoirs of Paul Revere.” Halie Murray-Davis, Grade 11, won the Christopher Columbus Essay Contest and received a $500 award. Pictured, from left, are Pat Arata, Regent, Edmunds, Murray-Davis, and Lenore Huffer, American...READ MORE

BIS Student Art On Display At The Globe

Berlin Intermediate School Art teacher Natalee Palmer and student Logan Figgs pose in front of Figgs's nature artwork at The Globe on 2nd Friday in Berlin. Berlin Intermediate School student artwork was on display for the month of March, in celebration of National Youth Art Month.  ...READ MORE

Optimists Announce Essay Winners

The Ocean City/Berlin Optimist Club announced its essay contest winners at a recent club dinner meeting. The topic was "How my education is the key to a successful future". The club winner was Halie Murray-Davis from Worcester Preparatory School. Skylar Mariani from Stephen Decatur won second place and Samantha Caresta of Stephen Decatur was third. Above, from left, are Optimist Club Vice President Ralph Green; Mariani; Contest Chair Bob Russell; and Caresta. Submitted...READ MORE

DWC Makes Generous Donation

Democratic Women's Club President, Diana Gross, left, is shown presenting a check to Diane McGraw, grants director of the Friends of the Worcester County Commission for Women. As part of its community service activities, the club annually donates $400 to sponsor a classroom for the McGuffey Bookworm Project. ...READ MORE

Another Gift For SDHS Field House

A gift of $2,500 has been made by Jay and Mary Lynn Knerr, owners of The Kite Loft in Ocean City, to the capital campaign for the construction of a new athletic field house at Stephen Decatur High School’s Seahawk Stadium. Accepting the Kite Loft donation is Decatur Principal Lou Taylor. The fund raising campaign is a project of the SDHS Alumni Association. For more information and online giving opportunities to the campaign visit www.sdhsalumni.com. ...READ MORE

"Leader Dogs For The Blind"

The Ocean City-Berlin Leo Club recently made a $500 donation to the “Leader Dogs for the Blind” program at the annual leader dog dinner in Sharptown. Above, Leo Club President Liz Davidson presents Lions 22-B District Governor Bill Bickness a check on behalf of the club. ...READ MORE

Retired Nurses Of Ocean Pines Make Scholarship Donation

The Retired Nurses of Ocean Pines recently presented a check for $1,000 to Michael Franklin, president and CEO of Atlantic General Hospital, benefiting the James G. and Nancy Barrett Nursing Scholarship Program. The Retired Nurses of Ocean Pines have contributed a total of $3,000 to the nursing scholarship program since 2008. ...READ MORE

Where To Eat Around Town

West Ocean City- Berlin Ocean Pines-Fruitland Breakfast Cafe Of Ocean City 12736 Ocean Gateway, West Ocean City 410-213-1804 Open seven days a week between Sun-sations & Starbucks, across from Outback, come join us at the “Breakfast Cafe” (formerly Rambler Coffee Shop) we are a family-friendly restaurant that’s been family owned for 30 years passed from mother to son in 2001. We believe that fair pricing, putting out quality food as fresh as we can make it and a nice...READ MORE

Who's Playing Where And When

Buxy’s Salty Dog 410-289-0973 28th St. & Coastal Hwy. Friday, April 1: TBA Saturday, April 2: Back 2 Reality Charlie’s Bayside Restaurant 302-539-3526 Rte. 1 & Maryland Ave., Fenwick Island   Friday, April 1: Chris Button & Joe Mama, 9 p.m. Saturday, April 2: Ginger, 9 p.m. Clarion Hotel 410-524-3535 10100 Coastal Hwy.   Ocean Club: Friday, April 1 & Saturday, April 2: Power Play De Lazy lizard 410-289-1122 1st Street In De Bay   Friday, April 1 &...READ MORE

We Remember Those We Have Lost

Dr. Jami R. Grant BALTIMORE -- On March 23, 2011, Dr. Jami R. Grant, Director of the Forensic Science Program at the University of Baltimore, passed away. She was the devoted mother of Nadia Onnen and Julian Onnen; loving grandmother of Ava Grace; beloved daughter of Jack D. Long and the late Darlene W. Long; dear sister of Kelly Cummins; also survived by her loving companion Mel Laney; and a host of other dear family and friends. A funeral service was held at Trinity Assembly of God, 2122 W....READ MORE

Things To Do Around Town

April 1: Holy Savior/KC Bingo Doors open 5 p.m.; games begin, 6:30 p.m.; 9901 Coastal Hwy., O.C. Refreshments will be on sale. For more information, 410-524-7994. April 1: St. Mary Star of the Sea/Holy Savior Parish Dinner 5-7 p.m., Parish Hall, 1705 Philadel-phia Ave., O.C. Dinner will be a fish fry and will include homemade desserts and refreshments. Cost: $10, adults; $5, children. April 1: Family Movie Night 6 p.m., Eden United Methodist Church, Willards. Lite dinner and refreshments will be...READ MORE

Body Identified

SALISBURY -- Salisbury Police this week released the name of an individual found deceased in a parking garage stairwell on Monday. Around 7:48 a.m. on Monday, Salisbury Police responded to a parking garage on South Division Street for a report of an unattended death. A passerby located the deceased individual in a stairwell in the garage and reported it to city officials. Salisbury Emergency Medical Services responded and located the individual, later identified as Theodore Thatcher Belfit, 31,...READ MORE

Adventures In Fatherhood

Venturing into my kids’ rooms late at night is a great way to end a day. Usually by the time their bedtime rolls around (8 p.m. in our house, no negotiations), all the signs have presented themselves that they are ready to crash. A little crankiness and wide mood swings usually are present with Beckett (who turns 3 in a month) and Carson (16 months) typically just rubs on his eyes or whines a little to let us know when he’s had enough. Consequently, it’s a good thing for the...READ MORE

Tournament to Honor Late Coach

SNOW HILL- The late Allen Miller, long-time Snow Hill High School teacher and coach who passed away unexpectedly last fall, will be honored with a first-ever memorial golf tournament in his name next month. In his honor, family and friends have organized the 1st Annual Allen Miller Memorial Golf Tournament, set for Monday, April 25, at the Ocean City Golf Club in South Point. The event begins with registration at 11:30 a.m., followed by a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Following the action on the course...READ MORE

Kirbys Volleyball

The Kirby’s Red Onion team, pictured above, last week won the 2011 Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s Co-Rec Volleyball League championship. Kirby’s Red Onion defeated the Greene Turtle in the tournament finals to claim the title. Submitted photo ...READ MORE

WPS Bruder

Worcester Prep’s Alex Bruder works the ball behind the goal during the second half of the Mallards’ game at home against Saints Peter and Paul on Tuesday. The Sabres came from behind to beat the Mallards, 12-11, in overtime. Photo by Shawn Soper ...READ MORE

Seahawks Self Destruct in Late Innings

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball team let one slip away this week, falling to Colonel Richardson, 14-9, after self-destructing in the late innings. The Seahawks got off to a good start offensively, scoring in each of the first three innings to build a 5-4 lead. Decatur got one run in the first and two more in both the second and third innings to take the lead. In the top of the fourth, Colonel Richardson tied the game at 5-5 with a single run on a fielder’s choice with two...READ MORE

Seahawks Pass Big Early Season Test

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s young but talented boys’ varsity lacrosse team passed a big early season test this week, beating Bayside South rival Parkside, 12-6, on the road on Wednesday. The Seahawks got a little younger, but a little deeper across the board this season as they prepare for an arduous trek through a difficult conference schedule. In the season opener, Decatur exorcised one old demon with a 10-9 win over Bayside North powerhouse Easton and blew by another Bayside North...READ MORE