Published March 02, 2012
BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys varsity basketball team closed out its season last week with a 56-51 loss to Holly Grove in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) tournament championship game.
The Mallards fell to Holly Grove in the title game after beating Salisbury Christian, 47-43, in the ESIAC semifinals. The loss wrapped up a remarkably consistent season for the Mallards, who finished with an 11-8 record. Worcester started the season alternating between wins and...
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Published March 02, 2012
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team closed out its 2011-2012 campaign with a 61-47 loss to Mount Hebron in the first round of the state Class 3A-East region tournament, but the loss did little to tarnish what was another successful season for the Seahawks.
Decatur entered the Class 3A-East region tournament as the number-five seed and fell to Mount Hebron (12) in the first round last Friday, 61-47. Just as she had for much of the season, Abby Schorr led the...
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Published March 02, 2012
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity wrestling team turned in a strong performance at the state 4A-3A-East region tournament last weekend, finishing sixth overall as a team among the 25 schools represented and sending four to the state championship meet this weekend.
As a team, the Seahawks finished with 70 total points, good enough for sixth place overall in the 4A-3A-East region. River Hill was first with 155, Meade was second with 84.50 and Arundel was third with 80. Decatur also had all...
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Published March 02, 2012
OCEAN CITY- A two-day special fundraising event has been planned for this weekend to benefit a Berlin resident, surfer, lacrosse coach and builder battling a rare degenerative disease for over two years.
In 2009, Steve Falck, a local surfer and girls’ lacrosse coach, among many other attributes, was stricken with Multiple Systems Atrophy, a rare and progressive neurodegenerative disease with no know treatment or cure. Among other things, Falck is a carpenter and craftsman who owned and...
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Published March 02, 2012
BERLIN- It was win one, lose one this week for Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team, which beat Northeast in the first round of the state Class 3A-East region tournament last Friday before falling to Atholton on the road on Tuesday.
The Seahawks entered the 3A-East region tournament as the number 12 seed, but upset fifth-seeded Northeast on the road, 65-54, on the road last Friday. Back in action across the bridge on Tuesday, the Seahawks fell in the second round to host...
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Published March 02, 2012
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity swimming team culminated a strong 2011-2012 season with a great performance at the state 3A-2A-1A championships last weekend with solid team performances and numerous swimmers placing in their individual events.
The Decatur boys finished sixth overall out of the top 26 schools in the state championship meet with 160 team points. In the 200 medley relay, the Decatur boys team including Jeff Middleton, Jake Blazer, Shayne Custodio and Jeff Middleton finished...
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Published March 02, 2012
The La Ha Lax Chili Peppers under-13 team last week celebrated another successful indoor season with a dinner at the new La Hacienda in Ocean Pines and presented sponsor and owner Bill Herbst with a framed, autographed jersey.
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Published March 02, 2012
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s 24th Annual St. Patrick’s Soccer Tournament got underway last week with the first of four weekends for the annual event at Northside Park.
From modest beginnings 24 years ago, the tournament has grown by leaps and bounds and is now one of the largest events of its kind. The 2012 is hosting over 150 teams from all over the mid-Atlantic region competing in 12 divisions over four weekends. Last weekend, the boys’ and...
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