About The Author: Shawn Soper

Shawn Soper has been with The Dispatch since 2000. He began as a staff writer covering various local government beats and general stories. His current positions include managing editor and sports editor. Growing up in Baltimore before moving to Ocean City full time three decades ago, Soper graduated from Loch Raven High School in 1981 and from Towson University in 1985 with degrees in mass communications with a journalism concentration and history.

State Record Set For Tripletail

State Record Set For Tripletail

OCEAN CITY — Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials this week confirmed a Wicomico County angler last weekend set a new state record with an 11-pound tripletail caught off the coast of Ocean City, the first ever for the species in the books.Angler Don Whittington of Bivalve was fishing near the Baltimore Canyon off… Read more »

Marlin Club Doles Out Seasonal Awards

OCEAN CITY- With another successful summer in the books, the Ocean City Marlin Club last week handed out its seasonal awards to the winners in several categories.During the 2019 summer season, Ocean City Marlin Club members released a combined 1,638 white marlin, along with 197 blue marlin releases, 18 swordfish releases, 12 sailfish releases and… Read more »

Seahawks Clip Bennett, Earn Top Seed

BERLIN- It was good news all around this week for Decatur’s boys’ varsity soccer team, which beat Bennett, 2-1, in overtime last Thursday and learned they are the top seed in the state 2A-South sectional when the brackets were released on Monday.The Seahawks dominated all season for the most part, their only loss coming to… Read more »

Decatur Girls Wrap Regular Season With Win

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity soccer team closed out the regular season with a resounding 9-0 win at home last Thursday.It was an up-and-down regular season for the Seahawks, who lost more games than they won, but they had more than a few bright spots along the way. One of those bright spots came last… Read more »

Seahawks Drubbed By Wicomico, 57-7

Seahawks Drubbed By Wicomico, 57-7

BERLIN- The afterglow of the Stephen Decatur varsity football team’s resounding win over Bennett two weeks ago burned out quickly last week with a 57-7 loss to Wicomico on the road.The Seahawks beat Bennett, 38-10, on October 11 as every facet of their game came together on at least one shining night. Decatur had just… Read more »

Worcester Golfers Strong In ESIAC

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s varsity golf team wrapped up a highly successful 2019 season this week with a solid second-place finish in the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) championship tournament.All season long, the Mallards battled ESIAC rivals and won more than their fair share of tournaments, finishing with an 18-5 record. The ESIAC tournament championship… Read more »