BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s football “Tough Guy” award is returning to the sports pages of the Dispatch this fall as the Seahawks head to Somerset County tonight for the season opener against Washington High.Most of the accolades in football at any level are reserved for the glamour guys, the golden-armed quarterbacks and fleet running backs who… Read more »
Category: Sports
Parkside Takes Season’s First Golf Match
BERLIN- The area high school golf season officially got underway this week with a Bayside South match on Tuesday at the Newport Bay course at the Ocean City Golf Club.Eight teams from the Bayside South conference along with Worcester Prep competed in the first official match of the year on Tuesday. Parkside High took top… Read more »
Storm Cuts Short Mid-Atlantic $500K
OCEAN CITY- The arrival of Hurricane Irene late last week put a sudden end to the 19th Annual Mid-Atlantic $500,000, but not before a local boat, the “Lady Luck V,” hung an 82-pound white marlin to take first place in the tournament’s glamour division and a check for $380,700.For several years now, the MA500 has… Read more »
Fall Sports Underway
Fish Plentiful for 18th Poor Girl’s
OCEAN CITY- The 18th Annual Captain Steve Harmon Poor Girls Open fishing tournament last weekend was once again a huge success with a record number of boats and lady anglers participating, dozens of billfish released and more than a few dolphin and tuna weighed at the host Bahia Marina, and most importantly, thousands of dollars… Read more »
Decatur, Worcester Renew Golf Rivalry
BERLIN- The Stephen Decatur and Worcester Prep varsity golf teams will renew their friendly neighborhood rivalry with the second annual “Battle of Berlin Challenge Cup” with the first round of matches set for today at the Ocean City Golf Club.The two local schools competed for the first “Battle of Berlin Challenge Cup” two years ago… Read more »
Field House Fundraiser Next Week
BERLIN- With an eye on helping the new Stephen Decatur High School athletic field house across the goal line, a reunion of sorts open to decades of the school’s graduates has been planned for next Saturday, September 3, in Ocean City to raise funds for the facility.A brainchild of Decatur alum Dwoin Carter, the fundraiser… Read more »
53rd Labor Day Marlin Tourney on Tap
OCEAN CITY- While it may lack the glamour and high payouts of the White Marlin Open, the Ocean City Marlin Club’s 53rd Annual Labor Day White Marlin Tournament, which gets underway next weekend, trumps all others in terms of history and prestige.Called the “granddaddy” of the resort area fishing tournaments, the annual Labor Day White… Read more »
Mid-Atlantic $500K Off to Fast Start
OCEAN CITY- Despite a low pressure system offshore that kept almost all of the 117 boats entered at the docks in Ocean City and Cape May on Monday, the 19th Annual Mid-Atlantic $500,000 rallied on Tuesday with big fish weighed in nearly every category.Now in its 19th year, the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 continued to be one… Read more »
Mid-Atlantic 500 Returns Next Week
OCEAN CITY- The resort area’s collective hangover from last week’s White Marlin Open has just about worn off in time for the next big event on the summer sportfishing calendar- the Mid-Atlantic $500,000, a Cape May, N.J.-based tournament that will again have a strong presence in Ocean City again this year.Now in its 19th year,… Read more »