OCEAN CITY- Hundreds of athletes from all over the country descended on the resort area last week for the 2011 Ocean City June Fitness Challenge, a weekend-long series of events that started with a 5-Mile Boardwalk Run on Saturday and concluded with the Assateague Assault Sprint Triathlon on Sunday.Produced and organized be OC Tri-Running Sports,… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- The Greene Turtle Lacrosse Club this week hosted the first of a summer-long series of drop-ins for area high school and college players each Wednesday evening at Northside Park that will continue through mid-August.The girls’ lacrosse drop-in is open to all girls’ players entering 10th grade this fall through college. The drop-in will… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- Dozens of the top AAU basketball programs in the region along with a couple of teams from Denmark are descending on the resort this weekend for the 31st Annual Ocean City Basketball Classic that got underway this morning.Since 1980, Berlin native and former Stephen Decatur High basketball star Lynn Smack has hosted the… Read more »

BERLIN- Live racing returned to Ocean Downs, the historic racetrack turned casino on Route 589 in Berlin, last weekend after essentially the first missed season in six decades last year while the Maryland’s second slots venue was being constructed.Maryland’s only active harness racing track opened its 40-day 2011 season this year after missing last summer… Read more »

The Beach Lacrosse under-13 girls’ team last week won the championship in their division at the prestigious Lax Splash Tournament in Baltimore, which features some of the top youth lacrosse programs in the region. Pictured above, showing off their trophies, in the back row, from left: Abby King, Makensie Froman, Sara Mitrecic, Gabrielle Wilkins, Hattie… Read more »

Shockers Win State TournamentBERLIN- The Mid-Atlantic Shockers under-14 baseball team last weekend won their division at the USSSA Maryland State AA Championships in Salisbury.The under-14 Red Shockers, made up of young players from the Ocean City-Berlin area and all over the Lower Shore, won the title in their respective division in the USSSA Maryland AA… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- The K-Coast Surf Team made a strong showing at a Northeast District National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) contest in New Jersey last weekend with the local surfers finishing in the finals in each event they entered.The K-Coast Surf Team rocked the competition at Seaside Heights, N.J. last weekend with every team member finishing… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- The resort area last weekend became ground zero for youth lacrosse with scores of teams and hundreds of players from the top youth programs in the country descending on Ocean City and Berlin for the annual Beach Lax Splash Tournaments.Hosted by the Beach Lacrosse program, in conjunction with Warrior and the Ocean City… Read more »

OCEAN CITY- The 31st Annual Ocean City Shark Tournament got underway this week, and with the action off the coast hitting a fever pitch, there should be no shortage of excitement at the docks this weekend.Hundreds of offshore anglers will chug out to the canyons off the coast next week in search of sharks of… Read more »

BERLIN- The Berlin Dolphins youth football league teams will be holding a free football camp and registration for the upcoming season next Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Buckingham Elementary School.The Dolphins, who compete in the Salvation Army “Red Shield” League, are coming off one of their most successful seasons as… Read more »