BERLIN- Live racing returns to Ocean Downs for the 61st year tomorrow night for the first night of what will be a 40-night live meet at the historic harness racing track near Berlin.The 40-day summer live meet at Ocean Downs will feature 10 races nightly with the first post-time each night at 7:35 p.m. The… Read more »
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OC Shark Tournament Returns Next Week
OCEAN CITY- The 29th Annual Ocean City Shark Tournament gets underway next week, and with the action off the coast of the resort suddenly heating up, there should be no shortage of action at the docks. Hundreds of offshore anglers will chug out to the canyons off the coast next week in search of sharks… Read more »
Seahawks Sweep Post-Season Awards
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s varsity baseball practically swept the Bayside South post-season honors when the awards were announced this week with a co-Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Coach of the Year.Seahawk senior centerfielder Paul Stortini was named co-Player of the year along with Parkside High’s Seth Illian. Stortini was a force all… Read more »
Winners From OC Men’s Open Tennis Tourney
Players from all over the mid-Atlantic region participated last week in the 2009 Ocean City Men’s Open Tennis Tournament with matches all weekend at the Ocean City Tennis Center on 61st Street. Dexter McBride (above, right) won the men’s open division, with Jeremy Loomis (above, left) the runner-up. Virginia’s Thomas Quesenbery won the men’s 50… Read more »
Lax Club Among Top in the Country
OCEAN CITY- In only three years the Greene Turtle Girls Lacrosse Club has established its place among the top girls lacrosse club programs in the country. Nineteen out of 21 players from this year’s graduating 2009 team are going on to play lacrosse in college. The college recruitment process for women’s lacrosse has changed dramatically… Read more »
13th Mako Mania Underway
OCEAN CITY- The 13th Annual Mako Mania shark tournament got underway this morning with dozens of boats and teams of anglers competing in the first significant offshore tournament in the summer-long series of events in Ocean City.With warm water starting to show up in the canyons off the coast of the resort, the early offshore… Read more »
Beach Lax Fest Invades Resort
OCEAN CITY- Roughly 100 youth girls’ youth lacrosse teams from all over the country have descended on Ocean City this weekend for the 2009 Beach Lax Festival, which got underway this morning with first round games.Hosted by the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department in conjunction with the local Beach Lacrosse Club, the annual festival… Read more »
Decatur’s Fledgling Fishing Club Making Strides
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur High School’s fledgling fishing club is up and running with roughly 30 members participating in competitions, taking classes and expanding on their love of the sport this summer. Delaware angler Fabian Rodriguez of The Bass Federation approached a group of Decatur faculty members earlier this year about forming a club at the… Read more »
Surfriders Celebrate 10 Years
OCEAN CITY- The 9th Annual Longboard Team Challenge on Saturday on the beach at the Castle in the Sand on 37th Street will be the centerpiece of a host of event all weekend at different venues around the resort celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Ocean City chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.The Ocean City Surfrider… Read more »
New Skate Camp Director Named
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department this week announced a new director for its annual Ocean Bowl Skate Camps has been named to lead the popular summer events.The recreation and parks department this week announced Gary Smith has been named to lead its skateboarding camps at the skate park on 4th Street… Read more »