BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s boys’ varsity basketball team got back in the win column this week, beating visiting Washington High, 63-50, on Tuesday to improve to 3-6 on the season.It was the second win of the year over Washington for the Seahawks, who edged the Jaguars, 60-59, in their first meeting two weeks ago during the… Read more »

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team lost a tough one to visiting Arcadia last week in the John H. Coleman Christmas Tournament it hosted.The Seahawks fell to Arcadia, 42-39, last Thursday, becoming the only Worcester County school to lose to a Virginia school on the tournament’s opening night. In other action, Pocomoke beat Northampton,… Read more »

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s men’s varsity basketball team ended a six-game losing streak to start the season in impressive fashion last week, sweeping its two games at the Crisfield Holiday Tournament to break into the win column for the first time in the 2007-2008 campaign.The Seahawks were 0-6 entering the Crisfield tourney last weekend, its closest… Read more »

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s men’s and women’s basketball teams return to action tonight after a long holiday layoff with a pair of games against Greenwood Mennonite on the road.Each Mallard basketball team enjoyed a successful first half of the season with the boys jumping out to an 8-2 record and the girls finishing with a very… Read more »

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s men’s varsity wrestling team made a strong showing at the Arundel Holiday Tournament last weekend, finishing in fourth place as a team and collecting a handful of individual titles along the way.The Seahawks came in fourth as team out of a field of some of the top high school wrestling programs in… Read more »

Dozens of young soccer enthusiasts participated in the Winterfest soccer camp at Northside Park last week. Pictured above, camp director Kevin Darcy goes over some drills with a handful of camp participants.

BERLIN- With the NFL playoffs set to begin this weekend, it’s not too early to make plans to participate in the Super Bowl Scramble at Eagle’s Landing in West Ocean City on Super Bowl Sunday, February 3.The creative tournament features a traditional four-player scramble format with a coach (the team’s A player), a quarterback, a… Read more »

BERLIN- With 2007 becoming 2008 next week, it’s a good time to look back and reflect on some of the top sports stories of the year on the local front.As usual, the outstanding accomplishments of the local scholar-athletes dominated the sports pages of The Dispatch week in and week out, both as teams and individuals…. Read more »

BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s girls’ varsity basketball team will play host to the annual John Coleman Christmas Tournament next week featuring county rival Pocomoke and three of the top schools from Virginia’s Eastern Shore.The annual holiday tournament, named for long-time Worcester County Public Schools Administrator John Coleman, has become one of the highlights of the holiday… Read more »

BERLIN- Worcester Prep’s boys’ varsity basketball team used a couple of big runs to beat Salisbury Christian, 52-35, on Monday to improve to 8-2 on the season including a perfect 2-0 mark in the ESIAC conference.The Mallards got balanced scoring from up and down the roster and hunkered down on defense nearly every time the… Read more »