OCEAN CITY- After nearly a week of dreary weather and less than stellar fishing action, the 2007 Mid-Atlantic $500,000 tournament, hosted jointly by Cape May, N.J. and Ocean City, finished with a flourish with a whopping 92-pound white marlin weighed at Sunset Marina taking the event’s top prize on the last day.The tournament began last… Read more »
Category: Sports
Each week the highlights of the local scholastic sports scene will be featured here along with any and all other major athletic events taking place in the Greater Ocean City area.
New Seasons, New Coaches for Decatur Soccer Programs
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur’s men’s and women’s varsity soccer teams have new head coaches at the helm with new seasons ready to open up next week, but the familiar faces have the programs headed in the right direction.Gone are longtime men’s and women’s varsity soccer coaches Steve Berquist and Amy Fenzel-Mergott, who both resigned their positions… Read more »
14th OC Lax Classic One For Books
OCEAN CITY- The 14th Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic, held in the resort area over four days last weekend, was one of the best ever with 63 total teams competing including some of the best lacrosse players in the country.The event has grown by leaps and bounds since inception in 1993 when just a handful… Read more »
Greene Turtle Takes OC Soccer Title
OCEAN CITY- The Greene Turtle captured the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s adult summer soccer league title earlier this month, routing regular season champion Rommel’s Ace Hardware in the championship game.The Turtle, which finished the regular season in second place with a 7-2-2 record, took care of business in the title game against Rommel’s,… Read more »
Rough Seas, Dreary Weather Conspire Against MA 500 Early
OCEAN CITY- Rough seas and cloudy, dreary weather conspired to keep the action at the Mid-Atlantic $500,000, a big regional tournament based in both Cape May, N.J. and Ocean City, fairly calm for the first three days of the event, but with the conditions expected to take a turn for the better yesterday and today,… Read more »
Mid-Atlantic $500,000
Scenes like this one on the docks at Sunset Marina in West Ocean City were common during the first three days of the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 with a handful of near-misses in the white marlin category brought to the scales. With the weather expected to take a turn for the better today, the action in the… Read more »
“Tuna Bite” Team Takes Top Honors in 14th Poor Girl’s Open
Shawn J. SoperSports EditorOCEAN CITY- The threat of less than perfect weather and unpredictable seas kept the number of boats participating in the 14th Annual Captain Steve Harman Poor Girls Open down somewhat last weekend, but the event was another huge success with over $62,000 in prize money doled out and over $38,000 raised for… Read more »
Poor Girls Open Underway in Resort
OCEAN CITY – The 14th Annual Captain Steve Harman Poor Girls’ Open is right around the corner. Beginning on Thursday, Aug. 16 at Bahia Marina, over 100 boats with up to 500 lady anglers will compete for bragging rights with all of the proceeds from the tournament going to the American Cancer Society for breast… Read more »
MA500 to Have Strong OC Presence
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 16th year,… Read more »
Rommel’s Takes OC Soccer Title
OCEAN CITY- Rommel’s Ace Hardware captured the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s adult summer soccer league title last week, routing the Greene Turtle, 8-0, in the championship game.Rommel’s, which won the regular season championship with a 9-2 record, took care of business against the Turtle in the title game, scoring two goals in the… Read more »