Holiday Basketball Camp Opens Next Week

Holiday Basketball Camp Opens Next Week

OCEAN CITY- With Independence Day right around the corner, the Fourth of July festivities won’t be the only fireworks going on at Northside Park in the resort next week as the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department’s All-Star basketball camp returns for another year.The camp, which will be held next week from Monday to Friday,… Read more »

Plenty of Action in Small Boat Tourney

OCEAN CITY- Several large fish, caught both inshore and offshore, highlighted the Ocean City Marlin Club’s 27th Annual Small Boat tournament in the waters in and around the resort area.The Marlin Club’s annual Small Boat Tournament provides an opportunity for smaller boats to compete in a tournament before the bigger events such as the Ocean… Read more »

OC Bowler Win State Titles

OC Bowler Win State Titles

OCEAN CITY- Eight-year-old Ocean City native Jacob Shockley returned recently from the 43rd Annual United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Youth Tournament with two Maryland state titles.Shockley, who has grown up learning to bowl at Ocean Lanes in Ocean City, captured first place in the bantam boys’ singles handicap division with a winning score of 640,… Read more »

Eastern Shore Mens’ Open Tennis Championship

Daniel Barnas, of La Plata, took time off from his Senior Week activities to win the 2007 Eastern Shore Mens’ Open Tennis Championship last weekend at the Ocean City Tennis Center, defeating David Ray, of Mississippi, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the finals. Pictured above, the expressions on the players’ faces easily identify who won and… Read more »

Big Opening Night at Ocean Downs

Big Opening Night at Ocean Downs

BERLIN- Ocean Downs opened its 59th season of live racing last Saturday with a big crowd and a big performance by one of the historic track’s most prolific drivers.Just over 3,100 harness racing fans filled the grandstand at Ocean Downs last Saturday for the first night of the summer live meet and they were treated… Read more »

Live Racing Set to Return to Ocean Downs

Live Racing Set to Return to Ocean Downs

BERLIN- Live racing returns to Ocean Downs tomorrow night for the 58th year with the first two days of what will be a 40-day 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…. Read more »

Big Sharks Highlight 11th Mako Mania Tourney

OCEAN CITY- The 11th Annual Mako Mania shark tournament at Bahia Marina last weekend provided no shortage of excitement with a 468-pound thresher among the very first fish weighed at the scale on Thursday, Day One of the event, and several large makos brought in throughout the weekend.Mako Mania is typically the first real offshore… Read more »

Richmond Team to Host Lax Camps

BERLIN- Local girls’ lacrosse enthusiasts and those looking to get introduced to the game will have a great opportunity next week when the University of Richmond women’s team hosts a series of camps at Worcester Prep in Berlin.The University of Richmond womens’ lacrosse team this year won their third straight Atlantic 10 Conference tournament championship,… Read more »

27th Annual Ocean City Shark Tournament

OCEAN CITY- The 27th Annual Ocean City Shark Tournament got underway yesterday with the first of four official fishing days, and with the action heating up offshore in the last few weeks, it could be a memorable one. Hundreds of offshore anglers chugged out to the canyons off the coast of the resort yesterday morning… Read more »