Published January 01, 2010
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's girls' varsity basketball team dropped a tough one this week in the opening round of the annual John Coleman Christmas Tournament, falling to Snow Hill, 44-35, on Tuesday.
The annual holiday tournament, named for long-time Worcester County Public Schools Administrator John Coleman, has become one of the highlights of the high school basketball tournament schedule on the Eastern Shore over the years. This year's tournament marked a return to tradition with the three...
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Published January 01, 2010
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's varsity swim teams swept Indian River in the last meet before the holiday break last week with the girls beating the Indians 132-32 and the boys holding up their end with a 94-53 win.
With the win over Indian River, the Seahawk girls remained unbeaten on the season heading into the holidays. Taylor Blazer won two events including the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter backstroke, while Brianna Carroll also won two events including the 200-meter individual medley and...
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Published January 01, 2010
BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's varsity wrestling team remained unbeaten last week in dual meet action, going on the road to defeat a tough Patuxent team in southern Maryland, 56-11, to go 4-0 in the early part of the season.
Coach Kevin Gilligan has scheduled some tough matches out of the area to better gage how his team will perform against some of the better programs in the state and Patuxent provided an early season test. The Seahawks passed with flying colors, winning 12 of 14 individual matches...
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Published January 01, 2010
BERLIN- With 2009 becoming 2010 this 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. It was another record-breaking year on the local fishing scene with six new state records caught in various species including a whooping 1000-pound-plus blue marlin during the White...
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