Published August 05, 2011
OCEAN CITY- Before the big boys hit the seas for the 38th annual White Marlin Open next week, lady anglers throughout the resort area will have their moment in the sun this weekend with the arrival of the Ocean City Marlin Club’s 3rd Annual Heels and Reels Tournament.
The ladies-only tournament got underway last night with registration and a captain’s meeting, but the real action got started this morning with the first of two official fishing days. Captains and teams of anglers must...
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Published August 05, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The 3rd Annual Branch Kreppel Blue Marlin Tournament, named for a beloved local angler and commercial diver who passed away in 2008, was a big success last weekend with over $35,000 in prize money doled out to the winners in several categories.
Almost all of the proceeds for the event went to the late Branch Kreppel’s family with the exception of a new wrinkle in the format this year. The new entry level for dolphin, appropriately named Level JJ, was added for the late local...
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Published August 05, 2011
BERLIN- The Berlin Little League 9-10 All-Stars were clinging to life in the East Regional Invitational late yesterday after a topsy-turvy week during which it went 1-2 in pool play.
The Maryland District 8 champions arrived in Cranston, R.I. last weekend unbeaten through district play and the state tournament, but ran into a couple of teams with equally impressive credentials at the next level in a field full of state champions. In its first game of pool play in the Mid-Atlantic division,...
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Published August 05, 2011
BERLIN- Berlin native and Stephen Decatur graduate Troy Wainwright, who was a member of retired University of Maryland head basketball coach Gary Williams’ coaching staff for 15 years, has assumed a new role in his alma mater’s athletic department after being named executive director of the school’s “M Club” earlier this summer.
Wainwright, who graduated from Decatur in 1985, served as assistant director of athletics for men’s basketball at Maryland for 15...
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Published August 05, 2011
BERLIN- Former Stephen Decatur wrestling standout Danny Miller, now a rising junior at the Naval Academy, represented his country well at the FILA Jr. World Championships in Romania last weekend, finishing seventh overall in his weight class.
Miller, who won three straight state championships at Decatur, has compiled a 26-17 record in two years at Navy including a 19-11 record this year. Navy requires its varsity wrestlers to do a certain amount of off-season wrestling and Miller this year chose...
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