Published August 19, 2011
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 19th year, the Mid-Atlantic $500,000 continues to be one of the top sport fishing events in the region with over $2 million in prize money expected to be doled out again...
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Published August 19, 2011
OCEAN CITY- As of late yesterday afternoon, the talk around the 2011 White Marlin Open was as much about what had not happened yet as what had happened so far.
As of Thursday afternoon, a single qualifying white marlin sat atop the leaderboard in the glamour division, a whopping 86.5-pounder caught by angler Brian Kline of Laytonsville, Md. aboard the local boat “Tighten Up” out of the Ocean City Fishing Center on Tuesday. After a 2010 tournament when the white marlin leaderboard was...
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Published August 19, 2011
Angler Paul Coen and the happy crew on the “Wee Wun IV” weighed this 88.5-pound white marlin on the last day of the White Marlin Open to take first place in the division. The “Wee Wun IV” was weighting at the marina when the scale at Harbour Island opened for business last Friday.
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Published August 19, 2011
Angler John Schindler and the crew aboard the “Restless Lady” out of Ocean City weighed the one and only qualifying blue marlin during the White Marlin Open last week, this 699.5-pounder that was worth $379,677. The “Restless Lady” crew brought the big blue in on Thursday of White Marlin Open week.
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Published August 19, 2011
OCEAN CITY- Despite a relatively slow start, the 38th Annual White Marlin Open in Ocean City last week lived up to the hype in the end with a first-place white marlin waiting at the scale when it opened for business on the last day and a massive blue marlin, the one and only weighed during the tournament, hauled in on the second-to-last day.
The first phase of the tournament will likely be remembered more for what didn’t happen than what did happen, but by mid-week, most of the categories...
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Published August 19, 2011
The talented crew at the Seaside Dance Academy has been tearing up the national circuit this summer with several individual and team honors. For example, Kendal Snyder of Berlin recently finished 8th out of 110 dancers at Nationals in the solo competition, and turned in a Top 5 performance in the duet competition, pictured above.
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Published August 19, 2011
The Delmarva Elite Lacrosse Sharks, an under-15 team made up of local players from the Ocean City, Berlin and Salisbury areas, late last month went undefeated to win the prestigious Hershey Laxfest Championship in Pennsylvania. Led by goalie Sam Ash and the defense, the team allowed only 10 goals in five games during the tournament. The Sharks also placed 5th in the annual Dick’s Sporting Goods Atlantic Cup earlier this summer.
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Published August 19, 2011
OCEAN CITY- Before the big boys hit the seas for this week’s White Marlin Open, lady anglers throughout the resort area enjoyed a big weekend with the Ocean City Marlin Club’s 3rd Annual Heels and Reels Tournament with winners in several categories.
The ladies-only tournament got underway last Friday with the first of two official fishing days. The crew on the “Reel Joy” made the biggest splash during the tournament, winning the Billfish Release Division and placing in...
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Published August 19, 2011
OCEAN CITY- With the drama of the high-dollar, high-profile White Marlin Open dispensed with last week, the resort area’s lady anglers get their turn in the spotlight this weekend with the return of the Poor Girl’s Open, which got underway yesterday with the first day of fishing.
Now in its 18th year, the Poor Girls Open, which typically falls on the weekend after the White Marlin Open, was founded in 1994 by the late Captain Steve Harman and his wife Pam to a provide a ladies-only...
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Published August 19, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The fastest game on two feet takes center stage in and around Ocean City this weekend when some of the top men’s and women’s lacrosse teams in the country descend on the resort for the 18th Annual Ocean City Lacrosse Classic.
The annual tournament got underway yesterday with opening round games in the Masters and Grand Masters divisions at the Northern Worcester Athletic Complex in Berlin. Northside Park in Ocean City continues to be tournament headquarters and most of...
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Published August 19, 2011
BERLIN- After four tough games in as many days, the Berlin Little League 9-10 All-Stars finally ran out of gas, and pitching, last Friday, falling to Massapequa of New York, 22-0, in the Mid-Atlantic championship in Rhode Island.
Berlin’s magical run started with a District 8 championship back on July 13 and continued a week later with a first-ever state championship. The victory in the state championship game propelled Berlin to the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament in Cranston, R.I.,...
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