Published June 10, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The resort area will become ground zero for youth lacrosse this weekend with hundreds of the top boys’ and girls’ youth programs from all over the country descending on Ocean City and northern Worcester County for the annual Beach Lax Splash tournaments.
Hosted by the Beach Lacrosse program, in conjunction with Warrior and the Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department, the event is essentially two tournaments going on simultaneously. Beach Lacrosse’s girls’...
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Published June 10, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The Ocean City Recreation and Parks Department this week announced the 2011 Ocean City Baseball Camp will feature instructors from Ripken Baseball.
Since 2001, Cal Ripken, Jr. and his brother Bill Ripken have led Ripken Baseball in its mission to grow the game of baseball worldwide. This summer, Ripken Baseball is sending instructors to Ocean City to provide the best and most informative baseball camp experience available. Instructors will teach young players the “Ripken...
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Published June 10, 2011
BERLIN- The Beach Lacrosse program made a strong showing at the prestigious Lax Splash Tournament in the Baltimore area last weekend, winning to championships in the annual showcase event.
Lax Splash features the top teams from the tradition-rich Baltimore area along with other teams from up and down the east coast. Since its inception about a decade ago, the Beach teams were just happy to be invited to the party, but as the program has grown and improved over the years, it has become a force to...
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Published June 10, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The 15th Annual Mako Mania Shark Tournament last weekend was a big success with hundreds of sharks caught and released and dozens more weighed at the scales at host Bahia Marina.
Sharks turned up in great numbers in the waters off the coast of Ocean City, just in time for the annual Mako Mania Tournament. The tournament is the first significant event of the summer-long tournament season in the area and if the results from last week are any indication, it should be another great...
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Published June 10, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The 31st Annual Ocean City Shark Tournament gets underway next week, and with the action off the coast of the resort suddenly heating up, there should be no shortage of excitement at the docks.
Hundreds of offshore anglers will chug out to the canyons off the coast next week in search of sharks of all species and sizes. A decent number of sharks were weighed during Mako Mania last weekend and quite a few more were released, setting the stage for what should be a strong Ocean City...
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Published June 10, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The Greene Turtle Lacrosse Club is hosting a drop-in at Northside Park in Ocean City each Wednesday starting June 22 through the middle of August for area high school and college players.
The girls’ lacrosse drop-in is open to all girls’ players entering 10th grade this fall through college. The drop-in will be held at Northside Park in Ocean City each Wednesday through August 11 from 6-8 p.m.
The drop-in will include practice drills, simulated game situations, special...
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Published June 10, 2011
OCEAN CITY- The resort area will play host to a weekend-long series of events next week associated with the 2011 Ocean City June Fitness Challenge, starting with a Boardwalk 5-mile Run early Saturday morning and culminating with the Assateague Assault Sprint Triathlon on Sunday.
Produced by OC Tri-Running Sports, the same outfit that produces the Ocean City Half Marathon and other significant events in the resort area each year, the Ocean City June Fitness Challenge features events for fitness...
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Published June 10, 2011
SALISBURY- Over 200 young anglers turned out last weekend for the annual Youth Fishing Derby at the Salisbury City Park sponsored by the Wicomico Recreation, Parks and Tourism Department.
Just about everything from a 15-inch snapping turtle to a 16-inch bass were caught during the event as young anglers throughout the region competed. Ryan Driden caught the most fish for a boy (26), while Summer Martin caught the most fish by a girl (20). Christian Aravanis caught the largest fish, a 16-inch...
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