strong performances in the state
Class 3A-East region meet last
week including a regional title in
the pole vault for Katie Collins.
Emily Kolarik finished sixth. The
Decatur girls were especially
strong in the field events. Alexan-
dra Saunders was sixth in the high
jump. Ameerah Lewis finished
second in the shot put, while An-
tonia Green finished fourth in the
event.
400, while Katie Hoffman was
17th in the 400. Alison Alvarado
was 18th in the 800, while Emily
Cook finished 15th in the 300 hur-
FauntLeroy, Liz Rougcher, Alvara-
do and Hoffman finished eighth in
the 4x800 and ninth in the 4x400.
events. Sonny Aroh finished sec-
ond in the pole vault, while Zach
Watters was fourth. Lucas Duker
finished third in the high jump,
while Jamel Showell finished ninth
in the triple jump. Patrick Phillips
was third in the discus and fourth
in the shot put.
fifth. Ruben Ortega was 12th in
the 300 hurdles, Aroh was 12th in
the 400, and Dan Winters was
14th in the 800. In the 4x800, the
Decatur team of Winters, Aroh,
Kevin Herbert and Gary Frick fin-
ished 10th, while the team of Aroh,
Winters, Herbert and Lance Ward
finished 11th in the 4x400.
win the regional championship but fell to La Plata in the state semifinals on
Tuesday.
Day Bluefish Tournament gets
underway today in part as a tribute
to the men and women of the arm-
ed services past and present.
with registration and a captain's
meeting, but the real action starts
tomorrow, the first of two fishing
days in the event.
of the two days, and as the name
suggests, the target species is
bluefish.
the tournament, making the event
wide open to all anglers.
the two-day event. Weigh-ins will
be held each day at Sunset Ma-
from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., creating
a fun atmosphere at the marina for
participants.
will be dedicated to the Catherine
and Charles Kratz Memorial Park
and Scholarship Fund. Catherine
and Charles Kratz are long-time
members of the Ocean City Marlin
Club who recently started a foun-
dation to provide support, encour-
agement and a better way of life
for the men and women who serv-
ed in the armed forces.
skipper on the "Five C's," the fish-
ing boat that landed the largest
white marlin ever caught in the
state of Maryland. The whopping
135-pounder was caught by ang-
ler George Pierson aboard the
"Five C's" back in 1980 with Kratz
at the helm. It is now permanently
displayed at the foot of the Board-
walk after Kratz donated it to the
town in 2008.
run through the state playoffs that
peaked with a 3-1 win over Res-
ervoir in the Class 3A-East region-
al championship last Friday ended
with a heartbreaking loss to La
Plata in the 3A semifinals on Tues-
day.
seed and won a pair of tight, one-
run games to reach the 3A-East
region championship game at
home last Friday. Decatur topped
Reservoir, 3-1, on Friday to win its
first regional championship in
recent memory and advance to
the state semifinals and a date
with La Plata. However, after lead-
ing the entire game, the Sea-
hawks came a little unglued in the
end and fell to the Warriors, 5-4,
ending what was otherwise a
remarkable season.
Mount Hebron, followed by 5-4 win
over River Hill to reach the region-
al championship game. With each
win, the Seahawks stayed at home
with a little help and a few upsets
on the other side of the bracket.
Last Friday, the Seahawks faced
Reservoir in the 3A-East region fi-
nal and followed its trend of out-
standing pitching and timely hitting
to capture the title with a 3-1 win.
ter scored on a single by Chase
Coursey to take a 1-0 lead. Reser-
voir tied the game at 1-1 with a run
in the top of the fourth. In the bot-
tom of the fourth, the Seahawks
took the lead again when Dallas
Harrington reached on a two-out
single and came home on a hit by
Zach Adams. The Reservoir out-
fielder attempted to make a sliding
catch on Adams' hit and the ball
got passed him, allowing Harring-
ton to score the go-ahead run. De-
catur padded its lead in the bottom
of the fifth when a Justin Meekins
single scored Andrew Borradaile to
extend the lead to 3-1.
throughout the game, allowing just
two hits and one run through five
innings. Because Donohue had
pitched two days earlier against
River Hill, he had reached his
quota of 14 innings per week and
was relieved in the regional title
game by Sean Colgan. Colgan
got off to a rough start, allowing
the first two runners he faced to
reach. However, he settled down
and pitched out of the jam and
closed out Reservoir in the sev-
enth to secure the Seahawks' 3-1
win and the regional title.
started well for the Seahawks, who
got on the board in the first inning
when Meekins doubled and later
scored on a single by Jacob Hick-
man to take a 1-0 lead. With Don-
ohue again dominating on the
mound, the Seahawks appeared
poised to ad-ance to the state
championship game. In the top of
the third, Hickman doubled to
score Coursey and Harrington later
hit a sacrifice fly to score Meekins
as Decatur took a 3-0 lead. The
Seahawks made it 4-0 in the top of
the fifth when a Harrington single
scored Coursey.
ed closer to reaching the state
championship game before things
started to unravel. La Plata scored
three times in the bottom of the
fifth to cut the Decatur lead to 4-3.
In the bottom of the seventh, the
Warriors got a lead-off double and
the runner advanced to third on a
fly ball to the outfield.
double play to end the game. After
a pop up, the situation remained
runners on first and third with two
outs and the Seahawks were one
out away from advancing. How-
ever, during the next La Plata at-
bat, the ball got passed the Deca-
tur catcher allowing the tying run
to score. The next La Plata batter
walked, putting runners on the
corners with two outs again. Don-
ohue attempted to pick off the run-
ner at first and the ball sailed wide
of the bag, allowing the winning
run to score from third.