session, the Ocean City Recreation
and Parks Department this fall is
offering a wide variety of clinics,
leagues and camps for kids and ad-
ults of all ages and all skill levels
with a couple of new wrinkles added
this year.
cludes a wide variety of indoor and
outdoor leagues, clinics and other
activities for young athletes and
those who want to pursue other rec-
reational endeavors. The depart-
ment is offering its usual basketball,
lacrosse, outdoor soccer, swim-
ming, tennis, golf, dodge ball and
other fitness programs, most of
which are conducted in and around
Northside Park.
classes, babysitting classes, ballet,
tap and jazz dance clinics, martial
arts, tumbling and other activities.
The programs are available for kids
as young as four years old, such as
swimming, for example and for
older kids up to 12 years old.
offered this year, including a flag
football league for kids ages 6- to
14. For years, the department has
conducted an adult flag football
league, but is adding a league for
young players this fall due to an
increased interest in the safer ver-
sion of the popular sport.
fun and making new friends in a
safe environment. The five-on-five
game will be recognizable for most
young football enthusiasts and is
set up to be easy to learn. The of-
fensive teams will still attempt to
move the ball and make first downs
and ultimately get into the end zone
for scores, while the defensive play-
ers will cover receivers, rush the
passer and make tackles by grab-
bing flags.
may prefer this program as an alter-
native to regular tackle football,"
said Recreation Supervisor Ron
Strickler. "The kids get all of the
same health benefits and have just
as much fun."
day at Northside Park from 5:30-
8:30 p.m. beginning Sept. 4 and
running through Oct. 30. The young
players will be separated by age
group with Session A open to kids
six to eight, Session B for kids ages
nine to 11, and Session C for kids
ages 12 to 14. The cost for Ocean
City residents is $39 and non-resi-
dents will pay $49.
City Recreation and Parks Depart-
ment is a youth archery clinic. The
department held its first archery
clinics last spring and the program
was widely attended and largely
successful, prompting department
officials to expand on it this fall. Ses-
sions will be made available for both
intermediate and beginning archers.
shoot a genesis bow while aiming at
targets. The program is designed to
be both safe and fun. Strickler and
Matt Mansfield are both certified
archery instructors through the Na-
tional Archery in the Schools pro-
gram.
held this spring, so we knew we
needed to expand the program,"
said Strickler. "It might have some-
thing to do with the popularity of
movies like the Hunger Games and
Brave that the interest in archery
has been reignited. We had a wait-
ing list in the spring and we are
hopeful that we will be able to ac-
commodate everyone who is inter-
ested this fall."
days at Northside Park beginning
Sept. 3 and running through Oct. 8.
Boys and girls ages 8 to 12 are wel-
come to participate. Session A will
be for beginners and will run from
5:15-6:15 p.m. Session B is for in-
termediate players and will run from
6:30-7:30 p.m. Intermediate partici-
pants are those who completed the
first beginner archery clinic offered
by the department in the spring.
Both sessions will take place in the
West Gym at Northside Park. The
cost for Ocean City residents will be
$50, while non-residents will pay
$60.
partment at 410-250-0125.
start this week in the opening match
when it shot a combined low score
of 151 to outpace the field of Bay-
side South conference teams along
with Worcester Prep at the Ocean
Ci-ty Golf Club in South Point.
Andrew Urban shot a 38, Danny
Parker shot a 37, Delaney Iacona
shot a 40 and Chase Eslin shot a
49.
of 176. Jason Cook led the Mallards
with a 42, while Billy Brittingham
and John Meakin each shot 44, Ry-
lie Doyle shot 46 and Derek Wilgus
shot 50.