by James Ritch | May 28, 2020 | Sports
By Bill Sterling — Barring the year in high school Tyler Webb was rehabbing his arm following Tommy John surgery, this is the first spring since not being much more than a toddler he is not playing baseball of some sort. (The surgery, named after Los Angeles Dodgers...
by James Ritch | May 7, 2020 | Features, Sports
By Bill Sterling — Special to the Eastern Shore Post With the airing of the documentary “The Last Dance,” a story of the Chicago Bulls’ championship run in the 1990s, a younger generation is learning just how large a presence Michael Jordan commanded during his...
by James Ritch | Mar 27, 2020 | Features, Sports
By Bill Sterling — Athletes have been forced to put their dreams on hold with the shutdown of sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but not many athletes have dreams bigger than Virginia Beach’s Samantha Tadder, a 17-year-old Olympic swimming hopeful whose...
by James Ritch | Mar 19, 2020 | Sports
By Michael Garbacz Game 1: Blues 1, 3 Knots Taphouse Whalers 3 The Ides of March kicked off with a somewhat ominous tilt between green and blue. The Whalers came in absolutely ravaged by a short bench, able to field only four players plus a backup goalie. The Blues...
by James Ritch | Mar 19, 2020 | Sports
By Matthew Yoder Central Accomack Little League President Billy Justice delivered the sobering words we’ve all been coming to expect Monday evening at an emergency meeting of board members. “As of right now there will be no Little League operations at all until May...
by James Ritch | Mar 12, 2020 | Sports
By Matthew Yoder Involvement with soccer on the Shore has seen a steady progression. Pop-up leagues up and down route 13, one in particular just south of Oak Hall, have given kids and adults alike an outlet to go beyond backyard practicing. For some of these kids, the...
