by Ryan Webb | Jun 24, 2025 | Sports
BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — The local offshore blue water season has started, with boats based out of Wachapreague and Chincoteague reporting catches of yellowfin tuna while trolling ballyhoo in the Washington Canyon. On the bayside, cobia catches have come...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 24, 2025 | Sports
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — One year ago, Northampton’s boys soccer team took a long — and very quiet — bus ride back home from Salem, where the Yellow Jackets had just lost in the state semifinals. The trip, more than six hours, seemed like it took forever....
by Ryan Webb | Jun 16, 2025 | Sports
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — The Rylee Coates Show was on full display at the VHSL Class 1 State Track & Field Championships last weekend in Harrisonburg. A junior at Northampton, Coates won three events, racked up a whopping 48 points, and was named girls...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 16, 2025 | Sports
BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — Summer-like temperatures are starting to produce summertime catches, as most of the warm water species have arrived in local waters. One of those summertime species, the cobia, has shown up in good numbers in the lower Chesapeake Bay...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 9, 2025 | Sports
BY MARK MORING, Eastern Shore Post — Since the moment they lost in the semifinals of last year’s state championships, Northampton’s boys soccer team has been singularly focused on one goal all season: winning it all, as they did two years ago. As a reminder to his...
by Ryan Webb | Jun 9, 2025 | Sports
BY BILL HALL, Eastern Shore Post — The new minimum legal length for flounder is now 17.5 inches. The change became effective on June 1. Speaking of flounder, Susie Perkins earned first place in the 9th Annual Wachapreague Shore Girls Flounder Tournament with a 21...
