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Rockfish stick around on the bayside Pony basketball boys lose one to Holly Grove third but were thwarted in the final quarter after committing several turnovers. Leading shooter for Chincoteague was sophomore JaQuan Persin-ger with 7 points. Trevor Reed, Mason Marshall and Larry Harper each followed with 6 points, respectively. Chincoteague traveled to Salisbury School Wednesday and were set to host Nandua for its first district contest Dec. 10 at 7 p.m.

mwattersondmg. gannett. com On Twitter malissaESN By Malissa Watterson Staff Writer WESTOVER, Md. Chincoteague's boys basketball team had its first loss of the season last TUesday night after falling to Holly Grove, 46-35. "Defense was our highlight of the night," said first-year head coach Will Thompson after the defeat.

"We just made a lot of mistakes on offense by rushing everything," he said. Trailing by 1 point at halftime, the Ponies continued to fight in the Carter pose with their limit of stripers caught trolling off staff photo by malissa watterson Chincoteague girls drop season opener, 43-15 side the Pocomoke River has been fair with catches of crappies and pickerels, according to Abell. Abell said 2-inch curtail grubs tipped with minnows have been doing the trick for the freshwater species. By Malissa Watterson Staff Writer While red drum fishing dwindled for visiting and local anglers, numbers of rock stuck around this week on the bayside. Mark Snook of Chris' Bait and Tackle in Cape-ville reported that rock has been caught from Kip-topeke to Cape Charles.

Anglers are finding the fish using live eels. Don Varney of Don's Tackle Shop in Wacha-preague reported that stripers in the 18-23-inch range have been caught around Harborton and Onancock. Varney said the best bets for snagging the fish are casting with red and white Spro bucktails and jigging with crippled herring. Farther north around Chincoteague, stripers are still showing up off Assateague beach. Jimmy Vasiliou of Captain Steve's Bait and Tackle on the island reported that anglers are trolling for rock at Assateague beach using cut bunker.

Vasiliou said rock fishing is still hit or miss but anglers should expect more numbers in the coming weeks as the fish migrates south from Delaware. On the bayside, smaller rock are being spotted at Saxis. Anglers still in search eCrj as :1 1 iz. off tiemstone jewelry pendants 336 6220 BEACON Chuck Carter, left, and Darlis Assateague beach this week, "Stripers in the 18-23-inch range have been caught around Harborton and Onancock." DON VARNEY Don's Tackle Shop in Wachapreague of red drum found a few numbers off the beach and around Wallops Is By Malissa Watterson Staff Writer WESTOVER, Md. The Lady Ponies basketball squad fell to Holly Grove, 43-15, at its season opener last Tuesday night.

Leading shooters for Chincoteague were senior Chelsea Pitts with 7 points and sophomore Kristin Fox with 4 points. Freshman Sarah Turner and senior Melissa Derrickson also notched 2 points, respectively. "The flow of the game was great," said Chincoteague head coach Kelly Fox. Leading by 9 at half-time, Holly Grove continued to extend the gap in the third when all of Chincoteague's starters left the court to release players on the bench. Holly Grove went on an 8-5 run in the final quarter to put the game away.

land. The inshore wrecks off of Chincoteague are producing a few numbers of sea bass. Matt Abell of Seahawk Sports Center in Poco-moke City, reported that rock are being caught west of Tangier Island inside the Shipping Channel. Anglers there have been jigging with crippled herrings and trolling with bucktails. Freshwater fishing in Fabrics Notions Books Patterns Classes Clubs MD-00O0B91909I 4264 Main St.

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