Home|Sports|Titans rally against Mighty MittsSports

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The Atlantis Titans had a tough start to their game defensively but picked it up in the final three innings, as they came back to get the 12-10 victory over the Chances Mighty Mitts on Saturday at the Bankers Softball Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

The women’s division saw the Sunshine Auto Wildcats winning by default over the Johnson’s Lady Truckers.

Coming away as the Player of the Game was the Titans’ Windsor Bethel, who was impressive offensively as he finished the game three-for-four and four runs batted in (RBIs).

He had help from Morris Canter, who finished 3-for-3 at bat to go with four runs. Also helping the Titans was Angelo Dillett, who went 2-for-3 to score one run.

The Mighty Mitts got on the scoreboard first when first baseman Chris McPhee brought home centerfielder Stephen McKenzie. That put the Mighty Mitts up 1-0 as the score remained the same heading into the bottom of the first inning.

The bottom of the first saw the Titans come up empty as the score was unchanged.

It was a very offensive game in the third inning as the score was tied at 1-1 heading into it. The Mighty Mitts were able to score five runs in that inning. They left the Titans to try and battle back from a 6-1 deficit.

The Titans responded with five runs of their own in the bottom of the third inning. They were tied at the end of the third inning 6-6.

Looking to open the game and give themselves some distance, the Mighty Mitts went up by three more runs as they took a 9-6 lead at the end of the fourth inning. The Titans were only able to come up with one run in the fourth inning. In the end, the Mighty Mitts went up 9-7.

The fifth inning saw the Mighty Mitts scoring one run and the Titans scoring one as the Mighty Mitts were still up 10-9.

Needing to find a way to take their first lead of the game, the Titans found a way in the bottom of the sixth inning. They did it when three batters came home to put the Titans up 12-10 as the Mighty Mitts had one final chance to take the win at the top of the seventh inning. However, the Titans’ pitching and defense pulled through as they were able to out the first three batters.

The league is winding down as the make-up games begin on Thursday at 7 p.m. The schedule for those games was not available at press time.

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 Home|Sports|Sun falls short againSports

Jones finishes with 13 points

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For the second time in just four years, the Sun made the finals and it came to an end without them lifting the championship trophy. This time they fell to the number one seed, the Las Vegas Aces 78-71 in game four of their best-of-five championship series on Sunday afternoon.

Playing in front of their home crowd at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, the Sun kept it close but an 8-0 run in the final 1:39 by the Aces was the final nail in the coffin for a Sun team that has shown resilience and was hoping to force a fifth and final game.

Bahamian Jonquel Jones finished with 13 points and eight rebounds. 

Defensively, she had two blocks and one steal. The Grand Bahama native went 5-for-8 from the field and made both of her three-point attempts. She played 29 minutes as she battled foul trouble with four personal fouls by the end of the third quarter. She was whistled for three fouls in that quarter alone.

The Sun was in the WNBA finals in 2019 and fell 3-2 to the Washington Mystics. It was also their fourth consecutive trip to the WNBA semifinals. Asked what it will take to get them over the hump, Jones said she was trying to process the loss.

“I wish I could answer that for you right now but all I know is it hurts me, and that’s all I’m feeling right now,” Jones said.

After going down 53-49 at the end of the third quarter, the Sun needed to bring out their resilience. The Sun went down 67-61 with 3:55 left. That were able to pull the game closer in less than one minute. That sequence saw DeWanner Bonner making three free throws then Jones pulling up and making a 10-footer to bring the game to 67-66 with Aces leading and 3:35 left in the game. Jones stole the ball on the next Aces offensive possession that set up Courtney Williams who got fouled and went to the free-throw line as the crowd was fired up. Williams split the pair of free-throws as the game was tied at 67 points. The Aces turned the ball over that set up Williams to make a jumpshot to give the Sun the 69-67 lead with 2:22 left in the game.

From there the Aces went on a 9-2 run to end the game and win the series.

Despite the loss, the 2021 Most Valuable Player (MVP) spoke about her team’s resolve to compete in night in and night out throughout the season.

“This team has heart,” Jones said. “This team has a lot of pride. This team, everybody has made sacrifices for us to be able to be back here. And like Courtney said, the chips didn’t fall the way we wanted them to. But there’s a lot of selflessness and a lot of sacrifices to be able to have this team back together and make this run.”

She added, “While it’s tough and it’s disappointing, we get to say that we were one of the last two teams standing and playing for a championship. So, I’ve got a lot of pride and a lot of joy with the moments that I’ve had with this team and have the ladies that have been ready to play with every night.”

The Sun’s forward Alyssa Thomas finished with her second consecutive triple double with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. She also had two steals and two blocks. Scoring a team high 17 points for the Sun was Williams.

The finals MVP was the Aces’ Chelsea Gray who did it all and more with a game-high 20 points to go with five rebounds and six assists in 37 minutes. She got support from bench player Riquna Williams who had a breakout game with 17 points including five triples.

Jones led her team in these finals in scoring with 16 points per game that included shooting 56.5 percent from the field. She averaged 8.3 rebounds per game.

For her efforts in the regular season, Jones was able to earn All-WNBA second team and All-Defensive second team. The center finished seventh in the MVP voting.

Jones, 28, averaged 14.6 points per game on 51.3 percent shooting from the field this season. She also had 8.6 boards per game to go with 1.2 blocks per game and 1.1 steals per game.

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 Home|Sports|Valentine Cox sweeps Fall Classic Chess tournamentSports

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The Fall Classic Chess Tournament took place this weekend at the University of The Bahamas’ (UB) Choices Restaurant on September 10-11. This vital partnership between UB and the Bahamas Chess Federation (BCF) was formed to promote the growth and development of critical and analytical thinking, leadership and safe social interaction in The Bahamas through the sport of chess.

The Fall Classic Chess Tournament was the final qualifier to determine who would fill the remaining spots at the upcoming Bahamas National Chess Championship. Valentine Cox defeated all his opponents and emerged as the overall winner of the tournament. Dr. Kenville Lockhart came second, and Avian Pride secured third place. The Fall Classic Chess Tournament was the final qualifier to determine who would fill the remaining spots at the upcoming Bahamas National Chess Championship.

The tournament was set up as a five round Swiss format, game in 60 minutes plus five seconds per move tournament. The chief arbiter of the Fall Classic Chess Tournament was Andre White. He is an experienced chess arbiter. White was one of nearly two hundred arbiters selected by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE), out of a total of over 14,000 official FIDE arbiters globally, to arbiter at the 44th Chess Olympiad held in Chennai, India this summer. The 44th Chess Olympiad was his second Olympiad as an arbiter. The first was in Tromso, Norway in 2014. White was assisted at the tournament by Angel Pride.

Subsequent to a recent partnership formed between UB and BCF, future chess tournaments will be held at UB.

“UB is excited for the opportunity to collaborate with the Bahamas Chess Federation,” said Dr. Joseph Ferguson, assistant professor, mathematics and Chess Club advisor, the University of The Bahamas.

He continued: “We recognize that many of the younger chess players currently in primary and high schools will one day be at UB, and we want them to know that chess has a home at the university. 

President Rollins, vice-president Stubbs and the entire UB community congratulates BCF on the tournament and their efforts.”

Candidate Master (CM) Kendrick Knowles, BCF president, recognized the partnership between UB and the BCF.

He added: “I thank UB for hosting the Fall Classic Tournament and look forward to BCF hosting more chess tournaments and events in collaboration with the University of The Bahamas. Traditionally higher education institutions and chess go hand in hand. Top universities around the world promote chess and participate regularly in chess tournaments. Congratulations to Cox on a stellar performance. I am excited for The Bahamas Nationals, the players qualifying for the Nationals are the top chess players in The Bahamas and competition will be intense.”

The Bahamas National Chess Championship, the biggest event on the BCF calendar, is a five-day event. Players for the upcoming Bahamas National Chess Championship include CM Knowles, Shawn Barker, Curtis Pride, CM Nathan Smith, FIDE Master (FM) Cecil Moncur, Avian Pride, Noah Albury, Trevor Bridgewater, Cox and Dr. Lockhart.

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 Home|Sports|Jones, Sun in must-win game tonight Sports

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All the odds are stacked against Jonquel “JJ” Jones and the Connecticut Sun as they look to play an elimination game against the Las Vegas Aces tonight in the WNBA Finals. The Aces lead the best-of-five series 2-0.

No team has ever come back from a 0-2 hole in the WNBA Finals. The Sun is 3-0 in elimination games this postseason and has shown that they are a resilient bunch all postseason. They will look to use that fighting spirit to pull off the improbable – win the series.

The Aces did what they had to do in the first two games of the series – win on their home court. Now the series swing to Jones and the Sun’s home court for the next two games – the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. With them needing to win both games, Jones said they are not looking ahead of this game.

“We are taking it one game at a time. That’s all we can do. We are going to go back home. … We are going to have our fans behind us, who have been with us all season, and we are going to use that to propel us to a win and that’s all we can do,” Jones said.

Sun’s head coach, Curt Miller shared his center’s sentiment at not looking past the game tonight.

“You can’t think big picture. That becomes overwhelming and daunting and feels, at times, bigger. It’s too big. So you’ve got to drill it down and we’ll get back to work with our preparation for Game Three, and all we talk about is Game Three, and in particular, all we are going to talk about is the first quarter, and that’s our approach. I think if you start thinking we have to win three in a row, we have to do those kind of things, it becomes big. So, we are going to talk about Game Three and Game Three only and be ready for that first quarter,” Miller said.

The Sun fell 85-71 to the Aces on Tuesday night as the Aces shot a blistering 51.6 percent from the field in that game compared to the first game, when they were held to 39.7 percent from the field. The Grand Bahama native recognized that they did not play good defensively in the second game.

“I think they were just extremely aggressive,” Jones said. “I think we did a better job of playing one-on-one defense in game one and we didn’t do as well of a job this game (game two) and I think that was the major difference, them just putting their heads down and getting to the basket and being able to finish through contact or getting to the free-throw line.”

For her, going into this game is another opportunity for them to make it a series with their fans behind them.

“We have another opportunity. That’s why it’s a series and like I said before, we’re going home and we’re going in front of our fans and we are going to use it to help us win the game,” Jones said.

The 2021 Most Valuable Player (MVP) is averaging a double-double with 15.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in this series. She is shooting 50 percent from the field and is averaging 30 minutes per game.

The Sun must slow down 2022 MVP A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray who are both averaging 20-plus points in the series. Wilson is averaging 25 points per game and Gray is averaging 21 points per game.

Tonight’s game will get underway at 9 o’ clock on ESPN.

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Jonquel reacts to Game 2 loss

CONNECTICUT Sun forward Jonquel Jones (35) battles for the ball with Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson (22) during the first half in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals series on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Las Vegas leads the best-of-five series 2-0 heading into Game 3 against the Sun at 9pm tonight in Connecticut. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

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#Jonquel Jones and the Connecticut Sun are once again facing a must-win situation to keep their 2022 season alive.

#Jones has averaged 15.5 points and 10 rebounds through the first two games of the WNBA Finals, but the Sun left Nevada with an 0-2 series deficit at the hands of the Las Vegas Aces.

#Jones had 15 points and nine rebounds in a game one 67-64 loss followed by 16 points and 11 rebounds in an 85-71 loss in game two.

#The best-of-five series shifts to Connecticut for games three (September 15 at 9pm on ESPN) and four if necessary (September 18 at 4pm on ESPN). A fifth and deciding game would be hosted by the Aces at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 20.

#The Sun are 3-0 in elimination games in the playoffs so far this season.

#“We are taking it one game at a time. That’s all we can do. We are going to go back home, we are going to have our fans behind us, who have been with us all season, and we are going to use that to propel us to a win and that’s all we can do,” Jones said.

#“We have another opportunity. That’s why it’s a series and like I said before, we’re going home and we’re going in front of our fans and we are going to use it to help us win the game.”

#Connecticut did not make a field goal spanning from the 3:46 mark in the first quarter until the 8:04 of the second quarter. A total span of 6:42 of game action in Tuesday night’s loss.

#Las Vegas led 68-54 after the third quarter after a game one performance where they scored only 67 points.

#“I think they were just extremely aggressive,” Jones said. “I think we did a better job of playing one-on-one defence in Game 1 and we didn’t do as well of a job this game and I think that was the major difference, them just putting their heads down and getting to the basket and being able to finish through contact or getting to the free-throw line.

#Tuesday night’s performance marked Jones’ 10th career postseason double-double and moved her into a tie for no. 12 all-time with Elena Delle Donne and Taj McWilliams-Franklin.

#Jones also moved into fourth all-time in scoring in Connecticut Sun postseason history.

#Sun head coach Curt Miller said the team will have to take a much different approach facing elimination.

#“You can’t think big picture,” Miller said.

#“That becomes overwhelming and daunting and feels, at times, bigger. It’s too big. So you’ve got to drill it down and we’ll get back to work with our preparation for Game 3, and all we talk about is Game 3, and in particular, all we are going to talk about is the first quarter, and that’s our approach.

#“I think if you start thinking we have to win three in a row, we have to do those kind of things, it becomes big. So we are going to talk about Game 3 and Game 3 only and be ready for that first quarter.”

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BJ MURRAY

As of Thursday, September 15, 2022

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#BJ Murray and his South Bend Cubs continued their dominant second half into the postseason and are one win away from the Midwest League championship series.

#The Cubs took game one of the best-of-three West Division series 2-1 over the Cedar Rapids Kernels Tuesday night at Four Winds Field in South Bend, Indiana.

#The Cubs were the second half West Division leaders, while the Kernels won the first half. Both teams finished tied for first place for the year-end division standings. They wrapped up the regular season with a five-game series prior to the playoffs.

#Murray hit .421 in that series, highlighted by a 3-4 night with two runs in the finale. If South Bend moves to the final round, they would host Game 1 of the three-game championship set at Four Winds Field on September 18.

#The 22-year-old infielder has made a successful transition to High-A baseball and his progression within the Chicago Cubs organisation.

#Since the start of July, Murray is one of only two players in the Midwest League with a batting average over .300 and an on-base percentage over .400. Through 56 games with South Bend, Murray is hitting .273, slugging .406, with a .794 OPS, with 51 hits, 22 runs scored, eight doubles, five home runs, 28 RBI and eight stolen bases.

#Murray began his 2022 season at the Low-A level with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans before he was promoted on June 14.

#In 39 games with the club, he hit .305, slugged .461 with a .902 OPS, 39 hits, including three home runs, 11 doubles, 31 runs scored and 25 RBI.

#Murray was selected by the Cubs out of Florida Atlantic University with the 22nd pick in the 15th round, no. 454 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft. He spent his first season of pro baseball in the Arizona Complex League.

#Through 16 ACL games, he hit .286, slugging .482 with a .826 OPS, 16 hits, including two home runs, three doubles, a triple, 12 runs scored and eight RBI.

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World Baseball Classic qualification: Team Great Britain in training camp

GREAT Britain’s Anfernee Seymour yesterday in training camp. Photo: GB Baseball

As of Thursday, September 15, 2022

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#TEAM Great Britain, including members of the Bahamian contingent, has arrived in Regensburg, Germany and are currently in training camp as they prepare to chase 2023 World Baseball Classic qualification.

#The team heads into the final day of camp today with their first matchup at 1pm Friday local time against France in the second half of a double header at Armin-Wolf-Arena.

#The winner will advance to face the host country, Germany, Saturday at 1pm while the loser will be relegated in the double elimination tournament format.

#All WBC qualifying games will be broadcast on MLB.com, at Worldbaseballclassic.com and on the World Baseball Classic’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

#The Great Britain roster includes outfielders Anfernee Seymour and D’Shawn Knowles, pitchers Tahnaj Thomas and Chavez Fernander, catcher Ural Forbes and Albert Cartwright as a member of the coaching staff.

TEAM Great Britain players, including members of the Bahamian contingent, share a light moment together yesterday during training camp in Regensburg, Germany. Photos: GB Baseball

#“I’m grateful to the amazing staff of volunteers (coaches, coordinators, athletic trainers and more) who have given so much to get us to this point. And I’m excited to see this team compete,” said Great Britain manager Drew Spencer.

#“This team has already shown that they will represent us very well. Such a great group of young men.”

#Seymour spent his season with Charleston Dirty Birds and the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Knowles, a prospect in the Los Angeles Angels organisation, began his season at the Low A level with the Inland Empire 66ers before he was promoted to High A with the Tri City Dust Devils.

#Pittsburgh Pirates prospect Thomas has been a top reliever in the rotation for for the Altoona Curve at the Double A level, while Fernander (Detroit Tigers) has spent time between the Low A and High levels with the Eerie Seawolves and West Michigan Whitecaps.

#Forbes was most recently a hitting coach for the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

#Bahamian baseball players have been on the roster for Great Britain at the last two editions of the qualifiers. In the 2013 Qualifiers, Cartwright appeared with Antoan Richardson and helped Great Britain make their debut in the event with a 1-2 record in Regensburg, Germany. Their tournament highlight was a 12-5 win over the Czech Republic.

#At the 2017 Qualifiers in Brooklyn, New York, Richardson and Cartwright were joined by Ali Knowles, Jazz Chisholm Jr, Kyle Simmons, Todd Isaacs Jr, Reshard Munroe, Byron Murray and Champ Stuart. That team finished just one game shy of WBC qualification when they suffered a 9-1 loss in the final.

#Several of the Bahamas’ top minor league players were expected to compete for Team Great Britain before the 2021 edition of the Qualifiers were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

#Bahamian players are eligible to compete for Great Britain once their parents were born in the Bahamas while it was still a British colony, prior to Independence. Germany and Panama serve as the two respective sites of the qualifiers this fall.

#Each location will host a six-team pool, with the top two teams from each qualifier advancing to the main event in March 2023.

#Great Britain is currently ranked at no.23 in the WBSC rankings. They will play in Pool A alongside no.18 Germany, no.14 Czech Republic, no. 19 Spain, no. 22 France and no. 26 South Africa.

#The Pool B Qualifier is scheduled from September 30 to October 5 in Panama City and includes no. 13 Panama, no. 15 Nicaragua, no. 25 Brazil, no. 27 Argentina, no. 31 Pakistan and no. 46 New Zealand.

#The newly expanded 20-team, top-tier global tournament, serves as World Baseball Softball Confederation’s official professional-level National Team World Championship.

#Sixteen teams had already secured a berth in the 2023 WBC – Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Korea, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States and Venezuela.

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Schools have begun practicing

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The last time the Government Secondary School Sports Association (GSSSA) had a full sports year was in 2018-2019. It is looking to change that this school year as the country continues to get back to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the GSSSA’s 2019-2020 sporting events.

It is also celebrating its 30th anniversary as it looks to have a full calendar with their core sports. According to Varel Davis, GSSSA president, most of the schools have already started practicing for the various disciplines especially cross country.

“Most schools have already started practicing from last week,” Davis said. “That shows you how eager we are to get back. The children are out in full force and are preparing for our sports. The children are excited and we have begun practicing like for cross country with the conditioning. We are ready to go and we pray that things continue to work out for us as we go forward in this school and sporting season.

“It is the first time that those student-athletes who were in grade seven and is in grade nine now are now engaging in after-school sports because of the pandemic. We cannot wait to start our first discipline and we are going to have a very successful year. We have some things planned for our 30th anniversary.”

There is no exact date as to when it will get the sports calendar started and which sport will be the first. It is usually volleyball but that decision will come in short order. The core sports for the GSSSA is volleyball, basketball, cross country, track and field, soccer, baseball and softball. The association has already met with the coaches and they are ready to get to work.

“The meeting with the coaches went well. We all are excited to be back to engage in after school sports after not playing high school sports in about two and a half years. We have an exciting year planned. This is our 30th- year anniversary. We are hoping to have our core sports in. We have protocols in place when it comes to playing sports. It will be enforced as safety is first and foremost for our student-athletes, coaches, officials and fans,” Davis stated.

The national high school championship series calendar came out last week. However, Davis said they are likely to participate in the core sports and GSSSA is unsure about tennis and swimming – the new sports that were  added to the calendar.

‘‘I am not too sure about the tennis and swimming because that is something that we actually have to be certified in,” Davis said. “We also have to find ways to get our kids to train in those sports. Those sports maybe difficult this year for us coming back after being off for two-plus years as we try and get our core sports up and running. We will look in the near future to participate in those other sports that are on the nationals calendar. There is also only so much sports we can do within a year. Our calendar is very full as it is getting through the other sports.”

The GSSSA was only able to put on its track and field meet last school year. Its 2019-2020 season came to a halt on the heels of getting ready to start the soccer season in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pro boxer Rashield Williams to square off with American Arriaga

As of Wednesday, September 14, 2022

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#NOW that he’s back in his comfort zone, Bahamian professional boxer Rashield Williams said he intends to take his frustrations from the Commonwealth Games out on American Daniel Arriaga when they meet on Saturday night.

#Williams, eliminated on points in his first and only bout at the games in Birmingham, England in August, is scheduled to square off against Arriaga in a welterweight match at the Alessi Gym Fitness Center in Tampa, Florida.

#The 33-year-old Williams will be taking a 5-1-4 win-loss-knockout record into the match against Arriaga, a 32-year-old American southpaw, who is 2-4-2 with two draws.

#“I feel good. I think this is a good opportunity for me because I just signed with a professional boxing company, so I am ready to show them what I can do,” said Williams, who indicated that they have expressed a desire for him to be fighting on a regular basis.

#After he returned to Florida from the Commonwealth Games, Williams said he got right into his training camp and has been working on getting ready for his return to the pro ranks. During the games, as a pro, he was afforded the opportunity to compete with the amateurs.

#“I had to build my weight back up because at the Commonwealth Games, I had to lose about 11 pounds just to make the weight for the fight,” Williams said. “Now I’m much stronger because I’m right where I need to be for this fight.”

#Williams said he doesn’t know much about his opponent, except for the fact that Arriaga is a southpaw.

#“There’s a way to work around fighting a southpaw,” he said. “I want to go in there and knock him out. He’s not going to be any match for me.”

#Williams’ last pro fight was on January 28 when he won a TKO over Daniel Molina at the Hialeah Park Racing & Casino in Hialeah, Florida.

#He had one fight in 2021 on September 18 when he won a KO decision over Dylan Dodds at the Alessi Gym Fitness Center in Tampa, Florida.

#Williams made his pro debut in 2019 when he won over Carlos Monroy on February 9 at the Restaurant Los Olvidados in Playa del Carmen. He lost his second bout on March 22 to Javaune James at the Miccosukee Indian Gaming Resort in Miami, Florida, before he got back on the winning track with a decision over Jurland Ceniza on December 21 in Tipanoy, Iligan City.

#Arriaga, who resides in San Antonio, Texas, is coming off a TKO loss to American Xavier Madrid on November 20, 2021 at the Inn Of The Mountain Goods in Mescalaro.

#Williams, along with Carl Hield, represented the Bahamas at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in August.

#Williams had to shed about 11 pounds to make the weight for the light welterweight division where he lost on points to Namibia’s Jonas Jonas. Hield, 35, got stopped in the first round against Nigeria’s Abdul-Afeez Osoba after he slipped and fell when his opponent countered with an onslaught. Hield is hoping to join Williams in fighting as a pro next month. He’s just waiting on the deal to be sealed.

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TEAM BAHAMAS members, from left, are Donte Dorelien, David Rahming, Nikita Varanarta, Lisa Stovel-Rolle, Leron Rolle, Dr Bernato Almira and Dario Higgs.

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SHOWN, from left, are Leron Rolle, Lisa Stovel-Rolle and Steven Hanna Jr.

Dario Higgs

#By BRENT STUBBS

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#THE Bahamas Archery Federation returned from two archery tournaments in the Dominican Republic last week with historic, impressive performances from the Caribbean Developmental Championships and the Central American and Caribbean qualifying tournament.

#The team, according to federation president David Rahming, returned home on Sunday with four gold medals, three silver and a bronze medal, in addition to producing a number of best performances.

#The Caribbean Developmental Championships was first held in 2017 in Puerto Rico, but it wasn’t until the second version in 2018 that the Bahamas won its first medals. However, after missing the past three years from 2019 to 2022, the federation returned to the championships.

#This year was the first time the tournament was held in two years and it was the first time that archers from outside the English-speaking Caribbean were invited. It is also the first time that a Jamaican team has attended the tournament.

#Dario Higgs won three gold medals to lead the Bahamas. He shot a 572 in the recurve senior men beginners tournament, which ties the national record set in 2018. He also won a gold medal in the recurve mixed team matches.

#Bernado Almira won a gold medal in the Barebow division, which was contested for the first time in this year’s tournament. He was also the first person from Grand Bahama to compete for Team Bahamas internationally.

#Lisa Stovel-Rolle became only the second female to compete for Team Bahamas internationally but the first to win any medals at an international event.

#She won two silver medals in the compound senior women competitions and a bronze in the mixed team competitions.

#Donte Dorelien won a bronze medal in the recurve under 18 division. He and Steven Hanna Jr, who shot in the World Ranking Event tournament, were the youngest members of Team Bahamas.

#Leron Rolle was the other member of Team Bahamas to compete in the World Ranking Event tournament.

#Both Hanna and Rolle shot well but were eliminated before the final rounds this time, according to Rahming.

#Rolle shot this tournament earlier this year in Puerto Rico where he was a member of Team Bahamas, who earned two qualifying spots to the next Central American and Caribbean Games to be held in El Salvador in 2023.

#Hanna Jr and Rolle are hopeful of competing in the Pan American Championships to be held in Santiago, Chile this November.

#This tournament is the main qualifier for the Pan American Games to be held in 2023.

#Rahming, who accompanied the team, said he is very pleased with this year’s performance overall and the progress with the federation in general.

#Rahming has served as the president for the past nine years and has seen the federation grow from just a few archers learning the sport and tournament rules to actually becoming very competitive.

#He said the archers are now winning medals and turning in competitive performances against world-class athletes in both male and female categories and both recurve and compound disciplines.

#Rahming said he hopes to continue with the upward trend in performances in these categories and hopes to add others in the future. He noted that he is eager to include disabled athletes as other countries have done.

#“Archery is a sport for everyone and it is growing within the region,” Rahming said. “ It has enormous sports tourism potential as well and The Bahamas is positioned to take every advantage of this.”

#The team was sponsored by Robin Hood Flour, distributed by Asa H Pritchard.

#Interested persons wishing to join the federation are urged to WhatsApp 525-3799 for training timers in Nassau or contact the YMCA in Grand Bahama for their times on that island.

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