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#By TENAJH SWEETING

#Tribune Sports Reporter

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#FOLLOWING the culmination of the I-BAP (Bahamas Athletic Pride) All-Star Series in July, the organisation is preparing for the start of their softball programme in September.

#The sport will run from September until July next year. The organisation’s programme will cater to the youth between the ages of six and 13 in efforts to teach them the foundational skills necessary to progress in softball.

#Dachye Stubbs, director of softball for the International Sports Academy, said they expect to build on the work done in previous years this time around.

#“We have spent the first few years learning, networking and building a successful training regimen and, with the help of I-Elite, we have found ways to give Bahamian softball players opportunities to showcase their talents at the next level,” Stubbs said.

#She added that the organisation is looking forward to having more than 20 younger athletes enrolled in the full-time after-school programme.

#Additionally, I-BAP will have a National Letter of Intent (NLI) signing day for the athletes that have received multiple scholarship offers to universities in the United States of America.

#For the 2023-24 year, the kids will have the opportunity to train with professional coaches, improve their strength and conditioning, learn how to pitch and catch, enjoy many different travel opportunities, and have access to a high school and college recruiting program.

#One of the many advantages of joining the I-BAP softball program is the I-Recruit department which helps athletes to take their talents abroad for more exposure.

#“At I-Elite we have an academic and athletic recruiting department, I-Recruit, where we send players’ information to schools and organizations abroad and in turn they can secure scholarships or other playing opportunities,” she said.

#Softball athletes are also granted the chance to train and play at partnered facilities and tournaments in the USA.

#Stubbs believes that I-BAP should be the program of choice for parents because of the collective vision and aim of Bahamas Athletic Pride and I-Elite Sports Academy, education through sports.

#“We have been successful in securing both highschool financial aid and scholarships, our softball program has grown to be a safe haven for young women and our program has skilled professional coaches who have national and international experience,” she stated.

#Individuals interested in registering for the start of the softball program in September can contact 242-445-4551 or send an email to ibapsoftball@gmail.com.

LEGENDARY Olympic bronze medallist Frank Rutherford and Winslow Barry Jr, pulling the nets, pose with campers during the Mega Malt basketball camp.

As of Friday, August 11, 2023

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#OLYMPIAN Frank Rutherford, with the help of two of his former native basketball recruits Lashann Higgs and Winslow Barry Jr, hosted another successful Mega Malt Basketball Camp and Clinic.

#The two-day camp was staged on Tuesday and Wednesday in Harbour Island and attracted more than 50 participants, according to Rutherford, who has been hosting the event there for more than a decade.

#Higgs and Barry Jr, the two most successful basketball players to come out of Harbour Island, just off the mainland of Eleuthera, played a pivotal role this year in providing their experience to the youngsters.

#“We took the time not just to teach them how to become better athletes, but how they can develop better habits, like sacrifices and going the extra mile in becoming students of the game,” Rutherford said.

#“These two alumni, who I had the opportunity to give them the opportunity to go to the United States and continue their dream in high school before they went on to further their education and eventually become pro players. Their participation this year made the camp that much special.”

#Higgs, currently playing in Spain, was one of the top female basketball players in high school in the United States and the only Bahamian to become an McDonald’s All-American player before she went on to shine at the University of Texas where she graduated with her college degree.

#Barry, at 6-feet, 11-inches, went to play at Concorde University in San Antonio, Texas after he turned down several other offers. After graduating with his degree in criminal justice, Barry Jr is now playing professionally in Finland.

#Rutherford, who last week celebrated the 31st anniversary of winning the Bahamas’ first track and field Olympic Games medal with a bronze in the men’s triple jump in 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, said he always enjoys his trip to “Briland” because of the raw talent that is displayed in the local players every year. “These kids are thirsty and hungry for the opportunity to be redeveloped, so I will continue to come back to find more diamonds in the rough like Lashann and Winslow,” Rutherford said.

#“The diamonds in the rough on these islands, who need to be developed, also need to be inspired to pursue their dreams, even if they don’t get the opportunity to go off to school or to play professional basketball.

#“At least they will get a chance to be taught the discipline of the sport.”

#Rutherford, who created the Mega Malt international brand of the non-alcoholic drink, thanked the new owner of the Valentine Yacht Club, Lee Prosenjak, for hosting Rutherford and his team during the week as they gave back to the youngsters on Harbour Island.

Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad & Tobago

ON THE MEDAL PODIUM: Shown, from left to right, are Bahamas’ Marvin Johnson Jr, men’s 50m freestyle silver medallist, alongside the host country’s gold medallist Nikoli Blackman and bronze medallist Zarek Wilson, of Trinidad and Tobago. Photo courtesy of Keianna Moss

As of Thursday, August 10, 2023

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#By TENAJH SWEETING

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#Team Bahamas competed in their final event yesterday at the Commonwealth Youth Games, amassing four medals in the competition.

#The team earned two silver and two bronze medals after multiple days of events in Trinidad and Tobago.

#The 15-member team competed in athletics, cycling (road), triathlon and had a big showing in the swimming event.

#The 7th Commonwealth Youth Games hosted more than 1,000 athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 competing at different venues across Trinidad and Tobago.

#The youth team made waves in swimming at the National Aquatic Centre in Couva, Trinidad.

#Marvin Johnson Jr came away with two medals in the competition. The CARIFTA medallist nabbed silver after finishing one position behind the host country’s Nikoli Blackman in the men’s 50 metre freestyle.

#Johnson clocked 22.54 seconds, meanwhile, Blackman notched 22.36 seconds for the gold.

#The bronze medal went to Trinidad’s Zarek Wilson who swam a time of 22.95 in the event.

#Johnson’s work was not done at the youth games because he earned another medal, this time in the men’s 100m freestyle.

#Blackman once again got the edge, winning the event with a time of 49.60.

#Matthew Ward, the newest junior Commonwealth Games record holder, secured silver in 50.26 seconds.

#The Bahamas’ Johnson followed right behind in 50.41 seconds.

#Nigel Forbes did not leave the Commonwealth Youth Games empty-handed. He showed out in the men’s 50m backstroke, touching the wall in third place with a time of 26.32 seconds. Forbes ended the race behind Ward who finished first with a record-breaking time of 25.51 and Wilson in second.

#The junior swimmer also finished fourth in both the men’s 100m and 200m butterfly respectively.

#Among the other swimmers to get their feet wet included Emmanuel Gadson, who capped off the men’s 200m breastroke in fifth position and 50m breastroke in sixth.

#Swimming did not include the only standout performances in Trinidad. Robert Deal lll represented The Bahamas well in the men’s shot put finals. Deal wrapped up the event with a silver medal behind South Africa’s Johann Hencu Lamberts. He put up a throwing distance of 15.99m to seal his position in the event.

#Third place went to Denzel Phillips of Saint Lucia who followed The Bahamas with a distance of 15.75m.

#In the men’s discus throw, Deal finished one position shy of third place with a personal and season’s best distance of 44.90m.

#Along with Deal, CARIFTA gold medallist Tumani Skinner got in on the athletics and advanced to the 200m semifinals but was unable to go further in the competition.

#In cycling, Barron Musgrove and Kami Roach competed for The Bahamas. Musgrove ranked 27th in the men’s individual time trial. He ended the event with a time of 25:18.14.

#Roach competed in the women’s road race on Monday with 17 other competitors. She finished ranked 13 in the competition and completed with a time of 1:43:58. Meanwhile, in the women’s time trial, she clocked 17:17.84 in Saturday’s event.

#For the triathlon portion of the youth games, Erin Pritchard and Livingston Duncombe both competed.

#The duo teamed up in the mixed team relay super sprint distance and finished the event ranked 18th after stopping the clock at 48:01.

#Australia leads the medal count with 48, England sits in second with 39 medals and Scotland has 20 in the youth games.

#The competition’s final events will include beach volleyball, cycling (track), FAST5 netball, and the athletics segment to wrap up the seventh Commonwealth Youth Games.

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#By TENAJH SWEETING

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#MINISTER of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg is ready to see Bahamian athletes compete overseas this month.

#The Bahamas has fielded some strong teams in both basketball and track and field in recent weeks.

#The men’s national team features one of the best rosters assembled with four National Basketball Association (NBA) players, including Chavano “Buddy” Hield, Kai Jones, Deandre Ayton and the most recent addition, Eric Gordon.

#In track and field, The Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) recently named an 11-member team, featuring former 400 metre champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner to lead the fold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

#Bowleg has high expectations for both teams starting with the men’s national team, who will begin competition against Cuba at the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, on Monday.

#“I am happy as the minister to see us commence playing for the Pre-Qualifiers starting next week Monday with the first game against Cuba…I expect them to move on to the next level and give us an opportunity to qualify for the Olympics,” Bowleg stated.

#Following the release of Phoenix Suns guard Eric Gordon by USA Basketball this past Monday, Bowleg expressed that it has always been in the plans to field a team of this magnitude.

#“This is something that was in the making some years ago to try and get those persons who have ties with The Bahamas to be able to play for The Bahamas…it was a process that took some time in order for USA Basketball to release them [and] since they were able to release them after negotiating over the years we are just happy,” Bowleg added.

#Although Gordon is a more seasoned player at 34-years old, the Minister believes he still has a lot left in the tank for Team Bahamas.

#The national team will compete in Pool A against Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Panama, Uruguay and the US Virgin Islands. The winner will be granted the opportunity to compete in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament set for next year July 2-7.

#The stacked men’s national team will face their toughest test of the tournament against Argentina in a must-see match next week Wednesday.

#TRACK

#With the 11-member team all set for the 19th edition of the World Championships on August 19-27, the Minister once again has lofty expectations.

#“Well I am happy the Director of Sports will be headed there along with the Chairman of the World Relays…I am looking for great things coming from Steven Gardiner and all of those other athletes who will be representing us over there,” he said.

#Along with Miller-Uibo, who won the 400m title in Eugene, Oregon in 2022, will be sprinter Anthonique Strachan, hurdler Devynne Charlton, Charisma Taylor and NCAA javelin champion Rhema Otabor.

#Gardiner will be joined by quarter-miler Alonzo Russell, sprinter Terrence Jones, veteran high jumper Donald Thomas, long jumper LaQuan Nairn and hurdler Shakeem Hall-Smith.

#Miller-Uibo, coming off her most recent stint in the heptathlon at the 2023 BAAA junior and senior national championships, will defend her title in the 400m.

#Gardiner, the 400m national champion, punched his ticket to Budapest with a world leading time of 43.74 mid-July. He will look to make the country proud after missing competition in Oregon due to injury.

#The team is expected to begin their commute to Budapest next Monday.

The Pool A and B teams upped the ante at the Roscow A L Davies soccer field in a final push to make the next weekend’s semifinals. Photo: Tenajh Sweeting/Tribune Staff

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#AFTER three weeks of competition at the Roscow A L Davies soccer field, the Capital Football Label (CFL) Summer Soccer Championships semifinals are all set.

#With the four remaining teams not only vying for a spot in the finals on August 20 but also a chance at taking home $3,500, competition levels will be high.

#The summer soccer tourney got underway with eight teams and now the four remaining clubs include Happiness FC, Seventeen FC, Skilsaw FC and the undefeated Flamingo FC.

#The leading Pool B team maintained their dominance in the tourney this past weekend after dropping Kickers FC 4-3.

#The football club now has their sights set on Skilsaw FC.

#The latter booked a trip to the semifinals after a tightly contested match with Happiness FC on Monday night which ended in a 1-1 draw. Both teams will battle to the finish to secure a spot in the finals.

#Carlos Paul, assistant coach of Flamingo FC, talked about the latest win in the quest to make it to the finals.

#“We fought and did our best. In the first half we struggled but, in the second half, I told the guys when we played this game it was not going to be easy but we were the first in this pool and did our best to get it right,” Paul said.

#The coach said collectively the goal is to become champions but there is still work that has to be done. His team will play against Skilsaw FC at 7pm this Sunday.

#Meanwhile, Happiness FC, the number one team in Pool A, will go head-to-head with Seventeen FC at 4pm on Sunday.

#Seventeen FC earned their spot in this upcoming weekend’s semifinals after defeating the UB Mingoes 4-2 this past Sunday.

#Romel Neymar, a player of Happiness FC, said it felt wonderful to advance to another level in the competition.

#“It feels wonderful. I am happy because it’s a good team, we are gonna give it our all against Seventeen FC and try to make it through to the finals,” he said.

#The family-friendly event will have a “Party with the Players” segment during the break between games one and two.

#The break will allow players to interact with the crowd and there will also be a bouncing castle and trampoline activities available for children.

#Tickets are priced at $5 for adults and $3 for children under the age of 12.

#The competition will wrap up with a new champion crowned on August 20.

 Home|Sports|‘Jazz’ playing the right tunes for MiamiSports

Bahamian star looking to stay healthy for the rest of the season

Sheldon LongleySend an emailAugust 10, 2023 23 4 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

CINCINNATI, Ohio – Guardian Sports had an opportunity to catch up with one of the country’s biggest sports stars this week, and he’s taking everything in stride as he battles back from a third stint on the Injury List in Major League Baseball (MLB) this season.

Jasrado ‘Jazz’ Chisholm Jr. returned to action with a bang Monday, pitch hitting for Nick Fortes in the top of the eighth inning, and he immediately went to work as he greeted relief pitcher Ian Gibaut with an opposite field shot to left field. That solo home run brought the Miami Marlins to within 5-2, and they went on to lose to the Cincinnati Reds by that same score at the Great American Ball Park, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Tuesday and Wednesday would be a different story. The Marlins won by a single run both days, taking the middle game, 3-2, on Tuesday, and winning the rubber match of the three-day series, 5-4, on Wednesday.

Both teams are right in the thick of things in the wild card race in the National League of MLB. The Marlins have a 60-56 win/loss record, 14 games behind the league-leading Atlanta Braves in the National League East Division. After the two losses on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Reds are now 60-57. At the moment, the Marlins occupy the final spot in the wild card race for the playoffs and the Reds are just a half game behind. They also trail the Milwaukee Brewers by two and a half games in the National League Central.

As for Chisholm, the 25-year-old outfielder is batting .251 with 11 home runs and 25 RBIs (runs batted in) this season. The Bahamian star also has 15 stolen bases and 24 runs scored, putting up respectable numbers despite missing about three months of the season with various injuries. He said he is looking forward to the stretch run and being a difference maker for his team.

“It’s been really frustrating… with all the injuries and missing time. I’m one of those players who love to be out there and helping my team by being on the field,” said Chisholm to Guardian Sports this week. “I feel good and I feel like I’ll be in the lineup for the rest of the season. This is the time for us to make a run and I feel like we could do it. We’re right there. I feel like everything is coming together at the right time for us.”

It’s certainly coming together for him as he has hit safely in six of his last eight games since coming back from an oblique strain at the end of July. Prior to Monday, he was hitting .358 with five home runs, 10 RBIs, had two stolen bases and an 1.161 OPS (On-base plus slugging) over 13 games. He had another home run in his only at-bat on Monday and another hit yesterday.

“I’m excited for what’s in store for the rest of the season. I feel like it’s coming together at the right time and I just have to keep trying and keep pushing,” he said. “I’m doing the best I can to stay healthy. I’m optimistic. I feel good, I like where I’m at and I’m ready to be out there everyday helping my team win if that’s what it takes.”

Now in his third full season, and fourth overall, Chisholm has progressed to the point where he knows what to expect from certain pitchers and to the point where he could identify pitches early in the delivery process. On the home run pitch on Monday, he said he knew Gibaut would throw him a cutter.

True to form, that is exactly what he got.

“On his first pitch, I knew he would go with his best pitch which is a fastball and he threw it and I just missed it. On the second pitch, I knew he would go with his second best pitch. I was sitting on his second best pitch, and he left it middle, and I just went after it and hit it out,” said Chisholm. “It feels good, to be able to come out here and help my team is a good feeling.”

Chisholm pushed a 90.6 miles per hour (mph) cutter the other way, powering it over the left field wall for his 11th home run of the season. He’s creeping closer to his career-high of 18 home runs and is still within reach of a 20-20 season. Overall, Chisholm has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games.

The Marlins won in a thrilling fashion both Tuesday and Wednesday, getting a go-ahead two-run shot from Jorge Soler in the top of the seventh inning on Tuesday and two late home runs for a stunning and dramatic come-from-behind win on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Josh Bell hit his second home run of the day, a three-run shot in the eighth, and Bryan De La Cruz added a solo shot in the ninth to power the Marlins past the Reds. They trailed 4-1 in the eight before Bell blasted a shot to tie the game, 4-4, hitting home runs from opposite sides of the plate. De La Cruz’s shot an inning later gave the Marlins a 5-4 lead and that’s the way the game ended.

On Tuesday, they were behind 2-1 until Soler’s home run.

The Marlins are off today and play a three-game series in the Bronx against the New York Yankees this weekend. Following the three games at Yankee Stadium, the Marlins will travel to Houston to take on the World Series Champions Houston Astros in a three-game series starting Monday.

 Home|Sports|The Bahamas wins four medals at CYGSports

Simba FrenchSend an emailAugust 10, 2023 37 3 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

The Bahamas has won four medals – two silver and two bronze – at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) so far. The event is ongoing in Trinidad and Tobago. The silver medals came in athletics and swimming and the two bronze medals are in swimming. Action started on Saturday and wraps up today.

Robert Deal III won a silver medal in the men’s shot put when he tossed the apparatus 15.99 meters (m) – 52’ 5-1/2” – on his second attempt in the circle at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad. The 16-year-old scratched his next two attempts and his fifth and sixth attempts did not put him past 16 meters. His second round effort was good enough for him to hold on for the silver medal.

South Africa’s Johann Lamberts won the gold medal in that event with his best throw being 20.17m (66’ 2”). St. Lucia’s Denzel Phillips won the bronze medal with a throw of 15.75m (51’ 8”).

Deal missed out on a medal in the discus throw when he settled for fourth. His best throw was 44.90m (147’ 3-3/4”) which came on his final attempt. Australia’s George Wells won that event with a throw of 56.75m (186’ 2-1/4”).

Marvin Johnson and Nigel Forbes were the other medalists for The Bahamas. Johnson won a silver and a bronze while Forbes won a bronze medal at the National Aquatic Center in Trinidad.

Johnson was a part of a Caribbean sweep in the 50m free as he swam away with the silver medal in that race. The Grand Bahama native powered his way to stop the clock at 22.54 seconds. Swimming away with the gold medal was Johnson’s longtime rival, Trinidadian Nikoli Blackman, in a time of 22.36 seconds. Johnson stopped Trinidad and Tobago from bagging the gold and silver medals as another familiar competitor, Zarek Wilson, had to settle for the bronze medal when he swam 22.95 seconds. The Caribbean trio were the only swimmers in that race to go sub-23 seconds.

Johnson won a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle with a time of 50.41 seconds. His qualifying time in that event was 50.82 seconds. Blackman won gold when he touched the wall in 49.60 seconds. Scotland’s Matthew Ward got a silver medal when he touched the wall in 50.26 seconds.

Forbes went into the 50m backstroke final with a qualifying time of 26.46 seconds. In the final, he stopped the clock at 26.32 seconds for a third-place finish. Ward won that race with a new CYG record time of 25.51 seconds. Forbes’ longtime rival, Wilson, finished with a time of 26.18 seconds.

The Bahamas also experienced action in the triathlon, starting at the Bucco Beach Facility, and road cycling outside the Brian Lara Cricket Stadium, both in Trinidad.

Livingston Duncombe was 21st in the men’s individual super sprint distance triathlon after stopping the clock at 35:26. He opened with a time of 4:11 which was the fifth fastest time. He then cycled for 18:24, and ended the triathlon when he had a split of 13:16. in the run. Jersey’s Luke Holmes won in a time of 29:47.

Erin Pritchard was in action in the women’s individual super sprint distance triathlon. She placed 18th out of 21 participants with a time of 39:33. She clocked 4:40 in the swimming portion, then 20:22 in the cycling part of the race, and she posted a split of 14:04 in the running section of the race. The winner was Australia’s Aspen Anderson who finished the three-part race in 32:53.

The two teamed up in the mixed relay super sprint distance triathlon and placed 18th with a time of 48:01. There were 19 competitors. Australia won in a time of 40:58.

Barron Musgrove was in action in the 15 kilometer (km) cycling road race time trial and placed 27th overall with a time of 25:18.14. Winning that race was South African Miles Liebenberg who posted a time of 19:17.62. On the ladies’ side, Kami Roach rode the 10km ladies race. She was 14th overall and finished in 17:17.84. Australia’s Emile Bates won in 14:09.31.

Musgrove failed to finish the men’s 65km road race. On the ladies’ side, Roach was 13th overall when she finished the women’s 55km road race in 1:43.58. Australia’s Keira Will posted a time of 1:29 to win that race.

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to ride for the Delaware State Hornets

The Nassau GuardianSend an emailAugust 10, 2023 49 1 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

Hannah D’Aguilar has been welcomed as a walk-on to the Delaware State University equestrian team, becoming, in the process, the first international rider on the Delaware State squad.

A graduate of Queen’s College here in Nassau, The Bahamas, and long-time rider at Camperdown Equestrian Centre under trainer Kimberly Johnson, D’Aguilar brings an impressive resume of achievements from her junior riding career to the Delaware State University team, including a fifth-place finish in the 2022 Marshall and Sterling Equitation Finals and numerous local championships, including a title at the 2023 Bahamas Junior Classic.

D’Aguilar chose Delaware State because the school is the only Historically Black University and Colleges (HBCU) institution to compete in women’s equestrian as a NCEA)/NCAA Division I team.

Delaware State competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA), which works in conjunction with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to provide opportunities for female collegiate equestrian student-athletes to compete at the highest levels.

Delaware State Equestrian Head Coach Jennifer Ridgely expressed her enthusiasm for D’Aguilar.

“We are excited to welcome her to the Hornet family,” Ridgely said.

The Delaware State University Hornets’ season opens at home on September 22 against the University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles.

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#Bahamian Fredrick King and his Creighton Bluejays men’s basketball team have completed their mission here with a three-game sweep of their matches played this week in the Bahamas Basketball Federation’s Summer of Thunder.

#The Bluejays used an impressive 14-0 run to start the third quarter as they built on a 59-43 halftime lead and they never looked back as they blew away the Club Obras from Argentina 111-89 yesterday at the Atlantis Ballroom.

#All 15 players in uniform scored for the Bluejays as the small crowd of Bahamians got a chance to watch as King made his presence felt with eight points and two rebounds in just eight and-a-half minutes on the court.

#Creighton, who played without All-BIG East guard Trey Alexander, who left on Monday to participate in the Nike Skills Academy camp, got 16 points, seven rebounds, four assists and a pair of steals from Mason Miller.

#Brian Halums led Club Obras with a game high 17 points and three rebounds as they suffered their second straight loss here. They will close out play at Baha Mar against Louisiana State University at 4:30pm on Friday.

#The Bluejays, coached by Greg McDermott, won their opener here on Friday with a 108-55 rout over the Raw Talent Elite before they held off BC Zalgiris Kaunas 76-62 on Sunday. They will now prepare for practice in September before playing in an exhibition game on November 3 against Wayne State. Their regular season opener will take place on November 7 against Florida A&M.

#Meanwhile at Baha Mar, Louisiana State University knocked off Raw Talent Elite 120-59 and Furman University out-scored Lucayans Basketball 105-73.

#LSU 120,

#Raw Talent 59

#Will Baker and Tyrell Ward both scored 18 points for Louisiana State University, who opened play here with a 86-82 win over the Puerto Rico national basketball team.

#Raw Talent Elite, who suffered their second loss after opening with a close encounter, was led by Van Hutchinson Jr with 16 points.

#Both Jackson Jacob and Demari Davis added 10 apiece.

#Furman University 105,

#Lucayan Basketball 73

#Ben Vanderwal led a balanced scoring attack with 19 points and five rebounds in the win, their second straight here.

#Ray Smith paced the losers with 13 points. Joshua Symonette and Lamont McPhee both contributed 12 points each and Michael Johnson added 11. It was the third straight loss for Lucayan Basketball.

#The tournament continues at noon today at Atlantis with the Pirates taking on Penn State University, followed by BC Zalgiris Kaunas facing Texas A&M University at 2pm.

#At the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, the Puerto Rico national team will face Iowa State University at 4pm.

Hannah D’Aguilar and her trainer, Kim Johnson, raise the Lady Marie Dupuch Perpetual Trophy to celebrate her victory in the Bahamas Junior Classic. D’Aguilar finished the season on a high note and now looks forward to joining the Delaware State University Equestrian Team.

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#HANNAH D’Aguilar has been welcomed as a walk-on to the Delaware State University Equestrian Team, becoming in the process the first international rider on the Delaware State squad.

#A graduate of Queen’s College and long-time rider at Camperdown Equestrian Centre under trainer Kimberly Johnson, D’Aguilar brings an impressive résumé of achievements from her junior riding career to the Delaware State University team.These include a 5th place finish in the 2022 Marshall and Sterling Equitation Finals and numerous local championships, including the Bahamas Junior Classic.

#D’Aguilar chose Delaware State because the school is the only HBCU to compete in Women’s Equestrian as an NCEA/NCAA Division I Team.

#Delaware State competes in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) of the National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA), which works in conjunction with the NCAA to provide opportunities for female collegiate equestrian student-athletes to compete at the highest levels.

#Delaware State Equestrian head coach Jennifer Ridgely expressed her enthusiasm for D’Aguilar, saying: “We are excited to welcome her to the Hornet family.”

#The Hornets’ season opens at home against the University of Minnesota (Crookston) Golden Eagles on September 22.