Home|Sports|Wildcats take 1-0 lead over Truckers as playoffs get underwaySports

Simba FrenchSend an emailSeptember 23, 2022 296 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

The New Providence Softball Association (NPSA) got its 2022 playoffs underway on Thursday and the women’s defending champions Sunshine Auto Wildcats got their title defense off to a good start as they took a 1-0 lead over the Johnson’s Lady Truckers in their mini best-of-three semifinal series. They won 13-3 last night on the Bankers Softball Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

It was the beginning of the first NPSA playoffs series since 2019, because of the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic which forced the league to shut down for three years.

Shortstop Larikah Russell was consistent for the Wildcats, going a perfect 2-for-2 at the plate. She scored three runs and had one run batted in (RBI). She got help from winning pitcher Thela Stevens who scored two runs and had eight strikeouts from the mound.

Despite scoring three runs in the bottom of the first inning, the Wildcats did not look like their usual dominant selves. It was not until the third inning when they came alive offensively. In the bottom of that inning, the Wildcats scored six runs to take a 12-3 lead.

After the Lady Truckers came up empty in the top of the fourth inning, the Wildcats needed just one run to put the mercy rule in play. Left fielder Tyrice Davis scored the winning run for the Wildcats on a pass ball, giving them the 13-3 victory. It was her second run of the night.

The Wildcats were also this season’s pennant winner, finishing with a 9-3 win/loss record. They are going after a fourth straight championship title. The RAB Operators also finished with a 9-3 record but the Wildcats won the tiebreaker due to a 2-1 advantage in their head-to-head matchups. They earned the right to take on the fourth-place Lady Truckers (5-7). The Wildcats won all three regular season matchups against the Lady Truckers. They won the first matchup 11-6, the second one 11-1, and the third one by default.

Game two of this series will be held on Saturday at 7 p.m.

The second game of the doubleheader last night featured a matchup between the number two and three seeded teams in the men’s division. The number two seeded Cyber Tech Blue Marlins (10-2) battled the Atlantis Titans (4-7) but no score was available up to press time.

The Titans and the Chances Mighty Mitts had identical records but the Titans won the tiebreaker for the third seed after sporting a 2-1 record in their head-to-head matchups. The Blue Marlins swept their regular season meetings against the Titans, 3-0, winning 9-1, 10-2 and 7-0.

The playoffs continue tonight with the men’s defending champions C&S Hitmen (11-1) taking on the Mighty Mitts at 9 p.m. The Hitmen swept the Mighty Mitts in the regular season, 3-0. They won their games 6-3, 8-5 and 13-12.

The women’s division game between the second-seeded RAB Operators and the improved third-seeded University of The Bahamas Mingoes (6-6) is set for 7 p.m. The Operators won the regular season head-to-head matchups, 2-1. The Mingoes won the first game 10-8. However, the Operators won the final two regular season meetings, 20-9 and 11-4.

The Renegades (1-11) in the men’s division and the Black Scorpions (1-11) in the women’s division did not make the playoffs.

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SHOWN, from left to right, 5th place finalist Hannah D’Aguilar and Last Call, Kimberly Johnson, trainer (CEC), rider Ella Saidi, Erika Adderley, trainer (Mariposa Stables), 12th place finalist Isabella Coello and Schokolade Sea.

As of Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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#EQUESTRIAN athletes Hannah D’Aguilar, Isabella Coello and Ella Saidi may ride at different barns at home in Nassau, but they were a united and formidable presence this past weekend at the 2022 Marshall & Sterling Insurance League Finals.

#More than 500 North American riders gathered at the world-class facility in Saugerties, New York, to compete at all levels and showcase the rising talent in the hunter, jumper and equitation rings.

#Hannah D’Aguilar, who rides at Camperdown Equestrian Centre, and Isabella Coello and Ella Saidi, who ride at Mariposa Stables, travelled with their trainers Kimberly Johnson and Erika Adderley respectively, to compete in the event.

#The result was a triumph for the Bahamian contingent, with two riders finishing in the ribbons for the first time ever. Equestrian Bahamas president Cathy Ramsingh-Pierre praised the riders and trainers for their notable accomplishment. “We have had riders qualify for, and place in, the Marshall & Sterling Finals before,” she noted, “but we have never had two Finalists finish in the ribbons in the same year. It is a phenomenal testament to the abilities of our coaches and riders.”

#The weekend began propitiously when 16-year old Hannah D’Aguilar, a 12th-grader at Queen’s College here in Nassau, rode Valley Crest Stables’ Last Call to 8th place out of a field of 70 in the Hudson Children’s Equitation Classic.

#However, the class was merely preparation for the main event of the weekend: the Marshall & Sterling Children’s Medal Final, in which riders compete by invitation only.

#D’Aguilar, Coello and Saidi were among the 74 riders who had worked for the past year just to qualify to ride in the event, and now gathered at the Grand Prix Stadium to test their equitation skills.

#D’Aguilar (again on Last Call) was the first of the Bahamian riders to enter the ring. She laid down a nearly perfect trip which was reflected in a score of 82.5 (out of 100).

#The high score not only put her in 3rd place but was good enough to fend off dozens of the riders who followed, all vying to be one of the top 12 finishers who would qualify for the final testing.

#Next to go was Ella Saidi, riding Megan Gore’s Normandy. Saidi distinguished herself earlier this year at the Interscholastic Equestrian Association Hunt Seat Finals in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

#But this time it was not to be. Her score in the low 70s essentially placed her out of the running.

#Finally came 15-year old Isabella Coello, an 11th-grader at Windsor School, riding Schokolade Sea, owned by Greystone Stables.

#Coello rode a smooth and competent round, scoring over 80 which was good enough to make the final 12.

#Having finished in the top 12, D’Aguilar and Coello were invited back into the ring with 10 other riders to perform a technically demanding test over jumps set by the judges.

#Final placings shifted as the test score was added to the score from the original round.

#The eventual winner of the class was Grace Monobianca riding Carboni 3. Ultimately, D’Aguilar and Last Call placed 5th while Coello and Schokolade Sea finished 12th.

#Trainer Kimberly Johnson summed up their performance with a single sentence and a big smile: “They were awesome.”

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MAIN PHOTO: Centrefielder Anfernee Seymour, shown here training prior to playing for Great Britain, collected two hits and stole two bases in the victory. Photo: Great Britain Baseball INSET: Tahnaj Thomas (left) and D’Shawn Knowles.

As of Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#Tahnaj Thomas got the win in relief on the mound and D’Shawn Knowles and Anfernee Seymour provided a 1-2 offensive attack for Great Britain as they sealed a come-from-behind 10-9 win over Spain yesterday to book their ticket to the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

#Great Britain, with Albert Cartwright as the first base coach and five players on the team representing the Bahamas, remained undefeated in the three games played so far in the Regensburg Qualifier in Germany at the Armin-Wolf-Arena.

#Trailing 9-8 going into the bottom of the ninth inning, Jaden Rudd cracked a game-tying home run to right field off Spain’s Rhiner Cruz to send the game to extra innings.

#Thomas came in relief for Donovan Benoit in the top of the 10th inning and held Spain at bay to earn the win on the mound after Alex Crosby lifted a walk-off sacrifice fly to left field in the bottom of the frame to send Great Britain to the World Baseball Classic.

#Knowles, playing left field, was 3-for-5 with three runs batted in (RBI) and two runs scored, including a two-run home run in the seventh inning that scored Alex Crosby to cut Great Britain’s deficit to one, 9-10.

#Seymour, playing next to Knowles in centre field, was 2-for-3 with a base on balls (walk) and a hit by pitch. He also stole a pair of bases and came home twice.

#The other players from the Bahamas on the team are pitcher Chavez Fernander and catcher Ural Forbes.

#Great Britain routed France 14-4 in their first game of the tournament on Friday. They came back and got their second win on Saturday with a 9-1 decision over Germany.

#This is the third time that the Bahamian players have teamed up to play with Great Britain.

#Cartwright and Antoan Richardson were the first to do so in 2013.

#The two, along with Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm, Kyle Simmons, Ali Knowles, Todd Isaacs, Champ Stuart, Chavez Young and Reshard Munroe, played again in 2016.

#The tournament was to be played in 2020, but was called off due to COVID-19. With the return of the tournament this year, it marked the first time that Great Britain has qualified for the World Baseball Classic.

#The Bahamas was unable to field a team for the classic because it has not participated in any World Baseball/Softball Confederation in quite a while and therefore the ranking is not up to par to play on its own.

#Bahamas Baseball Association secretary general Teddy Sweeting said they will begin making progress to fielding a team from the Bahamas by hosting its first major international tournament in December to christen the new baseball stadium, which is expected to be completed by the end of November.

#Despite losing to Great Britain, Spain will still have a chance.

#Spain plays the Czech Republic today, with the winner of that game earning the final spot in World Baseball Classic 2023 from Pool A.

#Spain beat the Czech Republic 21-7 in their first meeting of the tournament.

#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.

#The Pool B Qualifier is scheduled for 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 the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s official pro-level National Team World Championship.

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Bahamian collegiate water polo player excelling for the Mountaineers

Simba FrenchSend an emailSeptember 21, 2022 65 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

Bahamian collegiate water polo player Nicholas Wallace-Whitfield scored three goals for his team, the Mount Saint Mary’s Mountaineers, as they evenly split a four-game slate at the Bucknell Invite at the Kinney Natatorium in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, over the weekend.

Bahamian Saequan Miller’s team, the Salem University Tigers, were in action as well, but the graduate student was not available to play. They also split their four games.

Wallace-Whitfield and Miller’s teams met again in the pool after the Tigers got the best of the Mountaineers two weeks ago. It was the same result this time with the Tigers winning, 20-9. Wallace-Whitfield scored two goals in this match but it was not enough as the Tigers scored a combined 14 goals in the first and fourth periods.

The sophomore said that it was a tough loss and they have to put it behind them.

“The Salem game was a tough loss. It is something we must put behind us and focus on the future. I know that isn’t the end, we most likely will get a chance to play them again at conference championships and must be ready for that,” Wallace-Whitfield said.

He also had a goal on Saturday, helping the Mountaineers take down McKendree University, 11-10.

“I was extremely happy,” Wallace-Whitfield said. “It gave me a sense of confidence knowing I can be someone on the team to score when needed.”

The Mountaineers’ two losses came against two Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MWPC) teams – the Tigers and Fordham. They lost the game against Fordham, 17-13. They were able to end the weekend on a good note with a 17-13 victory over Mercyhurst University. They now sport a 4-3 win/loss record on the season.

“Our team, which is still relatively young filled with mostly freshmen and sophomores, is still building team chemistry and we are finding out how to play with each other. We know what we can do and the ultimate goal for the end of the season is to be conference champions. We must all make that our number one priority,” Wallace-Whitfield said.

Miller’s Tigers’ next victory came against Mercyhurst, 21-12. Their losses came against Wagner College, 18-14, and then to Fordham University, 24-12.

Up next for the Mountaineers and the Tigers is a four-game slate this weekend in Erie, Pennsylvania, for the MWPC Crossover on Friday and Sunday. Miller is hopeful that he will be available to play this time.

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‘BJ’ Murray to play in the Arizona Fall League

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In just his second professional season since being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2021 in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft, Bahamian Bertram ‘BJ’ Murray got a call to play for the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League on Sunday.

It is a huge step in the right direction for the 22-year-old as he looks to get to the majors. Murray is currently playing for the pennant-winning South Bend Cubs in the Midwest League Championship as they take on the Lake County Captains in High-A Baseball. The Captains lead that best-of-three series 1-0. The second game was played last night, but there wasn’t any result available up to press time.

The Arizona Fall League is a six-week league that features some of the best talent in the farm system. Mesa features players from the Oakland Athletics, Cubs, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees. It gets underway on October 3.

The third baseman was called up from the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in Single-A in June to the South Bend Cubs.

He finished with a batting average of .273 in 56 games for the Cubs in the regular season. Murray posted 51 hits, five home runs, eight doubles and one triple. The former Florida Atlantic University (FAU) standout had 28 runs batted in (RBIs) and 22 runs scored. His on-base percentage was .388 and he had a slugging percentage of .406 for an on-base plus slugging (OPS) percentage of .794. He was able to steal eight bases.

Overall, this past season, he accumulated a batting average of .286, thanks to a .305 average for the Pelicans. He was able to finish with 61 RBIs, 10 home runs and 106 hits. He ended his season strong, especially in September. He went 10-for-30 and was able to finish with a batting average of .333 during the month. Murray had one home run and scored five runs during the month. Murray’s best game of the month was in the final game of the season when his Cubs took down the Cedar Rapids, 9-2. In that game, Murray was impressive, going 3-for-4 and scoring one run. He was able to steal a base.

In the four postseason games, he is averaging a batting average of .462 and has gone 6-for-13. He has two runs scored and two RBIs to go along with eight total bases. His on-base percentage in the postseason is .563 and his slugging percentage is .615 for a 1.171 OPS.

In the first game in the championship against the Captains, the infielder was impressive at the plate, going 3-for-4, scoring two runs and hitting two doubles.

The Bahamian and the Mesa Solar Sox will kick off the Arizona Fall League on Monday October 3 against the Scottsdale Scorpions at 6.35 p.m.

Bahamians Jasrado ‘Jazz’ Chisholm Jr. and Lucius Fox Jr., who were the seventh and eighth Bahamians to be called up to the majors, both played in the Arizona Fall League. Chisholm is a starting infielder with the Miami Marlins and Fox got his call-up with the Washington Nationals but has since been sent down to the club’s Triple-A affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings.

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PRO baseball player Chavez Fernander in action for Great Britain. Photo: Great Britain Baseball

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D’Shawn Knowles in action for Great Britain. Photo: Great Britain Baseball

#By RENALDO DORSETT

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#Team Great Britain has dominated competition thus far at the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers and is now one win away from advancing to the marquee tournament in 2023.

#Great Britain is slated to face Spain at 1pm today at the Armin Wolf Arena in Regensburg, Germany. The winner joins the list of qualifiers at the World Baseball Classic next March, while the loser will be relegated but will still have an opportunity to qualify with a win in the third-place game.

#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.

#Cartwright has served as the first base coach through the first two games of the tournament.

#Great Britain is currently ranked at no.23 in the WBSC rankings while Spain is ranked no.19.

#GB opened the tournament with a 14-4 win over no. 22 France in a game that was stopped after eight innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.

#Seymour went 3-5 with 3 RBI and scored three runs. Knowles went 1-3 with an RBI and scored two runs.

#Britain scored in each of the final six innings. Every Great Britain starter reached base at least once, and all but one had at least one hit.

#In game two, Seymour and Knowles continued their production at the plate, while both pitchers saw action in relief duty. Great Britain scored an 8-1 win over the host country Germany to advance to the first-place game.

#Seymour finished 2-4 with two RBI and scored two runs with a stolen base while Knowles was 2-4 with a stolen base.

#Fernander took the mound in the eighth inning and recorded one strikeout.

#Thomas closed out the game in the ninth inning and also recorded a strikeout. Six Great Britain pitchers held Germany to just one run on four hits. The game went into a rain delay during the top of the fifth inning with Great Britain leading 3-1.

#Once play resumed, they added five more runs, including Seymour’s two-run triple. 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.

#The Pool B Qualifier is scheduled for 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 the World Baseball Softball Confederation’s official professional-level National Team World Championship

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CONNECTICUT Sun’s Jonquel Jones during Game 4 the WNBA Finals on Sunday in Uncasville, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

As of Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

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#THE 2022 season ended on a disappointing note for Jonquel Jones and her Connecticut Sun.

#The Sun were defeated by the Las Vegas Aces 78-71 Sunday night in game four of the WNBA Finals. The Aces closed out the series with a 3-1 edge to claim their first title in franchise history.

#Jones finished with 13 points and eight rebounds.

#Trailing 73-71 with 1:18 left to play, Jones pulled down an offensive rebound but was unable to convert the putback amid a trio of Aces defenders.

#Las Vegas followed with a 5-0 run in the final minute to close out the game and the series.

#“This team has heart. This team has a lot of pride. This team, everybody has made sacrifices for us to be able to be back here,” Jones 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.”

#Jones averaged 16 points and 8.3 rebounds over the course of the series.

#“You know, 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,” Jones said.

#“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.”

#It was the Sun’s second appearance in the WNBA Finals in the last three years following a 2019 loss to the Washington Mystics. The Sun have exited the playoffs in the semifinals or finals in the last four seasons.

#The Sun also hold the unenviable record of being the franchise with the most WNBA postseason wins (37) without a title.

#“Incredibly proud of our team and our resilience and our fight. It was a grind out there, both teams playing so hard, both teams playing so well in stretches defensively, and just incredibly proud of our effort….It was a great game and great for our league,” said Sun head coach Curt Miller.

#“Our team, we talk about it, that it’s going to hurt when you care as much as we do, and they put their hearts and soul into seasons. When you come up short, it really hurts. That means that there was something that mattered and something special amongst that group of players when it hurts that much.”

#Jones had a 2022 season to remember following her 2021 MVP campaign.

#She was named to the All- WNBA Second Team, the All Defensive Second Team, and received her fourth WNBA All- Star selection, voted a starter for a third time.

#Jones led the Sun in points (14.6), rebounds (8.6) and blocks (1.2) per game. Jones hit a plethora of career milestones this season, moving into first all-time in blocks (270), third all-time in rebounds (1,633) and sixth all-time in points (2,657) in Connecticut Sun franchise history.

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#FOR the third time in the past decade, the Miami Heat will make the Bahamas a part of their training camp.

#Over the weekend, the Heat revealed that their 2022 Training Camp, presented by Baptist Health, will be staged at Baha Mar from September 27 to October 1.

#The Heat announced that following their Media Day on Monday, September 26 at the FTX Arena, the Heat will conduct their two-day practice sessions from Tuesday to Thursday at Baha Mar, the award-winning luxury resort’s Convention, Arts and Entertainment Centre.

#Following the training sessions, the Heat will host a practice session opened to invited guests and kids from the Bahamas Basketball Federation before they return to Miami on Saturday. The Heat previously hosted their training camps here at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in 2013 and again in 2016. The Heat said it had intended to come back, but because of the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, they stayed in Florida for their camps either at FTX Arena or in Palm Beach County.

#Heat’s head coach Erik Spoelstra said the last time they came in the Bahamas certainly benefitted the Heat and his players.

#“We spent so much time together and really tried to get to know each other,” he said. “We spent a lot of time on the court but we spent a lot of time off the court. That’s why I love going away. It gives you a little bit of a start on that.”

#The Heat, led by the 1-2-3 punch of Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Victor Oladipo, are coming off a 53-29 win-loss record to win the Eastern Conference.

#After defeating the Atlanta Hawks 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs and earning a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round, only to get eliminated in a 4-3 decision to the Boston Celtics in the divisional finals.

#Following the training camp here, the Heat will participate in their pre-season from Monday, October 3 to Wednesday, October 12 before their regular season starts at home against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, October 19.

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RASHIELD Williams’ arm is raised by the ring referee after he won his fight on Saturday.

As of Tuesday, September 20, 2022

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#AFTER taking a brief break from competing at the Commonwealth Games, Rashield Williams returned to the pro ranks where he secured another impressive victory.

#On Saturday, Williams stopped American Daniel Arriaga one minute and 25 seconds in the second round of their welterweight bout at the Alessi Gym Fitness Center, Tampa, Florida.

#It was Williams’ fifth straight victory in seven fights since making his pro debut on February 9, 2019 against Carlos Monroy. Williams then suffered his first and only loss on March 22, 2019 against Javaune James before he reeled off his next five bouts, including Saturday’s win over his southpaw opponent Arriaga.

#“The fight went very good. I went in there and I picked my shots,” said Williams of his latest performance.

#“I dropped him twice in the first round and in the second round, I stopped him.”

#With a hook and a straight right to the head of James, Williams sealed the deal. “I stopped him. It was a TKO, but I didn’t get a chance to catch him as clean as I wanted to,” Williams said. “But thank God for the TKO win. I accept it.”

#Williams, coming off his loss in his only match he competed in during the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England in August when he had to shed about 11 pounds to make the weight, said he was delighted to be back in his comfort zone. “It was real nice. It was really exciting to get back in the ring,” said Williams, who resides and trains out of Miami, Florida. “I was really anxious, I couldn’t wait. It was a great feeling.”

#Williams, a 33-year-old orthodox fighter, is expected to be back in the ring next month when he competes in his eighth fight and hopefully secures his sixth straight victory.

#Arriaga, 32, dropped to 2-5-2 with his third consecutive loss

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#THE Atlantis Titans solidified third place in the men’s division, while the Sunshine Auto Wildcats wrapped up another ladies’ pennant on Saturday as the New Providence Softball Association completed its regular season and now prepares for the playoffs this weekend.

#The Titans pulled off a 12-10 victory over the Chances Mighty Mitts to improve their win-loss record to 4-7 for third place behind the front-running defending champions C&S Hitmen (10-1) and second place Marlins (10-2).

#Chances Mighty Mitts nipped the Renegades 11-10 on Sunday night to finish in fourth at 3-8 and will face the Hitmen in the playoffs. The Renegades have been eliminated with a 1-10 record in fifth place. Although they didn’t play because of a defaulted win over the Johnson Lady Truckers, the Wildcats moved to 8-3, but the game was played under protest with the outcome deciding on their close race with the RAB Operators, who are 9-3.

#The Johnson Lady Truckers, who out-slugged the Black Scorpions 17-14 in Sunday’s ladies’ opener, are now tied with the University of the Bahamas Mingoes at 5-6. The Black Scorpions have been eliminated at 1-10.

#In other games played over the weekend, the Marlins out-slugged the Renegades 20-12 on the men’s side, while in a pair of ladies’ games, the University of the Bahamas Mingoes knocked off the Black Scorpions 14-2 and the Operators routed the Black Scorpions 14-1.

#Titans 12, Mighty Mitts 10: Veteran left fielder Windsor Bethel enjoyed a 3-for-4 night with four runs batted in, including a three-run double in a three-run sixth inning to seal the deal for Atlantis.

#First baseman Marino Cartwright was a perfect 3-for-3 with a RBI and four runs scored, second baseman Andre Gardiner Jr was 1-for-4 with two runs scored, centre fielder Anthony Fowler Jr was 1-for-4 with a RBI and Angelo Dillet, who ended up pitching, was 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored. “We had a little rough start and that allowed them to get into the game, but in the end, we held strong and pushed through and did what we had to do,” Dillet said. “This was a very important game for us because we didn’t want to finish in the fourth spot. “We now face the Marlins. It’s going to be a physical series, but we just have to tighten up things a bit and play our mental game. Anything could happen between the lines, but we have a very good chance once we get the right nine on the field.”

#Stephan McKenzie went 4-for-4 with a RBI and three runs, left fielder Juniel Bain was 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored, first baseman Christopher McPhee was 3-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored and right fielder Christopher Wright was 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored.

#While they waited for the outcome of Saturday’s game, the Wildcats enjoyed a festive night, celebrating the 80th birthday of their sponsor, Deanza ‘Sunny’ Cox.

#“We had a lot of injuries, but everybody is now back,” said Wildcats’ manager Anthony Bullard. “Now that we have all of our starters back, we could go even further in our bid to win another championship title. Everybody knows their role and if the starters are not there on time, we have sufficient players to pick up the slack.”

#The Wildcats won three pennant and championships back-to-back before the pandemic hit in 2020.

#Looking at the return of the league this year, the first full season since they enjoyed their winning streak, Bullard said they have to be concerned about every team they play, but they know their opponents are just as concerned about them.

#Mingoes 14, Black Scorpions 2: Breanna Hield, who gave up four hits with four strike outs, went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored to pace the University of the Bahamas in their win on Friday night.

#Catcher Nabria Hamilton was 2-for-3 with three runs, shortstop Adonya Rolle was 1-for-3 with two runs and first sacker Sophia Cartwright was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored to help out in the win as they produced 11 runs in the first inning to blow the game open.

#First sacker Akia Rolle was 2-for-2 with two RBI, third sacker Therell McKenzie was 1-for-2 with a run scored and Vashauna Bastian was 1-for-2 with a RBI for the Black Scorpions. Nacara Gilbert suffered the loss on 11 hits with a strike out.

#Marlins 20, Renegades 12: Centre fielder Angelo Watson went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored to earn the MVP honours for Sigma. Pitcher Thomas Davis, playing first base, went 2-for-4 with two RBI and three runs scored, Eugene Pratt was 1-for-4 with a RBI and three runs scored, Stephen Russell was 1-for-1 with two RBI and five runs scored, Winston Seymour was 1-for-4 with two runs scored, Kristan Collie was 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored and Ellis Adderley was 2-for-3 with a RBI and a run scored.

#Deon Whyte came in relief for Dwayne Dean for the win for the Marlins. Nathan Darling was tagged with the loss.

#Amahj McPhee was 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored, Dylan Culmer was 2-for-2 with four RBI and two runs scored, Charles Major was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored and Christopher Jennings was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

#Operators 14, Black Scorpions 1: Third sacker Latoya Jackson enjoyed a perfect 3-for-3 night with four RBI and three runs in their win on Thursday as they scored five runs in the first, six in the second and three in the third.

#Catcher Brianna Knowles was also perfect at 2-for-2 with three RBI and a run scored, second sacker Katrel Dorsette was 1-for-1 with two RBI and a run scored and winning pitcher Brendia Ferguson fired a one hitter with eight strike outs in their abbreviated victory.

#Second sacker Therell McKenzie got the only hit for the Black Scorpions, whose Nacara Gilbert gave up 11 hits with s strike out in a losing effort.

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