BAAA executives elected, from left to right, are Pharez Cooper, Laketah Charlton, Foster Dorsett, Drumeco Archer, John Ingraham and Tito Moss. Missing is Sheldon Longley.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

#AFTER an intense campaign, Drumeco Archer was returned on Saturday as president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations for the next four years, a term that will include the hosting of the 50th CARIFTA Games and the return of the World Athletics Relays in 2024.

#Continuing what he already started, Archer will serve with Foster Dorsett as his first vice president, John Ingraham from Grand Bahama as second vice president, Laketah Charlton as vice president of finance, Pharez Cooper as vice president of business operations, Tito Moss as vice president of technical operations and sports journalist Sheldon Longley as vice president of public relations and marketing.

#Joining the executive team as council members are Jason Edwards, the highest vote getter with 33, Mikhilo Strachan with 28, Grand Bahamian Dionne Britton and Eleuthera’s Kennard Mackey with 27 each, Grand Bahamian Jason Larrimore with 26, Robert Ayton with 24 and Andrew Tynes with 23. The election was held in the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium and was conducted by BAAA Chief Executive Officer May Miller, assisted by Belinda Wilson, John Pinder and Greg Burrows Sr. Pinder called it one of the most impressive elections he’s seen performed in any sporting organisation.

#President Elect

#Campaigning under the theme: “The More Plan,” Archer collected a total of 24 votes to beat out immediate past president Rosamunde Carey, who had 17 and Dawn Woodside-Johnson, who picked up seven.

#“It’s a sigh of relief, but I can tell you that we’re focused on the prize and that is to grow the sport and to make the country proud,” he said. “That means there has to be a collective effort for all stakeholders.

#“I intend to work closely with the coaches as well as all of the administrators who make up this federation. I’m excited about the next four years. The previous four years, we’ve been dealing with a lot of challenges including COVID and Dorian and the likes. But we have an exciting season ahead of us.”

#With the CARIFTA Games coming back for the ninth time next year and the World Relays to follow in 2024 for the fourth time since its inception, Archer said the BAAA has an unique chance to showcase the Bahamas to the world, although many elected are serving for the first time.

#In accepting her defeat, Carey said the coaches have spoken again and she will accept the defeat.

#“We thought we had it, even up to last night, but you know what it is, it’s an election and people say one thing and they do something else,” she said. “But it is what it is. So we wish this new administration well because there’s a lot of work to be done, but not just from the coaches’ part of it, but with the athletes.”

#Johnson, whose campaign was on change, said there’s no love lost as she congratulated Archer and his team.

#“We thought we would have done better in terms of what the membership said they were going to do, but they have spoken and so we have to move on,” she said. “Hopefully the BAAA can now unite and move on to the level that it should be. I will still be around to assist the BAAA in whatever needs to be done.”

#First Vice President

#Dorsett emerged out front with 25 votes, followed by University of the Bahamas Mingoes’ coach Ednal Rolle with 13, Olympian and World Championship relay medallist Carl Oliver with nine and former executive and coach Rupert Gardiner with two.

#“I feel this position is right for me. I never left track and field. I always worked whether it was as a coach or BACO, I always worked with whoever was in power,” said Dorsett, a former president and vice president.

#“There’s still a lot of work to be done especially with our Family Island development, which we are doing now with our talent search. But I also want to display the history of track and field in the Mall where we can showcase the sport to the Bahamas.”

#Second Vice President

#Ingraham, the head coach of the Heats Athletics, went through with flying colours, soaring to the top of the chart with 31 votes. Former executive Ravanno Ferguson had nine and Sandra Laing came up short with eight. They were both Grand Bahamians who served in the past administration.

#“It’s a privilege to serve because track and field has always been my passion,” Ingraham said. “I came from the lowest level and now I’m a part of the executive board. I really appreciate what the members did for me. Through God, we got it done.”

#Vice President of Finance

#Charlton, a member of the Bahamas Association of Certified Officials, said she’s very elated to be a part of the executive team. She won with 20 votes, holding off former sprinter and now announcer Philippa Willie, who had 13. Both Darius Ferguson and Shakena Demeritte had eight apiece.

#“I will try to do my endeavour best to be as transparent as possible to ensure that all of the finances of the association are accounted for,” she said. “Accountability and transparency will be my top priority for this association.”

#Vice President of Business Operations

#Cooper got a landslide victory with 26 votes. His nearest rival was coach Cedricka Rolle with eight. Demaris Cash finished third with six. “First of all, I want to thank the coaches for their support. It’s a good feeling to win a position from Grand Bahama,” he said. “We have a lot of work to do and our goal is to put our best foot forward and get the work done that needs to be done.”

#Vice President of Technical Operations

#In what came down to the wire, Moss held off Bernard Newbold 22-21 to claim the spot. Former Grand Bahamian 800m specialist Alexis Roberts had six.

#“It’s a privilege and an honour and I want to thank all who imposed their confidence in voting for me for this post,” said the coach of the Red-Line Athletics Track Club. “It’s a big position with a lot of responsibility, but I’m looking forward to getting on the ground and running.”

#Vice President of Public Relations and Marketing

#Longley, the sports editor at The Nassau Guardian, won with 27 votes. Verna Bonaby had 12 and former sprinter Tanya Woodside ended up with 10. There was one spoiled ballot. Longley said he was ecstatic with the results.

#“I want to thank the track and field family community for having the faith in me in getting the job done,” Longley said “I intend on going in there and getting the job done as best as I can to get track and field back to where it used to be, to get it some stability in track and field and make it the number one sport in the Bahamas.”

#Sprinter Anthonique Strachan, the BAAA athletes’ representative, offered her word of congratulations.

#“Looking forward to working with you and everyone being transparent and making great change for athletes and coaches involved,” said Strachan, who was added to the Legends Walk of Fame on Thursday outside the Thomas A Robinson Stadium along with quarter-milers Shaunae Miller-Uibo and Steven Gardiner.

#“Please don’t let me and you all argue.”

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GARVIN Tynes Primary School girls won the softball title as the New Providence Primary Schools Sports Association completed its week-long dual competition at Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

SADIE Curtis boys emerged as the boys’ baseball champions as the NPPSSA completed its week-long dual competition at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#WHILE Garvin Tynes outslugged Palmdale for the girls’ softball title, Sadie Curtis blanked TG Glover to emerge as the boys’ baseball champions as the New Providence Primary Schools Sports Association completed its week-long dual competition at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex.

#The championships took place on Friday as sponsor Lillian McDonald and Ministry of Education officers Evon Wisdom and Clara Storr joined NPPSSA president Latoya Bain-Sturrup in presenting the hardware to the recipients.

#Girls softball

#Garvin Tynes 9, Palmdale 5: Time only allowed them to complete two innings, but it was all that Garvin Tynes needed in the one hour to pull off the exciting championship feat. “I am very pleased. They did a phenomenal job,” said Crystal Eneas, who coached Garvin Tynes along with Janice Williams.

#“We went back to practice and we cleaned up the mistakes we made in our previous games and now we came out as champions.”

#Eneas said it was expected. “We had no doubts that we would pull it off,” she added. “Our hitting improved and our fielding improved. We’re just happy to be able to take the team trophy back to Garvin Tynes.”

#They did it on the strength of their towering pitcher Zamira Simms and diminutive first sacker D’Antia Rose. “I feel we could have played a little better, but we did very well for the time that we had to practice,” said Simms, an 11-year-old sixth grader at Garvin Tynes. “I know I could have done better, but we still got the win.”

#Rose, an eight-year-old fourth grader who played first base, noted she could have done better, but she felt good that her team won. “I feel good,” she said. “I think we played our best.”

#Ashley Oembler, coach of Palmdale, said it was a good game for them to win.

#“Congratulations to Garvin Tynes. They are an excellent team,” Oembler said. “Our Palmdale girls did an excellent job. Me and Nikita Bridgewater are proud of them. They showed that they were confident playing in this game. They played through the end. We wanted the championship, but we didn’t get it.”

#Bridgewater said despite the loss, she can concur with Oembler, that they did their best.

#“For the short time we had to work with them, I think they did very well,” she added.

#Their battery mate of pitcher Kimeyah Coakley and catcher Azariah Hinds came through at the last minute after Palmdale’s original duo couldn’t make it out. Eva Hilton finished in third place.

#Boys’ baseball

#Sadie Curtis 6, TG Glover 0: Behind the three-headed pitching monster, Sadie Curtis proved to be no match for TG Glover, holding their opponents scoreless in the complete five innings played.

#As the champions of the last championship played in 2020 before the pandemic struck, Sadie Curtis’ coach Francesca McBride said they just wanted to win another title.

#“I knew they had it in them. Some of them play for Freedom Farm and JBLN, so I knew we had good talent,” McBride said. “We had good pitching and good catching, but I was a little concerned about our hitting. They surprised me with their performances. We did a great job.”

#Rhamelo Bethel, Elisha Sands and Josiah Filterman combined to pitch the shutout.

#Bethel, who got the ball rolling before he moved to catching, said they worked so hard to accomplish their feat and they had a lot of fun doing it, especially in pulling off the shut out.

#Bethel actually made a game-ending play at the plate that prevented TG Glover from scoring their only run. “I couldn’t let him score,” said Bethel, a 10-year-old sixth grader at Sadie Curtis..

#“We played so well, so I couldn’t let them score.”

#Brad Wood Jr, who along with William McFall coached TG Glover, said he felt they played as best as they could. “We only had about a week and-a-half to prepare,” Wood Jr said.

#“But we had one or two veteran players and they tried to keep us together.”

#Eldon Bullard was the star for TG Glover, pitching all of their games during the regular season to get them into the final.

#Unfortunately in the final, they were no match for Sadie Curtis.

#Eva Hilton picked up third place.

#McDonald, the proprietor of Mackado Bus Service, said she was so impressed with what she saw that she will always be willing to assist and she advised the NPPSSA that they can count on her to help out. Wisdom, the retiring sports officer at the Ministry of Education, encouraged the players to respect “the people who came before you, respect mommy and daddy” and persons like “Mrs McDonald and Mrs Sturrup” because they are the ones who are there to assist the players in achieving their goals.

#“When you don’t pay homage to them, this is all at naught,” Wisdom said.

#“I want all of you as players to thank your coaches and thank your mother and father and let them know how much you appreciate them.”

#Storr, the education officer at the Ministry of Education, took the time out to congratulate all of the teams and she encouraged the players to “celebrate” their achievements,

#“Do not let it stop here. This is just the beginning,” Storr told the players.

#“I know that the Bahamas had a legacy relating to baseball and softball. You are the players that will continue to carry the legacy.

#“Even though you are children in primary schools, the sky’s the limit.

#“Let nothing stop you. We might be a small island nation, but everyone knows where we are. So you are the flag carrier to the world.”

#The NPPSSA, which started the year with soccer, will move into its basketball competition in January.

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#THE Grand Bahama Secondary Schools Athletic Association completed its first ever Northern Bahamas Volleyball Championships over the weekend.

#The event, organised through the joint Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture and the Ministry of Education, was held at the St George’s Gymnasium from Thursday to Saturday.

#In the girls’ championships, the Tabernacle Falcons defeated the Eight Mile Rock Bluejays in three sets with scores of 21-14, 18-21 and 15-13.

#The most valuable player was Khanna Hanchel and the coach of the tournament was Salaka Williams of Tabernacle.

#Winning third place was the Lucayan International School Buccaneers.

#In the senior boys’ championships, the Agape Eagles from Abaco stunned the Sunland Baptist Stingers in three sets as well with scores of 15-21, 22-20 and 15-9.

#The MVP was Jason Williams.

#The coach of the tournament was Stephen Johnson of Agape.

#The Jack Hayward Wildcats won third place.

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VIKTOR HOVLAND, right, poses for a photo with tournament host Tiger Woods, left, after he won the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club yesterday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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#NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Viktor Hovland led by four shots at the turn. No one got closer to him than two shots during the final nine holes at the Hero World Challenge.

#It sounds easy. Far from it. Hovland pulled a 6-iron from an awkward lie into the water on the 18th hole and had to make a 20-foot bogey putt for a 3-under 69 to secure victory yesterday, allowing him to join tournament host Tiger Woods as the only back-to-back winners of this holiday event.

#“I made it a little more exciting, I guess,” Hovland said.

#A year ago, the 25-year-old from Norway rallied from six shots behind on the final day with a 66 to win. That was fun. Far more stressful was leading the entire way at Albany, even when it looked to everyone else that it was a Bahamas breeze.

#Masters champion Scottie Scheffler, whose three-putt double bogey on the ninth hole left him five shots behind, stayed in the game with four birdies on the back nine that gave him a fleeting chance, two shots back playing the 18th.

#Hovland faced a 6-iron from the slope above a bunker, with water left of the green. The face of the club closed on impact, and the ball headed left into the hazard. “Basically just do anything else but hit it in the water,” Hovland said. “So as soon as that happened, I was pretty frustrated. But I knew that he didn’t have a gimme par, so if I can wedge up there close, I can still make a putt and win the tournament. And if not, he still has to make a par to force me to a playoff.

#“But it was a lot more stressful than it should have been.”

#Scheffler put his approach into the sandy area, and his chip ran over the cup with too much speed, about 10 feet by the hole. If Hovland missed his bogey putt, Scheffler would have that putt for a playoff.

#Hovland ended the suspense. Scheffler missed what became a meaningless putt and shot 68 to finish two shots behind, a runner-up to Hovland for the second straight year. “I said earlier in the week that I don’t like finishing second,” Scheffler said. “It’s not a good feeling right now. But I’m proud of the fight.”

#Woods won in 2006 and 2007 when it was held at Sherwood Country Club. He had to withdraw this week with plantar fasciitis in his right foot, instead watching in his Sunday red shirt for some drama no one was expecting. “It’s frigging nerve-wracking,” Hovland said with a smile. “You’re never that comfortable. I didn’t play that great on the back nine, but it was good enough.”

#Hovland finished at 16-under 272 and won $1 million.

#The victory is unofficial, but the world ranking points pushed him up three spots to No. 9.

#Scheffler needed to win to return to No. 1 in the world, at least for a few weeks. Rory McIlroy was projected to end the year at No. 1 regardless of the outcome.

#Starting three shots behind, Scheffler holed a pitch from 30 yards short of the green on the par-5 sixth hole for eagle to reach 14-under par and momentarily tie for the lead.

#Hovland was in trouble off the tee. He had to play a pitching wedge over a 20-foot dune, an 8-iron to the green and then holed an 18-foot birdie putt to stay one ahead.

#The next hole was pivotal, the 18th notwithstanding.

#Scheffler’s pitch from the bottom of the fairway on the short par-4 seventh barely got onto the green and rolled into the bunker, leading to bogey.

#Hovland was on the edge of a bunker and chipped to 5 feet for birdie and a two-shot swing, restoring his lead to three.

#There were other challengers over the final two hours, just not for long.

#Cameron Young made a strong bid and got within two shots at one point until he took bogey on the 16th. Xander Schauffele also made an early run until that ended with a bogey on the par-5 15th.

#Scheffler ran off three straight birdies through the 16th hole to get within two shots, and Hovland gave him an opening on the 18th until he closed it with the big putt.

#Scheffler still heads into the holidays with a breakthrough year behind him — the Masters among his four PGA Tour wins, No. 1 in the world longer than anyone else this year, the PGA Tour player of the year.

#Young had a 68 and finished alone in third, followed by Schauffele (68) and Justin Thomas, who had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine to salvage a poor start and close with 70 to finish fifth. “It’s only 20 players, but it’s the best 20 players in the world,” Hovland said. “You’ve got to play your best to win.”

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 Home|Sports|Bahamian collegiate athletes hit the trackSports

Sheldon LongleySend an emailDecember 5, 2022 183 4 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

It’s early December, which means for Bahamian collegiate track and field athletes, it’s the beginning of their athletic seasons.

A few Bahamian athletes got their seasons underway in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) this past weekend, competing at various meets around the United States.

Wanya McCoy, a sophomore at Clemson University, showed tremendous progression a season ago, setting personal best times in both short sprints, and showing early season form of potentially going even faster this year with blazing times over the weekend.

Competing at the Clemson Open inside the Clemson Indoor Track & Field Complex in Clemson, South Carolina, the up-and-coming Bahamian sprinter recorded personal bests in both the 60 and 300 meters (m) indoors. McCoy, 19, ran a personal best of 6.69 seconds in the preliminaries of the men’s 60m, then came back in the final and won that event in 6.76 seconds. His time in the prelims has him tied with three others for the 11th fastest in the world this year in the under-20 boys division.

‘The Real McCoy’ as he is known, wasn’t done yet. He also won the men’s 300m, running a blazing personal best of 32.53 seconds. That time is less than a second off Steven Gardiner’s national record and is tied for the 23rd fastest of all time. McCoy is also the number two Bahamian athlete of all time in that event behind Gardiner.

Also seeing action over the weekend was Megan Moss, a junior at the University of Kentucky. Moss competed at the Commonwealth College Opener at the Norton Healthcare Sports & Learning Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Moss, 20, ran in the 500m and 4x400m relay. In the 500m, she finished second in 1:13.24. That race was won by Kennedy Simon, a senior at the University of Texas, in 1:08.59.

Moss came back and ran in the women’s 4x400m relay with her teammates Karimah Davis, Masai Russell and Yasmin Brooks. Moss ran the third leg and they won in 3:40.05. Louisville was second in 3:42.70 and Bellarmine University rounded out the top three in 3:53.45.

After missing the 2022 outdoor season, Anthaya Charlton is back and she is back with a bang. Also competing at the Commonwealth College Opener, the Kentucky Wildcats sophomore matched her personal best time in the 60m, ran a new personal best in the 200m and was just off her personal best jump in the long jump event.

In the 60m, Charlton matched her personal best time of 7.41 seconds in the heats, came back in the final and finished fourth in 7.53 seconds. In the 200m, she finished sixth in a personal best of 24.91 seconds. Over in the long jump, Charlton finished second in that event with a best leap of 5.94m (19’ 6”). The 19-year-old was just off her personal best leap of 5.99m (19’ 8”).

Taking part in the 2022 Dakota Indoor Classic inside the Fargodome Sports Arena in Fargo, North Dakota, was University of North Dakota senior Daejha Moss. Moss, 23, won the high jump competition with a clearance of 1.76m (5’ 9-1/4”) and finished second in the long jump with a personal best leap of 5.96m (19’ 6-3/4”). Her clearance in the high jump was just two centimeters short of her personal best height in that event. North Dakota State sophomore Grace Emineth won the long jump competition with a leap of 6.05m (19’ 10-1/4”).

Also at the Dakota Indoor Classic, Bahamian Shyrone Kemp, 23, was in action for the MSU-Moorhead Dragons. The Dragons compete in the NCAA Division II.

Kemp, a senior, finished first in both the men’s 60m and the men’s long jump.

In the 60m, he had a winning performance of 7.01 seconds after running a personal best time of 6.93 seconds in the heats. In the long jump, he had a winning jump of 7.42m (24’ 4-1/4”) – a personal best leap for him and third all-time in MSU-Moorhead history. The winning jump was also a qualifying jump for this season’s NCAA Indoor Championships.

Bahamian Shaquiel Higgs, 22, was third in the men’s 60m in 7.05 seconds after running an identical time in the heats. The senior athlete finished eighth in the 200m in 22.98 seconds. In the 60m hurdles, he ran a time of 8.77 seconds.

It didn’t take long for Tiffany Hanna to establish herself at Fordham University in New York City, New York. The graduate transfer from Wagner College smashed Fordham’s school record in the women’s weight throw at the Youree Spence-Garcia Invitational at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex on Staten Island, New York.

Hanna, 23, turned in a massive heave of 17.44m (57’ 2-3/4”) in the women’s weight throw to win that event. Finishing a distant second in that event was St. John’s University junior Ismini Andreou with a throw of 15.18m (49’ 9-3/4”). Hanna’s throw smashed the previous school record of 15.84m (51’ 11-1/2”) by Arianna Washington in 2006. Hanna’s throw was also an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) qualifying mark.

In the women’s shot put event, Hanna finished fourth with a throw of 11.28m (37’).

Her stellar performances earned her the Maxine Williams Memorial Award for the meet’s most outstanding female performer.

In the NCAA Division II, Denisha Cartwright competed for the Minnesota State University (MSU) at Mankato Mavericks at the Chuck Petersen Open at Myers Field House in Mankato, Minnesota.

The junior athlete earned three top three finishes, all in personal best times, crossing the finish line first in the 60m hurdles, first in the 200m and second in the 60m, to lead her team to a first-place finish overall in the team standings.

In the 60m hurdles, Cartwright, 22, ran a new personal best time and facility and school record of 8.18 seconds after running 8.19 seconds in the heats. Her previous personal best and school record was 8.23 seconds. In the 200m, Cartwright’s winning time of 24.21 seconds was also a new personal best and facility and school record. In the women’s 60m, Cartwright was second behind her teammate Makayla Jackson, a junior. Jackson ran a new facility and school record of 7.29 seconds and Cartwright was second in a personal best time of 7.31 seconds after running 7.40 seconds in the heats.

The NCAA indoor season continues next weekend.

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 Home|Sports|The Bahamas beats the USVISports

Sheldon LongleySend an emailDecember 5, 2022 192 3 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

The Bahamas’ national baseball team made history last night, winning its first game at the senior national level on home soil, as the 4th Annual COCABE (Caribbean Baseball Confederation) Caribbean Baseball Cup got underway at the Andre Rodgers National Baseball Stadium.

After a grand opening Sunday afternoon, and in the front of Bahamian Major League Baseball (MLB) star with the Miami Marlins Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr., Team Bahamas pulled off a 4-3 win over the US Virgin Islands. They struggled to hit the ball all night, but came through when the team needed it the most.

Ellison Hanna got a huge two-run single in the bottom of the seventh inning to put The Bahamas up, 3-2, last night, and after the USVI tied the game a half inning later, Toby Simmons drove in the game-winning run with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth.

McKell Bethel came in and closed the door for The Bahamas in the top of the ninth, earning the save. Bethel retired the side in the bottom of the ninth, striking two of the three batters he faced to preserve the hard-fought win for The Bahamas.

“That guy (Bethel) was playing softball like about two weeks ago. We went down to Grand Bahama from a training camp and he was there and he just came at us,” said Team Bahamas Assistant Coach Albert Cartwright, a former professional baseball player for The Bahamas. “He came out here tonight and he was throwing heat. He was our hardest thrower, it was just crazy to see.”

Evan Sweeting recorded the win for The Bahamas and Bethel earned the save. Tahj Cunningham suffered the loss for the USVI.

The Bahamas struck first, scoring in the bottom of the second inning, scoring on an error by the USVI catcher Conroy Samuel III as he overthrew second base on a steal attempt. Hanna came home from third on the play to score The Bahamas’ first run of the game.

The USVI got that run back in the top of the fifth on an RBI (run batted in) double by Taj Bates and then took a 2-1 lead an inning later on a wild pitch. Hanna’s two-run single in the bottom of the seventh gave The Bahamas a 3-2 lead, but he was called out trying to get back to first base after being caught up halfway between first and second.

The USVI tied the game in the top of the eighth inning on a bases loaded walk, and then Toby Simmons got the game-winning sacrifice fly a half inning later.

“This almost brought me to tears tonight,” said Cartwright. “I was at the ground-breaking ceremony for this stadium, so to be here tonight and pick up this key win is a sweet feeling. This is so exciting, to see the fans come out and support us tonight is a great feeling.”

Cartwright said the bats didn’t come alive for the majority of the night, but the team was able to hang in there and do what they needed to do to get the win. The Bahamas finished with just four hits on the night as the USVI out hit them, 6-4.

“Sometimes you are anxious to do so well in front of your family and friends that you might fold. It’s challenging,” said Cartwright. “We had to take a step back, relax and gather ourselves. The important thing is that we got the win. We have to come back and build off of that. We were able to get it done and hopefully we can keep it going for the rest of the tournament.”

Hanna finished 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for The Bahamas. Simmons, Adari Grant and Ural Forbes II had the other three hits for The Bahamas. Six players had a hit each for the USVI.

Brandon Russell started the game for The Bahamas and went five complete innings. He gave up three hits and a run and struck out five. Toshawn Drew started the game for the USVI. He went four and two-thirds innings, giving up two hits and a run, and striking out five.

The top two teams from the week-long tournament will qualify to compete at next year’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in San Salvador, El Salvador. If Cuba is among the top two, the top three will qualify for the CAC Games, as Cuba has previously qualified.

It doesn’t get any easier for Team Bahamas, as they play Curacao tonight. That game will get underway at 7 p.m. Curacao won its first game of the tournament, turning back Puerto Rico, 7-1, yesterday morning.

This is the first time that a major international senior baseball tournament is being held here in The Bahamas and it’s the first time that a collection of collegiate and professional Bahamian baseball players have come together on the same team to represent the country. The week-long tournament runs through Sunday December 11 at which time the championship and third-place games will be held. The closing ceremony is set for 8:30 p.m. on Sunday December 11.

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 Home|Sports|It’s ‘More with Meco’Sports

Sheldon LongleySend an emailDecember 5, 2022 236 3 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

The track and field community spoke loudly on Saturday, returning Drumeco Archer for a second consecutive term as president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA).

Archer was able to gain 50 percent of the votes from the delegates representing the various clubs, to hold off former president Rosamunde Carey and presidential candidate newcomer Dawn Johnson, 24-17-7.

Archer, who won over voters with his ‘More with Meco’ agenda and plan for track and field for the next four years, said he is grateful to the track and field community for their confidence in him and looks forward to another fruitful four years of track and field in The Bahamas.

“We’re very grateful to the track and field community for having the confidence in us as an administration, a new administration, to do the work of track and field in the country,” said Archer. “I believe that the profile of the federation needs to be more fully exploited. The commercial assets of this entity, the biggest entity in this country, will be exploited to the fullest in this term. We are a part of the community and with that, fan participation is going to be a huge focus for us in this term. We are looking to engage the fan base of The Bahamas in track and field and expand it like never before.”

Also voted into office in the first vice president spot is Foster Dorsett, a former president of the association. He defeated Ednal Rolle, Carl Oliver and Rupert Gardiner, 25-13-9-2, respectively.

“I just want to say thanks to all the persons who supported me and the new slate. I’m thankful that they have the confidence in us to carry the association to the next level. I promise to go in there and keep all of the elected officials’ feet to the fire and carry out the functions of the office. I will ensure that each elected official works within the guidelines of the constitution and do their part in ensuring that track and field returns to prominence. We have a lot of work to do.”

John Ingraham, who returned to Grand Bahama on Sunday, was voted into office in the second vice president spot. He defeated Ravanno Ferguson and Sandra Laing, both also from the nation’s second city, 31-9-8, respectively. For the vice president of finance position, Laketah Charlton came out on top, defeating Philippa Willie, Shakena Demeritte and Darius Ferguson by a score of 20-13-8-8, respectively.

For the vice president of public relations and marketing position, this paper’s journalist Sheldon Longley won, defeating Verna McIntosh-Bonaby and Tanya Woodside, 27-12-10. Pharez Cooper, from Grand Bahama, is the new vice president of business operations, defeating Damarius Cash and Cedricka Rolle, 26-15-8, respectively. Finally, Tito Moss won the battle for the vice president of technical operations position, beating Bernard Newbold and Alexis Roberts, 22-21-6, respectively.

“I’m very happy that I was given this honor to serve as vice president of technical operations. Now the work begins,” said Moss. “I look forward to doing all that I can to assist the Family Island coaches with whatever increments that they might not have. I think that’s important. We have the odd distance coming up and that is is our first task as a new administration. We want to make sure all of the technical events and all technical aspects of meets, from the BAAA aspect, are adhered to.

“One of the things that we are looking at is for the jumpers, the top eight, to get at least six jumps. We also want to make sure that at all meets, throwers get at least six throws, and for at least one meet, every four to five meets, for those who do the multi events, and the same for the pole vault, to get some action. We want to make sure those technical events get the attention that they deserve.”

Elected to the council positions for the BAAA for the next term are Jason Edwards, who will serve as the council chairman; Dionne Britton, Mikhilo Strachan, Andrew Tynes, Kennard Mackey, Jason Larrimore and Robert Ayton.

The first meet on the BAAA calendar for the 2022-2023 season is the Odd Distance Track and Field Meet, set for Saturday, December 17.

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As of Thursday, December 1, 2022

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#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

#THE matchup is set for the 2022 HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl and the NCAA Division I Bowl season is set to begin in The Bahamas.

#The University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers of Conference-USA will make their second appearance at the event when they take on the Miami (Ohio) Redhawks of the Mid-American Conference at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium on December 16.

#Kickoff is set for 11:30am in the first ever meeting between the two programmes and the game will be broadcast live by ESPN.

#UAB finished 6-6 and became bowl eligible with their 37-27 win over Louisiana Tech in the regular season finale.

#Yesterday, the Blazers Athletic Department announced 14-year NFL veteran quarterback and Super Bowl XXXV Champion Trent Dilfer as its seventh head coach in programme history.

#Dilfer will officially begin his tenure as the UAB Football head coach on Friday, December 2.

#The UAB offence has averaged over 243 yards per game led by running back DeWayne McBride. McBride set UAB’s single season school records for rushing yards (1,713), rushing yards per game (155.7), rushing touchdowns (19) and yards per carry (7.4), while also establishing the single game rushing record with 272 yards in the aforementioned finale against Louisiana Tech.

#In the 2017 Bahamas Bowl, the Blazers suffered a 41-6 loss to the Ohio Bobcats. This year will mark the seventh consecutive bowl game appearance for the Blazers.

#The Redhawks also finished the season 6-6. The HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl is Miami’s 14th bowl appearance in programme history and they have been bowl eligible six of the past seven seasons. The Miami offence is led by dual threat quarterback Aveon Smith who threw for 1,137 yards with nine touchdowns and also ran for 503 yards and six touchdowns.

#Defensively, linebackers Ryan McWood and Matthew Salopek anchor the defence and was ranked among the top against the run in the MAC. “We are thrilled to be the opening game of Bowl Season and to showcase the beautiful islands of the Bahamas through this event, which has been a fixture on the sporting calendar since 2014,” said Bahamas Bowl executive director Lea Miller-Tooley in a press release. “The Bahamas Bowl has provided tremendous competition for our participating teams from Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference, while offering a one-of-a-kind experience for student athletes, coaches and families to travel to a foreign country and be rewarded for a successful season. We know that the 2022 bowl will remind everyone why ‘Bowl Games are Better in The Bahamas’.”

#The 2022 HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl is one of 17 college bowl games owned and operated by ESPN.

#For more information on the 2022 HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl, visit BahamasBowl.com

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CELEBRITY Artist and culture ambassador Jamaal Rolle with portraits on the Legends Walk of Fame. Photo: Moise Amisial

As of Friday, December 2, 2022

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#BAHAMIAN celebrity artist Jamaal Rolle may have outdone himself in producing the 69 portraits of past and present Bahamian sporting superstars for the relaunch of the Legends Walk of Fame outside of the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

#Rolle, who has drawn portraits of so many world famous persons from Bahamians to foreigners, said he started the first batch of portraits in 2014, again in 2015 and then in 2019 before they were taken down because of Hurricane Dorian.

#“I’m happy that the Local Organising Committee approached me about redoing the Legends Walk of Fame because it gave me a chance to redo those that were damaged and then I got to add the three new ones,” Rolle said.

#“This serves as a landmark for the country. As often as I passed by, I would see tour guides bringing the tourists here and when I checked on trip advisor, the Legends Walk of Fame was one of the things they listed as something to see.

#“The impetus behind this was to inspire the youngsters, who would one day aspire to be among this list of sporting heroes,” Rolle said. “I know for me, I never really got to go to the airport to travel until I was an adult.

#“But I always came as a child for sports day at school. So to see this here, I think it’s good to have something that can inspire the youngsters. For me, to be an inner-city boy becoming an accomplished artist to do something as grand as this.”

#What fascinated Rolle the most about the project was the amount of Major League baseball players the country produced – six to be exact – who were all included in the variety of sporting personalities displayed for all to see.

#“The late Sir Durward Knowles and I had a father-son relationship, He and I were very close. We were Rotarians,” he said. “I always heard of Elisha Obed and Yama Bahama, so to use my craft and express that in a drawing was a challenge I took.

#“It was good to do a portrait of Anthony Carroll, the bodybuilder, my ambassador collegiate Rick Fox from basketball, the Golden Girls, who are all my friends and I remember when the country erupted that night when they won, along with the Golden Knights. Mark Knowles was a mixed doubles champion at Wimbledon in tennis and Mychal ‘Sweet Bells’ Thompson, the first Bahamian drafted in the NBA.”

#Rolle said it’s so good to see the diversity of athletes young and old in so many disciplines being placed on this Legends Wall of Fame is just a sight to behold.

#Andy ‘Smudge’ Ford, who has three of his siblings, including Major leaguer the late Wenty Ford, multiple star Eddie Ford and softball pitcher Linda Ford, said the portraits were all well done.

#“It’s really a good reflection of all of them and they brought back a lot of memories,” said Ford, who is an accomplished baseball/ softball player. “It was wonderfully done, can’t ask for anything more nor anything less.”

#Patricia McKenzie said she was so impressed that she wanted to congratulate Rolle and to check to see if he could do some personal portraits for her family. “I think the work is beautiful. They are awesome,” she said. “To see how much talent we have in this country is just phenomenal. He’s one of our uprising artists in the whole world. He did the Prince and he did the Queen. I just thought I would come up and congratulate him for the great work he has done with all of our legends.”

#Two of the living legends, strongwoman Lavern Eve and sprinter Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie were equally impressed with what they saw. “I think this is a fantastic idea. I’m glad they brought it back,” said Eve, a multiple national star, but the first athlete to repeat as the Austin Sealy Award winner as the most outstanding athlete at CARIFTA in 1992 and 1993.

#“People just think of track and field, but I’m glad to see all of the legends who came from the different sports. This gives the country a chance to see a variety of people who excelled. I don’t consider myself as a legend. I just believe that I was blessed by God with my talent and I made good of it.”

#Having gotten her first glimpse of all of the portraits, Eve said Rolle should be commended for a “great job” because “they look just like the people in real life.”

#She noted that he certainly did a great job.

#Ferguson-McKenzie, who also won the Austin Sealy Award in 1995, couldn’t agree more.

#“I am so honoured to be here. When we were included, I know this is going to sound crazy, but I forgot about it,” said Ferguson-McKenzie, referring to the Golden Girls – Eldece Clarke, Savatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup and Pauline Davis-Thompson, who were all included at the same time.

#“It’s so nice to be back and to watch Shaunae (Miller-Uibo), Stevie (Gardiner) and Anthonique (Strachan) joining the list on legends, is just amazing.”

#Ferguson-McKenzie was taken aback when she saw a portrait of her long-time coach Frank ‘Pancho’ Rahming. She was speechless just to know that he was included in the Legends Walk of Fame.

#The relaunch of the Legends Walk of Fame came on the same day as the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture officially launched the return of the CARIFTA Games for the 50th celebrations here at the stadium from April 7-10, 2023.

#At the same time, the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations was celebrating as they received the good news that World Athletics, the governing body for track and field, had re-awarded the Bahamas the World Relays in 2024, marking the fourth time that the event will take place here.

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As of Friday, December 2, 2022

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FAMILY: Coach Wilton Johnson and his Mt Carmel Cavaliers senior boys basketball team join in prayer after their victory last night against the Freedom Baptist Warriors.

COACH WILTON JOHNSON, far right, gets his point across on the sidelines yesterday.

#IT was another day in the office for coach Wilton Johnson and his Mt Carmel Cavaliers senior boys basketball team last night.

#In the final game of the slate on a chilly Thursday evening, the Cavaliers were able to stay undefeated with a 2-0 record, earning the emphatic 40-31 victory over the Freedom Baptist Warriors.

#Dorien LaRoda and Romin St Rose led the way for Mt Carmel with 18 and 11 points respectively.

#A number of games were played yesterday as the Bahamas Scholastic Athletic Association resumed basketball action inside the Hope Centre at University Commons.

#Thursday Results are as follows:

#Mini Division

#Kingsway Academy 8 def Genesis Academy 4

#Ralph Saintil no. 21 led Kingsway with 4 pts in the win.

#Noel Sands no. 1 led Genesis with 4pts in the loss.

#Junior Boys

#Greenville Preparatory Academy 28 def Freedom Baptist Academy B 17

#Michael Dames no. 4 led Greenville with 10pts in the win.

#Devaughn Deveaux no. 22 led Freedom B with 8pts in the loss.

#Freedom Baptist Academy A 24 def Genesis Academy 21

#Senior Girls

#St. John’s College 26 def Teleos Christian School 4

#Reyannah Green no. 7 led the Giants with 11pts in the win.

#Friday, December 2

#MD – Temple Christian School vs Genesis Academy

#PG – Freedom Baptist Academy vs Temple Christian School

#PB – Teleos Christian School vs Kingsway Academy

#JG – Teleos Christian School vs Freedom Baptist Academy

#SB – Freedom Baptist Academy vs New Horizon Christian Academy

#SB – Genesis Academy vs Teleos Christian School

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