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STEPHEN Sears Jr

#By RENALDO DORSETT

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#STEPHEN Sears Jr and his St Francis Xavier X-Men are off to an impressive start this season and are now nationally ranked in Canada’s U Sports poll.

#The No. 6 ranked X-Men improved to 2-0 on the season with a 24-10 victory over the Acadia Axemen, September 10 at STFX Stadium.

#They began the season with a 25-12 win over the Saint Mary’s Huskies in week one. “The season is going great so far. Two big wins to start off. We play Bishops (1-1) this weekend on the road so hopefully we continue the success,” Sears said.

#“Our running game is solid and passing is coming along on offence. Our defence has been holding it down. Right now I’m dressing but still second string. Still putting in that work and staying ready.”

#Sears is the latest collegiate football prospect to follow the pipeline from The Bahamas to playing the game at the highest level in Canada.

#He committed to the X-Men of the Atlantic University Sport Conference following his standout tenure with the Holland College Hurricanes.

#Sears was named the Hurricanes’ 2021 Offensive Lineman of the Year when the team announced its annual athletic awards in the postseason.

#The business administration major was also named an Atlantic Football League All-Star offensive lineman after his second season with the programme.

#He said the transition to competing at a higher level has been a welcome challenge thus far.

#“It’s been great, a bit more fast-paced, a tough schedule football wise with more meetings and practices and as always learning a new system is a bit challenging. But I’m used to everything now and I love it,” he said.

#“A lot of talented athletes on one team going at it in practice and games.”

#The X-Men are the reigning 2021 AUS football champions following a 25-17 victory over the Bishop’s Gaiters in the Subway Loney Bowl championship game.

#They were eliminated in the national semifinal after a 61-6 loss to the OUA champion Western Mustangs in the U SPORTS Mitchell Bowl.

#The game marked the fourth appearance for STFX in a U SPORTS national semifinal bowl game in the past six seasons.

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SHAUNAE MILLER-UIBO, of The Bahamas, still sits in good company on the all-time list of performers after the 12th edition of the Diamond League – a series of 12 events during the course of the year that concludes with a two-day final. (AP Photo)

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#While she didn’t compete in this year’s Wanda Diamond League Final a week ago in Zurich, Switzerland, quarter-miler Shaunae Miller-Uibo still sits in good company on the all-time list of performers.

#After the 12th edition of the league – a series of 12 events during the course of the year that concludes with a two-day final – Miller-Uibo is listed as one of six women who have captured two Diamond League titles in the same year.

#Miller-Uibo, still the only Bahamian to win a Diamond League title since the inception in 2010, won both events in 2017 to join American Allyson Felix, who did the feat in 2010, along with American Carmelita Jeter and Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the 100/200m champions in 2011 and 2013 respectively, Ethiopian-born Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan, a 1,500/5,000m winner in 2019 and Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen, the long and triple jump winner in 2018.

#American sprinter Noah Lyles, who won his fourth 200m title in five years this year, is the only male athlete to have achieved the double feat, taking the 100/200 crown in 2019.

#This year, Miller-Uibo was eligible to compete in the 200/400 combo, but she opted not to compete.

#She captured a three-peat in the 200m in 2017-2019 to go along with her 400 metre triumph in 2017.

#While she didn’t compete this year, the Bahamas was represented by sprinter Tynia Gaither and hurdler Devynne Charlton.

#Gaither, the North American, Central American and Caribbean’s 200m silver medallist, competed in the same event where she was sixth in a time of 22.66 seconds as Shericka Jackson took the title in 21.80.

#Charlton, the 26-year-old Bahamian women’s national 100m hurdles record holder, World Indoor and Commonwealth Games silver medallist and bronze at the NACAC Championships, was fifth in her specialty in Zurich in 12.66.

#World record holder Tobi Amusan of Nigeria won the title to add to her collection from the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games.

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 Home|Uncategorized|Marlins shuts down ‘Jazz’ for seasonSports

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Bahamian professional baseball player Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr. has been ruled out for the season with a stress fracture in his back. Miami Marlins General Manager Kim Ng confirmed the news on Saturday.

It is disappointing turn of events for the second baseman, who was having an impressive season for the Marlins. He has not played since June 28 and had no timetable to return to the diamond. He did a CT scan on July 21 and that is when the stress fracture in his lower back was discovered. Chisholm was set to return to the lineup in six weeks later, which was earlier this month.

Marlins Manager Don Mattingly said the team thought it could probably push Jazz to come back and play designated hitter.

“I think the risk/reward on that – he has a stress fracture in his back. It’s something you could say, ‘well, it’s healed, but is it all the way?’ It just doesn’t seem to be worth it,” Mattingly said. “I think Jazz would like to play, he would like to have played. I think the organization basically made that decision for him, that we were going to just let this thing go, keep strengthening all year long, so we know going into the winter that he’s healthy, he’s ready, he’s doing everything, he feels great. So again, I think it’s an organizational decision.”

Chisholm was having a phenomenal year for the Marlins, batting .254 with 14 home runs, 45 RBIs (runs batted in) and 39 runs scored. He was among the league leaders as second basemen in several offensive statistics and was a pillar of stability defensively for the Marlins.

He also recorded 12 stolen bases. Chisholm has an on-base percentage (OBP) of .325 and an on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) of .860.

Chisholm was named as a starter to the National League team for the Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star classic on July 19. He was forced to miss that game because of the injury, but was able to attend the other All-Star Game festivities. He was the sixth Marlin to be voted by the fans in that game as a starter.

Defensively, Chisholm has 93 putouts and 123 assists in 220 total chances this season. He has helped turn 21 double plays and has a fielding percentage of .982.

Mattingly thinks that they took the precaution route.

“I think [Jazz] thinks he could have played two weeks ago, probably,” Mattingly said. “I think this is more about, let’s make 100 percent sure there’s no reason to even be on the limits of this. I think it’s more of a medical thing for Jazz, knowing that this guy’s pretty natural at what he does. It’s not like he had to play these games to prove to himself he was going to be okay next year. I think he already thinks he’s going to be okay next year.”

The Marlins sport a 57-81 win/loss record on the season, sitting at the bottom of the NL, they are well on their way to miss the playoffs for a second straight year. They could have certainly use Chisholm’s offense and energy.

Chisholm is widely regarded as the Marlins’ best player and one of the game’s most exciting young talents. He is the first Bahamian to be selected to an all-star appearance in the MLB.

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 Home|Uncategorized|National high school championships are backSports

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After a three-year hiatus, the Ministry of Education and Technical and Vocational Training Sports Unit has brought back the National High School Championship Series for the 2022-2023 school year under the theme “Sports Is Back”, starting with the volleyball championships in November in Grand Bahama.

According to the unit’s senior officer, Evon Wisdom, they have added two new disciplines – swimming and tennis. The other sports are cross country, basketball, track and field, golf, soccer, primary school track and field, baseball and softball. Wisdom said that it was imperative that the minster, Glenys Hanna-Martin, gets sports back.

“Educational time was lost, significant contact time with our students was lost, and a lot of our students suffered academically because of that lost time on task and actual physical contact with teachers. Minister Hanna-Martin feels that a significant number of children were hurt recreationally during the pandemic and feels that scholarships may have even been lost because of the non-activity,” Wisdom said.

He added, “She is trying her best to ensure and that sports is back, so that our coaches are able to get contact time with these children and for activity to positively take place. The children to a greater extent would be able to receive academic advantage through athletic scholarships.”

Volleyball, basketball and soccer are set to be held in Grand Bahama, as they want to give the student-athletes from the other islands the opportunity to travel, and the ones who are outside of New Providence the opportunity to travel to the capital.

Volleyball is set for November 16-18. Cross country is right after volleyball on November 24. There is no action in January and February in terms of national championship action. However, March will see basketball, track and field, and the golf championship being played. Basketball is planned for March 2-6, track and field is right after on March 9-11 and golf will be played March 17-21. Soccer is the only event set for April, with a tentative date of April 26-30, to take place between Grand Bahama and New Providence.

May will be the busiest month with five national championships – tennis, primary school track and field, swimming, baseball and softball. Tennis is up first on May 3-6. That will be followed with primary school track and field, slated for May 10-12. May 18-21 will be busy as swimming, baseball and softball will all happen on those dates.

Although face-to-face learning has resumed, Wisdom said the ministry is still operating in a COVID-19 environment and as such wants to ensure that the student-athletes are safe. They are looking to implement certain measures.

“We expect the school associations to operate under the protocols,” Wisdom said. “We want to see monitoring from home to school and then for after-school activity, that monitoring will include checking a child’s temperature. Should the parents in their home environment feel that their child may have been exposed to COVID, they should ensure they are tested and if positive, quarantine for 14 days.”

“In the game environment we would like for two things to be always available – a sanitation station where children are able to sanitize, and officials must be in possession of a temperature gun, so that before the game starts, they’re able to check the temperatures of the participants. We’re also asking, as best as possible, that there be social distancing as best as possible.”

Wisdom is hoping that in the team sports they can get schools from New Providence, Grand Bahama, Bimini, Abaco and Eleuthera. All the associations do not play the various sports at the same time, but Wisdom said that he is hoping that they can have it happen in the future.

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 Home|Sports|‘JJ’, Sun come up short as Aces takes 1-0 leadSports

Jones finished with 15 points and nine rebounds

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After going down by as much 12 points in the first quarter, Bahamian basketball player Jonquel “JJ” Jones and the Connecticut Sun made the game close, but in the end fell to the Last Vegas Aces 67-64 yesterday. With the win, the Aces take a 1-0 lead in the 2022 WNBA Finals series.

Playing on the road in front of over 10,000 loud spectators at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jones poured in 15 points and missed a double-double as she pulled in nine rebounds in 30 minutes on the floor. The center shot 7-for-15 from the field and 1-for-4 from deep. She had six offensive rebounds and three on the defensive side of the ball.

It is the fourth trip for the Sun and the third trip for the Aces to the WNBA Finals. However, none of them has won the title. It was the first WNBA Finals victory for the Aces.

As expected, the series had some fireworks as both teams were in a dog fight in the second half, but the Aces was able to take down the Sun for the third time this season. After all, the series is featuring the 2021 WNBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) in Jones and the 2022 WNBA MVP, Aces A’ja Wilson.

The Sun had a slow fourth quarter but they almost erased a 60-67 Aces lead with 1:24 left in the game. That came when Alyssa Thomas made back-to-back jump shots as the Aces led 67-64 with 34.2 remaining in the game. After the Aces failed to make a field goal with 17 seconds left in the game, Sun’s head coach Curt Miller called a timeout that saw DeWanna Bonner took the game tying three-point shot, but it was too short as it hit the side of the rim.

Jones had a tough first quarter offensively, as she did not attempt a single filed goal in that quarter to come up empty. That quarter saw them having the tall task of overcoming a 12-point deficit as the Vegas led 21-9 with 4:05 left in that quarter. Miller called a timeout.

They took the lead down to a single digit at the end of the first quarter, as the Aces went into the second quarter with a 25-17 lead.

Jones came alive in the second quarter, scoring eight points on 4-of-7 shooting. She was instrumental in waking the Sun in the second quarter, where they held a 21-9 advantage to make it a competitive game. The Grand Bahama native had a four-point run of her own in the midway point of the quarter. She made a layup and drew the foul with 5:44 left in the second quarter, to cut the Aces lead down to 29-28. She missed the free-throw to tie the game up. Forty seconds later, Jones came down the court and scored a five-foot jump shot to put her team up for the first time of the game, 30-29.

At the end of the first half, the Sun led 38-34.

The Sun was led by Alyssa Thomas, who finished with 19 points and 11 boards to go with three steals and blocks apiece.

Wilson finished with 24 points, 11 rebounds, four blocks and two steals in the win. She had help from Chelsea Gray who scored 21 points.

Both teams shot the ball poorly from the field, as the Sun shot 37.8 percent while the Aces shot 39.7 percent. There was a huge difference in free-throw shooting, as the Sun finished 3-for-5 while the Aces finished 16-for-19 from the charity stripe. The Sun held the advantage on the glass as they had 38 rebounds compared to the Aces 33 rebounds.

The best-of-seven series remains in Las Vegas. It is almost a must-win game for the Sun if they do not want to put a lot of pressure on themselves as the series continues. They will play the second game tomorrow night at 9 p.m. on ESPN.

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Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones (35) battles for the ball over Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray (12) during the first half in Game 1 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series Sunday, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/L.E. Baskow)

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#JONQUEL Jones and the Connecticut Sun nearly overcame another fourth-quarter deficit but their late rally fell just short in game one of the WNBA Finals.

#Jones finished with 15 points and nine rebounds, but the Las Vegas Aces took an early advantage in the best-of-five series with a 67-64 win yesterday at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

#Jones shot 7-15 from the field in 30 minutes.

#“Ultimately I’m happy with the game that we played and we gave ourselves a good opportunity to come out there with a win, and it just didn’t go our way. But we are excited about game two,” Jones said in her postgame availability. “I think it was just, you know, it was just basketball. We were shooting shots and they weren’t going in. But ultimately we were playing great defence as well and that’s one of the things I talked about, finding the wins within the game. Yes, we weren’t hitting the shots we know we can hit but we were also playing good D. Ultimately, we’ll be all right.”

#The Aces will also host game two at 9pm on September 13, broadcast live on ESPN. The series shifts to Connecticut for games three (September 15 at 9pm on ESPN) and four if necessary (September 18 at 4pm on ESPN). A fifth and deciding game would be hosted by the Aces at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 20.

#Jones looked ahead to the process of managing her body in preparation for the workload and quick turnaround based on the schedule of the series.

#“I like the playoff format. The championship format is a little different. The games are kind of quick. I feel like in our series against Dallas, we had at least two days in between so you had time to really recover and rest. I’m looking at the Finals schedule and it’s like, play one day, play again. So, it’s a little different, but you know it’s for the trophy, so you just got to suck it up and get it done,” she said.

#“I think a good night’s sleep after the game and making sure I’m stretching directly after. Any type of recovery that will help me recover..you’re working an entire season, so you just want to go out there and put your best foot forward and be locked in.”

#Las Vegas finished with the best record in the league at 26-10 and also claimed the Commissioner’s Cup. The Sun finished the season 25-11 for the third-best record.

#Las Vegas had the advantage in the regular season with wins in two of the three matchups.

#Jones added that the Sun will have to find ways to limit the balanced scoring attack of the Aces.

#“For us as a team, it’s just their firepower. They have so many people that can score the ball.

#“From A’ja (Wilson), Chelsea (Gray), Riquna (Williams), and Jackie (Young) scoring on different levels as well,” she said.

#“I think the biggest challenge for us is making sure we’re locked in on defence, getting them to slow down and not giving them easy buckets in transition with our turnovers and stuff like that.”

#Wilson finished with a game high 24 points and 11 rebounds, Gray scored 21 and Young added 11.

#Jones averaged 13 points, 8.2 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game in the 3-2 semifinal win over the defending champion Chicago Sky.

#In the opening round, she averaged 16.7 points and nine rebounds per game against the Dallas Wings.

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LaQuan Nairn

#By BRENT STUBBS

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#Devynne Charlton brought the curtain down on her most successful season as a professional yesterday with a second-place finish in the women’s 100 metre hurdles at the Memorial Borisa Hanzekovica in Zagreb, Croatia.

#The Bahamas’ national record holder was one of two Bahamians participating in the event. The other was Commonwealth Games champion LaQuan Nairn, who had to settle for sixth place in the men’s long jump with his best leap of 25-feet, 8-inches or 7.82 metres on his third attempt.

#Winning the event that was staged on Thursday was Australia’s Henry Frayne with 26-7 1/3 (8.11m) on his third attempt as well.

#Croatia’s duo of Filip Pravdica 26-6 ½ (8.03m) and Marko Ceko 26-3 (8.00m) got second and third respectively.

#Finishing fourth was Tajay Gayle of Jamaica with 26-2 ¾ (7.99m) and just ahead of Nairn in fifth place was Radek Juska of the Czech Republic with 26-1 (7.95m).

#On the track, Charlton couldn’t catch American Tonea Marshall, who took the victory in the 10 flights of hurdles on the 100m straightaway in 12.74.

#Charlton trailed in 12.86 to take second ahead of Jamaica’s Olympic bronze medallist Megan Tapper, who did 13.03 for third.

#“It probably wasn’t a good race for me at all. My execution was poor and the conditions wasn’t that great at all,” said Charlton, whose parents Laura and David Charlton were in the stands cheering her on in Zagreb.

#“I’m just glad that I came out it healthy, but I felt I could have done a whole lot better. That’s all I had this time around, but to come out it with a second place in my final race for the year wasn’t that bad at all.”

#While starting her season with a silver medal at the World Indoor Championships in March, Charlton went on to capture a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and a bronze at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships where she also ran on the silver medal winning women’s 4 x 100m relay team.

#“Overall it was a good season. I had five major championships, including World Indoors, and I was a finalist in all of them,” said Charlton, who also placed seventh at the World Championships last month.

#“This was definitely the most outstanding season that I’ve had in the four years I’ve been a pro.”

#“I just want to thank all of the people who believed in me and stuck with me and guided me through it.”

#Heading the list were her parents, Laura and David Charlton, who travelled with her to a number of the Wanda Diamond League meets, the World Indoors, World Championships, Commonwealth Games, NACAC and a number of Wanda Diamond League meets.

#With the season now completed for her, Charlton said she will enjoy a steak at dinner with her parents as she takes some time off to recuperate from the vigorous season and begin her preparation for next year with her Bahamian coach Rolando ‘Lonnie’ Greene at the University of Kentucky. She thanked her parents, her family, coaches, training partners, the University of Kentucky Athletic facilities for allowing her to use the facilities and Greene from his duties as the head coach, her Bahamian agent Dominic Demeritte and her team at Hawi Management, the Bahamas Government and the Bahamas Olympic Committee.

#Charlton, 26, said they all helped to form the village that enabled her to perform as well as she did this year. She’s hoping that her success will carry over to next year when she attempts to lower her national record of 12.46 and return to the podium on the global stage.

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Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm

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#JASRADO “Jazz” Chisholm Jr has been sidelined for over two months and, with the MLB regular season winding down, the Miami Marlins officially ruled out their All-Star second baseman for the remainder of the year.

#MLB.com first reported that Marlins manager Don Mattingly and general manager Kim Ng announced that Chisholm Jr would not return from the injured list for the remainder of the 2022 campaign.

#“We could probably push Jazz to be able to come back and DH or something. I think the risk/reward on that — he has a stress fracture in his back. It’s something you could say, ‘Well, it’s healed, but is it all the way?’ It just doesn’t seem to be worth it,” Mattingly told MLB. com. “I think Jazz would like to play, he would like to have played. I think the organisation basically made that decision for him, that we were going to just let this thing go, keep strengthening all year long, so we know going into the winter that he’s healthy, he’s ready, he’s doing everything, he feels great. So again, I think an organisational decision.”

#The Marlins have 24 games remaining on the schedule.

#“I think [Jazz] thinks he could have played two weeks ago, probably,” Mattingly said. “I think this is more about: Let’s make 100 percent sure there’s no reason to even be on the limits of this. I think it’s more of a medical thing for Jazz, knowing that this guy’s pretty natural at what he does. It’s not like he had to play these games to prove to himself he was going to be OK next year. I think he already thinks he’s going to be OK next year.”

#Due to a back strain, Chisholm has been on the injured list since June 29. According to Christina De Nicola of MLB. com, Chisholm underwent a CT scan on July 21 that revealed a stress fracture in his lower back. Chisholm’s last appearance on the field in a Marlins uniform was June 28. He originally suffered the back injury early in the season on a slide and eventually re-aggravated the injury in late June, which forced him out of the lineup.

#He is the first-ever Bahamian-born All-Star of the nine countrymen to ever play in the MLB.

#Through 60 games he has a .254 average with 14 home runs, 54 hits, 45 RBI, 12 stolen bases and scored 39 runs.

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Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Mike Strachan (17) catches a pass before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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#FOR the second consecutive season, Mike Strachan factored into the Indianapolis Colts’ passing game.

#Strachan was targeted twice and finished with two catches for 26 yards in the Colts’ 20-20 tie with the Houston Texans yesterday at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.

#In week one of the 2021 season, Strachan finished with two catches for 26 yards in the Colts’ 28-16 loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

#Strachan’s standout performance last training camp led the seventh round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, to a spot on the 53-man opening day roster.

#He began the year with appearances in the first two games of the regular season but played sparingly for the remainder of the campaign.

#This season, he successfully overcame an offseason injury and a late start to training camp to make the Colts’ opening day roster. He was listed as fifth in the depth chart of wide receivers ahead of week one.

#After nearly three weeks on the Physically Unable to Perform list, he returned to the practice field and had enough of an impact to return to the roster for his second campaign with the club.

#The second year wideout finished his two preseason appearances with four receptions for 56 yards and a touchdown.

#Indianapolis head coach Frank Reich said he was impressed by Strachan’s ability to return to the field and produce immediately.

#“It’s seemed like he’s gone from zero to 60 in a second,” Reich said. “There was a couple of weeks back I was thinking, I’m not even sure he’s going to be ready to practice until the season opener.

#“Then, all of a sudden, he made a speedy recovery, and next thing you know he’s out there catching a big-time touchdown in this game today. Credit to Mike and credit to our training staff.”

#The Colts will travel to TIAA Bank Field to take on the Jacksonville Jaguars, next Sunday, September 18.

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#WHILE Martin Burrows Jr just missed a perfect game on the mound, third baseman Sherman Ferguson didn’t pass up the opportunity for a big offensive outing on Saturday night for the New Providence Softball Association defending men’s champions C&S Hitmen.

#In the feature game at the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex, Burrows ended up with a one-hitter and Ferguson blasted a monster three-run homer to help propel the Hitmen to an abbreviated 10-0 shoutout over the Atlantis Titans.

#The Hitmen, managed by Darren Stevens, was coming off a 13-12 slugfest over the pesky Chances Mighty Mitts.

#The Titans, on the other hand, suffered another loss over the weekend, losing 10-2 to the Cybertech Blue Marlins on Friday.

#On the ladies’ side, the improving University of the Bahamas Mingoes routed the Johnson Lady Truckers 27-7 in Saturday’s opener, while on Friday, the defending champions Sunshine Auto Wildcats prevailed with an 18-9 decision over the RAB Operators.

#• Here’s a summary of the games played:

#Hitmen 10, Titans 0: Sherman Ferguson Jr and Martin Burrows Jr delivered a 1-2 knockout punch for C&S as they whitewashed Atlantis in a quick four-inning affair abbreviated by the 10-run mercy rule.

#Ferguson Jr drilled a one-ball pitch over the centre field fence for a three-run homer in a six-run third inning for the Hitmen as he earned the Most Valuable Player of the game – his second for the season.

#“I just came out here to do me,” Ferguson said. “I am trying to hit the ball hard every time I bat.”

#On the home run, he added that “Stuff happens. Sometimes it will be like that. You just have to be ready.”

#Right fielder Rudy Fox was also ready for the parade as he went 2-for-3 with three RBI. Centre field Rodney Forbes joined him by also going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and shortstop Dino Sweeting was 1-for-1 with two runs scored.

#“We played a pretty good game. This was the second time around facing Atlantis,” Ferguson said. “Our bats are getting there. When we face the rest of the teams in the league, we are looking for the same thing to happen.”

#Burrows Jr was working on a perfect game until the top of the fourth with two out when Angelo Dillet ripped a shot back to the mound. Burrows Jr’s glove could barely retrieve the ball hit to his left side as Dillet was safe. Burrows Jr, however, struck out the next batter to end the game.

#While Burrows finished with a one hitter for the win with four strike outs, Dillet suffered the loss, giving up seven hits.

#Marlins 10, Titans 2: Catcher Garfield Bethel cracked a two-run homer in a four-run first inning to earn the MVP honours on Friday night.

#Left fielder Winston Seymour was 2-for-2 with two RBI and a run scored and right fielder Ellis Adderley was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored.

#Thomas Davis got the in on four hits with 11 strike pouts on the mound. Angelo Dillet was the losing pitcher on seven hits with four strike outs.

#Colton Chase was 1-for-1 with a RBI and run scored for Atlantis.

#Mingoes 17, Lady Truckers 7: Sophie Cartwright, playing third base, went 2-for-2 with four RBI and two runs scored to earn the MVP honours for the University of the Bahamas in their abbreviated four-inning affair on Saturday.

#Left field Nabria Hamilton was 1-for-2 with three RBI and centre fielder Adonya Rolle was 1-for-4 with a RBI and four runs scored.

#Shortstop Vanricka Rose and centre fielder Latonia McPhee were both 1-for-2 with two and one run scored respectively in a losing effort.

#Both teams had to use a combination of pitchers to try and contain the other.

#Wildcats 18, Operators 9: Sunshine Auto went wild with just about every batter in their line-up coming through with at least two hits, led by right fielder Lynette Kelly, who made her presence felt going 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored.

#First sacker Dornette Edwards went 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored, second sacker Crystal Taylor was 2-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored, centre fielder Lashanda Bethel was 2-for-4 with a RBI and three runs scored, winning pitcher Thela Stevens was 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored, catcher Adiyah Russell was 2-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored and shortstop Larikah Russell was 1-for-3 with a run scored.

#Eiliyah Ferguson was 2-for-2 with a RBI and run scored, catcher Ruthann Simms was 1-for-3, right fielder Sheryl Evans was 1-for-2 with a RBI and two runs scored and centre fielder Lathera Brown was 1-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored in a losing effort for RAB.

#This is the final week of the regular season in the NPSA.

#• Here’s a look at the games on tap:

#Tuesday

#7pm – Black Scorpions vs Johnson Lady Truckers (ladies)

#9pm – Chances Mighty Mitts vs Atlantis Titans (men)

#Thursday

#7pm – Black Scorpions vs RAB Operators (L)

#9pm – Renegades vs Cybertech Blue Marlins (M)

#Friday

#7pm – Black Scorpions vs UB Mingoes (L)

#9pm – Renegades vs Chances Mighty Mitts (M)

#Saturday

#7pm – Johnson Lady Truckers vs Sunshine Auto Wildcats (L)

#8:30pm – Chances Mighty Mitts vs Atlantis Titans (M)

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