Home|Sports|Walcott signs with the RangersSportsWalcott signs with the RangersJBLN product said he is grateful for the opportunity; more to sign this week Sheldon Longley Send an emailJanuary 16, 2023 350 3 minute readFacebook Twitter LinkedIn Share via Email

Sebastian Walcott, a product of the Junior Baseball League of Nassau (JBLN) and the International Elite (I-Elite) Sports Academy, became the latest Bahamian to sign with a major league professional organization, inking on the dotted line with the Texas Rangers at an upscale session at Sapodilla Restaurant on West Bay Street on Sunday.

In the coming days, led by Walcott, a quartet of young men are expected to sign with professional baseball clubs, and for the first time, two from The Bahamas are listed among the top 20 international prospects in this current class during Major League Baseball’s (MLB) international signing period.

Walcott, regarded as a tall and gifted shortstop with elite athleticism, is at number eight, and Janero Miller, who is at number 16, signs with the Miami Marlins on Tuesday. Chad Delancy signs with the Boston Red Sox at Fusion Superplex on Saturday, and Andrew Authur inks his name on the dotted line with the St Louis Cardinals at Fusion Superplex next week Sunday.

As for Walcott, he draws comparison to Miami Marlins’ infielder Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr. – the seventh Bahamian to be called up to the majors. He is touted as one of the top talents in this latest boom of Bahamian baseball players. A total of 34 I-Elite baseball players have signed with major league organizations in the last eight years, and additionally, 20 I-Elite alumni have received high school and collegiate scholarships to attend school in the United States.

Walcott, who turns 17 on March 14, stands at 6’ 4” and weighs 190 pounds. He receives a $3.2 million signing bonus according to the Dallas Morning News.

Giving thanks to God first and foremost, his parents Jeffrey and Yael Walcott, older brother Seth with whom he shares a close and personal relationship, family and friends, JBLN, I-Elite and the Rangers organization, young Sebastian Walcott said he is intrigued by the possibility of becoming a major leaguer, an established star in the league, and even a hall of famer one day.

“Today is a day that I have always hoped and waited for,” said young Walcott. “After countless days on the baseball field training, signing day is finally here. Thanks to I-Elite and the Rangers organization for making this dream a reality. I am beyond excited for this opportunity and I’m looking forward to growing and excelling as a player.

“Thanks to my community – thanks for supporting me and embracing my talent for baseball. I’m proud to be a Bahamian and I’m looking forward to representing The Bahamas. I have always been taught that I could do anything through Christ who strengthens me and today proves that with God, anything is possible.”

The Rangers agreed to deals with 17 players on Sunday, including Walcott, who at number eight on MLB.com’s international prospect rankings, is their highest ranked signee. They also added 16-year-old outfielder Pablo Guerrero, son of Hall of Famer and former Rangers player Vladimir Guerrero and the brother of Vladimir Jr., who plays with the Toronto Blue Jays.

I-Elite, which continues to mentor and develop young Bahamian athletes, currently enrolls 24 young men from New Providence, Grand Bahama and Eleuthera.

“This has been a long journey and today and we have crossed the finish line of the first race,” said Geron Sands, president, co-founder and head coach of I-Elite. “This has been a team effort indeed. Sebastian is the epitome of hard work and determination. His competitive drive is at the top of the grading scale. He is a top international prospect, but most importantly, he is a great human being. I am confident that he will achieve whatever he sets his mind to. His ability and projections exceed expectations. We will be hearing his name for a very long time. He is destined to be great.”

Vice President/Assistant General Manager for Player Development and International Operations for the Rangers Ross Fenstermaker said they are ecstatic to have young Sebastian Walcott on board.

“This is a special day across professional baseball, and particularly for the Rangers,” said Fenstermaker. “We get to welcome Sebastian into our organization. This has been a long journey and an awesome one. I was told by Coach Geron that this one might be the best one yet, and I don’t think he’s wrong. Today, we get to make it official. We in the Texas Rangers are committed to seeing his development through to the very end. Congratulations and welcome to the organization.”

Fenstermaker was quoted in the Dallas Morning News, a daily newspaper serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, stating that Walcott is top end athlete with bat to ball skills, easy projectable power and elite arm strength. “He’s mature beyond his years with tools that play in games right now,” added Fenstermaker.

The Bahamas keeps turning heads with MLB signees which is a testament to the hard work of local coaches at JBLN, the Freedom Farm Baseball League, the I-Elite Sports Academy and Max D Sports Academy among other leagues and organizations.

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The Tucker Boys Mambas got their first win of the season, prevailing 58-57 over the TMT Giants, in New Providence Basketball Association (NPBA) Division I action on Saturday night at the A.F. Adderley Gymnasium. The Rebels division two easily took care of the RC Liquors Eagles, 76-60.

The win gives the fifth place Mambas a 1-5 win/loss record on the season in the Vince Ferguson Division of the NPBA Division I. That division has five teams. The Giants are in fourth place in that division with a 2-3 record. The Rebels now have a 3-4 record and sit in fourth in division two. The Eagles record is now 3-3 and they are in fifth position in division two.

The Mambas-Giants game had twelve lead changes and eight ties. The Giants held the lead for most of the game but relinquished it with 32 seconds remaining. Two clutch free throws by James Rolle gave the Mambas the lead at 58-57, and they held on for the one-point win.

With 0.4 seconds remaining, the Mambas’ Leon Bain fouled D’Angelo Mackey who was in the act of shooting a three-point shot. Mackey had a chance to tie the game or even win it, but he was unable to do either as all three attempts missed and the Mambas held on for the win.

Head Coach for the Mambas Jason Tucker said he was just telling his team to keep their composure.

“We were just trying to keep our composure and stick to the game plan. The games will have ups and downs but we have to be composed and stick to our game plan. We had some breakdowns in our defense tonight but we were able to come out with a win,” Tucker said.

The Mambas were led by Bain who had a game-high 18 points on 5-for-25 shooting from the field. He was perfect from the charity stripe as he made all four attempts including the go-ahead free throws. His teammates Jaden Stubbs and Clayton Tucker each had 12 points in the win.

Randy Miller led the Giants with 16 points and 14 rebounds in 32 minutes on the floor. He was 7-for-12 from the field.

In division two play, the Rebels wasted no time in asserting their dominance in the game as they jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead in the first quarter. They took a 23-12 lead at the end of the first quarter. They never looked back as they never trailed in the game.

Head Coach for the Rebels Bob Hudson said he was happy with his team’s effort.

“It was a solid game for us. We got back some players from injury but we were missing some starters. Overall, I was happy with the guys. It’s my first year with the division two team and we have some young players,” Hudson said.

The Rebels had three players scoring in double figures with Giano Fowler leading the way for them with a game-high 20 points. Kriston Munroe and Marcian Pickstock both chipped in with 16 points. Munroe had 11 rebounds to complete a double-double.

Alexio Frances had a team-high 16 points for the Eagles.

It was a horrid shooting night for the Eagles as they shot 25.6 percent from the field. The Rebels made 24 free throws while the Eagles struggled from the charity stripe as they shot 45.9 percent from there.

NPBA action continues tonight with division one action when the University of The Bahamas Mingoes (2-4) take on the Discount Distributors Liquors Rockets (6-0). That game will commence at 8 o’ clock.

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Several Bahamians were in action on the collegiate scene this past weekend, getting in some track and field action to start off the year. 

The Kentucky Wildcats’ Anthaya Charlton was able to hold off 28 jumpers to win the long jump competition on Friday. She wasted no time getting in a good jump as her first jump was her best jump – a personal best of 6.18 meters (m) – 20’ 3-1/4”. She did it at her school’s Rod McCravy Memorial Meet which was held at the Wildcats’ Nutter Field House in Lexington, Kentucky.

The leap placed her at number eight on her school’s all-time list.

Charlton later competed in the 200m along with her teammate and fellow Bahamian Megan Moss. Charlton clocked 24.90 seconds to place 14th overall while Moss clocked 24.91 seconds to finish 15th overall.

Also running at the meet, representing Puma, was Charlton’s older sister Devynne Charlton, who is also an assistant coach for the Wildcats. She ran in the 60m. The older Charlton ran 7.49 seconds. The younger Charlton competed in that event and ran 7.61 seconds in the heats. Anthaya Charlton ran in the 60m dash final while her sister opted to sit out. Anthaya finished eighth with a time of 7.56 seconds.

Devynne Charlton was in action in the 60m hurdles and she finished second with a time of 7.98 seconds. In the heats, the Olympian ran 8.59 seconds and returned in the semifinals to run a time of 8.05 seconds. 

Moss was in action in the 400m and was able to post a time of 54.85 seconds to place sixth.

Also in action at this meet was Ohio State University’s Adrian Curry. In the men’s 50m, he advanced to the final after finishing with the seventh fastest time of 6.90 seconds in the semifinals. He clocked 6.85 seconds in the preliminaries. Curry sat out the final.

Javonya Valcourt was impressive in her first collegiate meet for the Clemson University Tigers as they competed at the Clemson Invite at the Clemson Indoor Track in Clemson, South Carolina. The freshman sprinted her way to finish second in the 400m with a time of 54.24 seconds. Also in that race was Northern Colorado’s Wendira Moss who finished seventh in 56.44 seconds.

Valcourt’s teammate Charisma Taylor was in action in the 60m hurdles. The graduate student finished third in a time of 8.20 seconds. She ran 8.36 seconds in the preliminaries. She tried her hand in the 200m and placed 13th with a time of 24.64 seconds. It was Taylor’s first meet of the year. 

Valcourt ran the 4x400m relay with her teammates Mia O’Neil, Kyla Robinson-Hubbar and Joella Lloyd. They placed third after clocking 3:41.72.

Lacarthea Cooper, a freshman at New Mexico Junior College, powered her way to a third-place finish in the 400m at the Texas Tech Corky Classic at the Texas Tech Sports Performance Center in Lubbock, Texas. The Olympian posted a National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Championships qualifying time of 54.91 seconds. She was also in action in the 4x400m relay with teammates Ashantai Bollers, Deshana Skeete and Calisha Taylor. They posted a NJCAA Championships qualifying time of 3:42.39 to finish second.

Karon Dean was also at the meet, running in the 60m for University of Texas at El Paso. He reached the final and finished fourth with a time of a 6.66 seconds. Dean ran 6.65 seconds in the semifinals and posted a time of 6.74 seconds in the preliminaries.

The collegiate indoor season continues this coming weekend at various venues around the United States.

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Jones headed to the ‘Big Apple’; looking to bring championship to New York

Sheldon LongleySend an emailJanuary 17, 2023 82 3 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

After six productive years together, Bahamian women’s professional basketball player Jonquel ‘JJ’ Jones and the Connecticut Sun are parting ways.

Jones was dealt to the New York Liberty in a three-team trade on Sunday. The move was made official late Sunday. According to reports, Jones listed the Liberty as her preferred destination.

In her six years with the Sun, Jones led the team to two appearances in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Finals, is just two years removed from a Most Valuable Payer (MVP) season and is a former most improved player and sixth woman of the year in the league.

The Liberty have suddenly entered the championship picture in the WNBA, adding Jones to a lineup that includes 2020 No. 1 overall pick Sabrina Ionescu and former league most improved player  and All-Defensive First Team member Betnijah Laney.

In the three-team deal, Connecticut receives the number six pick in the draft as well as Rebecca Allen from New York and Tyasha Harris from Dallas. The Dallas Wings get Natasha Howard and Crystal Dangerfield from the Liberty, and Kayla Thornton heads to New York also.

Jones bid farewell to the Connecticut on Instagram.

“We’ve share so many memories together. Our journey started at the 2016 draft where a young 22-year-old woman would hear her name called in the same arena where she would make countless memories. I have done amazing things in my career, all while proudly wearing Connecticut across my chest,” she said. “After careful thought and consideration, I have decided to move on and begin the next chapter of my W career. I would like to take this time to thank the Mohegan Tribe, the Sun’s front office, my teammates and of course the incredible fans because without any of you I would never be the player and person that I am today. Please know that Connecticut will always have a special place in my heart and that I am forever grateful for my time as a member of such a great organization.”

After a dominant season in 2021, Jones received 48 of 49 first-place votes for the WNBA MVP Award, finishing one vote shy of a unanimous selection. She led the Sun to the league’s best win/loss record at 26-6, including a 15-1 home record at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. That year, Jones averaged a double-double at 19.4 points – fourth-best in the league – and a league-best 11.2 rebounds per game. She shot 51.5 percent from the field.

A year after turning in arguably the greatest season by a Bahamian athlete in history, Jones took a step back in 2022. She averaged 14.6 points on 51.3 percent shooting from the field while adding 8.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, and finished seventh in the MVP voting. However, she did manage to lead the Sun to a second WNBA Finals berth in four years where they lost to the Las Vegas Aces three games to one.

Liberty General Manager Jonathan Kolb told the Associated Press that they are thrilled to add Jones and Kayla Thornton to their roster.

“Adding Jonquel and Kayla to our roster in the prime of their careers was a can’t-miss opportunity to bolster our frontcourt on both ends of the floor,” he said. “JJ brings an established MVP skillset, and Kayla possesses a rare combination of defensive physicality and offensive spacing. We can’t wait to welcome them to the Liberty family and get to work on pursuing our championship goals.”

Jones expressed excitement on Twitter. She is looking to bring a championship to New York.

“To say I’m excited would be a huge understatement. To the fans, future teammates and everyone who has welcomed me to New York, thank you. I can’t wait to get this season going and show out in the ‘Big Apple’,” she said.

Jones had one year left on her contract with the Sun. The 6’ 6” four-time all-star is excited to bring her talent and experience to New York and is looking forward to doing her part to transform that team into a WNBA powerhouse. The Liberty have lost in the opening round of the playoffs the last two seasons.

With Jones, the Sun came within a game of winning the WNBA title in 2019, losing to the Washington Mystics, and within two games of winning the title last year, losing to the Aces.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#As the collegiate indoor track and field season officially got underway over the weekend around the United States, a number of athletes – coming off injuries and making their debut for their respective schools – shined in their individual events.

ANTHAYA CHARLTON

Devynne Charlton

#Charlton shines in Lexington

#In her return to action after an injury last year, University of Kentucky’s sophomore Anthaya Charlton took the spotlight from her older sister Devynne Charlton at the Rod McQuary Memorial at the Nutter Field House in Lexington, Kentucky.

#Charlton, in her sophomore year, soared 20-feet, 3 ½-inches or 6.18 metres to win the women’s long jump. Her nearest rival was Taylor Hampton, a sophomore at Kennesaw State, with 19-1 ½ (5.83m).

#Charlton also competed in the 60m, placing eighth in the final in 7.56.

#Devynne Charlton, who is coming off a long season that saw her pick up a pair of international medals, made the final, but opted not to compete. She ran 7.45 for third in the semifinal.

Adrian Curry

#Charlton, winner of the World Athletics’ World Indoor Championships’ silver medal in the 60m hurdles and silver at the Commonwealth Games, had to settle for second in the women’s 60m hurdles in 7.98. The winning time was 7.88 by Kentucky senior Masai Russell.

MEGAN MOSS

#Megan Moss, a junior at Kentucky, got sixth in the women’s 400m in 54.85. Her former team-mate Abby Steiner, now competing for Puma, won the event in 52.70. Steiner was the top American 200m sprinter last year in her senior year at Kentucky.

#And Adrian Curry, a senior at Ohio State, was seventh in the semifinal of the men’s 60m in 6.90, but he opted not to participate in the final.

CHARISMA TAYLOR

#Taylor and Walcourt take the spotlight

#At the Clemson Invitational, Charisma Taylor picked up a third place finish in the women’s 60 metres hurdles as she got her indoor season started on the right track in her senior year at the University of Tennessee.

#Coming off an injury that prevented her from completing her outdoor season last year, Taylor clocked 8.20 seconds to trail winner Anna Hall of Adidas in 8.18 and Jayla Hollis, of Florida, who did 8.19.

#Taylor was also featured in the women’s 200m with Wendira Moss. Taylor got 13th in 24.46, while Moss, competing for Northern Colorado, was 17th in 24.87.

#Also at the meet, Javonya Walcourt, a freshman at Tennessee, came through for second place in the women’s 400m in 54.24. Moss was sixth in 66.44. Arianna Sharpe of Auburn won the event in 53.01.

LACARTHEA COOPER

#Cooper in fine form

#After sitting out the last half of the season because of an injury, St Augustine’s College graduate Lacarthea Cooper got in her first action in her new school at New Mexico Junior College.

#At the Texas Tech University Corky Classic at the Sports Performance Center in Lubbock, Texas, Cooper earned a third place finish in the women’s 400m in 54.91. The winning time was 53.51 by Iimacbong Nse Uka, a sophomore at Baylor, while Nayanna Dubarry-Gay, a junior at Texas Tech, was second in 54.63.

#Cooper also anchored New Mexico women’s 4 x 400m relay team to a second place finish in 3:42.39. Baylor took the tape in 3:37.22.

#Karon Dean, competing for UTEP, was fourth in the final of the men’s 60m in 6.66. The race was won by JT Smith of Tamu-Commence in 6.60.

#Rutherford in top five

#At the Arkansas Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Texas A&M sophomore Camille Rutherford was fifth in the women’s 200m in 24.01 seconds.

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#By BRENT STUBBS

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#AT least four athletes attained the qualifying standards for the 50th CARIFTA Golden Jubilee here over the Easter holiday weekend, while there were several record-breaking performances as the T-Bird Flyers concluded its two-day meet at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Saturday.

#It was the first meet for the year on the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ 2023 calendar and T-Bird Flyers’ head coach Foster Dorsett said they can’t complain because everything went according to plan.

#“Despite the cold wind and the weather, I think the kids performed well,” said Dorsett of the meet that got started on Friday night and honoured the memories of the late Bahamas Association of Certified Officials, Courtney Wallace, the immediate past president and Ivy Campbell, a senior member.

#“We had a few qualifiers for CARIFTA, so the coaches got a good opportunity to see where their kids are at and so did the athletes. We also had some record-breaking performances, so overall I think it was a good meet.”

#Dorsett, the first vice president of the BAAA, thanked meet director Bernard Newbold for pulling it all together, the Tek team, led by Trevor Moss, for keeping accurate records of the stats, the BACO officials, now headed by Val Kemp, for officiating and the clubs, coaches, athletes and spectators who all showed up in great numbers.

#“We had close to 600 athletes participating,” Dorsett said. “We expected more, but we know that Queen’s College just had their inter-house meet on Thursday and St Augustine’s College’s was on Friday, so many of their athletes didn’t compete because it was so close to their meets.

#“We also want to thank the Andros Heats and the Grand Bahama Heats track clubs and coach John Ingraham for coming in and participating as well. I think they performed well. But on the whole, I think all of the athletes performed well with this being the first meet of the year.”

#One of the highlights of the meet came from University of Miami bound Calea Jackson tossed the under-20 girls discus 45.35 metres to surpass the qualifying standard for the Carifta Games, scheduled for April 7-11 and erased Shelby Knowles’ meet record of 41.23m, set in 2021.

#Finishing second was Cailyn Johnson of Triple Threat with 34.83m. Jackson’s Blue Chips Athletics’ team-mate Annae Mackey was third with 28.02m.

#Terrell McCoy, who doubles up as a basketball player, also made her presence felt when she threw the under-17 girls’ discus 12.85m to not only break Danielle Nixon’s meet record of 10.07m, but also hurled past the Carifta standard of 12.56m.

#Nixon, who competed in the event for Blue Chips Athletics, had to settle for second with her best of 9.79m, while Kenyce Scavella of Ags Athletics was third with 9.37.

#In the under-17 girls javelin, Taysha Stubbs of Air Assault threw 36.09m to break the meet record of 28.81m, set in 2021 by G’Shan Brown and surpassed the CARIFTA standard of 35.35m.

#Her team-mate Chea’Lesa Knowles was second with 14.37m and Taj Ellis of Ags Athletics was third with 7.69m. “It feels good to win it and to qualify for CARIFTA,” said Stubbs, a grade 10 student at Nassau Christian Academy. ”It was not my best, but it was still a really good throw and I’m happy that I qualified. I want to give thanks to God for it.”

#Stubbs, 15, said she will now get back into training and work a lot more on her technique so that she can be better prepared for CARIFTA once she is selected to the team.

#Kamera Strachan, the little sister of strongman Keyshawn Strachan, won the under-20 girls javelin with a heave of 38.34m to wipe out Carmitra Mackey’s meet record of 37.17m that she established in 2021 and she also qualified for the Penn Relays in April where she will get to travel as a member of St Augustine’s College team.

#The 14-year-old Strachan had moved up to the under-20 division, according to coach Corrington Maycock, to achieve the latter feat. But the ninth grader also attained the CARIFTA standard in the under-17 division where she will get to compete with Stubbs in April.

#“I am happy that I qualified for CARIFTA because I want to represent my country,” said Strachan, who qualified twice last year, but was unable to travel with the team because she was too young. “It was good. I’m really happy that I qualified for the Penn Relays as well.”

#Grand Bahama’s Erin Barr turned in one of the most impressive performances on the track when she captured the combined under-17 and under-20 women’s 800 metres in a time of 2:28.24 to replace Breyanna Kemp’s meet record of 2:40.92. However, she fell short of the CARIFTA standard of 2:19.22.

#“The wind was crazy, but I tried to rely on my strength training like my coach (John Ingraham) told me to do,” said Barr, a 10th grader at Tabernacle Baptist. “I think I executed the race the way I should.”

#Under the right conditions, 16-year-old Barr said she intends to qualify for both the 800 and 1,500m for CARIFTA.

#And in the boys’ under- 20 division, Hurry Murray’s Raywind Winder clocked 2:04.35 to replace Creswell Farrington’s previous meet record of 2:05.91 from 2021, but he too fell short of the CARIFTA standard of 1:54.12. “I went out with the open man and tried to run at least 1:55, but in the second lap, I had him until the final 200m when my knees just clipped and I couldn’t go with him,” said Winder, a 16-year-old 11th grader at Doris Johnson Secondary High.

#He said he will continue to work on his maintenance and stay hydrated during competition in order to achieve his goal.

#Sharan Roker, of the T-Bird Flyers, was second in 2:04.57 and Kristofer Wong of the Phoenix Track Club was third in 2:04.64. Jackson Ozias, of the University of Bahamas, won the open men’s 800m in 2:01.34 and Auston Clarke, of Speed Dynamics was second in 2:03.29.

#Emma Johnson, running unattached, also produced an outstanding performance in running away from the field in the final lap to take the under- 15 girls 800m in 2:56.20.

#Hurry Murray’s Breytesiha Kemp (2:41.95) and Ramonique McLennon (2:41.11) had to settle for second and third. On Friday night, the top two finished in that same order in the 1,500m as Johnson took the tape in 5:32.99 over Kemp, who did 5:39.93.

#Kemp’s sister Breynice was third in 5:48.57. Breynice was fourth in the 800m in 2:41.36.

#Jayden Cooper of Speed Capacity took the under-17 boys’ 800m in the fastest heat time of 2:13.75.

#Quincy Rolle of the Red Line Athletics was second in 2:13.83 and Breck Kemp of Hurry Murray was third in 2:16.38.

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#THE New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season action at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend with a pair of games played on Friday and Saturday night.

#On Saturday night in the division one feature contest, the Tucker Boys nipped the TMT Giants 57-56, while the RC Liquors Eagles got by the Rebels 76-60 in the division II opener.

#On Friday night, the Caro Contractors Shockers def. The University of the Bahamas Mingoes 67-53 in the division one feature contest. Your Essential Store Giants pulled off a 89-84 win over Cyber Tech.

#Shockers 57, Mingoes 53: Dominique Fernander scored 17 points with 11 rebounds Friday to lead Caro Contractors to victory. William Rigby also scored 16 points with five rebounds and four steals and Jeron Smith added 12 points with three rebounds and as many steals.

#The University of the Bahamas got 17 points with two steals from Delano Armbrister and Glenderson Black helped out with 10 points and three rebounds.

#Tucker Boys 57, Giants 56: Leon Bain scored 18 points with five rebounds to lead the Tuckers Boys to victory. Clayton Tucker had 12 points and three rebounds and Jaden Stubbs also had 12 points with seven rebounds.

#Randy Miller paced TMT with 16 points, 14 rebounds, three block shots and a pair of assists and steals. D’Angelo Mackey had 12 points, six assists, four steals and two rebounds and Donovan Dean added 10 points.

#Eagles 76, Rebels 60: Alexio Francis scored 26 points with 14 points and four steals to lead RC Liquors to victory. Cornelius Rigby had 10 points with nine rebounds, three assists and two steals, Elexion Morley added nine points and 12 rebounds.

#In a losing effort, Giano Francis had a game high 20 points with six rebounds and three steals, Kristan Munroe had 16 points, 11 rebounds, three steals and and two assists, Marcian Pickstock had 16 points and two rebounds and Brandon Hall had eight points and three rebounds.

#Giants 89, Cyber Tech 84: Brandson Strachan connected on a game high 26 points with 11 rebounds and three assists to lead the YES Giants to victory.

#Touretue Cartwright had 21 points, nine rebounds and three assists while Kirklyn Farrington had 15 points and four assists.

#Cormardo Seymour had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Edward Williams added 10 points with 14 rebounds asnd three assists.

#Tyrese Porter had five assists and three rebounds while Steve Schurton had 17 points and six rebounds.

#Daniel Bethel had 14 points and seven rebounds, Devon Bonaby Jr also had 14 points and five rebounds and Jermaine Mackey had nine points and nine rebounds.

#Tonight’s

#schedule

#8pm – University of the Bahamas vs Discount Distributors Liquors Rockets (D1)

#Wednesday

#8pm – Sand Dollar vs

#Zulu Media Marketing (D1)

#Friday

#8pm – Leno Regulators

#vs Rebels (D1)

#Saturday

#8pm – TMT Giants vs

#Caro Contractors

#Shockers (D1)

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

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#While the RM Bailey Pacers senior girls prevailed over the Government High Magic, the Magic senior boys avenged the defeat by knocking off the Pacers in their Government Secondary Schools Sports Association double header at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium yesterday.

#RM Bailey doubled up Government High 56-24 in the senior girls opener, while GHS prevailed with a 39-33 win in the senior boys’ feature contest.

#Pacers 56, Magics 24: Vincinique Dames canned a game high 21 points and Janea Ariste had 17 points to pace RM Bailey to victory. Chadanay Knowles helped out with seven.

#Teajah Johnson, the captain for the Pacers, said their coach Keisha Pratt had them clicking on all cylinders.

#“I think we did good. We can work on some things, but we were able to get the ball where we needed it to go,” said Johnson, a 17-year-old 12th grader.

#“We’ve been practicing well, so we just have to perfect our craft by playing more defence and getting the ball in the paint.”

#Dames, their major benefactor when they did get the ball in the paint, said it was a good feeling to get the first game under their belt. “Our defence was a bit slack. I’m sure we could do better,” Dames said. “Once we can work on our defence, we will be much better.”

#Dames scored nine and Ariste had five in the first quarter as RM Bailey raced out to an impressive 19-7 lead and they were never challenged. They took a 33-14 lead into the half as Dames connected on six and Ariste had four in the second period.

#Things slowed down a bit in the second half for the Pacers, who held onto a 47-21 margin at the end of the final break. They went on an 8-6 run in the fourth to preserve the win.

#Roshan Ingraham scored 13 points and Rihanna Ferguson had four in the loss for Government High, whose coach Bernice Penn said they knew they had their work cut out for them.

#“I guess the kids were nervous, but we came in here knowing that we are going to be working on our development,” said Penn, who was assisted by Salathial Dean. “I’m proud of the girls. We got a little nervous and were shaky out there, but this is just day one. Our next game is on Monday, so hopefully we will get it together and play much better.”

#Magic 39, Pacers 33: With two of their starters not playing, Lens Dolcine led Government High to victory in their senior boys’ match-up with 10 points.

#Rasheed Brennen had eight, Lathario Babbs had six and Peter Tilusnord added five to help preserve the win.

#Government High doubled up the score at the end of the first quarter with a 12-6 lead, but RM Bailey cut it down to two (23-21) at the half.

#The Magic stayed out front 31-27 at the end of the third and they out-scored the Pacers 8-6 in the fourth to clinch the win.

#Coach Elkin Sherman gave his team a grade of C-plus.

#“Honestly, we could have played better. We were missing two starters, but with this air-conditioning in here, it was killing the boys, but we just had to thug it out,” Sherman said. “Our two starters were out with the flu going around, but I had to keep the rest of our team strong.”

#Bryson Rolle also scored 10 in a losing effort for the Pacers, who also got seven from Kendrick Emilien and six from Isaiah Williams. Coach Devon Miller said they still have a lot of work to do.

#“Today, we didn’t follow the game plan. We missed one or two others. Other than that, we did fairly well,” he said.

#“This is their first time out. We didn’t have a scrimmage. “We had a short pre-season to prepare. I think the next time out, we will be much better.”

#Looking back at their performances, Miller said the most important thing they have to work on is their “defence, lay-ups and free throws.”

#Today’s schedule

#CI Gibson Gymnasium

#4pm – HO Nash vs DW Davis junior girls and boys.

#Kendal Isaacs Gym

#CV Bethel vs CR Walker (senior girls).

#CI Gibson vs Anatol Rodgers (senior girls).

#CV Bethel vs CR Walker (senior boys).

#CI Gibson vs Anatol Rodgers (senior boys).

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As of Friday, January 13, 2023

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#By BRENT STUBBS

#Senior Sports Reporter

#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

#THE T-Bird Flyers Track Classic will be the first meet out of the gate as the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ 2023 season officially gets underway this weekend at the Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium.

#And according to the T-Bird Flyers Track Club’s head coach Foster Dorsett, they are anticipating a grand time as the meet starts at 6pm today and wraps up on Saturday, starting at noon.

#“With this being the first meet of the year, what we do is we give the kids an opportunity to see where they are going into the season,” Dorsett said.

#“We have some great expectations from them because this is the CARIFTA year and we want to have a really good showing.

#“So we feel that the coaches have been doing a great job getting the kids ready and I know the kids are eager to compete in their first meet of the year.

#“We anticipate that we might have some qualifiers for the CARIFTA Games because the kids have their sights of competing for the Bahamas.”

#The Bahamas is playing host to the 50th Golden CARIFTA Games April 7-11 as a part of the 50th anniversary of the nation, so Dorsett said this year’s meet is going to be very special.

#He said the athletes will find out that there will be events in all age group categories that will enable them to compete at their best.

#While they are expecting close to 600 athletes to compete, Dorsett said they are aware that some of the athletes from Queen’s College, who hosted their inter-school track meet on Thursday and St Augustine’s College, whose inter-house meet is today, may not have all of their athletes compete.

#“The meets are just too close in these instances, so we know that not all of the athletes from these two schools will compete,” Dorsett said.

#“They are some of the top athletes who could be vying for spots on the CARIFTA team, but we still expect some of their athletes to compete.

#“We also still have a lot of athletes who are eager to compete in the meet, so we expect that there will be some keen competition. We have some athletes coming in from Grand Bahama and some of the Family Islands, so the meet should be an exciting one.”

#Additionally, Dorsett, who now serves as the first vice president of the BAAA and a member of the Bahamas Association of Certified Officials (BACO), said they will be honouring two fallen members of BACO.

#“We will be remembering our past president Courtney Wallace and our senior official Ivy Charlton,” Dorsett said. “We will be honouring and recognising them posthumously during the meet for their contributions to the sport of track and field.”

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#COACH Wilton Johnson and his Mt Carmel Preparatory Academy Cavaliers senior boys’ basketball team’s winning streak came to an abrupt halt yesterday at the Hope Centre.

#However, the Cavaliers are still holding their own, strong atop the Bahamas Scholastic Athletic Association basketball standings at 3-1 after Thursday’s 37-32 loss to Genesis Academy.

#“I know what it is. Yal worrying about too much girls, that’s what it is,” coach Johnson shouted at his players on the bench yesterday as they were trailing by four points.

#Nathan Wallace, no. 9 of Genesis, scored 24 points in the win.

#Dorien LaRoda, no. 1 of Mt Carmel, had nine points in the loss.

#A number of games were played on Thursday as the BSAA continued basketball action inside the Hope Centre located on University Commons and Games Boulevard.

#• Here are the results:

#Mini Division

#Temple Christian School 10 def Kingsway Academy 2

#Joshua Taylor no. 8 of Temple Christian had five (5) points in the win.

#David Fraser no. 8 of Kingsway had two (2) points in the loss.

#Primary Boys

#Freedom Baptist Academy 18 def Kingsway Academy 2

#Dedrick Johnson no. 5 of Freedom had ten (10) points in the win.

#Shiloh Smith no. 17 of Kingsway had two (2) points in the loss.

#Junior Boys

#International School of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology ISBET 28 def Genesis Academy 15 Zhyon Thompson no. 8 of ISBET had thirteen (13) points in the win.

#Alex Braunlich no. 6 of Genesis had seven (7) points in the loss.

#Freedom Baptist Academy B 27 def Akhepran International Academy 25

#Stephanson Dormauille no. 23 of Freedom B had twenty (20) points in the win. Adisa Eneas no. 9 of Akhepran had fifteen (15) points in the loss.

#Senior Boys

#Akhepran International Academy 40 def C. V. Bethel Senior High 34

#Evan Hanna no. 0 and Delroy Mackey no. 10 of Akhepran both had twelve (12) points in the win.

#Alfred Lloyd no. 8 of C. V had twenty (20) points in the loss

#Wednesday Results

#Primary Boys

#Temple Christian School 20, Teleos Christian School 2: Theo Bethel of Temple scored nine points in the win. Khari Ramsey of Teleos scored two points in the loss.

#Junior Boys

#Freedom Baptist Academy A 37, Akhepran International Academy 10: Joevardo Wright of Freedom scored 27 points in the win. DeAlverez Carter Akhepran scored five points in the loss.

#Senior Girls

#C.V Bethel Senior High 21, Teleos Christian School 10: Danielle McCoy of CV scored 12 points in the win. Azariah Anderson of Teleos scored four points in the loss.

#Senior Boys

#Akhepran International Academy 47, Genesis Academy 31: Evan Hanna of Akhepran scored 11 points in the win. Amarri Bethel of Genesis scored 10 points in the loss.

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