SAC senior boys defeated the Kingsway Academy Saints 28-6 yesterday to start their BAISS softball campaign on a high note. Photos: Austin Fernander/Tribune Staff
As of Tuesday, September 27, 2022
#By BRENT STUBBS
#Senior Sports Reporter
#bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
#The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine rolled past the Kingsway Academy Saints in an abbreviated 28-6 victory to start their Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ 2022 senior boys softball campaign on a high note.
#Playing at Kingsway Academy yesterday, SAC didn’t show any mercy as the game was stopped via the 15-run rule after four innings. While it was just the first game for the Big Red Machine, it was the second straight loss for the Saints, who marched past the Temple Christian Suns in their season opener.
#“I think overall, we could do better, but overall we did well,” said Amos Hanna, SAC’s starting pitcher. “We could shake it up a little, so when we get to practice, we will work on some things to get us ready for our next game.”
#The Big Red Machine put seven runs on the scoreboard in the top of the first, added eight in the second, five in the third and eight more in the fourth as they dominated from start to finish with every batter in their line-up scoring at least two runs.
#Demani Scott, who played right field, said although it was their first game, they could have done better.
#“We got to shake off the cobwebs,” he said. “We have practice tomorrow and on Wednesday, we will play much better.”
#The Saints had a pretty good bottom of the first, producing four runs and added two more in the second. But SAC managed to shut them down in the final two innings, pulling off a pair of 1-2-3 feats to seal the deal.
#Tyler Nairn scored a pair of runs and Lamond Davis, Nicholas Knowles, Ethan Brown and Ricardo Smith all scored a run each, but it wasn’t enough. Kingsway Academy’s coach Juliette Douglas-Sands said they came into the game, having to adjust their line-up and that made a huge difference in the outcome.
#“The boys are holding it together, but we just made a lot of silly mistakes,” Douglas-Sands said. “Our starting pitcher called in sick today and so I had to move our third baseman over to pitch. That was his first game pitching. “But other than that, I think the team still performed very well. We still have some more work to do during our practice session, so once we can get our plays down-packed, we will be able to perform a lot better the rest of the season.”
#As the Big Red Machine prepares for the rest of the season, Scott said he’s confident that they can bring home the championship title to SAC. “At SAC, that is want we are trying to do this year, win the championship,” Scott said. “We want to win this one. Hopefully we can do it by going undefeated as well. We feel we have a team to do it.”
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