The Tribune

Shanendoah Cartwright showed that he still has some of the athletics prowess that he displayed during his high school days at St Augustine’s College.

However, he combined with another alumni, Khaalis Rolle, as their efforts for the Politicians wasn’t enough to outshine the performances of Apostle Carlos Reid and Prophet Arthur Duncombe.

Reid and Duncombe, along with Pastor Delton Fernander, helped to power the Pastors to a repeat victory.

Reid, the tournament organiser, got off to a late start offensively, but by the end of the game, he had a side high 13 points to his ledger. Duncombe, who benefitted from a couple of crowd pleasing passes from Reid, finished with 12 for the Pastors, who were coached by Dudley Seide.

Cartwright, who is expected to step into the front line for the next general election, dazzled the crowd with his game high 16 points for the Politicians, coached by House Speaker Dr Kendal Major. Cartwright was followed by Khaalis Rolle with 15. 

The game started out fairly evenly matched with Cartwright canning a three-pointer just before the first buzzer to end the first quarter with the Politicians up 16-15. He picked up where he left off to start the second with another three-pointer to push their lead to 19-15.

But before they could celebrate, Reid finally found his shooting range, canning a three-pointer and dished out two consecutive passes to Duncombe to put the Pastors up 27-24 as they stayed ahead at the half time break. The Politicians fought back from a nine-point deficit, 37-28, to come within five, 37-32 at the end of the third quarter, thanks to back-to-back baskets from Renardo Curry and Celi Moss.

Once again Reid sparked the final surge in the fourth quarter on a jumper, followed by passes to Duncombe and Pastor Ivan Rolle leaving the Politicians lagging behind as they trailed 49-38 with time running out.