The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

The 35th Hugh Campbell Invitational tipped off yesterday at the AF Adderley Gymnasium with the traditional inter-league matchups between BAISS and GSSSA schools highlighting day one.

The CR Walker Knights opened the week-long tournament with a 36-26 win over the Queens College Comets.

Brandon Adderley led the Knights with 12 points, Stanley LaGuerre posted a near double double with nine points and nine rebounds and Bernard Sanders chipped in with five points.

Giverson Gelin led the Comets with 12 points, Christopher Knowles had six points and 10 rebounds and Daniel Robinson scored seven.

The Knights took an 8-0 lead on a three from Adderley and Vincent Derival and a follow from Hayward Seymour. The Comets got back into the game on a Turnquest three-point play and a Gelin three pointer from the wing. The Knights led 10-7 after the first quarter.

Neither team scored for over two minutes until LaGuerre hop stepped through the lane and successfully converted a three-point play to give the Knights a 13-7 lead.

The Comets got within two after Knowles’ score but he was hurt on the latter play and had to exit the game. The Knights followed with a three but the Comets Gelin followed with a three of his own to keep pace. The Knights clung to a 16-14 lead at the half.

The Knights opened the third on a 4-0 run, and Adderley’s three gave the Knights a 25-16 lead headed into the fourth, but the Comets managed a single field goal as they fell behind.

An Alexus Francis runner on the opening possession of the fourth gave the Knights there first double-digit lead of the game and they never led by less than eight points in the fourth.

The CV Bethel Stingrays scored a 54-31 win over the Westminster Diplomats in game two.

Raymonte McDonald scored a game high 12, Jerome Fowler scored eight and Justin Fowler scored seven. Only three Diplomats scored on the evening, Domonique Bodie with 14, Donovan Forbes had 11 and Ethan Thurston had six.

CV Bethel opened the game on a 7-0 run and led 11-7 at the end of the first.

McDonald’s fastbreak layup gave the Stingrays a 14-8 lead and both Fowlers followed with fastbreak finishes to lead 16-8. A 6-0 run capped by a McDonald jumper gave them their first lead by double figures.

The Stingrays capped the first half with a buzzer-beating heave from halfcourt for a 26-13 lead at the half.

The Diplomats scored the first four points of the quarter, but the Stingrays quickly answered seven unanswered points to stop the run and go ahead for good.

In game three, the CI Gibson Rattlers eased their way to a 60-41 win over the Temple Christian Suns. Sirmar Rolle and Terrence Storr each scored 19 to lead the Rattlers to the win while Ruhshorn Strachan scored eight.

Dayton Albury led the Suns with a game high 18 points and Valentino Moss scored nine.

In a matchup of BAISS playoff teams, the St John’s Giants defeated the Aquinas Aces 51-43.

John Nixon led the Aces with a game high 23 points, but the Giants’ balanced scoring attack ultimately proved to be too much down the stretch.

Seth Fountain led the Giants with 18 points, Kayden Cash scored 12 and Keyshawn Forbes scored seven.

A total of 28 teams are contesting the 2018 edition of the Hugh Campbell Classic. The event is expected to be completed next Monday with the final at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium.Pool one will comprise of Anatol Rodgers, Queen’s College, Agape, Teleos Academy, RM Bailey, St George’s and CR Walker. Pool two includes CC Sweeting, St John’s College, Patrick J Bethel, Kingsway Academy, Sunland Baptist, Bishop Michael Eldon School and Aquinas College.

Pool two will feature defending champions Tabernacle Academy, Gateway Christian Academy, Government High School, St Anne’s, Doris Johnson and CV Bethel and pool three will be made up of Jordan Prince William, South Andros High School, CI Gibson, Temple Christian Academy, Mt Carmel, Clement Howell and Sir Jack Hayward.