The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS 

Chief Sports Editor 

bstubbs@tribunemedi.net

DESPITE the inclement weather, the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine managed to roll out of Freedom Farm with the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ junior and senior girls softball titles. While the rain held up long enough for the junior girls to prevail with an 11-7 triumph over the Queen’s College Comets, SAC had to rely on the heavy downpour to clinch the senior girls’ title over QC. The Big Red Machine scored sufficient runs early and was able to hold onto a 6-4 lead when the rain came down, leaving the field submerged under water in the fourth inning. The game was official at the end of the third, and SAC senior girls got to celebrate in their dugout after watching their junior girls go through all of the formalities with the trophy presentation and photography session. 

Junior girls Big Red Machine 11, Comet 7: Despite the inclement weather, the Big Red Machine posted enough runs from the first inning to hold off Queen’s College to repeat as champions in a two-game sweep. “It feels great. It feels awesome,” were the few words SAC’s head coach Rebecca Moss used to sum up her team’s encore achievement. After barely coming from behind to win game one in a thriller, Moss said the goal was to come out and get their offensive track started early. 

“We went back on the field and did a lot of batting practice,” said Moss, in what was the difference in the outcome of the game. “I was so pleased with them. They did an awesome job; everyone contributed. It was great. It was a total team effort.” SAC used a six-run barrage in the top of the first inning, added one in the second, three more in the fourth, and another in the fifth to seal the deal. Pitcher J’Lynn Bain helped her cause with a hit and walk, scoring a run; second baseman D’Anita Rose had a pair of walks with a hit and scored two runs; and shortstop Kimeya Coakley had a pair of hits and scored three times to lead SAC’s offensive attack. Bain went the distance for the win on the mound for the Big Red Machine, and McKaya Rahming was tagged with the loss for the Comets. 

Queen’s College came up with four runs in the second inning, all with two outs, but they also left two runners stranded in scoring position. They added another run in the fourth, but left two runners in scoring position. In the fifth, they got a lead-off run from Laniyah Martin, her second in the game, and another from Rahming, but also left two more runners on base. Kaylee Sears, scoring her second run of the game, led Queen’s College’s last-chance rally in the fifth, but SAC clamped down on the defensive end to end the game.