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Great Bahamas Shoot Out Pool Tournament in epic showdown

THE stage was set for an epic showdown yesterday as the Great Bahamas Shoot- Out Pool Tournament came to a close following four successful weeks of intense competition.

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First Annual Potcake Golf Tournament ‘huge success’

PEDIGREES may have their Westminster Kennel Club show, but it was the Bahamian Potcake – that special breed of dog with the narrow head and a keen sense of how to cross the street on its own terms – that stole the show during the 1st Annual Potcake Golf Tournament.

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Clarke vs Mackey in final

With a limited field of players in the women’s draw, top two seeds Sydney Clarke and Elana Mackey - both back home from college - made quick work of their opponents in their respective semi-final matches, advancing to today’s final of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s 2021 Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals.

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NACAC age group team honoured

CALLING it a “Christmas gift,” Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ president Drumeco Archer gladly accepted the wrapped package of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Championship title they received from the eight-member team that competed in Nicaragua over the weekend.

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‘It’s definitely good to be home in this warm weather’

AFTER getting her feet wet during their collegiate indoor season a week ago, University of Kentucky’s junior quarter-miler Megan Moss said she was so delighted to be able to come home to celebrate the Christmas holidays.

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Sydney Clarke makes her donation

ALTHOUGH she came home with her mind focused on participating in this week’s Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals tennis tournament at the National Tennis Centre, collegian Sydney Clarke didn’t want to pass up another opportunity to make her charitable gesture to the Bahamas Children’s Emergency Hostel.

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Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals underway

It was an easy day in the office for some of the top players as day one of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association’s week-long Giorgio Baldacci Open Nationals got underway yesterday at the National Tennis Centre.

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Bridgewater helps his team win Coupe de Provence title

DOMINICK Bridgewater helped his Sapela Basket 13 club to the Coupe de Provence title in France’s NM2 League.

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Lacarthea Red-Line Athletics’ Athlete of the Year

FOR her achievement in making every junior national team as the top high school sprinter in the country this year, as well as the Olympic Games, Lacarthea Cooper was awarded the Red- Line Athletics’ Athlete of the Year honours.

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Stingers runners-up at Dynasty Hoops Classic in Orlando

THE Sunland Baptist Lutheran Stingers junior and senior boys’ basketball team made their trip to Orlando, Florida, a memorable one at the Dynasty Hoops Basketball Classic over the weekend.

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Coach Yo leads Rebels to 11th straight win

COACH Yolett McPhee- McCuin’s Ole Miss Rebels are one of the hottest teams in all of NCAA Division I basketball and streaked to their 11th straight win.

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Team Bahamas NACAC Age Group champions

On the strength of a gold medal from Keyezra Thomas, a silver from Keely Deveaux and a pair of bronze from Jamiah Nabbie and Kenny Moxey Jr, the Bahamas emerged as the overall champions of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships.

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Swimmer Joanna Evans advances to two finals

Joanna Evans continues to make Bahamian history in the pool at the FINA World Swimming Short Course Championships (25m).

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Middle Tennessee tops Toledo 31-24 to begin bowl season

THE Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders out-classed the Toledo Rockets in a dramatic fourth-quarter comeback to hoist the 2021 Bahamas Bowl college football championship trophy at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Friday.

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Team Isaacs wins Don’t Blink Home Run Derby overall title

THE 2021 Don’t Blink Home Run Derby in Paradise featured new team and individual champions as the event overcame inclement weather concerns and made a successful return to the shores of The Bahamas.