Inaugural National High School Soccer Championships all set
THE inaugural National High School Soccer Championships, featuring the top senior boys and girls teams from New Providence and Grand Bahama, will be more than just a week-long competition. Bahamas Football Association assistant secretary general Adam Miller is calling it a celebration of Bahamian soccer players.
THE FINISH LINE: ‘We have to be proud of Buddy Buckets’ and Jonquel Jones as Draft Day nears
It’s not always that I want to focus on the performances overseas, but these are not ordinary occasions.
Sports briefs
THE much-anticipated bout between the world’s top welterweight boxers Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley on Saturday in Las Vegas’ MGM Grand will be shown live on Cable Bahamas REV.
Undefeated Operators aim to sweep Truckers
The Bommer Gee Operators are one game away from clinching the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association title as they threaten to close out the defending champions Johnson’s Lady Truckers in a sweep.
NCAA: Evans ‘excited to be a part of the Cowboy family’
LOOK for another Bahamian to make his mark on the NCAA basketball scene in Oklahoma, this time from the coaching sidelines.
FOURTH QUARTER PRESS: The greatest guard of all time? Only one answer - Allen Iverson
Ask any guard at any level of the game today which player inspired their tenacity and effort.
Suns shine bright
For the past 15 years, Nekeno ‘Keno’ Demeritte has been building a formidable sporting programme with the Temple Christian Academy Suns in basketball and track and field.
Cybots and defending champions Stingers stay alive
THE defending champions PJ Stingers and former champions Mail Boat Cybots both staved off elimination Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its best-of-five divisional championship series.
Speedy Seymour gets call up to play with the Grasshoppers
ANFERNEE Seymour, known for his speed, is stepping up the ladder in Minor League Baseball after being drafted in the seventh round by the Miami Marlins organisation in 2014.
Freeport clubs dominate Gateway Invitational Basketball Tournament
THE ninth annual Gateway Invitational Basketball Tournament closed out in Porgy Bay, Bimini, at the Gateway Sporting Arena on Saturday night with complete dominance from the Grand Bahama clubs.
Fox brothers Jason and Ryan excelling on the tennis court
JASON Fox last week won his division in the districts finals at the Saint Andrew’s School tennis courts in Boca Raton, Florida.
WORKERS GETTING GB SPORTS COMPLEX READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD NATIONALS
THE work is currently underway to get the Grand Bahama Sports Complex prepared for the hosting of the Bahamas High School Track and Field National Championships.
NAUGHTY: Sooner or Laker - I’ll take brilliant Buddy Hield in the NBA Draft
I MUST admit ‘Buddymania’ has me all worn out. Ah, but what an exhilarating ride it was from start to finish. Despite the lopsided ending, a whopping 44-point defeat to Villanova, it was a huge win for the Wildcats who must be commended in their own right, for executing a flawless game plan at both ends of the court, handcuffing ‘Buddy’ Hield and the rest of the Oklahoma Sooners in the process. Hats off to ‘Buddy’ on an outstanding career at Oklahoma but also for being a sterling example for our youth, especially our lost males. With all that’s going on around us at home, thank you for making me proud to be Bahamian again ‘Buddy’.
Jonquel Jones named honourable mention All-American for the second straight year
GEORGE Washington Colonials women’s basketball senior Jonquel Jones was named an honourable mention All-American by the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) for the second year in a row, the organisation announced during the 2016 NCAA Women’s Final Four Super Saturday festivities at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Buddy Hield: ‘Not being my best on the biggest stage kind of hurts’
THE Oklahoma Sooners were on the wrong side of history. Saturday night’s Final Four produced the kind of gut- punching loss that could rattle a person or expose the negative aspects of one’s character.
