$210,000 for the overall champion
THE 4th Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic is now underway at the Ocean Club Golf Course on Paradise Island.
QC Comets junior girls rout Falcons 32-19, advance to finals
THE BAISS basketball playoffs got underway yesterday in the sudden death playoff round with the top seed in the junior girls’ division advancing to the finals.
Sports notes
IN Monday’s edition of The Tribune, it was stated that both Donald Thomas and Trevor Barry will be heading to Slovakia to compete in the first leg of new International High Jump Tour in Banska Bystrica, scheduled for February 4. Jamal Wilson, the latest Bahamian to surpass 7-feet, 7-inches at the BAAA Odd Distance Meet, will also be included in the field.
Jones on midseason watch list for Ann Meyers Drysdale Award
GEORGE Washington Colonials senior forward Jonquel Jones was named to the midseason watch list for the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, which recognises collegiate women’s basketball’s national player of the year, the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) announced yesterday.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Farewell Pompous Tom and melon head Manning
OH how I love watching the Patriots - and especially one Tom Brady - lose!
Bank supports JBLN for 5th straight year
SCOTIABANK is proud to announce its support of the Junior Baseball League of Nassau (JBLN) for the fifth consecutive year.
‘Bonefish Sam’ to be honoured
ONE of The Bahamas’ bonefish tour legends is being honoured next month through the International Game Fish Association of Florida next month.
Charlton breaks national record, qualifies for the world indoors
Devynne Charlton couldn’t ask for a better start to her junior year at Purdue University.
Title fight opportunity but shoulder injury sidelines ‘Reno’
THE stars aligned for Tureano Johnson’s opportunity at a major middleweight title, but that opportunity is now on hold as a shoulder injury has sidelined the Bahamian pro boxer.
DeAndre posts triple double - 52 points, 33 rebounds 10 blocks - in victory
IT WAS a highly anticipated meeting and top high school basketball recruit DeAndre Ayton did not disappoint matched up against fellow Bahamians in Lawrence, Kansas.
QC Comets dominate the BAAA National High School Relays
THE Queen’s College Comets were hoping to renew their rivalry with the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine and get some challenge from Grand Bahama at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National High School Relays at Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium on Saturday.
Sports Notes
THE first leg of the new International High Jump Tour in Banska Bystrica, scheduled for February 4, will have all three top Italians jumping and two Bahamians.
Truckers run over Cheetahs, Operators stop the Cybots
THE defending champions Johnson Lady Truckers pulled off a big 72-64 victory over former champions Career Builders Lady Cheetahs to highlight the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association double header at the DW Davis Gymnasium Saturday night.
REGULATORS, REBELS, ATHLETICO AND CYBOTS ALL GET WINS IN THE NPBA
THE New Providence Men’s Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium over the weekend.
Tavario Miller has career high, Hield continues his hot streak
TAVARIO Miller received the first start of his career and responded with a career high to help his No.10 ranked Texas A and M Aggies remain one of the hottest teams in all of NCAA Division I basketball.
