Lashann Higgs posts career high 18 points to lead Longhorns to upset 64-53 win over the Volunteers
BAHAMIAN basketball standout Lashann Higgs came to the University of Texas women’s basketball programme with high expectations and the freshman has delivered thus far.
SPORTING MISCHIEF & MAYHEM: Dog days for a sports aficionado and a letter to an NBA legend
WHOA, what a ride!
Sports Notes
SKIPPERS from the Star Sailors League Final are expected to be in action today as they compete on local C Class sailing sloops in Montagu Bay. The international sailors will get a chance to be matched with the local sailors in an event that will be filmed by an international crew during the Star Sailing competition Wednesday to Saturday in Montagu Bay.
Carey first ever female president of BAAA
Move over Mike Sands. Rosamunde Carey is now the new president of the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations.
Club members denied access to BFA AGM
THE dispute between the administration of the Bahamas Football Association and several of its member clubs continues as several individuals affiliated with those clubs were denied access to the organisation’s annual general meeting.
Teams all set for Popeyes Bahamas Bowl
ONE half of our participants in the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl have been announced, and the first team to accept the bid to participate in the second year of the event has distinct Bahamian roots at the administrative level.
Lady Operators rout Lady Cheetahs 64-34 in the NPBA season opener
WHILE the Johnson’s Lady Truckers picked up where they left off last year, the Bommer G Lady Operators are hoping that this will be the return for them to their elite status in the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association.
Jones posts double double
SENIOR Jonquel Jones posted her fifth straight double double and sophomore Kelli Prange scored a season high 19 points, but the No. 24/23 George Washington women’s basketball team dropped the Lone Star Showcase finale to Wright State 77-71 at Cedar Park Center on Saturday.
No. 3 Notre Dame beat UCLA 92-84 in OT
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — Madison Cable saves her best games for UCLA.
Sports Notes
THE Baptist Sports Council is scheduled to continue its 2015 Softball Classic in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex this week.
Syracuse beat Texas for Battle 4 Atlantis title
They were prohibited from NCAA postseason play last season, but Syracuse made the most of their first tournament in over a year, highlighted by two wins over ranked teams.
MAJOR UPSET IN BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS
FOR the second consecutive year, a Bahamian player will appear in the Battle 4 Atlantis final.
Iesha ousted in quarters at Goombay Splash Bowl
Iesha Shepherd, the last Bahamian playing in the main draw of the International Tennis Federation’s Goombay Splash Bowl, got ousted in the quarter-final of the girls’ singles after putting up a gallant effort against top ranked Jacqueline Pelletier of the US.
1st annual ‘Ray Minus Youth Boxing Championship’ this Saturday
ONE of the leading boxers in the Bahamas in recent years at the amateur and professional level, Meacher “Major Pain” Major continues to make the transition to the coaching and promotional ranks.
Amateur boxers prepare for Olympic qualifiers next year
COACH Andre Seymour and his crew of amateur boxers are back together again as they prepare for the Olympic Games qualifying tournaments next year.
