THE FINISH LINE - Chris Brown Invitational: ‘Something doesn’t add up’
IT’S not how you start, nor how you get there, but more importantly, it’s how you finish. The Finish Line, a weekly column, seeks to invoke commentary on the state of affairs of the local sports scene, highlighting the highs and the lows, the thrills and the spills and the successes and failures as we transgress from one week to the next.
QC chases history
We may be on the brink of crowning a new BAISS Track and Field champion as the Queen’s College Comets are in prime position to halt the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine’s 26 straight wins in the meet since its inception.
Comets take early lead
If St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine is going to extend the longest winning streak in Bahamian high school sports history, the Queen’s College Comets are going to force a comeback effort in 2015.
‘Tum Tum’ Nairn Jr starts in Spartans’ last four wins
IT HAS been an up and down season for Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr and his Michigan State Spartans, but the freshman guard has found a spot in the Spartans lineup while his team is in the midst of a four-game win streak as the regular season winds down.
NCAA: Kentwan Smith posts 6th double double of season
AN active weekend for Bahamian basketball players in NCAA Division I was highlighted by a career high effort on the boards, late game heroics and another disappointing injury in Houston.
Cybots top Pros 81-73, Cheetahs stop Cybot Queens 62-58
IT was a double header in night league basketball action this week with games in both the men’s and women’s leagues.
Gymnasts bring home medals
THE Nassau gymNastics has congratulated its athletes who participated in the Presidential Classic and the Magical Classic Gymnastics meets in Orlando, Florida.
We are the champions
WHILE the senior boys’ teams, minus the Grand Bahama teams, competed in New Providence for the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic title, the girls’ teams were in Grand Bahama participating in the Geneva Rutherford/HOYTES Basketball Tournament.
Can Big Red Machine win 27th straight BAISS title?
WILL the St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine succeed in winning their 27th straight Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships or will this be the year that the Queen’s College Comets or any of the other 10 schools finally snap their dominance?
Thomas clinches berth for 15th World Championships
HAVING clinched a berth for the IAAF 15th World Championships in Beijing, China this summer, Donald Thomas said he’s now looking forward to regaining his berth as one of the top high jumpers on the planet.
Best female players set for All-Star Classic at DW Davis this weekend
THEY combined their efforts to lead the CC Sweeting Cobras to victory in the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium on Monday night. On Saturday night at the DW Davis Gymnasium, Wayde Watson and Mario Bowleg will be on the opposite sides of the court as the New Providence Women’s Basketball Association hosts its All-Star Classic.
Mario Bowleg and CC Sweeting Cobras join elite field of champions after Hugh Campbell victory
MARIO Bowleg and his CC Sweeting Cobras joined an elite field of champions after winning the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic title for the third time.
Cobras strike back to win Hugh Campbell Classic
They fell short in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association playoffs, but the CC Sweeting Cobras peaked at the right time of the year and thrived where their programme often does - the Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic.
Chris Brown Invitational cancelled for 2nd straight year
FORGET the second version of the Chris Brown Bahamas Invitational. It’s official. The country’s top quarter-miler said he has to scrap plans for the return of the biggest private meet to come to the Bahamas for the second consecutive year.
