Caribs fall to Bucs 91-82 in overtime
HIALEAH, Florida — Game two of the Florida National University’s Basketball Classic at the Bucky Dent Gymnasium was a complete turn around for the College of the Bahamas men’s basketball team.
Buddy Hield on John R Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list
NAMED at the midseason mark as one of college basketball’s top prospects, Buddy Hield survived another round of cuts as the list of finalists for the prestigious award is dwindled down.
THE FINISH LINE: For Jonquel Jones, the sky is definitely the limit
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.
Sports notes
THE family and friends of the late Ozzie Arnett are scheduled to hold a special service to celebrate his life 5:30pm February 19 in the VIP stand of the original Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium. The funeral service for Arnett will take place at a later date to be announced.
Kingsway junior girls are BAISS champions
Kingsway Academy Saints junior girls’ basketball team has been dominant throughout the BAISS season, and that trend continued on their way to the championship title.
CH Reeves Raptors win 7th straight title
THE dominance continued for the CH Reeves Raptors in the 22nd edition of the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association Junior School Track & Field Championships.
SAC senior girls sweep Falcons to win title
THE St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine plowed through the competition en route to an undefeated season and the BAISS senior girls’ basketball title.
St John’s senior boys top Comets 44-43 to win title
The Giants overcame a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Queen’s College Comets 44-43 and sweep the best-of-three series.
Conquistadors rout Caribs 107-74 in series opener
HIALEAH, Florida — The opening game of the Florida National University Basketball Classic was not what the College of the Bahamas Caribs men’s basketball team expected.
Aces trump Big Red Machine 41-37, even junior boys’ series
IF the first two games in the series were any indication, it will take another thrilling finish to decide the BAISS junior boys basketball champions.
McGreskin new BFA technical director
KEVIN McGreskin has been appointed by the Bahamas Football Association as the new Technical Director of the National Development Programme.
Sports notes
EXECUTIVES, players and fans of the Masters Softball Association have joined the lot extending condolences to Oria Wood-Knowles on the passing of her husband Colin “Troppy” Knowles, who is scheduled to be funeralized this Saturday morning at Mission faith Baptist Church, Baillou Hill Road.
Raptors in the lead
The CH Reeves Raptors have taken a 130-point lead over their closest rivals, AF Adderley Fighting Tigers, at the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association’s 21st Annual Junior High School Track and Field Championships.
BAISS action heats up today
THE excitement is expected to continue at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium today with the second game in all four divisions in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ best-of-three championships.
COB Caribs are all set for the Florida National University Basketball Classic
AFTER reeling off their last three games in the New Providence Basketball Association, the COB Caribs are hoping that their men’s basketball team will have as much success in their three-game series in the Florida National University’s Basketball Classic this weekend in Miami, Florida.
