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Valicia Demeritte holding court

Regarded as one of the top young female basketball players in the country, Valicia Demeritte is holding court as a small forward for the Coker University Cobras in Hartsville, South Carolina. The 20-year-old former player for the Kingsway Academy Saints left the Bahamas in grade nine in 2015 to enroll at the Potters House Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida, where she played for the Lion’s basketball, volleyball and track teams, earning the most improved player award and was a four-time SIAA State champion.

BAISS track and field championships to start this morning

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WILL this be the year that the St Augustine's College Big Red Machine's dominance of the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools' inter-school track and field championships come

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Happy Olympic anniversary Pauline Davis-Thompson

IT took her fifth and final Olympic Games in 2000 in Sydney, Australia for Pauline Davis-Thompson to ascend the podium to finally secure her elusive individual track and field medal on the world’s biggest sporting stage.

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THE New Providence Oldtimers Softball Association played a couple of games in the Archdeacon William Thompson Softball Park at the Southern Recreation Grounds over the weekend. Below is a look at the games played: FP Truckers 17, Da Boyz 14 Frank Martin w

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Impressive showing for Albury and Believe Prep in Florida

DESPITE losing their first game of the pre-season, Deyton Albury and the Believe Prep Academy basketball team had an impressive showing at the Big House Complex in Tavares, Florida, over the weekend.

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Wilson in tie for fourth place at 10th Shanghai Grand Prix

HIGH jumper Jamal Wilson, tied with two others for fourth place, was the only Bahamian to compete at the 10th Shanghai Grand Prix track and field meet after injuries to fellow competitor Donald Thomas and quartermiler Steven Gardiner kept them both out of action.

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‘Golden Girls’ celebrate 20 years

In a five-year span that began in 1995, collectively the team of Savatheda Fynes-Coke, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie and Eldece Clarke culminated the journey being crowned champions of the women’s 4 x 100m relay at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

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RATTLERS RETAKE CLASSIC TROPHY

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH the key big men on both teams fouled out, the CI Gibson Rattlers got a 1-2 punch from Lamont Armaly and Kristen Francis to win the Providence Holiday Basketball Classic for the first ti

Eagan Neely crowned Athlete of the Year

ALL of the sacrifices and hard work paid off for Eagan Neely as he was crowned the Red-Line Athletics Club’s 20022 Athlete of the Year. The honour was bestowed upon the 14-year-old sprinter during the club’s Christmas party and awards ceremony that was held at the National Training Agency on Sunday.

'The Sailing Barber' looks forward to great showdown in Montagu Bay

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE stage is set for the 25th anniversary of the 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Day Massacre. Organiser Eleazor "The Sailing Barber" Johnson said they are anticipating a great showdown

'The Sailing Barber' looks forward to great showdown in Montagu Bay

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE stage is set for the 25th anniversary of the 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Day Massacre. Organiser Eleazor "The Sailing Barber" Johnson said they are anticipating a great showdown

'The Sailing Barber' looks forward to great showdown in Montagu Bay

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE stage is set for the 25th anniversary of the 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Day Massacre. Organiser Eleazor "The Sailing Barber" Johnson said they are anticipating a great showdown

'The Sailing Barber' looks forward to great showdown in Montagu Bay

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE stage is set for the 25th anniversary of the 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Day Massacre. Organiser Eleazor "The Sailing Barber" Johnson said they are anticipating a great showdown

'The Sailing Barber' looks forward to great showdown in Montagu Bay

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE stage is set for the 25th anniversary of the 'Catch Me If You Can' St Valentine's Day Massacre. Organiser Eleazor "The Sailing Barber" Johnson said they are anticipating a great showdown

No overall champion will be decided in the Nationals

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net When the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) opens its 2012 Scotiabank National High School Track & Field Championships on Thursday, no overall champion will be decided. Inst

17th Nelson Cooper 'Peace on da Streets' Basketball Classic July 11-14

17th Nelson Cooper 'Peace on da Streets' Basketball Classic July 11-14 PASTOR Carlos Reid and his Hope Center and Youth Against Violence is eager to get the 17th annual Nelson Cooper Peace on da Streets Basketball Classic underway. The classic is sched

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OLYMPICS TICKETS SALES THROUGH the International Association of Athletic Associations (IAAF), the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) has Olympic Track and Field tickets for purchase. Individuals interested should contact Linda Thompson at

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Boilermakers’ Charlton, Cox open indoor season in fast lane

The Bahamian hurdle and sprint duo of Devynne Charlton and Carmiesha Cox kicked off their Purdue Boilermakers indoor season on Saturday as they competed in the 2017 Hoosier Open at the Gladstein Fieldhouse at Indiana University in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Sailing community supports 'Catch Me If You Can' regatta

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net IF there's one thing that Eleazor 'the Sailing Barber' Johnson won't have to worry about when his St Valentine's Day 'Catch Me If You Can' Massacre is held, it's the support of the local sai

Basketball standout Rhema Collins prepares for Ole Miss

AS she continues her transition to college, University of Mississippi bound Rhema Collins came home to take advantage of some training from professional player Ryan Moss and veteran women’s coach Anthony Swaby. Moss and Swaby took Collins through a series of workouts yesterday at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium as the 6-foot, 2-inch forward took the break from her final season with the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee.