SPORTS SECTION E
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ATHLETES
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025
FIBA AMERICUP 2025 QUALIFIERS
Bahamas qualifies for FIBA AmeriCup 2025 By TENAJH SWEETING Tribune Sports Reporter tsweeting@tribunemedia.net
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he Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team concluded the final window of the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 qualifiers with a 105-83 loss to the USA but managed to accomplish their main goal of qualifying for the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 last night at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium. A pivotal victory against Cuba in the opening game of the final window helped the host team to finish in the top three to advance out of Group D. Team Bahamas finished second in the Group D standings with a 2-4 (win/ loss record) and eight points. The USA held their own in Group D to wrap up with a 5-1 record and 11 points for the first spot. Puerto Rico clinched the final qualification spot with a 2-3 record and seven points. After shooting Cuba out of the gym last Thursday, Team Bahamas was on the receiving end of the
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ON THE REPLAY: Team Bahamas’ Lathaniel Bastian (18) in action last night against the USA in third window of the FIBA AmeriCup 2025 Qualifiers last night at the Kendal GL Isaacs Gymnasium. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
HUGH CAMPBELL CLASSIC FINAL ALL SET By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net IT will be the clash of the New Providence and the Grand Bahama titans as the two winningest teams in the history of the senior boys’ tournament will go head-tohead in tonight’s final of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic. The AF Adderley Fighting Tigers - the runners-up in the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association - and the Grand Bahama Secondary Schools Sports Association champion Tabernacle Baptist Falcons will be in the big dance that will be played at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium instead of the AF Adderley Gymnasium. It will start at 8:30pm with coach Kevin ‘KJ’ Johnson trying to ink his name into history as the winningest coach when he goes for his seventh title with the defending champions Rattlers against the Falcons, who won a tournament record of eight titles with six under former head coach Norris Bain. On Sunday in the semifinal matches, which were rematches of both the New Providence and Grand Bahama championship series, the Rattlers and the Falcons set the stage
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Athletes qualify for the CARIFTA Games By TENAJH SWEETING Tribune Sports Reporter tsweeting@tribunemedia.net ATHLETES turned in winning performances to qualify for the 2025 CARIFTA Games at the second edition of the Red-Line Field Events Classic hosted on Saturday at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium. Event organiser Tito Moss was pleased to have another successful hosting of the event. “I am really excited about it and it has great potential because we are offering field events to kids that do not normally have the opportunity to do field events. We have club meets where kids are not offered any field events in the under-11 and under-13 divisions so it is very exciting
to offer an event that gives kids an opportunity that is not very often offered. “We have about 300 athletes that participated. We have a few of them who have qualified and requalified. The performances were really good and we found some kids blossoming in some areas that they did not know they had talent in,” he said. Jade Ferguson, of RedLine Athletics, went over the CARIFTA-qualifying mark of 2.60m in the under20 girls’ pole vault event. She posted a winning mark of 2.75m in the event. Her clubmate Nevaeh was a distant second-place finisher at 2.15m. CARIFTA gold medallist Taysha Stubbs requalified for the CARIFTA Games once again in the under-20 girls’ javelin throw.
THE SPORTS February CALENDAR UNCLE LOU FUN RUN/WALK THE St Augustine’s College and the Alumni Association is inviting the general public to come out and participate in the Uncle Lou Fun Run/Walk. Under the theme: “Paint the streets red,” the event will take place on Saturday, March 15, starting 6am at SAC’s campus off Bernard Road. The route will leave SAC’s campus and head on Bernard Road, turn onto Soldier Road to Prince Charles Drive,
turn east onto Prince Charles Drive and head back to SAC. The registration fee is $20 for adults and $10 for persons under the age of 20. The first 200 participants will receive road race t-shirts. Persons can register now by logging onto www.saintaugustinescollege.com Following the race, a health screening will take place. There will also be a souse out with chicken priced at $10, pig feet at $12 and sheep
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YOUNG athletes in action during the second edition of the Red-Line Field Events Classic at the original Thomas A Robinson Stadium on Saturday. Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff
Stubbs threw a season’s best 49.92m to earn the victory. Her heave was well above the CARIFTA standard of 39.75m. Her clubmate Dior-Rae Scott secured the second spot with a toss of 40.15m to also requalify in the event. Dahija Mesidor, of Jumpers Inc Global, came third with a throwing distance of 28.06m. The top three finishers in the under-17 boys’ javelin throw event all eclipsed the CARIFTA-qualifying standard of 44.95m. Ahkeel Williams, representing Air Assault, posted a winning throw of 50.82m to requalify for the 2025 CARIFTA Games. Air Assault’s Wyatt Cartwright also requalified in the event with a heave of
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MCCOY HELPS BULLDOGS ADD FHSAA CLASS 3A REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE TO THEIR COLLECTION By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net ON the heels of winning their District 4-3A Championship title, versatile Terrell McCoy helped the Bulldogs varsity girls’ basketball team add the FHSAA Class 3A regional championship title to their collection at Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida. With her parents Clementra and Harcourt McCoy - in the stands, the six-foot, three-inch Terrell and the Bulldogs prevailed with a 52-38 victory over Rutherford to remain undefeated at 4-0. “I’m very proud of my team. We were the first to
it. We’ve been working for about six months on our conditioning and we came out and showed what we were supposed to do and we ended up with a win,” Terrell said. “It was a lot of pressure, but I knew my team had my back and I had my team’s back, so if we were feeling scared, we would play for each other,” she said. The 16-year-old, who averaged 15 points and nine rebounds, said she couldn’t ask for much better team performance because it helped to translate to her performing as well as she did. “I feel pretty good about my performance. With all of the hard work
that I was able to put in, it’s finally shown on the court,” said the 16-yearold Terrell, a three-time CARIFTA medallist in the under-17 girls’ shot put and discus. “I feel as if all the work that I’ve been doing is now going into these key moments.” Looking back at her season, the 16-year-old Terrell McCoy, who hopes to one day become a neurosurgeon, said it would be considered one of the best she’s ever had. “I’ve had some really good team-mates and some good coaches to really push me through it,” said Terrell, who averaged 12-13 points per
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