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Friday, March 27, 2026
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Freedom Baptist Warriors celebrate ‘another tremendous sporting year’ By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
FREEDOM Baptist Primary Boys with their trophies.
THE small but mighty Freedom Baptist Academy celebrated another tremendous sporting year for their Warriors basketball and track and field teams. The less than 100-student population hosted a special assembly yesterday at its school where the principals, husband-wife team of pastor Vincent and Talcina Major, also recognised the accomplishments of their academic students. Legendary basketball player turned coach James Clarke, now a consultant at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, gave the keynote address, congratulating the players, teams, coaches, staff and parents of the school for their outstanding performances.
Clarke, a former principal at Doris Johnson Secondary High School for six years, said he was so impressed with the way the students conducted themselves in their devotion that he would like to invite them to open the prestigious Father Marcian Peters Invitational Tournament in December. Johnson, who was the first coach to achieve a threepeat victory at the popular Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic for senior boys basketball teams when he was at Hawksbill High in Grand Bahama, took the students through a brief history of his life growing up in Fox Hill. Using the scripture in the Bible from Ephesians 6: 1, Clarke noted how he started out gambling, but once his mother advised him to stop, he obeyed her commands and was able to turn his life around.
He pointed out that with the talent that he's seen from the Warriors teams, he wants to encourage them to stay away from the negative crowd and focus their attention on their academics and athletics so that they too can become future outstanding student-athletes. Josiah Major, the head coach of the boys’ teams, said they are delighted to celebrate the six championship titles that their primary boys’ basketball team won this year. They started out with the Temple Christian Academy tournament in September; DW Davis Thanksgiving Tournament in November; the Father Marcian Peters Invitational in December; the Gladstone McPhee/ Cecil Thompson Tournament in Grand Bahama; the Providence Basketball Classic in March. "We were blessed this year. The kids
‘A rough start’ for Bahamas By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@ tribunemedia.net
HEAD coach Kevin Davies said it was a rough start for The Bahamas’ youthful men's national soccer team in their first of two games played in the March window of the 2025-2026 CONCACAF Series. Team Bahamas suffered a 3-1 loss to Anguilla yesterday at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands, in the CONCACAF Series, which provides
international friendly competition for member associations with competitive matches as teams continue their development on the regional stage. "It was rough. It was rough," said Davies, who was assisted by Andre Roberts. "We scored first. They came back and equalised it at 1-1 at the half. "We gave up a penalty kick and it was just a struggle to fight and get back into the game. We had chances and they had their chances, but we just didn't put away the chances that we had."
did a great job," he said. "Coach Nat McKinney did an excellent job with the boys. He was a good, strong-minded person who had a passion for working with young people. "As an Olympian, he brought a lot of knowledge to our track team and we were able to implement that in basketball because he has a lot of experience in the sport aswell. I thank God for him. I love him and appreciate what he brought to our programme." Since the pandemic, Olympian Nathaniel McKinney, through his Dream Chasers organisation, has been assisting the sporting programme at Freedom Baptist Academy. "Kids are continuing to excel in athletics and basketball," McKinney said. "So Dream Chasers are
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Marvin Rolle delighted to be serving as BLTA interim president By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
the first half, but we started to open up in the second half and created a lot more chances in the second half." With about 4-5 players playing at the international level for the first time, Davies said it showed in their performances, but now that they have gotten over the jitterbugs, he anticipates the team will play much better against
LONG time player and Davis Cup captain Marvin Rolle said he's delighted to be serving as the interim president of the Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association. As a result of a requisition notice issued to the secretary of the BLTA, an extraordinary general meeting was held on Saturday at the National Tennis Centre. The EGM, according to the constitution of the BLTA, may be called at any time at the discretion of the Council and shall be called by the honorary secretary within 14 days after the
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THE Bahamas men’s national (grass) soccer team. Robert Holcombe booted in the lone goal for Team Bahamas, whose team included Dylan Archer, Michael Butler, Jamario Charles, Prince Cooper, Lamond Cross, Re’John Ene, Creven Ferguson, Robert Holcombe, Joshua Johnson, Nahum Johnson, Junior Kelly, Lothario Milfrise, Justin
Minns, Christopher Rahming, Dwayne Taylor Jr., Keno Thomas, Miguel Thompson and Vance Wheaton. Davies said they just got off to a slow start. "When I say started slow, they had us under pressure, but we were able to break them down and score," he said. "But after they equalised and went ahead, we struggled a little. We played too defensively in
Why your hamstring injury keeps coming back: The missing link in rehab By Dr KENT L BAZARD Sports Medicine Physician IF you’ve been around sports long enough in The Bahamas, you’ve seen it happen repeatedly. An athlete pulls up during a sprint, grabs the back of the leg, and limps off. A few weeks later, they are back in training. Not long after, the same injury returns. Over time, it gets labelled as a “bad hamstring,” but in most cases, it is neither bad luck nor simply a weak muscle. It is incomplete rehabilitation. Hamstring strains remain one of the most common injuries across our athletic population, particularly in sports that rely on speed and explosive movement. Track and field athletes, footballers, baseball players, and even recreational gym users are all affected. What is often overlooked is that the hamstring’s most important role is not just bending the knee, but controlling movement at high speed. During sprinting, particularly in the late
swing phase, the hamstring is responsible for decelerating the forward-moving leg while it is being lengthened. This eccentric loading places the muscle under significant stress, making it the most vulnerable point for injury. The initial injury itself is only part of the problem. What follows is where most athletes fall short. Pain subsides, movement improves, and activity is gradually resumed. However, pain resolution is not the same as tissue readiness. At a physiological level, the muscle is still recovering - remodeling fibers, restoring strength, and re-establishing neuromuscular control. Returning to sport before these processes are complete creates a situation where the muscle is exposed to forces it is not yet prepared to handle. One of the most consistent findings in recurrent hamstring injuries is a deficit in eccentric strength.
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