SPORTS SECTION E
THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2025
WALCOTT AHEAD IN SHOWDOWN By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
IN the first of a six-game showdown between two of the top Bahamians in the Major League pipeline, Sebastian Walcott and his Frisco RoughRiders got the better of Kristian Robinson and his Amarillo Sod Poodles. In their Double-A Affiliate series opener on Tuesday night at Hodgetown in Amarillo, Texas, Walcott and the RoughRiders pulled off an 7-5 triumph over Robinson and his Sod Poodles. The 18-year-old Walcott, batting second in Frisco’s line-up, went 1-for-4 with a run batted in, a run scored and. strike out for a .342 batting clip, while Robinson, 24, leading off
for Amarillo, was 1-for-5 with a run scored and two strikeouts. With the win, Frisco improved to 27-18 to remain on top of the Texas South Division with the loss dropping Texas to 20-25 for fourth place. Walcott, playing shortstop, got the party started in the top of the first inning when he was hit by a pitch with one out. He advanced to second on a walk to Abimelec Ortiz and they both moved up to third and second respectively on a balk with Josh Hatcher batting. Harcher eventually struck out to kill the rally. Then in the bottom of the frame, Robinson scored the first run of the game and the only one for Amarillo. He singled, got to second on a wild pitch by pitcher
SEBASTIAN WALCOTT Daniel Missaki, got to 3-1, doubled on a line drive third on Gavin Conticello’s to left field to plate Aaron ground out and came home Zavala. Then he caught on LuJames Groover’s RBI a ride home on Abimesingle. lec Ortiz’s single for a 4-1 But it didn’t take Walcott advantage. that long to respond. The Sod Poodles cut the He came right back in the deficit in half, 4-2, in the second with two out and bottom of the frame. But his RoughRiders leading the RoughRiders pushed it
FLYING THE VICTORY FLAGS WINNING WINDSOR By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WITH a complete dominance from start to finish, Windsor School put the icing on a perfect season by winning The Bahamas Football Association’s inaugural Samuel P Haven junior high girls national soccer championship title with a 4-0 shutout over the St Andrew’s Hurricanes. Yesterday at the Roscoe Davies Developmental Centre, most valuable player Emma Johnston
booted in the first goal in the eighth minute and Isabelle Kennedy and Emma Heller kept the pressure on with their respective goals in the 17th and 29th minutes for a comfortable 3-0 margin at the half. For good measure, Haller added her second, the team’s fourth and the game’s final goal in the 42nd minute of the second. But Windsor had a few more chances to get into the but, only to fall short as they celebrated with their historic feat. SEE PAGE TWO
DRAGONS ROAR By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net ON the strength of Dirk Simmons’ hat trick, the Lyford Cay Dragons prevailed as the Bahamas Football Association’s inaugural Samuel P Haven Jr national junior boys soccer champions. Lyford Cay did it last night with a hard fought 3-2 victory over the Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves at the Roscoe Davies
Developmental Center at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. After winning the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools’ junior boys title, coach Daniel Weightman said his Dragons’ team waited all year to be crowned the national champions. “It was a really good game. Hats off to our opponents. Anatol Rodgers played an amazing game,” SEE PAGE TWO
Photos: Chappell Whyms Jr
KRISTIAN ROBINSON ahead 5-2 in the third. run in the ninth, but it was a With two runs in the little too late as the Roughbottom, Amarillo trimmed Riders held on for the ein. the margin to 5-4. In the Game two of the series fifth, but Frisco got another was played last night, but no run and they added their results were available. They final run in the seventh to play game three tonight, stay ahead. game four on Friday, game The Sod Poodles closed five on Saturday and the out the game with their final finale on Sunday.