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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2016
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: The Johnson’s Lady Truckers celebrate after winning the New Providence Softball Association ladies’ championship title.
New NPSA champions By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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he Johnson’s Lady Truckers celebrated another New Providence Softball Association ladies’ championship title, this time sweeping the Sunshine Auto Lady Wildcats in three straight games at the Banker’s Field over the weekend. The NPSA had to resort to decreasing their championship series to a best-of-five series because there are no lights at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex as a result of the damage left behind by Hurricane Matthew. The move may have worked for the Lady Truckers, who got a sterling performance from ace Marvelle Miller, who pitched all three games on Saturday and Sunday. After coming from behind to win the first two games 5-3 and 12-11 respectively, Johnson’s Truckers held off a late rally by Sunshine Auto in the bottom of the seventh just before it got too dark.
Johnson’s Lady Truckers sweep the Sunshine Auto Lady Wildcats for title
LADY Truckers swept the Sunshine Auto Lady Wildcats in three straight games at the Banker’s Field. Photos by Tim Clarke/The Tribune
Miller, the leading candidate for the most valuable player, also had the play of the series when she tagged out pinch runner Shavonne Dames on an attempted steal at home plate on the passed ball by catcher Crystal Taylor to secure the sweep and begin the celebrations. “All I can do is give thanks to God. It’s him who got us this far. Without him, I couldn’t do it,” said Miller during the champagne popping. “I’m just so proud of my girls. Right now, I’m just so emotional and elated. I don’t know what to say, except thanks be to God for getting us this far.” After her pitch got away from Taylor, Miller said she didn’t expect for Dames to try the steal. But after she saw her going home, she decided to cover the plate and the rest was history. “That’s just how it is,” she said as they now prepare for the Bahamas Softball Federation’s National Round Robin Tournament in two weeks. “We are going to regroup. Practice as a
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MEN’S NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM CLINCHES TOP SPOT IN FIVB QUALIFIER By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas men’s national volleyball team clinched the top spot in their Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) FIVB World Championship Qualifier Men Group A series by winning all two of their games played over the weekend in Martinique. The team, coached by Cavance Mortimer, got some clutch hitting from Jamaal Ferguson and captain Princ’tanique Wilson in their five-set victory over Aruba yesterday at the Palais Des Sports Riviera Salee in Chem Trenelle, Riviere Salee, Martinique. Ferguson, who moved from playing libero to outside hitting as he switched
THE Bahamas men’s national volleyball team won both of the two games they played over the weekend in Martinique to clinch the top spot in the Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association FIVB World Championship Qualifier Men Group A series.
positions with Renaldo Knowles, teamed up with Wilson to produce 13 points each, while pro player Byron Ferguson contributed eight and Lorenzo Williams chipped in with six. Together, they powered the Bahamas to a 25-20, 25-12 and 25-15 sweep in a match that lasted just one hour and 21 minutes. The Bahamians, ranked at No.3 in CAZOVA, made it look so easy as they picked up their second straight win by outperforming the Arubans 40-20 on spikes, 8-5 in blocks and 19 errors compared to 24 by their opponents. The victory came after the Bahamas also took five sets to beat host Martinique on Saturday in two hours and 40 minutes in set
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