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SAC Big Red Machine on a roll By JONATHAN BURROWS Tribune Sports Reporter jburrows@tribunemedia.net
THE St. Augustine’s College Big Red Machine will be represented in both senior and junior divisions of the BAISS girls' softball championships after dominant single-elimination semi-finals performances yesterday at the Freedom Farm Baseball Field. The Big Red Machine senior girls defeated St Andrew’s 18-13 in five innings after being down five runs heading into the top of the fifth inning. After a fourth inning riddled with errors, SAC capitalised on key hits late in the game to secure their place in the championship, where they will face the Queen’s College Comets senior girls. Senior girls' head coach Antonicia Moultrie spoke to the feeling of moving on to the championships. “It’s a great feeling to get back into the championships, the bats came around in the last inning but we give God thanks for the victory and
the girls know they made some key errors and some walks that really hurt us and we have a few things to work on but when we get to the championship we’ll get it together. We don’t work hard to not achieve what we are supposed to be achieving, we are the Big Red Machine and, as the Big Red Machine, we keep pushing and pushing and we just kept going.” The Big Red Machine junior girls cruised past Aquinas College, defeating them 16-1, advancing to the junior championship to also face off against the Queen’s College Comets junior girls. Junior girls’ head coach Rebecca Moss spoke on their performance in the game. “It was a good game for us, we were able to execute a lot of things that we practiced so hopefully moving forward we can continue on that path. Just told the girls to stay focused and play at their level moving forward into the next round.” Both teams will play again in the championship game on Monday, November 10.
PLAY ACTION: The St. Augustine’s College Big Red Machine senior and junior girls pulled off wins yesterday in the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools softball championships after dominant single-elimination semi-finals at the Freedom Farm Baseball Field. Photo: Chappell Whyms Jr/Tribune Staff
Cavaliers’ Darius Garland (10) looks to pass as 76ers’ VJ Edgecombe, left, defends during the first half in Cleveland last night.
(AP Photo/Phil Long)
Rookie ‘VJ’ contributes seven points in loss to Cavs By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored a season-high 46 points, Jarrett Allen had 24 points and 10 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away in the second half for a 132-121 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers last night.
Evan Mobley added 23 for Cleveland, which won its second straight. Cavaliers' All-Star point guard Darius Garland had eight points in 26 minutes in his season debut. Garland missed the first seven games after offseason surgery on his left big toe. Philadelphia, which never led in the game, got 27 points apiece from
Tyrese Maxey and Quentin Grimes. Rookie guard Valdez “VJ” Edgecombe contributed seven points, four assists and four rebounds in 37 minutes on the floor. Mitchell followed up Sunday's 37-point, eight 3-pointer performance against Atlanta by going 15 of 21 from the floor, 6 of 11 from long distance and
making all eight of his foul shots against a 76ers squad that dropped games on back-to-back nights. Joel Embiid did not play on Wednesday night as Philadelphia is not having him play on consecutive nights early in the season due to left knee issues. Cleveland stormed out to a 17-point lead eight minutes into the game before
Philadelphia slowly rallied. Kelly Oubre Jr.'s 3-pointer tied it at 72 with 9:48 remaining in the third quarter before the Cavaliers regained control, scoring 13 straight points. Allen scored six during the run and Mobley added five. Cleveland outscored Philadelphia 35-15 the rest of the quarter after the 76ers tied it and were up 107-87
going into the final 12 minutes. The Cavaliers' largest lead was 116-90 early in the fourth quarter after Mitchell's driving jumper in the lane. Philadelphia made a late charge to get within nine late in the game. Up Next 76ers: Host Toronto on Saturday. Cavaliers: At Washington on Friday night.