SPORTS SECTION E
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2016
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WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: The Johnson’s Lady Truckers celebrate last night after routing the Folley’s Girls 18-6 in four innings via the 15-run mercy rule to win the ladies’ national title. Photos: Tim Clarke/The Tribune
New national champions By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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ll tournament long, the Johnson’s Lady Truckers proved that they were the more dominant team in the ladies’ division of the Bahamas Softball Federation’s BTC National Round Robin. On Sunday night in the Banker’s Field, they showed their true colours by routing the Folley’s Girls 18-6 in four innings via the 15-run mercy rule to win the ladies’ title. In the men’s final, the Blue Water Jets took the title back to Eleuthera as they stopped the AG & Turf Bulldogs from Abaco 8-0 in a game that was interrupted by a 30-minute delay after someone turned the lights off in the park. Lady Truckers 18, Folley’s Girls 6: The Lady Truckers produced five runs in the first two innings and added eight more in the third to preserve the abbreviated affair. Grand Bahama, who had two rounds in the first and four in the
Jets take title back to Eleuthera
THE NEW CHAMPIONS: The Blue Water Jets took the title back to Eleuthera. third, got shut-out in the second, third and fourth. “I’m so proud of our girls tonight,” said Lady Truckers’ man-
ager Darren Bowleg. “We didn’t play our best defence, we didn’t hit our best, but we did what we had to do to win the game. It
wasn’t our sharpest, but we made it happen.” Shavette Taylor went 2-for3 with three RBI and two runs
scored; Melinda Bastian was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs; Khatrel Dorsett was 2-for3 with two RBI and a run scored; Marvell Miller was 2-for-3 with three RBI and two run scored; Crystal Evans was 2-for-2 wth three RBI and two runs scored and Shequel Smith was 2-for-3 with two runs scored. Curtisha Albury went 2-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored; Davania Mackey was 1-for-3 with two RBI and Latoya MartinKnowles was 1-for-2 with a RBI and a run scored. Marvell Miller, the workhorse for Johnson’s, gave up seven hits and struck out for the win. Salaika Williams gave up 16 hits with two strike outs. Jets 8, Bulldogs 0: Holding onto a 8-0 lead going into the bottom of the sixth, Van ‘Lil Joe’ Johnson ignited a double play and Lyle Sawyer tried to keep Abaco’s hopes alive with a base hit, Edney ‘the Heat’ Bethel struck out Tyler Russell on a high pitch to preserve the shut-out as Eleuthera began to celebrate winning the men’s title. The Jets came up with three
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Truckers dominate ladies’ division for the victory By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WHILE the Johnson’s Lady Truckers literally dominated the ladies’ division, the men’s division of the Bahamas Softball Federation’s BTC National Championships’ round robin was a topsy turvy one. The New Providence champions Lady Truckers gave up a run in each of their games to finish atop the standings with a 3-0 win-loss record in the ladies’ division in the tournament played over the weekend in the Banker’s Field at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. Grand Bahama’s Folley’s Girls were second at 2-1, Andros’ Sagoma Navigators were 1-2 and Abaco’s Major Pains rounded out the field at 0-3.
On the men’s side, New Providence’s C&S Hitmen suffered a stunning 8-6 loss to Grand Bahama’s Central Chemical Sweepers, to take the top spot 2-1, the identical mark as the Abaco AG & Turf Bulldogs, whose only loss came at the expense of the Hitmen in a 8-1 decision. Eleuthera’s Blue Water Jets took third place at 1-2, losing to both New Providence 4-1 and 1-0. The Sweepers were also 1-2 after getting shut out 7-0 by the Bulldogs and 12-0 by the Jets. • Here’s a summary of the games played during the round robin: Navigators 12, Major Pains 5: Vashti Hill had a perfect 2-for-2 day with four runs scored; Claudette Scott was 1-for-4 with a RBI and two runs scored and Albertha Russell was 1-for-3 with two runs scored for Andros.
A LADY TRUCKER in action last night.
Candace Malone went 1-for-2 with a run and Creneya Thomas was 1-for-3 with a RBI in the loss. Albertha Russell was the winning pitcher and Tessa Lewis got the loss. Lady Truckers 16, Folley’s Girls 1: Khatrel Dorsett was 1-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored; Latonia Bowleg was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored; Shavette Taylor was 1-for-3 with four RBI and a run; Crystal Taylor was 2-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored and Nacara Curtis was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored in the win. Tesheena Pinder got hit by a pitch with one out in the third and scored Grand Bahama’s only run on Edris Lightbourne’s RBI ground out. Marvelle Miller was the win-
ning pitcher on a two-hitter with a strike out. Salaika Williams was the loser. Hitmen 8, Bulldogs 1: Martin Burrows went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs; Dino Sweeting was 1-for-3 with two RBI and a run scored; Michael Ingraham was 1-for-1 with a RBI and a run and Alcott Forbes was 1-for-2 with a run scored. Lyle Sawyer led off the fifth with a single and with two-out, scored on an error for Abaco’s only run. Forbes fired a one hitter with 11 strike outs to out-duel Sawyer, who gave up seven hits with 10 strike outs. Jets 12, Sweepers 0: Van ‘Lil Joe’ Johnson was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored; Wade Weinburger Jr was 1-for-3
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