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The Belize Times
sunday, December 13, 2009
Belize #1 Sports Page
Club 313 & Nestles Crunch/Baba Shop win big in interoffice softball Belize City, December 5, 2009 The Ministry of Education/First Caribbean Bank enjoyed 3 back-to-back to-back wins, Club 313 posted its 10th win and Nestle’s Crunch/Baba Shop posted its 2nd win when the Belize City interoffice softball competition continued at the home of softball at the Rogers Stadium last week. On Wednesday, the M i n i s t r y o f Education/First Caribbean Bank upset Lake I/Alberts 14-7. In the 2nd game of the evening, Club 313 spanked the Belize City Council 8-5 to give BCC their 2nd loss. The winning pitcher was Oscar Arnold and the losing pitcher was Enid Dakers. Victory never tasted so-o-o-oo sweet for Nestle’s Crunch/Baba Shop as they posted their 2nd win 17-10 over British Caribbean Bank on Thursday. The winning pitcher was Jumoke Castro and the losing pitcher was Evan Lamb. In the 2nd game of the evening BEL pitcher Adrian Gentle led the BEL Powersockets to their 7th win, hammering Tr uckers Posse 7-0. Truckers pitcher Jacqueline Bailey was credited with the loss. On Friday, Club 313 excommunicated Telemedia 21-3 to post their 10th
win. Club 313 winning pitcher was Kristalee Swazo, while the losing pitcher was Telemedia’s Francis Usher. In the nightcap, Ministry of Education/First Caribbean Bank walloped the Belize City Council 16-7. The winning pitcher was Marco Villanueva and the losing pitcher was Brian Audinett. Ministry of Education/First Caribbean Bank did it again on Saturday by running over the Truckers Posse: 9-5. The winning pitcher was Claudette Williams and the losing pitcher was Jackie Bailey.
Triple B’s win Game 1 in FFB women’s football championships finals
S a n I g n a c i o To w n , December 5, 2009 Belmopan’s Triple drilled the 3-time national female champs, Gentle Touch of Esperanza, 3-2 in Game 1 Football Federation of Belize female championship finals in the national women’s tournament at the Norman Broaster Stadium last Saturday afternoon. Kaina Martinez beat Gentle Touch goalie Abby Halliday with a grass burner of a shot that was just inside the right stick to drill home the Triple B’s 1st goal in the 5th minute of play. Tara Hernandez, Miriam Villamil and Vanessa Maldonado supported Kaina’s attacks, backed up by Shirley Codd and Rosebelle Ogaldez at midfield. Kaina did it again 5 minutes later when she caught up to a pass to center from the fleet-footed Miriam Villamil on the right wing, and ran the legs off the Gentle Touch
sweeper Kendra “Peaches” Gentle to slip the ball past Halliday at the far corner of the goal, where it ricocheted off the goalpost into the back of the net for a 2-0 lead in the 10th minute of play. The Gentle Touch coach replaced Monique Godoy with calendar girl Vashnie Gentle to tighten up his defense, as Kimberly Perez and Julie Ponce led the ‘Ranza’ girls’ counterattack, backing up Cynthia Salazar, Cindy Fuentes, Eden and Jolene Gentle at midfield. The Triple B’s defenders Rhonda Hernandez, Shadalee Ho, Robin Gillett and Daedra Valencio shut them down to hold on to their 2-0 lead up to the half time break. After the break, Halliday and Eden Gentle had exchanged jerseys and positions, with Eden Gentle taking over the goal, while Abby moved to her usual striker position up front. Christy Tillett relieved Jolene Gentle, but it was the Triple B’s Shadalee Ho who blundered into giving up a penalty when she took down Cindy Fuentes in the goal area, and Gentle Touch’s Cynthia Salazar issued no pardon, converting to put the ‘Ranza’ girls on the
scoreboard, trailing 1-2. Triple B’s Kaya Cattouse replaced Vanessa Maldonado, and Villamil and Kaina Martinez combined again to score a 3rd goal, completing Kaina’s hat trick for a 3-1 lead. Jennisha Scott entered the ball game for Kaya Cattouse, but they could not stop Kimberly Perez from trimming the lead to 2-3 with a 2nd goal for Gentle Touch. Shirley Codd kept the Triple B’s on the offensive with a corner kick, but goalie Eden Gentle handled the challenge. Somewhere in the melee of the attacks, Kaina Martinez was elbowed in the forehead by a Gentle Touch defender, resulting in a cut on her forehead that required 4 stitches. Relief goalie Dania Ramirez entered for Kaina and Lynette “Panchy” Gabourel moved out of the goal to her normal position at midfield, as the Triple B’s held onto the 3-2 win until the final whistle. Game 2 of the championship series comes up on Saturday, December 12, when the Triple B’s will host Gentle Touch at the FFB field in Belmopan.