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The Belize Times
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Belize #1 Sports Page
SCA girls & Wesley college boys win CSSSA volleyball championships
The defending national champs, the St Catherine’s Academy girls, and the Wesley College boys will represent the Central Division in the upcoming National Secondary Schools Sports Association (NSSSA) volleyball championships to be hosted by the Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Mexico in San Roman, Corozal, on November 5-6. The St Catherine’s girls won the Central Secondary Schools Sports A s s o c i a t i o n ( C S S S A ) vo l l e y b a l l championship finals for the consecutive 4th year, after taking out the Anglican Cathedral College girls in 3 sets each, in both games of the finals series at the Belize City Center last Thursday
and Friday. The Wesley College boys won the CSSSA volleyball championship by eliminating the top-seeded Nazarene High School boys in 5 sets on Thursday and 4 sets on Friday. SCA’s Analisa Habet and Sherika Burton had led their attacks spiking on plays set by Xiomara Quan, with Brianny Staine and Emily Evans serving and receiving to win in 3 sets 25-20, 25-21 and 25-14 on Thursday. The ACC girls tried to recover in Game 2 of the finals on Friday, and Vanessa Rose and Shauryce Flowers did win some points, with the support of Agnes Lucas, Ena Encalada and Joani Magana, but the SCA girls dominated
25-19, 25-14 and 25-14. Wesley’s Jermaine Madrill and Brandon Lopez led their attack, spiking on balls set by Kieron Zuniga, while Calbert Jeffries and Mark Rhaburn received and served to win the first set on Thursday night. Nazarene’s Avery Gordon led his team to win the 2nd and 3rd sets 25-19 and 25-21, with the support of Frank Malic, Kadeem Courtenay, Raheem Richardson, Aaron Samuels and Devon Flowers but the Wesley boys took it away winning the 4tth and 5th sets 25-13 and 15-8 The Nazarene boys tried to recover n Game 2 of the series to force a Game 3, but it was not to be: the Wesley boys won the first two sets 25-
21 and 25-19. The Nazarene boys won the 3rd set 26-24, but the Wesley boys took the championship by winning the 4th set 25-14. At the nationals, the SCA girls will be going up against the Western Division champs, the Sacred Heart College girls, the Northern champs, the San Pedro High School girls, and the southern division champs, to be decided at their regionals this weekend The Wesley boys will be challenged by the Western Division champs, the Belmopan Baptist High School boys, the Northern champs, the San Pedro High School boys, and the southern division champs.
Digicell Avengers whop Hurricanes 18-3 in U-19 softball The Digicell Avengers blew away the Hurricanes 18-3 in the under-19 female softball competition at the home of softball at the Rogers Stadium on Friday. Aveng ers’ pitcher Cr ystal Hernandez gave up only 1 run in the 1st inning and none in the 2nd and 3rd innings, while Deenah Garbut, catcher Kaylee Mcfadzean, first base Nyasha Higinio, Crystal, and third base Sheena Gillett all came home in the top of the 1st inning to lead 5-1 when only Kesilyn Lizama crossed the plate for the Hurricanes in the bottom
of the 1st. Avengers’ Kathleen Panting, Nyasha Higinnio, and Crystal added 3 more runs for an 8-1 lead at the end of the 2nd inning. Hurricane’s pitcher Sasha Brown shut out the Avengers in the 3rd inning and Sasha and Hurricanes’ Marcie James came home in the fourth inning, but the game ended with the application of the mercy rule when Kaylee and Nyasha rounded the bases twice in the top of the 4th inning, and Kathleen, Deenah, Crystal, Sheena and Alys Flowers each scored once for the 18-3 victory.
B.C.C., Ministry of Education, & SJC Alumni win in interoffice softball The Belize City Council posted their 7th win, an 8-5 victoryover Nestle’s Oh Henr y Barber Shop to lead the Belize City interoffice softball competition, while St John’s College Alumni drilled the Ministry of Education 18-14 at the Rogers Stadium last Friday, and Ministry of Education had won 15-8 over British Caribbean Bank on Monday. Oh Henry’s Leonard Linares, Scott Johnson and Tommy scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning, but BCC soon got into the driver’s seat when reynaldo Duran, Glenford Flowers, Dar mine Myles, Desiree Moralez, and Brian Audinett came home in the 3rd inning to lead 5-3. Oh Henry’s Linares and Jason
Jenkins tied the ball game at 5-5 in the 4th inning, but the BCC won when Duran and Enid Dakers came home in the 6th inning. The Ministry of Education won 15-8 over British Caribbean Bank on Monday. BCB’s Marc Marriott scored the first run in the 1st inning, but MOE soon took over the lead as Cindy Joseph, Joe Domingo, Jerry Crawford, Earl Noralez, Delmott Samuels, Marco Villanueva, and Orin Middleton came home in the 2nd inning to lead 8-1. BCB’s Marriott, William Smith, Bryan Grant, Mertell Bailey, Shane Pollard, and pitcher Evan Lamb scored 6 runs in the 4th as they trailed 7-8, MOE’s Crawford, Noralez, Samuels and Rhonda Flowers soon added 4
more runs and Domingo, Noralez and Samuels came home in the 5th inning, while only BCB’s Mertell Bailey added an 8th run in the 5th. SJC’s Shane Williams led the offensive on the Ministry of Education on Friday, scoring 2 runs in the top of the 1st inning, while Ryan Bennett, Roman McCulloch, Cojac Smith, Karique Marin, Nikki Lizama, Latoya Belisle and Samuel Nicholson also came home, to lead 9-2, as only MOE’s Jamela Bradley and Jerry Crawford came home in the bottom of the first. Cojac Smith came home again in the top of the 2nd and Kiri Lizama came home in the top of the 3rd to lead 11-2.
MOE’s Delmott Samuels, Jamela Bradley, Joe Domingo, Earl Noralez, Claudette Williams, and Shantel Ovado came home in the bottom of the 4th to narrow the deficit to 8-11. SJC’s Kiri Lizama and Shane Williams increased the lead to 13-8 when they came home in the top of the 5th, but MOE’s Bradley, Domingo, Williams, Yvonne Davis, Er nest Anderson and Shantel Ovado came home in the bottom of the 5th to lead 14-13 at the end of the inning. SJC’s Karique Marin and Samuel Nicholson scored a 2 more run in the top of the 6th, and the Alumni won when Ryan Bennett, McCulloch and Cojac Smith came home in the top of the 7th inning