September 25 - October 1, 2010
TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
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Silver Deep females one win away from title SILVER Deep Ladies recorded two victories last weekend to move one step closer to the 2010 Provo Softball Playoffs title. After winning the opening game the ladies are now three up in their best-of-seven series against the Absolute View Dominicans. Last Saturday at the Downtown Ballpark the ladies won 17-8 while on Sunday they stamped their authority on the competition with a 33-4 win. With three victories and momentum on their side the
defending champions will look to finish the series this weekend at the same venue. Throughout the finals Silver Deep have dominated. GAME TWO On Saturday Paula Stubbs, A. Lightbourne and Jacklyn Christopher scored three runs each to lead the defending champions to the nine run victory. After a 2-2 first innings tie, the eventual winners pulled forward
with two or more runs in every other innings. All three batters scored in the seventh innings with Stubbs, the captain of the side, hitting a home run. Andrea Mejia led the Absolute View Dominicans attack with three runs. GAME THREE Game three on Sunday was just batting practice for Silver Deep as they blasted eight runs in the second innings and 13 runs in the sixth to race to their mammoth total of 33. On the field pitcher Christopher had the Absolute View Dominicans’ batters in a quandary. After three runs in the opening innings the second place finishers only scored another run in the third then they went on a dry spell with a total of only two batters reaching second base in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Angela Puello and Emilyann were flawless; they scored every time they batted to finish with six runs. Both batters scored twice in the sixth innings. Santana Rigby added five
Silver Deep females can win the 2010 Playoffs this Sunday.
runs while Paula Stubbs scored four and Bridgette Been and Christopher added three each. Pitching coach of Silver Deep Arthur Dean said that his girls were victorious because of their: “complete dedication and love for the team by all the players,
especially the captain Paula VirgilStubbs and the full commitment of the three coaches: especially batting coach Arthur Dean; pitching coach “Pringle” Dean and team coach Keith Cox.” Silver Deep will look for a clean sweep this Sunday.
Cricket Friendly:
Alexander and Brown clobber Caribbean All-Stars
Silver Deep male team finished champions of the league format.
Silver Deep male team wins softball league format DESPITE a wobbly last few weeks the Silver Deep male team held on to their lead to finish as the top team in the league format of the Provo Softball League. The Silver Deep men also won the league format last year, but lost the Playoffs to Provo Building (Now Discount Tigers). They will open their campaign against either Predators or Kischo (the two teams will play one game with the winners advancing to the playoffs), while Discount Tigers will challenge Air Turks and Caicos from Saturday in the second semi-finals. Manager of the side Arthur Dean said he is confident that Silver Deep can go all the way. “I
feel confident about the playoffs in general, and I am looking forward to the confrontation with the [Discount] Tigers.” Silver Deep has lost two players over the last few weeks in Pablo Batista and Juan. Batista has been invaluable for them with the bat and was the leading scorer for the side early in the league; nevertheless Dean still feels he has enough firepower to carry the side to a much needed playoff title. In the two games played last weekend the Predators defeated Air Turks and Caicos 11-6 after the latter had scored all of their runs in the first innings, but they lost to Silver Deep 3-4.
FORMER Jamaican national youth player Jessie Alexander and countryman Douglas Brown whipped rivals, the Caribbean All-Stars, to gain sweet revenge in a friendly cricket clash against the side. Batting first the Jamaican AllStars scored 224-2 while they restricted their opponents to a paltry 121 in 14.4 overs. The Caribbean All-Stars had won the previous match, but that was not obvious when the Jamaicans went out to the middle. Alexander, a batting all-rounder, clobbered the ball all over the ground to score 101 unbeaten runs while Brown, who has shown form of recent, did the same to finish with 92 unbeaten runs. The innings by Alexander is a welcome sign for the new season which is weeks away since he failed to establish himself in the last league (PPC Twenty20). Last Sunday at the Downtown Ballpark he showed signs of his explosiveness and belted ten fours and three sixes while he picked the
Jessie Alexander slammed his way to an unbeaten century
Douglas Brown hit seven sixes and an equal amount of fours in the Jamaican All-Stars’ victory.
singles well. Brown, who scored a half-century in the last game, was unstoppable he hit seven sixes and an equal amount of fours. Marcus Charlemagne was the pick of the Caribbean All-Stars’ bowlers with two wickets for 28 runs from his four overs. Caribbean All-Stars in reply lost three wickets for 27 runs in their first three over—they never recovered
and were soon bowled out in the 15th over. Damien St Ange held the innings together and chopped away at the bowlers to finish with 46 runs, but it was never a threatening innings. Bowling for the Jamaican AllStars Captain Robert Johnson captured three wickets for 22 runs from his four overs while Calvin Aarons nabbed three for 31 also from four overs.