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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019

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Mystic Marlins win title

ON THE REPLAY: The Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins made an early statement on the local high school basketball scene with an offseason tournament win. Doris Johnson captured the tournament title in the 15th Providence Basketball Club Holiday Classic hosted at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Sunday night. They defeated the defending champions CI Gibson Rattlers in the tournament finale. Mystic Marlins forward Malachi McCoy (above left in jump ball) was named the tournament MVP. Above right: Joshua Burrows in action.

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Burrows trying to pave way for Bahamian players

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net HAVING taken advantage of the opportunity to make a living playing basketball outside of the National Basketball Association, Jaraun ‘Keno’ Burrows said he’s trying to provide an avenue for some of the other young, talented Bahamian players like Domnick ‘Nardo’ Bridgewater to follow suit in France.

Burrows, playing professionally in his 11th year, now with the Fos-Provence Basket, is averaging 11 points and five rebounds in 22 minutes. At the same time, he has assisted in getting Bridgewater set up to play in a developmental programme in France and he’s hoping that he can get a few more to join him in the future.

For now, Burrows’ concentration is on Fos-Provence, who advanced out of the ProB League of the France Basketball League last year as the champions. They are currently 4-11 in 17th place in their promotion to the ProA League. Burrows noted that it’s not an easy league with a number of former NBA players competing, including Devin Ebanks, formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers.

“Since last year, we won the second division in France, so the team moved up,” Burrows said. “We had a slow start to the season, adjusting from the second league to the top tier, but after

DOMNICK ‘Nardo’ Bridgewater

PRO basketball player Jaraun ‘Keno’ Burrows in action.

5-6 games, we started to settle in.

We lost three games in a row, but we hope to turn things again this year.

“For me, it’s all about getting healthy and I feel good about the level that I am at. I was feeling good before I got hurt and I just want to get back to it.”

For the past 6-7 weeks, Burrows was nursing a tear in his ligament in his left ankle, an injury that came as a setback to what started

as a promising season, scoring 21 and 18 points respectively. With the team off for Christmas, Burrows decided to make a quick trip home. Fos-Provence will be back in action on January 12.

“With this being our first year in this top division, our main goal is to get to the playoffs and on the low end, to stay in the league because at the end of the season, the bottom two teams get relegated to division two. That’s the

goal, to try and keep the team in the division and for me, just to keep pushing and have a great year.”

At the end of the season, Burrows will become a free agent, but he’s hoping that he can secure another deal to remain with the team.

“When I came out of college, I had my chances (to play in the NBA). I did some workouts and I went to the D-League,” Burrows said. “Once that didn’t work out, I needed a job. Europe offered me a great opportunity to travel and still make money doing what you love.

“Maybe when I was younger, I would have preferred to stay in the D-League because they are offering much more money than they did when I was there.

But now that I have children and my résumé is great in Europe, I’m comfortable. I’ve adjusted to the European life. I’ve been in Europe for 11 years, France the last three, Israel right before that, Sweden before that, I love it.

Europe in the winters and home for the summers, I can’t beat that.”

Home last year to participate in the FIBA Home-And-Away series for the World Cup Qualifier, Burrows said it was disappointing that the Bahamas didn’t advance, winning just one of the six games played.

“I think the format hurt us more than the other countries,” he said. “The other countries have a much deeper roster of professionals. After you get past our NBA and college guys, who were not allowed to play in the first two

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Regatta time again!

REGATTA TIME: The 17th Annual Bul Reg Regatta for Class C Boats was held over the weekend in George Town, Exuma. The Cameron Williams Cup Race was the only race held on day two (in honour of the late junior skipper). Winning the cup race was Bul Reg, followed by Golden Girl in 2nd and Bye Gully in 3rd.

JUNIOR sailors take to the waters on day 3 of the Bul Reg Regatta in George Town, Exuma, this past weekend. Lady Kayla, skippered by Kristino Rolle, won the Junior Sailing championship. Baby Wave, skippered by Elron Rolle, finished in second place and Man ‘O’ War rounded out the top three. Seven boats made up the fleet.

Photos by Patrick Hanna/BIS

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Our junior female athletes of 2018

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE future of Bahamian sport is in good hands with the current generation of young women leading the charge 1. Lilly Higgs Higgs continued to be a stalwart for the Bahamian national swimming teams as she excelled locally, around the globe and also made the transition to the NCAA. Higgs’ year of milestones was highlighted by a new national record in the 50m Breaststroke, set at the 23rd Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Her time of 32.59 seconds placed her 4th in the final.

Locally, Higgs was highpoint scorer for Team Bahamas among women as the Bahamas regained its title as CARIFTA swimming champions. Her total of 51 points led the 15-17 division. She captured six individual medals - four gold and two silver.

Higgs won gold in the 200 IM, 200 Breast, 50m Breast and 100m Breast and silver in the 200m Free and 400m IM. The 36-member team won back-to-back CARIFTA Swimming Championships in Kingston, Jamaica. It was also their fourth title in five years. The Bahamas won a total of 56 medals - 23 gold, 22 silver and 11 bronze.

Immediately following CARIFTA Higgs travelled to the opposite hemisphere as the youngest member of Team Bahamas at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

In addition to the national record in the 50m Breast at the CAC Games in Colombia, Higgs also finished fifth in the final of the 100m Breast in 1:11.32 but did not advance to the final of the 50m free.

The appearance at the CAC Games concluded her summer with the national team and her focus shifted to her NCAA debut with the North Carolina Tar Heels. In her first meet, Higgs finished first in the timed finals of the 100

yard (1:04.84) and 200 yard (2:19.34) Breast.

Against South Carolina, she finished first in the 100-yard Breast in 1:02.04 while sister Albury finished fifth in 1:04.09. Lilly also finished second in the 200yard breaststroke in 2:16.14 while Albury was fourth in 2:18.86. Lilly was also a member of the first place 200-yard medley relay team in 1:40.83.

She also qualified for the USA Swimming Winter National Championships in the 100 yard and 200 yard Breast.

Higgs’ 2018 season began when she concluded her prep career at the Hough High School. She recorded a new 4A State and AllState record in the 100 yard breaststroke in 1:01.57 to become the 2018 4A State Champion. She also finished third in the 200 IM in 2:03.14 at the 2018 4A State Championships.

2. Jaida Knowles Knowles announced her arrival as one of the island nation’s sprinters to watch as she continues her progression through the junior level to the senior ranks.

Knowles dominated at the local and regional level before a nagging injury cut her season short at the world’s most elite junior meet.

Jamaica’s Brianna Williams was the story of CARIFTA Track and Field 2018, but Knowles gave the home crowd at the Thomas A Robinson stadium much to cheer about. She concluded the meet with three medals in the Under-17 girls division – silver in the 100m, bronze in the 200m and silver as a member of the 4x100m relay.

Knowles won silver in the century in 11.68 behind Williams in 11.27 and ahead of Soniya Jones of Antigua and Barbuda in 11.75.

In the 200m, she went on to win the bronze medal in 23.85 behind Williams in 23.11 and Shanique Bascombe of Trinidad and Tobago in 23.75.

Knowles continued her season at the IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. She advanced to the semi-finals

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rounds, we don’t have as much high level professionals as these other teams. “But I think under the format that is going to be for the Olympics where you can bring your full team to all of the qualifications, you talking about a whole different thing. We all know, FIBA and the world know when we get Buddy (Hield), Deandre (Ayton), Kai (Jones) and Sammy (Hunter) and me and we put this team together, I think

of the 100m after she finished third in heat five of the prelims in 11.71.

One of several automatic qualifiers, her bid to advance to the final fell short after she suffered a slight hamstring injury in warm-ups and was unable to run.

Locally, the St Augustine’s College star was one of the top performers at High School Nationals and dominated her division. She opened by running 11.96 to surpass the CARIFTAqualifying standard of 12.06 and she came back and did the same in the 200m in 24.10.

The standard in the halflap race is 24.55. Knowles’ 200m time erased St Anne’s Devine Parker’s record time of 24.39 that she set in 2016.

home crowd at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium.

Moss broke the old games record set by Shaunae Miller-Uibo in a time of 53.19 and she also collected two additional silvers in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays in the under-17 girls’ division.

For the fourth year in a row she represented St Augustine’s College at the Penn Relays where they advanced to the Championships of America in the 4x100m relay, the first time the Big Red Machine achieved the feat.

In May, Moss also attended the Atlanta Georgia Relays for the third straight year where she was featured in the 400m and placed third in 53.89.

In July, she was selected

LILLY HIGGS continued to be a stalwart for the Bahamian national swimming teams as she excelled locally, around the globe and also made the transition to the NCAA. 3. Meagan Moss One of the country’s premier quarter milers at the junior level, Moss battled through injury to have a successful junior year and also committed to join the University of Kentucky Wildcats track and field programme next fall.

Sidelined for most of the club meets in 2018, Moss did qualify for CARIFTA where she repeated her gold medal performance in the 400m before the

the Bahamas is going to do great things.”

Burrows, 33, urged the Bahamas to simply just “trust the process” and keep believing that the Bahamas will be in the Olympics and the World Cup. As for the future, Burrows said he’s taking Bridgewater under his wings and is preparing him to become the next pro player in Europe.

Bridgewater has been in Europe since September and, according to Burrows, he has added 3-4 pounds of muscle and he has taken off. “After we won

to represent the Bahamas at the World Junior Championships in Tampere, Finland, but due to injury she was not able to travel to compete.

However, she was afforded the opportunity to represent the Bahamas for the first time at the 3rd Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the 400m. She ran through the event with the hamstring injury, but hobbled across the finish line.

the championship last year, my coach asked me if there was any talent in the Bahamas and send him some video and stuff to see if he can get him into our academy programme,” Burrows said. At first, I didn’t really know who we could reach out to.

“But after I talked to a few persons and realised that not everybody can and will go to school, especially because of the restrictions they have to go through with their visas, I thought it’s a good way to go with what they are doing in France where they are bringing in the African players into their

She will join a Wildcats programme with Bahamian head coach Rolando Greene at the helm, and athletics icon Debbie Ferguson-Mckenzie as an assistant coach.

4. Sydney Clarke Clarke’s year of milestones included a pair of titles at home and a successful run on the ITF Junior Circuit around the Caribbean.

Clarke concluded the year as the women’s main draw Champion in the BLTA’s Giorgio Baldacci National Open.

In the final, she defeated Sierra Donaldson 6-2, 6-3 en route to the win to conclude her 2018 run.

“This one feels better than the last one actually,” Clarke told the Tribune.

“This is the end of the year, I closed out strong by winning the title. It’s just a great feeling.”

“The last one” she referred to was the BLTA/ International Tennis Federation 2018 Goombay Splash in November where she won the Women’s Under-18 Draw.

Clarke came up with a dominant performance in the third set to eventually win the title 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 over unseeded American Leyden Games.

“It was a mixture of emotions. It was a roller coaster from the beginning. The first set I was really shaky, but I was able to win,” said Clarke. “I am so proud of myself. This is my first title at home and I really, really love the fact that I won.”

Clarke ended her summer tour on the ITF Junior Circuit on a very high note with two singles titles and one doubles title.

She also had one runner-up singles finish and a pair of runner-up doubles appearances. She defeated Amy Kaplan of the USA in the Singles Final of the Wadadii Bowl in Antigua and Barbuda 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-3. As a No.1 seed at the Tobago Jr ITF Championship, hosted at the Tacarigua National Racquet Centre, she emerged as a double champion in both the girls’ singles and doubles.

programme and grooming them to become professionals.”

Bridgewater has set the stage for the Bahamian version of the project and he’s in Fos-Provence junior developmental programme where he’s training twice in the morning and the afternoon with a skills and performance coach.

“His development is unbelievable,” Burrows pointed out.

“He’s leading his team in points, rebounds and assists and I’m already receiving calls from agents and other teams around the league. Right now, Nardo is all about development. We still don’t

Clarke won the Singles Draw with a 6-0, 7-6 (4) victory over Hannah Chambers of Barbados. In doubles play, she partnered with Riley-Codrington to win the title over American Sifa Butcher and Puerto Rican Ariana SalgueiroEstela, the No.3 seeds, 1-6, 6-4 (10-7).

Prior to Tobago, Clarke once again reached the final in both draws at the Coca Cola ITF Junior Tennis Tournament in St Lucia.

Clarke began the summer at the JITIC Under-18 Regional Championship in Mexico in June. She reached the second round of the singles and quarterfinals of doubles before elimination. She moved on to the Junkanoo Bowl here in Nassau and reached the quarterfinals of singles play and semi-finals in doubles.

5. Haylie Turnquest Turnquest represented the Bahamas at both the junior and senior levels.

Locally, she won her second consecutive Bahamas Golf Federation junior girls national championship. She went on to the 31st Caribbean Amateur Junior Golf Championships where she helped the Bahamas to a fifth place finish.

Turnquest secured fifth place in her division and finished with a three-day total of 249 (+33). She shot an opening round 82, followed with an 87 and shot a tournament low of 80 in round three.

She was also the top finisher for Team Bahamas at the Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships and concluded her four-round total in 11th place.

She shot a final round of 81, a tournament low 74 in round three, a 77 on day two, and an opening day 78 for a total score of 310 (+26).

The team concluded the final round in fourth place in the race for the Hank James trophy, following the three-day competition.

Turnquest and Sophie Anand also went on to represent the Bahamas at the ANNIKA Invitational, Latin America, hosted at the Tortugas Country Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

know what his ceiling is because he’s such a rare product and he’s growing so fast.

“But I see a two-year programme and hopefully on the best side, he can sign a great professional contract and on the low side, he can make enough money to support himself and his family for years to come off basketball.

That is the plan. I want to keep fresh young men in the programme, give these boys another route.”

Bridgewater, who turns 19 on May 14, is just the first step in that direction.

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PLAY ACTION: The Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins made an early statement on the local high school basketball scene with an offseason tournament win. They defeated the defending champions CI Gibson Rattlers in the tournament finale on Sunday night.

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Andy Murray advances in latest comeback from injury

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Andy Murray doesn’t know how long his latest comeback can last, so he’s planning on making the most of it.

The 31-year-old Murray returned to competitive tennis for the first time since September and gradually warmed into it, taking the last four games in a 6-3, 6-4 win over Australian wildcard entry James Duckworth at the Brisbane International on Tuesday.

“It’s been really hard. Eighteen months, a lot of ups and downs.

It was tricky just to get back on the court competing again,” said Murray, who had a noticeable limp between points but didn’t show many signs during rallies of strain from his troublesome right hip. “I’m happy I’m back out here competing again.

“I want to try to enjoy it as much as I can,” Murray, a twotime champion in Brisbane, told the crowd in a post-match interview. “I’m not sure how much longer it’s going to last.”

He appeared stiff and rusty to start the match but managed to chase down Duckworth’s chips and drop shots and moved across court well, twice creating forehand winners from defensive positions on important points.

Murray said he’s dealing with regular pain but it didn’t hamper his shot-making ability.

“Weirdly enough, walking is actually worse than some of the

last year’s Brisbane International final. Denis Kudla beat fellow American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 6-4 to advance into a secondround match against No. 2-seeded Kei Nishikori.

US Open champion Naomi Osaka said she felt nervous but kept her cool to beat big-hitting Australian teenager Destanee Aiava 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals in a positive opener to her season.

“I feel old a little bit because it was kind of like (playing) a younger me in a way,” Osaka, who is 21, said of her 18-year-old opponent. “And I felt like ... she sort of matched my power, which was really surprising to me, because there was not that many people that can do that. It’s always great to start with a win.”

In women’s first-round matches, Johanna Konta ousted No. 3-seeded Sloane Stephens 6-4, 6-3, fourth-seeded Petra Kvitova beat Danielle Collins 6-7 (6), 7-6 (6), 6-3 and No. 8 Anastasija Sevastova had a 6-3, 6-3 win over Daria Gavrilova.

Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, was more concerned with the Australian Open later this month than recording a loss in her season-opener.

“I’m always like ‘It’s going to work out, like in the long run ... when it really matters, when it’s really important,’” Stephens said.

“It’s the first match of the year — I have like 80 more matches to go. Ask me in November what I think about my first-round loss in Brisbane.”

ANDY MURRAY, of Britain, reacts after winning his match against Australian James Duckworth at the Brisbane International yesterday.

(AP Photo/Tertius Pickard) movements I have to make on the court, which is odd, and that’s something that is frustrating for me at times, because I don’t like walking around limping,” he said.

“Like when I see a video of myself doing that, that’s been one of the things that’s like, yeah, it’s got me down quite a lot because I feel like as an athlete I should be able to do that properly. That’s something that’s kind of taken a bit of time to get used to.”

A winner of three major titles and a five-time finalist at the Australian Open, Murray is playing on a protected ranking in Brisbane

after sliding to No. 240 in a 2018 season in which he finished 7-5 from 12 matches after surgery on his right hip in January. He missed the last five weeks of the season with an ankle injury.

No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal is scheduled to play his first competitive match since September in a second-round match on Thursday against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6 (6), 6-4.

Nick Kyrgios fired 44 aces and needed five match points before finishing off Ryan Harrison 7-6 (5), 5-7, 7-6 (5) in a rematch of

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PERTH, Australia (AP) — Roger Federer won the bragging rights over fellow tennis great Serena Williams as they faced each other on court for the first time yesterday, with Federer spearheading Switzerland’s 4-2, 4-3 (3) victory over the United States in a mixed doubles decider at the Hopman Cup. “I was nervous returning (Williams’ serve). People talk about her serve so much and I see why it is such a wonderful serve because you just can’t read it,” Federer said. “It was great fun. You see how determined and focused she is, and I love that about her.”

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THE TRIBUNE

Harden scores 43, has tripledouble in Rockets’ victory

By The Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden had 43 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists in his fourth straight 40-point game, leading the Houston Rockets over the Memphis Grizzlies 113-101 on Monday night for their fifth consecutive victory.

Harden set an NBA record with his eighth straight game with at least 35 points and five assists, besting Oscar Robertson, who twice had seven-game streaks. Harden finished with his fourth triple-double this season and 39th overall.

Houston has won 10 of its last 11 to improve to 21-15.

Harden continued his incredible run that has powered Houston’s surge up the Western Conference standings after a slow start, making six 3-pointers and 21 of 27 free throws. He has made at least four 3-pointers in eight straight games has finished with 30 points or more in 10 games in a row.

Kyle Anderson had 20 points and Mike Conley added 19 for the Grizzlies, who lost for the seventh time in nine games.

SPURS 120, CELTICS 111 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 32 points and San Antonio rode a 46-point third quarter to a victory over Boston.

Derrick White had a career-high 22 points for San Antonio, which has won 11 of 13 to close within four games of the top spot in the Western Conference.

The Spurs made 19 of 25 shots (76 per cent) in the third quarter, their highestscoring period since 1993

and the 12th-highest in franchise history.

Jaylen Brown had a season-high 30 points, but Boston was unable to maintain its first-half advantage.

WARRIORS 132, SUNS 109 PHOENIX (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 34 points and Kevin Durant added 25, leading Golden State over Phoenix.

The Warriors beat the Suns for the 17th straight time, including eight in a row in Phoenix.

Golden State was 14 for 28 on 3-pointers, with Curry going 5 of 9.

Deandre Ayton had 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Suns, who have lost five of six. T.J Warren added 24 points and Devin Booker 20.

HORNETS 125, MAGIC 100 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kemba Walker scored 24 points in just 27 minutes, and Charlotte beat Orlando for the 13th straight time.

Walker had 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting in the first half and did not play in the fourth quarter. Malik Monk added 21 points as the Hornets put six players in double figures in the easy victory over the Magic and Steve Clifford, who coached Charlotte for five seasons.

Aaron Gordon scored 14 points and Nikola Vucevic had 12, but he did not play after leaving the court with a knee injury late in the third quarter. Mo Bamba had 12 rebounds in 18 minutes for the Magic, who opened a six-game trip by having a two-game winning streak snapped.

PACERS 116, HAWKS 108 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Victor Oladipo scored 22 points while Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner each added 20 to lead Indiana past Atlanta.

Indiana has won five straight and 12 of 14 to became the third team in the league with 25 wins this season.

John Collins finished with 22 points and 16 rebounds to lead Atlanta.

Rookie Kevin Huerter scored 22 points and made six 3-pointers, both season highs, as the Hawks lost for the second time in seven games — both to the Pacers in the last week.

PELICANS 123, TIMBERWOLVES 114 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Julius Randle had 33 points and 11 rebounds, Darius Miller scored 13 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter, and New Orleans overcame Anthony Davis’ absence.

Miller hits five 3s, his last from the left wing to put the Pelicans up 115-109 with 1:12 to go.

Jrue Holiday had 26 points and E’Twaun Moore scored 17 for the Pelicans, who found out shortly before tip-off that Davis was too ill to play.

Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 28 points and 17 rebounds scoring 10 of his points during a tight fourth quarter before fouling out with 12.5 seconds left.

THUNDER 122, MAVERICKS 102 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook had 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and Oklahoma City gained a split

HOUSTON Rockets guard James Harden (13) passes the ball over Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley (11) and centre Marc Gasol, back, during the first half on Monday in Houston.

(AP Photo/Michael Wyke) of its back-to-back against Dallas. Paul George added 22 points and Jerami Grant had 16 for the Thunder, who had dropped three of their last four games. That included a 105-103 loss at Dallas on Sunday, when

Oklahoma City blew a sixpoint lead in the final 1:59 and Westbrook went 4 of 22 from the field and scored only nine points. Dallas committed 29 turnovers, the most ever by a Thunder opponent. Harrison

Barnes led Dallas with 25 points, matching his career high with seven 3-pointers in nine attempts, and Luca Doncic had 17 points. The Mavericks are 2-16 on the road, offsetting their 15-3 home record.