SPORTS SECTION E
POTCAKEMAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019
‘Job done’ on Williams pro debut By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net RASHIELD Williams wasted no time in pulling off his professional debut on Saturday night in Mexico City. In turning pro after he
completed a long amateur programme that ended with a trip to the Commonwealth Games in the Coast Coast, Australia last year, Williams needed just one round and 45 seconds to dispose of his opponent. “I want to give God thanks for my first one,” Williams said. “I stepped in
there and did what I had to do.” The 29-year-old Williams said he was over-excited to get into the ring for his first four-rounder, but he got the job done. “The guy came out very aggressive, but I held my composure,” he said. “I came out aggressive myself.
But because the Mexicans like to come right at you, I waited for him and eventually my strength worn him down.” It was a right shot to the Mexican chin that sent him to the canvas to signal the end of the fight. “I could have gone a little longer and be more patient,
but I was too hungry to take him out,” Williams reflected. Williams’ new coach Normal Wilson, who has been working with him since December when he met the transition to Fort Lauderdale to train at the Contenders Boxing Gym, admitted that it was a
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RASHIELD Williams at the end of his bout.
normal procedure for Williams, like every amateur fighters, to get over anxious to get his feet wet. “The guy came out trying to take out Rashield, but he took his time and he took him out in the second round,” Wilson said. SEE PAGE THREE
TIP OFF TODAY IN PLAYOFFS by RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
CLASH OF THE BAHAMIANS AS HIELD AND AYTON FACE OFF PHOENIX Suns centre Deandre Ayton, left, and Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield, right, in action last night as the two clashed in the NBA basketball game last night. See page three for a full report on the game. Photos: Rich Pedroncelli/AP
THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools Sports Association will tip off sudden death basketball playoffs today featuring play in all four contested divisions at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. The top seeded teams will take on the No 4 seeds today beginning at 4pm while the No 2 versus No 3 matchups take place tomorrow. The St John’s College Giants, St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine, Queen’s College Comets, Kingsway Academy Saints and Jordan Prince Williams Falcons have produced playoff teams in three of the four divisions. The Senior Boys division will feature the No 1 seeded Giants against the Kingsway Academy Saints, while the second seeded Temple Christian Suns will face the No 3 Comets. In Senior Girls - the Giants are again the No 1 seed and will face the Saints. The Big Red Machine are seeded No 2 and will take on the Falcons. The Comets are ranked No 1 in the Junior Boys division and will face the Big Red Machine in round one. The second seeded Falcons will face the third-seeded Saints in the semifinals. In Junior Girls play, the Comets enter the playoffs ranked No 1 and face the Big Red Machine in the semifinals. The Giants are ranked No 2 and will take on the Falcons in the other half of the bracket. The 2018 championship series featured two-game sweeps in all divisions. The Big Red Machine won the Senior Boys title over the, while in Senior Girls play, the roles were reversed and the Falcons took down SAC. The Falcons’ junior boys edged Temple Christian and SAC’s Junior Girls also defeated the Falcons to win their division title.