02122018 sports

SPORTS SECTION E

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Tamara Myers sets national indoor record in triple jump

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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hile Tamara Myers got another Bahamian national record, Devynne Charlton and Pedrya Seymour, the country’s two premier female hurdlers, turned in almost identical times for second in two separate races and twin brothers Latario and Lathone Collie made their return to competition in the men’s triple jump at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on Friday and Saturday.

Elsewhere in other meets around the United States, Keianna Albury, Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands, Kaze Poitier and Kirk Lewis were among the top performers.

Andros native Myers, fresh off her breakout 2017 season that saw her eclipse the Bahamas women’s national outdoor triple jump record (14.03 metres or 46-feet, 0 1/2inches at the Penn Relays) on her way to securing a trip to compete in the IAAF World Championships in London, England, clinched the women’s triple jump title with her leap of 13.60m or 44-7 1/2.

In the process, Myers added the Bahamas national indoor record to her ledger as she erased the previous mark of 13.54m (44-5 1/4) that was set by Grand Bahamian Daphne Saunders on January 29, 1994 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Myers’ nearest rival at the meet was Alex Madlock, a freshman at Baylor with 12.97m (42-6 3/4).

“It feels good. My mind wasn’t on breaking the record. I wasn’t even aware of what the record was going into this meet,” Myers told The Tribune.

“I was just trying to get a meet under my belt, but after I found out that I did break it, it was pretty exciting seeing that it wasn’t broken for a long time.”

Myers, 24, said she had anticipated some of the collegiate athletes she competed against when she attended the University of Arkansas (up until her graduation in 2015) would have participated, but they were not so she didn’t have that much competition.

And she also surpassed the B qualifying standard of 13.45m (47-5) for the Commonwealth Games,

Qualifies for Commonwealth Games

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BAISS ANNUAL TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THIS WEEK AS PLANNED

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools (BAISS) annual track and field championships will go on as planned this week, but organisers have decided to stage the first two days of competition on Wednesday and Thursday in the original Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium before moving to the TAR National Stadium for the final day on Friday.

The BAISS made the adjustment to the venue after they renegotiated with the National Sports Authority over what they had called exorbitant fees charged for the use of the three days at the new stadium.

Apparently, the BAISS felt the $6,500 per day to use the new stadium was simply too high, considering that the majority of the 11 participating schools only bring their athletes out for the first two days.

It was understood that in addition to paying the NSA their fees, the BAISS also has to pay the Bahamas Association of Certified Officials (BACO) and the meet management team for putting on the meet and they were not making the money on the first two days with the gate fees.

So the BAISS has decided to use the original stadium when the meet will get underway at 9am on Wednesday and continue at the same time on Thursday.

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MUNNINGS HAS GAME HIGH 26, CAREER HIGH 20 REBOUNDS NATIONAL RECORD: Tamara Myers now owns the national indoor triple jump record. scheduled for April 4-15.

She’s just waiting to see whether or not the Bahamas Olympic Committee will select her to the team heading to the Gold Coast.

In the meantime, she’s hoping that she can get

into the Gibson Relay in Jamaica.

“I’m working now, so planning meets are kind of difficult, but as I see them, I will try to register for them,” said Myers, who thanked her bosses at

the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Science, where she works in Accounts for allowing her to be able to travel to compete. “I really want to go to the Commonwealth Games and see what I can do. Having

qualified, I just hope that I can continue to produce the quality marks so that the BOC will select me to go. With this not being a major year for competition,

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CAFL: NASSAU JETS WIN 3RD STRAIGHT BOIL FISH BOWL TITLE

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net MAKE that three consecutive Commonwealth American Football League “Bowl Fish Bowl” titles for the Nassau Jets.

The Jets concluded a perfect season with a 32-6 win over the Orry J Sands Pros in the league’s championship game at the DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.

Jets quarterback Phil Rolle accounted for four touchdowns on the afternoon - three passing and one rushing. He connected with Jamal Butler for two touchdowns and found Kristoff Wood for the third.

After both teams stalled on their opening possessions, the Jets engineered a scoring drive through the air. Rolle connected with Darius Evans on a 30-yard pass play to get into the redzone. The drive was capped by a short yardage touchdown pass across the middle to Wood. Rolle scrambled for the

NASSAU JETS celebrate with their championship trophy. successful two-point conversion and an 8-0 lead.

Pros quarterback Xavier Hanna saw his team’s drive stall near midfield on consecutive possessions and shanked punts placed the Jets in favourable field position on both drives.

The Jets tacked on another score when Rolle found Butler deep down the sideline and exploited single coverage for a 60-yard score.

Another successful conversion to

Wood gave the Jets a 16-0 lead.

The Pros reached the scoreboard for the only time on their final possession of the half. Hanna picked up several big gains on the ground using quarterback draws, and completed a pair of passes to Ashley Roberts and another to Antonio Bullard to get the Pros near the goaline.

Roberts would eventually score a rushing touchdown on an end around. The conversion failed

when Hanna fumbled the ball out of bounds and after a failed conversion, the Pros trailed 16-6 headed into the half.

After a first half with no turnovers, the Jets had three interceptions in the second half from cornerback Tyneiko Williams.

Butler caught his second touchdown reception of the game in the third quarter to make the score 24-6 headed into the fourth.

Hanna was forced to exit the game due to an injury and the Jets’ defence took full advantage down the stretch to seal the win.

The Jets got their final score of the game at the end of a 12-play drive when Rolle scrambled 15 yards for the score. The conversion to Ramon Mott added the final points to the scoreboard.

A championship drought that began in the mid-1970s ended when the Jets claimed the 2015 Boil Fish Bowl with a 38-32 win over the Pros. Since then they have dominated the league for the past three seasons with undefeated records for the last two.

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net AN historic night for Travis Munnings highlighted the weekend for Bahamian players in NCAA Division I basketball.

Munnings posted a monster stat line with a game high 26 points and a career high 20 rebounds in his ULM Warhawks’ 66-64 win over Georgia Southern.

He shot 9-17 from the field, including 5-9 from three-point range and added three steals en route to recording his second double double of the season and 13th of his career.

Munnings, who scored 14 of those points in the first half, became the 37th player in school history to score 1,000 points when he made a three with 17:40 left to play in the first half.

“Travis Munnings played like a warrior for the entire 45 minutes,” Warhawks head coach Keith Richard said. “Travis made some big shots and he also came up big in the rebounding department, and he grabbed a lot of them.”

There were 10 ties and 13 lead changes in the game, and the largest lead for either team was only five points. It was the first road win of the season for the struggling Warhawks.

“It was a great scene in our locker room,” Richard

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Fastest stage ever completed in Tour De Grand Bahama ONE word describes Stage 3 of the GBCC 2018 Tour De Grand Bahama.

It was Fast. It was a day that would go down in the history of the Tour De Grand Bahama as the fastest stage ever completed in the Tour. “I know I tend

to exaggerate the speed of our cyclists, but there is no exaggeration necessary here. From start to finish the pace was blistering with the average speed never dropping below 25mph.

“In fact, from the corner of Eight Mile Rock to the

turn into West End, the speed of our Cat 1 cyclists never fell below 30 mph.

That’s 11 miles of pure speed. If you know anything about Bahamian cycling, then you know that that’s incredibly fast for a local race. Not to mention

a 78-mile race, where the average speed is typically 21 to 22 mph.”

The winning time from McCleans Town to West End was a blistering three hours and 30 seconds for an average speed of 25.4 mph.

“Did I mention it was fast?”

Jones asked. The main protagonists or antagonists depending who you ask, were Mark “the Punisher” Sherboneau, Anthony “Biggie” Colebrook and Jay “Beast Mode” Major.

“These guys came to shatter dreams and break some hearts if you thought it was going to be just the regular stage. Mark Sherboneau, visiting out of Canada, with legs stronger than pistons certainly gained the nickname given to him as he set forth to not only punish,

but destroy the field,” Jones said. “After charging up the Casaurina Bridge at 35 mph and making everyone else look as if they were standing still, it was obvious that he wasn’t visiting for vacation, but he came to work.”

At the end of the day, he was outsprinted by our hometown boys, Anthony Colebrook and Jay Major, who took first and second respectively in the stage.

However, he maintained enough time to win the Tour overall.

Myers sets national indoor record in triple jump FROM PAGE 1 I just want to have fun. But I want to Commonwealth and hopefully make the top eight and get on the podium. It’s just a bit difficult working and training, but I’m getting it done, thanks to my bosses at BAMSA.” Another victory for the Bahamas came from Janae Ambrose, a junior at Auburn, who ran 23.35 seconds, just ahead of Natalliah Whyte, a freshman team-mate, in 23.40.

Carmiesha Cox, a senior at Purdue, was 10th overall in the women’s 200m invitational in 23.46. Kortnei Johnson, a junior at Louisiana State University, was the winner in 23.14.

Meanwhile, Charlton, the 60 metres hurdles national indoor record holder with a time of 7.93, clocked 8.07 to finish second in the women’s 60m hurdles Olympic Development race as she trailed Tiffani McReynolds, the winner in 8.05. Charlton, who only has an offseason of eligibility left for the Purdue Boilermakers, competed unattached as she posted the fastest qualifying time of 8.24.

Seymour, competing in her senior year as a new member of Texas, also won her heat in 8.13 to qualify for the final of the women’s collegiate 60m hurdles with the fastest time. However, in the final, Seymour had to settle for second with 8.09 behind Louisiana’s sophomore Tonea Marshall, the winner in 8.04. Seymour is the national outdoor 100m record holder at 12.64.

The Collie twins, inactive for more than a year, opened their season as they competed together in the men’s triple jump invitational. Latario had the best showing with a third place with 16.23m (53-3), which was just shy of the Commonwealth Games’ B standard of 16.25m (53-3 3/4), while Lathone had to settle for 11th with 15.60m (53-3).

Also at the meet, Ryan Ingraham, competing unattached, was fourth in the men’s high jump invitational with a clearance of 2.12 metre or 6-feet, 11 1/2-inches.

Vernon Turner, a freshman at Oklahoma, won the event with 2.33m (7-7 3/4).

Grand Bahamian Holland Martin, in his freshman year for South Plains, had a best leap of

7.29m (23-11) for seventh place overall in the men’s long jump final. Corion Knight, a senior at Florida State, emerged as the winner with his leap of 8.02m (26-3 3/4).

Shaquania Dorsett, another Grand Bahamian in her junior year at Florida State, finished 27th overall in the women’s 400m in 56.60. Purdue’s freshman Samara Miller was the winner in 53.59.

And Xavier Coakley, a junior at Auburn, was disqualified in the men’s 200m.

Albury picked up a victory At the SPIRE Open in Geneva, Ohio, Eleuthera native Keianna Albury, competing for Penn State, won her heat of the women’s 200m in 24.05 that was listed as the fastest time overall. Her teammate Kiara Lester was second in 24.10.

Albury, however, got second in the 60m final in 7.47 behind Shyvonne Roxborough of Guelph in 7.42. In the preliminaries, Albury won her heat in 7.52 for the second fastest time as Roxborough had the fastest time of 7.52.

Sands clinched third Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands, the national indoor and outdoor

record holder, was the lone Bahamian competing at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix at the Reggie Lewis Center on the campus of Roxbury Community College in Boston. He had to settle for third place in the men’s triple jump with a leap of 15.78m (51-9 1/4) on his second attempt.

In his season opener, Sands cleared 13.94m (45-9) on his first attempt; 15.69m (51-5 3/4) on his third; fouled the fourth; passed the fifth and closed out the competition with 15.49m (50-10) on his sixth and final jump.

American Chris Carter won the competition with 16.67m (54-8 1/4) on both his third and fourth attempts and Troy Doris from Guyana was second with 16.49m (54-1 1/4) on his third attempt for second place.

Poitier in action At the 2018 Husky Classic at the Dempsey Indoor in Seattle.

Washington, Kaze Poitier sped to victory in his heat of the men’s 400m in 49.95, but that was only good enough for 21st overall.

Mike Berry, unattached, was the winner in 46.49. Poitier was also fourth in his heat of the 200m in 22.83 for 24th place. His Academy

of Arts’ team-mate Mobolade Ajomale was the winner in 21.37.

Poitier also ran the third leg with Ajomale on anchor as Academy of Arts won the men’s 4 x 400m relay in 3:14.03. Michael Houston and Christian Carter ran the first two legs respectively.

Lewis eighth place At the 2018 Clemson Tiger Paw at the Clemson University Indoor Complex, Clemson’s senior Kirk Lewis slipped to eighth place in 7.80 in the final of the men’s 60m hurdles after he qualified in the preliminaries in that same position in 7.81.

Also at the meet, Grand Bahamian Teray Smith, representing the Bahamas, was eighth in the men’s 200m in 21.13 with Omar McLeon, representing Nike, taking the title in 20.76.

Ojay Ferguson, competing for Oxy Athletics, was 11th overall in the men’s 400m in 47.06. Michael Norman, a sophomore at the University of South Carolina, was the winner of the event in 45.00.

And Katrina Seymour, representing the Bahamas, was 23rd in the women’s 400m in 55.57. Kendall Ellis, a senior at USC, won the event in 51.57.

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Cavaliers beat Celtics 12199 on Paul Pierce’s day BOSTON (AP) — LeBron James quieted a Celtics crowd that came to celebrate Paul Pierce yesterday, finishing with 24 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to give new-look Cleveland a 121-99 victory over Boston in an individual performance reminiscent of the rivalry’s heyday.

And this time, Pierce was sitting courtside in street clothes, unable to do anything about it.

James shook off a firstquarter leg injury to score 13 in the second quarter — eight of them during a 13-2 run that turned a one-point deficit into a double-digit lead. The Celtics made it 64-55 on the first basket of the third quarter but never got within 10 again.

As the Cavaliers opened a 27-point lead midway through the fourth, the crowd began chanting “We want Paul Pierce!” But he remained in his baseline seat, awaiting the postgame ceremony that would raise his No. 34 to the TD Garden rafters.

Terry Rozier had 21 points and nine assists, and Kyrie Irving had 18 points against his former team before sitting out the fourth quarter.

PACERS 121, KNICKS 113 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Victor Oladipo had 30 points, nine assists and eight rebounds to help Indiana beat New York.

Bojan Bogdanovic made four 3-pointers and finished with 20 points and Thaddeus Young added 18 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. The Pacerso have won six of eight.

Enes Kanter and Tim Hardaway, Jr. each scored 17 points, and Michael Beasley had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Knicks.

They have lost six in a row.

TIMBERWOLVES 111, KINGS 106 MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 29 points, Jeff Teague added 12 points

MUNNINGS HAS GAME HIGH 26, CAREER HIGH 20 REBOUNDS FROM PAGE 1

FORMER Boston Celtics Paul Pierce holds the NBA championship trophy that he won with the team during a ceremony to retire his number following a basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Boston yesterday.

(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) and 10 assists and Minnesota overcame an uncharacteristic sloppy performance at home to beat Sacramento.

Minnesota had 17 turnovers and allowed Sacramento 22 second-chance points, but prevailed after back-to-back road losses.

Jimmy Butler scored 18 points, 15 in the second half, for the Timberwolves in their 13th straight home win. De’Aaron Fox had 23 points for Sacramento.

ROCKETS 104, MAVERICKS 97 HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden scored 27 points, Chris Paul added 25 and Houston routed Dallas.

BAISS TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS from PAGE 1 However, because the schools allow their students to come out to support their teams on Friday, they will use the new stadium to accommodate the anticipated crowd.

When the meet gets underway on Wednesday, athletes will compete in the heats and finals of the 400 metres, the short hurdles and the 1,500m as well as the heats of the 100m. Day two will feature the finals of the 100m, the heats in the 400m hurdles and the 800m with the finals of the 200m, 800m, 400m hurdles and the distance races on the final day.

Throughout the three days, competition will be spread out for the field events, including the throws and the jumps.

The St Augustine’s College Big Red Machine will be out to defend their title.

The Rockets have won eight straight and 12 of 13.

Yogi Ferrell scored 20 points for the Mavericks.

They have lost eight of 10.

Felton, Jerami Grant and Patrick Patterson each added 14 for the Thunder.Marc Gasol scored 18 points for the Grizzlies.

THUNDER 110, GRIZZLIES 92 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Paul George scored 33 points and Oklahoma City beat Memphis without fellow stars Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony. Westbrook missed the game with a sprained left ankle and Carmelo Anthony sat out with a sprained right ankle. George responded by making 10 of 24 shots and adding eight assists.

Alex Abrines scored 16 points and Raymond

RAPTORS 123, HORNETS 103 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — DeMar DeRozan had 25 points and eight assists, C.J. Miles added 24 points and Toronto routed Charlotte for its fifth straight victory.

Jonas Valanciunas added 21 points and nine rebounds for Toronto, sparking the Raptors’ pivotal run in the third quarter. Dwane Casey earned his 300th victory as head coach of the team.

Kemba Walker led the

Team coordinator/manager William ‘Knucklehead’ Johnson said the coaching staff of Jason Edwards, Dianne and Dawen Woodside-Johnson, JeVaughn Saunders and Tito Moss have assembled a team that they feel will be able to contend with the challenge from arch-rivals Queen’s College Comets and the other nine schools, including St Anne’s Bluewaves, Jordan Prince Williams Falcons, Nassau Christian Academy Crusaders, St John’s Giants, St Andrew’s Hurricanes, Charles W Saunders Cougars, Kingsway Academy Saints, Temple Christian Suns and the Bahamas Academy Stars.

“We do have the team to repeat.

The kids just have to go out there and execute and be team players,” Johnson said.

“Sometimes you are called upon to do events that will take you out of your comfort zone, but it’s a point meet. It’s not about coming first, second or third for the medals.

“So some of the athletes will be called upon to do some things that they don’t usually do because of the type of meet that it is.”

Looking at the make-up of the Big Red Machine, Johnson said their girls are very strong, led by the 1-2-3 punch of Megan Moss, Jaide Knowles and Anthaya Charlton in the intermediate division and Doneisha Anderson, Lakelle Kinteh, Latia Saunders and Dachye Stubbs in the senior division.

As for the boys, he said they will rely heavily on sprinters Adrian Curry, Joel Johnson and Benjamin Clarke in the senior division, while Otto Laing and Zachary Evans will be anchoring the junior division.

“We have a good team all around,” Johnson said. “We go to compete because of the competition and at the end of the day, the best person will win. We just want to leave the stadium knowing that we did our best and the kids left it all on the line.”

Hornets with 23 points and nine assists.

HAWKS 118, PISTONS 115 ATLANTA (AP) — Dewayne Dedmon gave Atlanta the lead with a three-point play and then padded the margin with a 3-pointer, lifting the Hawks past Detroit.

Dedmon matched his career high with 20 points and had 13 rebounds in his matchup with Andre Drummond, who had 25 points and 15 rebounds for Detroit. Dennis Schroder had 23 points, including six free throws in the final 20 seconds, for Atlanta.

Blake Griffin had 23 points for Detroit.

Three years ago, the Comets snapped the Big Red Machine’s stranglehold of the title. They went on to take the title back to Queen’s College for two years before St Augustine’s regained it last year. Comets’ head coach Everette Fraser said they will be ready to go after the Big Red Machine.

“We are prepared. It’s going to be a battle. If the kids come out and compete, we are going to have a good outing,” he said.

“We only want the best. That is the goal. That’s what we are looking at. We look good and we are strong in all areas. It will just appear how we stack up against the other schools.”

Lavardo Hendfield, Mookie Rolle and Shaun Miller Jr are expected to head the Comets’ charge in the senior boys’ division. On the girls’ side, look for Tylar Lightbourn and Danielle Dean. Nathan Moss and Kendrick Major are the 1-2 punch for the intermediate boys and Carnitra

said. “We needed to celebrate our first road win of the season, and this is a place where not very many visiting teams come away with a win. I’m proud of the team’s performance. It’s tough to win on the road.

So, you have to make plays, especially on the road and in close games. We played solid, unbelievable defence throughout the game, and we just need to find some offence to close out the game.”

The Warhawks completed the road sweep two nights later with a win in another overtime thriller, 90-82 over the Georgia State Panthers to end the team’s 10-game win streak.

Munnings finished with 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists on 4-8 shooting from three-point range.

“Once again, Travis Munnings played like a warrior,” Richard said. “He played all 45 minutes and nearly posted another doubledouble. He hit a big 3 in overtime to make it a twopossession game. Travis played very well on this road trip.”

The Warhawks improved to 11-12 - 5-7 in Sun Belt conference play.

Munnings capped a 9-0 run midway through the first half with his three to take a 17-7 lead. They led 47-36 at the half. ULM improved to 7-0 on the season when shooting 50 per cent or better from the field.

“It was a physically heroic effort, playing two overtime games in three days. Our players fought tooth and nail and found a way to win the game.

“We’ve won four of our last five games, so we’re doing something right,” Richard continued. “The season is a journey, a journey to find a way to play your best basketball. It was a great road trip, and we’re playing our best basketball of the season during the second half of the league schedule.”

Mackey, Paige Stuart and Sierra Sears are the athletes to watch on the girls’ side.

In the junior boys’ division, Ahmad Evans and Jamal Flowers are the go-to athletes, while it’s Javonya Valcourt and Paige Archer on the girls’ side. And for the bantam girls, it’s Sarah Hepburn and Lanique Thompson and the boys are Neugynen Culmer and Tristen Ferguson.

Fraser said they have a number of other athletes who will make their presence felt when the meet starts. With a lot of their strengths on their middle and distance runners, Fraser said they should make it an interesting meet.

“We don’t have a weak division. I think we are strong in all of the divisions,” he predicted.

“All around we look good. It’s going to come down to who wants it the most. I think we are hungry enough to win it.”

So who will win it this year?

Only time will tell - from Wednesday to Friday.

Giants prevail with 90-48 rout of Rebels, Stingers stop Pirates 76-75 THE Commonwealth Bank Giants and the PJ Stingers clinched the New Providence Basketball Association’s double header at DW Davis Gymnasium on Saturday night.

The Giants prevailed with a 90-48 rout over the Rhythm Rebels and the Stingers nipped the Caro Contractors Pirates 76-75. The league also played a double header on Friday night with the Aliv Buckets knocking off the Leno Eagles Nest 91-84 and the Leno Regulators prevailing with a 113-95 decision over the Island Game Pros.

• Here’s a summary of the games: Giants 90, Rebels 48 D’Shon Taylor, in 26 minutes, shot 9-for-19 from the field, 2-for-5 from the three-point line and 4-for-5 from the free throw for a game high 24 points with eight rebounds and four assists to lead Commonwealth Bank.

Michael Bain Jr contributed 21 points, seven rebounds, four

assists and three steals, Trent Cox had 15 points and 11 rebounds, David Taylor had eight points, four rebounds and three assists and Karon Pratt added seven points.

In a losing effort, with only five players in uniform, Theo Ferguson paced the Rhythm with 14 points and 13 rebounds. Antario Collie had 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals, Craig Buchanan also had 11 points, four rebounds and three assists and Deshawn Dean helped out with eight points and nine rebounds.

Commonwealth Bank opened a 21-15 first quarter lead and extended it to 38-28 at the half.

However, they went on a 29-6 tear in the third to extend their margin to 67-34 and they never looked back, going on a 23-14 spurt in the fourth to complete the blowout.

Stingers 76, Pirates 75: With 35 seconds left on the clock, Devon Ferguson canned a pair of free throws to push PJ’s ahead 76-72 as they held on for the close win.

Ferguson, the team’s captain, came off the bench and, in 22:37 minutes, finished with 11 points and four rebounds with two steals.

Mark Hanna led the Stingers with 14 points, seven assists and three rebounds, Randy Williams had 13 points and four rebounds, Mario Pickstock also had 13 points and Henry Rolle added nine points, seven assists and four rebounds.

Caro Contractors was led by Dominique Fernander with 24

points and nine rebounds in 33:37 minutes. Tevin Hudson had 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals and Garvin Scavella had 10 points and three rebounds.

Regulators 113, Pros 95: Kenneth Pratt, playing 25:50 minutes, exploded for a side high 26 points as he shot 12-for-19 from the field and 2-for-4 from the foul line, to lead Leno.

He also had seven rebounds, six steals and three assists. Rufus Dean had 17 points and eight rebounds, Renardo Baillou had 16 points and 15 rebounds, Alexander Rolle had 14 points, six assists, four steals and two rebounds, Carlos Thompson Sr had 12 points, three assists, three steals and two rebounds, Cruz Simon had eight points, seven rebounds and four assists and Hakeem Walkes added seven points and six rebounds.

Island Game got a game high 28 points from Colton Albury, who was 11-for-21 from the field,

1-for-2 from the three-point line and 5-for-8 from the charity stripe.

Albury also pulled down 11 rebounds. Derrick Ferguson had 23 points and three rebounds, Lance Rolle had 17 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, Tyrone Sands had nine points, six rebounds and three assists and Steve Miller chipped in with eight points, 10 rebounds and five assists.

The Pros led 30-23 after the first quarter, but the Regulators came back to go up 53-47 at the half.

Leno extended their lead to 87-75 after the third quarter and they used a 27-20 margin in the fourth to preserve the win.

The NPBA is slated to be back in action on Tuesday night with another double header at the DW Davis Gymnasium. In the 7pm opener, the Triple K Stampers will meet the Breezes High Flyers in a division II encounter and in the feature division one contest, the JD’s Seafood Shockers will face the Leno Regulators.

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United stumbles at Newcastle, Salah shines for Liverpool

By STEVE DOUGLAS Associated Press ANOTHER stumble at St James’ Park for Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho. Another goal in an extraordinary season for Liverpool sensation Mohamed Salah.

With a surprising 1-0 loss to Newcastle yesterday, United ceded some of the initiative in the race for second place in the Premier League and left its manager cursing the “gods of football” on his latest fruitless trip to the northeast.

That’s seven league games without a win for Mourinho at Newcastle, six of which came as Chelsea coach.

Worse was to follow for Mourinho, with Liverpool winning 2-0 at Southampton to trim the gap to secondplaced United to two points with 11 games left.

Salah was again the star turn, setting up strike partner Roberto Firmino before scoring himself to make it 22 goals in his debut season for Liverpool. One goal behind Tottenham’s Harry Kane, Salah could yet head to his first World Cup with Egypt as the Premier League’s top scorer.

It looks like being a four-way battle for the three Champions League qualification places behind champion-elect Manchester City, which retained its 16-point lead thanks to United’s slip-up.

Tottenham is two points behind Liverpool in fourth place and Chelsea is two points further back in fifth, with its game in hand against West Bromwich Albion today.

In the other game Sunday, Huddersfield collected its first league win in nearly two months by beating Bournemouth 4-1 to climb out of the relegation zone.

POGBA’S PROBLEMS Paul Pogba’s position in Man United’s team is up for debate following the arrival of Alexis Sanchez and the France international had another underwhelming match in centre midfield alongside Nemanja Matic.

Pogba lasted 66 minutes before being substituted, seconds after Matt Ritchie put Newcastle ahead. He appeared to be feeling an injury in the warmup and was seen walking gingerly after the match, although

return to Southampton since moving to Liverpool in late December for $100 million, making him the world’s most expensive defender. He didn’t put a foot wrong, seemingly thriving in the atmosphere.

Salah was accomplished at the other end, too.

Salah passed the ball across for Firmino to finish with a first-time shot in the sixth minute for 1-0.

Firmino returned the favour in the 42nd, playing Salah through with a deft flick and the Egyptian made no mistake from a central position 12 metres out.

LIVERPOOL’s Mohamed Salah scores against Southampton yesterday during the English Premier League match at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, England.

(John Walton/PA via AP) Mourinho said there was no problem with the player.

Pogba was also taken off midway through the second half of United’s 2-0 loss at Tottenham on January 31, before being dropped for the victory over Huddersfield last weekend. It is becoming a dilemma for Mourinho as he tries to accommodate Sanchez.

Ritchie’s goal came from a free kick awarded after United defender Chris Smalling was booked for diving. From the set piece, the ball was nodded down to Dwight Gayle, whose flick was met with a firsttime finish by Ritchie.

Sanchez squandered United’s best chance, delaying his finish after rounding

the goalkeeper and then seeing his shot blocked by sprawling defender Florian Lejeune.

VAN DIJK’S RETURN “I enjoyed it today,” said Liverpool centre back Virgil van Dijk, with a smirk. No surprise there.

Van Dijk was booed on his every touch on his first

TERRIERS HIT 4 Huddersfield ended its run of five straight losses in style. Striker Steve Mounie set up Alex Pritchard for the opening goal for Huddersfield and then scored himself after Junior Stanislas had equalised for Bournemouth.

A shot from Mounie was deflected into the net off Steve Cook for 3-1, before Rajiv van La Parra converted an injury-time penalty to seal the victory.

Huddersfield jumped to 17th place and was replaced in the bottom three by Southampton.

Barcelona stumbles again, held 0-0 at home by Getafe

By TALES AZZONI Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Barcelona has hit a slump, and Atletico Madrid is back in the Spanish league title race.

Barcelona stumbled for the second consecutive weekend in the league on Sunday, being held 0-0 by Getafe and seeing Atletico move within seven points of the lead.

Atletico cut into Barcelona’s lead by defeating bottom side Malaga 1-0 on Saturday, extending its winning streak to three matches.

Diego Simeone’s team hasn’t been this close to the lead since last year, when the gap was at six points in the 16th round.

Barcelona had an 11-point lead two rounds ago.

After needing a late equaliser to avoid defeat against crosstown rival Espanyol in the previous round, Barcelona couldn’t find the net against midtable Getafe at Camp Nou Stadium.

Barcelona dominated but wasn’t able to create many significant scoring chances, and when it got close it was stopped by Getafe goalkeeper Vicente Guaita.

Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, who had a goal disallowed for offside just before halftime, weren’t at their best and could not break through the Getafe defence.

“You can’t win every match you play and you can’t be consistent all the time,” Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde said. “We will have to work hard to win this league.”

It was only the fifth time this season that Barcelona failed to score in all competitions.

It hadn’t gone without a goal at Camp Nou in the league since a scoreless draw against Malaga in November 2016.

“We played a great match,” Getafe coach Jose Bordalas said.

“You deserve a lot of credit when you hold Barcelona scoreless.”

Getafe, 10th in the standings, has drawn four straight matches, losing only once in its last seven games.

Colombia defender Yerry Mina was in the starting lineup for his Liga debut. He had to play because Gerard Pique was injured and Samuel Umtiti suspended.

Central defender Thomas Vermaelen also couldn’t play because of injury.

Inconsistent in defence, Mina was a constant threat on set pieces in attack, nearly scoring with a header in the second half.

France forward Ousmane Dembele was back in action for Barcelona after recovering from his most recent injury, entering the match midway through the second half.

Defending champion Real Madrid routed Real Sociedad 5-2 at home on Saturday behind a hat trick

by Cristiano Ronaldo.

The result moved Madrid into third place, ahead of Valencia, which hosted city rival Levante later on Sunday.

RICO’S SAVES Sevilla defeated Girona 1-0 with a winner by Pablo Sarabia early in the second half at Sanchez-Pizjuan stadium.

Girona missed a chance to open the scoring before halftime when Aday Benitez had his penalty shot saved by Sergio Rico.

The Sevilla goalkeeper had a stellar performance, making several other great stops throughout the match.

Sevilla is sixth in the standings, one point behind Villarreal.

Girona is ninth.

FC Barcelona’s Luis Suarez kneels on the pitch during the Spanish La Liga match against Getafe at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain, yesterday.

(AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

BREMEN, STUTTGART WIN TO EASE BUNDESLIGA RELEGATION FEARS

By CIARAN FAHEY Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Werder Bremen and Stuttgart managed to ease their Bundesliga relegation worries yesterday with home wins.

Bremen enjoyed a 3-1 victory over Wolfsburg in the late game, while Daniel Ginczek’s early goal was enough for Stuttgart’s 1-0 win against Borussia Moenchengladbach.

It was Tayfun Korkut’s first win in his second game as Stuttgart coach. “We turned last week’s point to gold,” said Korkut, whose side moved four points above the relegation zone with 12 rounds remaining.

Korkut received a cool welcome from Stuttgart fans after his appointment as Hannes Wolf’s replacement on Jan. 29.

Korkut’s previous spells in charge of Bayer Leverkusen, Kaiserslautern and Hannover did not inspire confidence, while the 36-year-old Wolf was popular after leading Stuttgart to promotion as second division champion last season.

But Wolf ran out of time after Stuttgart slumped to six defeats in seven Bundesliga games.

Ginczek scored in the fifth minute after being set up by strike partner Mario Gomez. Lars Stindl and Thorgan Hazard came closest to equalising in the first half, while Raffael drew a smart save from Ron-Robert Zieler in the second, but ultimately neither side impressed and Stuttgart managed to hold on.

‘Gladbach is 10th after its third straight defeat without scoring. “It’s been the

same old story for weeks,” ‘Gladbach coach Dieter Hecking said.

BREMEN BUOYANT Bremen also got off to a good start as Ludwig Augustinsson scored with a header off a corner in the fifth minute, before Florian Kainz let fly with a curling effort to make it 2-0 five minutes before the break.

Visiting Wolfsburg was given a lifeline after the interval when Robin Knoche earned a penalty.

Jiri Pavlenka saved Paul Verhaegh’s spot kick but the Wolfsburg captain followed up to score on the rebound. Kainz followed his first league goal of the season with his second to seal Bremen’s win with just over 15 minutes remaining in the game.

STUTTGART’S EMILIANO INSUA, left, and Moenchengladbach’s Nico Elvedi challenge for the ball during the German Bundesliga match in Stuttgart, Germany, yesterday.

(Marijan Murat/dpa via AP)

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US advances in Fed Cup, Serena loses in doubles

By STEVE MEGARGEE Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Serena Williams had said her return to tennis this weekend at the Fed Cup would represent the “start of a long process.” Her first match in over a year showed how far she has to go.

In Williams’ first competition since giving birth five months ago, she and her sister Venus lost 6-2, 6-3 to Lesley Kerkhove and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands in a Fed Cup doubles match Sunday.

The US already had clinched a victory in the best-of-five event thanks to a pair of singles victories

by Venus Williams, so this doubles loss merely narrowed the final score to 3-1.

The US advanced to a World Cup semi-final April 21-22 at France, which defeated Belgium 3-2 this weekend.

But this event was most notable for the return of Serena Williams, five months after giving birth.

She hadn’t played competitive tennis since winning the 2017 Australian Open while pregnant for her 23rd career Grand Slam singles title, one off Margaret Court’s record.

“Honestly, I feel like we were all a team out here, us playing and everyone in the stands,” Williams said in her postmatch interview in front of the sellout crowd of over 5,000 at US Cellular Center.

“It was all of us together, and it felt awesome,” said Williams.

Serena Williams’ daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, was wearing a headband with an American flag design while sitting with her father, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, just behind the players’ bench.

Williams had told Vogue magazine that she developed several small blood clots in her lungs after her daughter was born. The article said that she was unable to get out of bed for the first six weeks after giving birth.

Rus was scrapped because the outcome of this event already has been decided.

After Venus Williams’ singles victory Sunday, US captain Kathy Rinaldi said the Williams sisters would be playing doubles together. The schedule originally called for Serena Williams to play alongside Lauren Davis.

Before the doubles match started, the US team celebrated its triumph over the Netherlands. Davis carried an American flag while joining the Williams sisters and Vandeweghe on a victory lap around the court.

The US had taken a 2-0 lead Saturday when Venus Williams defeated Rus 6-4, 6-1 and Vandeweghe rallied from a set and a break down to beat Hogenkamp 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3.

“Honestly, I’d like to think CoCo wore her out some,” Venus Williams said after her own victory over Hogenkamp.

Venus Williams’ victory over Hogenkamp improved her Fed Cup singles record to 21-2 with 11 straight

SERENA WILLIAMS, of the USA, returns a shot yesterday against the Netherlands during a doubles match in the first round of Fed Cup competition.

(AP Photo/Chuck Burton) Her doubles match revealed the effects of her long time away from the game.

Earlier Sunday, Venus Williams defeated Richel

Hogenkamp 7-5, 6-1 to give the US a decisive 3-0 lead in its best-of-five matchup.

Sunday’s scheduled singles match between CoCo Vandeweghe and Arantxa

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victories. Her only Fed Cup singles losses came in 1999 to Russia’s Elena Dementieva and in 2005 to Russia’s Anastasia Myskina.

Hogenkamp had a breakpoint opportunity that would have put her ahead 6-5 in the first set before Williams won the final seven points of the set.

Williams took the last five games of the match to wrap up the victory.

“You’re under pressure a lot,” Hogenkamp said. “Every time you hit a second serve, you see someone at the other side standing one or two meters inside the baseline. She’s giving a lot of pressure to me when I’m serving, overall putting pressure on you.

I think that’s one of her strengths. For me it’s tough, when I’m not feeling the match really well, to handle that.”

In other Fed Cup action this weekend, the Czech Republic beat Switzerland 3-1 and Germany beat Belarus 3-2. Germany will host the Czech Republic in the other semi-final.

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