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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Team Bahamas suffers 113-67 rout to Canada

SIR DURWARD ‘SEA WOLF’ KNOWLES DIES

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

ifferent venue, same result as the Bahamas senior men’s national basketball team lost the rematch to Canada and their fourth game of the FIBA Basketball World Cup – Americas Qualifiers. Canada improved to 3-1 in Group D with a 113-67 win over the Bahamas last night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Jaraun Burrows led the Bahamas with 17 points, Michael Carey added 15 and Alonzo Hinds finished with eight. Brady Heslip led five Canadian players in double figures with 19, Melvin Ejim scored 15, Kyle Landry added 14 while Adika Peter-McNeilly, Thomas Scrubb and Anthony Bennett each finished with 10. Canada shot 16-36 from threepoint range and outrebounded the Bahamas by 16. Canada made a three on the opening possession and four of their first five from beyond the arch en route to an early 12-2 lead. Burrows scored six of the first eight for the Bahamas and Eugene Bain’s free throws made it 16-11 with just over four minutes left to play. The Bahamas failed to cut into the deficit, trading twos for threes for much of the period. Burrows buoyed the Bahamas for much of the first, and kept his team in contention with 15 points in the quarter on 6-7 shooting from the field. Robert Nortmann made two from the free throw line and came up with a block on the defensive end as the Bahamas trailed just 25-21 at the end of the first. The Bahamas was unable to keep pace in the second as team Canada’s depth began to have an impact on the game. Canada allowed just three field goals and won the quarter 25-8 to take control for good. Nesbitt scored the first basket of the second and the Bahamas trailed briefly by just two. Canada responded with an 8-0 run to regain a 10-point lead on a Kyle Landry three-point play, 33-23. Heslip followed with another three on the ensuing possession as the lead continued to expand. Aaron Best’s three pointer later in the period gave Canada a 50-29 lead headed into the half. Canada took a 76-51 lead into the fourth. The lead reached over 30 for the first time on an Anderson baseline jumper, and beyond the 40-point mark when former top overall NBA Draft pick Anthony Bennett made a three-pointer. The Bahamas lost 93-69 to Team Canada in November at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their final two games will be on the road on Friday, June 29 in the US Virgin Islands and Monday, July 2 in the Dominican Republic. The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 18th annual tournament for the men’s national basketball teams and will be held in China. The seven top contenders from the FIBA Basketball World Cup will qualify directly for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

NO matter who you asked, everybody had a different version of how they remembered the legendary Sir Durward ‘Sea Wolf’ Knowles. The Bahamian icon, who celebrated his 100th birthday on November 2 as the oldest living Olympic gold medallist, passed away on Saturday, surrounded by his family and his minister in his room at Doctor’s Hospital. Said immediate past Bahamas Olympic Committee president Wellington Miller, who served with Knowles as vice president under the presidency of the late Sir Arlington Butler: “Last month a French journalist came to the Bahamas and I took him to interview Sir Durward on being the oldest Olympic living gold medallist,” Miller said. “That article was to be published in the magazine for the 2020 Olympics and I remember during the interview, Sir Durward told him that he was going to be at the games where he will get to go back to the place where he won the gold medal with the late Cecil Cooke in 1964.” Had he survived to see the games, Miller said it would have been momentous for the Bahamas. “I know he wanted to be

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CANADA improved to 3-1 in Group D with a 113-67 win over the Bahamas in the FIBA Basketball World Cup – Americas Qualifiers last night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Photo: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff

FALCONS TO FACE COBRAS IN HUGH CAMPBELL CHAMPIONSHIP TONIGHT By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

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THE 28-team field is down to two and the championship matchup in the 2018 Hugh Campbell Basketball Invitational will feature a familiar New ProvidenceGrand Bahama rivalry. The defending champion Tabernacle Baptist Falcons will take on the CC Sweeting Cobras in tonight’s championship game, scheduled for 8pm at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. Both teams advanced surprisingly untested down the stretch with wins by double figures in yesterday’s semi-finals. In the first of two semis, a rematch of the GSSSA championship series produced the same result as the Cobras defeated the

Anatol Rodgers Timberwolves 55-39. The duo of Marco Beckford and Brandon Strachan dominated both ends of the floor and lifted the Cobras to yet another Hugh Campbell championship berth. Strachan finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds while Beckford also scored 17 points with seven rebounds, Cassius Turnquest scored six and Dondre Nairn chipped in with six. Dominick Bridgewater was the lone T’Wolves player in double figures with 14 points and Kirklyn Farrington added eight. Tied at six early in the first quarter, the Cobras got five points from a pair of Strachan scores and an

Anthon Williams free throw. Strachan scored on another corner three just possessions later and the Cobras took a 14-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. Another three from Antoine Smith opened the second quarter to push the lead to double digits for the first time and Beckford added another score to go ahead 19-6 at the 4:23 mark in the second. The T’Wolves finally brought an end to that run with a pair of Kevin Thompson layups. The Cobras had trouble connecting from three-point range but had the advantage on the offensive glass. Brent Smith corralled one of those

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SPRINTER Carmiesha Cox and triple jumper Kaiwan Culmer closed out their Big Ten Conference Indoor Track and Field appearances by winning their respective titles at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, over the weekend. They were joined by hurdler Pedrya Seymour, who had a good showing as well at the Big 12 Indoor Championships at the Lied Recreation Athletic Center at the Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Cox, a senior at Purdue University, sped to her victory in the women’s 60 metre final in a time of 7.36 seconds to hold off Nabraska’s junior LaKayla Harris, who was second in 7.38. Eleuthera native Keianna Albury, a junior at Penn State, had to settle for eighth place in 7.58. It was a successful showing for the duo in the preliminaries as Cox posted a winning time of 7.40 in her heat and Albury did 7.50 to take her heat as well as they advanced to the final. Cox also contested the women’s 200m where she placed third in her heat in 23.59 in the Section 2 final, which was won by Brittany Brown, a senior at Iowa, in 23.20. During the preliminaries, the two Bahamians went head-to-head with Cox winning the heat in 23.67, while

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Trent gives some tips at 31st Mario Ford Baseball Camp By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net TRENT Deveaux, one of the 20 Bahamians now in the pipeline of Major League Baseball, returned to the Mario Ford Baseball Camp where he imparted to the campers how he got started right where they were on Windsor Field. Last year, Deveaux signed a huge contract with the Anaheim Angels and is waiting to report to the training camp in Arizona next month. While he waits, he took the opportunity to participate in the opening day of the camp on Saturday. The camp is now into its 31st year. “It means a lot to me. Obviously it’s not my first time being there and I plan to go there every time I come home,” Deveaux said. “I just wanted to show them where they can be if they really put their minds to it and work hard towards it.” If there was one message that Deveaux left with the more than 30 participants at the camp is to remember

to always put and keep God first in their lives. “I told them how hard they have to work and that I was once right there in the camp when I was young,” he said. “When I said that, I saw their faces light up because they can really say that they have someone to look up to who came right out of the camp that they are playing in.” He encouraged the parents to throw their support behind their children because without it, it’s going to be even harder for them to achieve their goals. Ford, a relative of Deveaux, said it was good to have the pro player in the camp to motivate the young players. “It was awesome,” Ford said. “The first day was nice because we had Trent come in and talked to the campers. He also got a chance to hit and field with them, which was the highlight for a lot of them. The kids really enjoyed it.” Out of the campers, Ford said there were about 3-4 players who got the attention of Deveaux in their

YOUNG campers enjoy the Mario Ford Baseball Camp with Trent Deveaux (above right with Mario Ford). talent skills and he has wowed that he will do whatever he can to help them to get to the next level. “This is what we need and I believe that his visit to the camp will have a lasting effect on a lot of the players,” Ford said. He added that he has started a programme within the neighbouring primary

schools at Centreville and EP Roberts Primary Schools and he’s hoping that he can get some financial support in helping him to improve on what has already started. On March 1, Deveaux will be heading to Arizona to begin spring training with the Angels’ organisation. “I can’t wait because after that

I will know which league I will play in,” Deveaux said. “I believe that I will start off in rookie ball, but I’m not concerned. I feel good because a lot of my goals that I set for myself have been met and so I just want to continue working on getting faster and stronger so that I can make an impact in my first season.”

Deveaux, 17, said everything is going great for him and after he was ranked at 25 when he was signed with the Angels, he’s hoping that he will move up to the top 10, which will enhance his chances of moving up the ladder in the organisation. The camp will continue at 9am on Saturday at Windsor Field.

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Troubled Arizona loses 98-93 to Oregon By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net AMID controversy, Bahamian collegiate basketball star DeAndre Ayton produced one of his best games of the season, but his Arizona Wildcats fell short in their bid to claim a share of the PAC-12 regular season title. Ayton finished with 28 points on 11-15 shooting from the field, grabbed 18 rebounds and added four blocked shots in the No.14 Wildcats’ 98-93 loss to the Oregon Ducks on the road at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon, on Saturday night. The programme has been embattled recently with several issues leading to punishment handed down either to members of the coaching staff or to players themselves. On Friday night, ESPN issued a report detailing the results of an FBI probe which revealed violations by several elite Division I programmes, including the Wildcats. The report said Wildcats head coach Sean Miller was heard on an FBI wiretap discussing a $100,000 payment with Christian Dawkins to ensure Ayton would sign with Arizona. Dawkins is a runner working for ASM Sports agent Andy Miller. NCAA president Mark Emmert, said it would be up to Arizona to determine whether to hold out Ayton from playing or Miller from coaching as the investigation continued. “First and foremost, that’s a decision the school has to make,” Emmert said in an interview on CBS in regards to the NCAA making a ruling on the probe. “We’ve been in touch with every school that has a student-athlete involved [in the FBI investigation into the sport].”

ARIZONA’S DYLAN SMITH, left, and DeAndre Ayton leave the court after the team’s 98-93 overtime loss to Oregon. ARIZONA’s DeAndre Ayton celebrates during the second half against Oregon in an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon. Oregon won 98-93 in overtime. (AP Photos/Chris Pietsch) Ayton was ruled eligible while Miller did not coach against Oregon. With the performance Ayton turned in against Arizona, his teammates were impressed with the poise of the 19-year-old under the circumstances. “I think he’s handled it like a professional,” senior point guard Parker Jackson-Cartwright said. “I think the last 24 hours has been quite difficult for him, but he’s handled it like a professional, and it’s really good to see.” Ayton family attorney, Lynden B Rose, issued a statement on behalf of the family expressing their “outrage and disgust” at the allegations connected to DeAndre.

In a statement, Rose said the family believes the reports “have falsely implied that their son or his family have any involvement in illegal or prohibited activities regarding his decision to matriculate at the University of Arizona.” Rose said Ayton told the FBI last year “that he never discussed or solicited payments from the University of Arizona, or any other university, or any shoe company or anyone on behalf of either -- period. This includes basketball and anything else.” He also said Ayton’s decision to commit to the Wildcats was based on “family ties to Phoenix” as well as his familiarity with the programme and the

Simonet teams up to host 2-day scouting tour MAHERSHAL Simonet, an American professional basketball player who has played in 15 countries, will continue to lend his expertise to the local sporting community. Simonet, who was introduced to the Bahamas last year as he began to sort out his roots, has teamed up with The Never Give Up Sports Club and coach Stanford Davis and the New Breed Sporting Family to host a two-day scouting tour. The two-day event will be held at Doris Johnson High School March 9-10. On the first day, Simonet, scouts and coaches out of Kansas will run clinics and also have open sessions where they will answer all questions about studying abroad. On the final day, starting at 9am, a mini-tournament will be held as high school teams and any community groups are invited to bring their teams to display their skills in front of the visiting

SPORTS NOTES ROAD RACE UNCLE LOU RUN THE St Augustine’s College Alumni Association has announced that the Annual Uncle Lou Road Race is all set for Saturday, March 17. It’s a 10-kilometre run and fun walk that will start from Rawson Square. The entry fee is $25 for adults and $15 for children under the age of 15.

delegation. Simonet, who has worked out with a number of NBA teams, along with his guests, are trying to assist in getting as many student-athletes as possible off to school. The event has been endorsed

by Shonel Ferguson, the Member of Parliament for Fox Hill, and Dr Jacinta Higgs, president of the Akhepran International Academy where Simonet has held a number of activities.

Pre-registration will be held on March 1 with forms available at The Sports Center’s Harbour Bay, Sandy Port or Mall at Marathon branches. Interested persons are also urged to contact 558-9582 or email TheSacAlumni@gmail.com for more information.

track and field championships this week at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium. The meet will begin on Tuesday and continue on Wednesday for the junior high school teams. The senior high school teams will compete on Thursday and Friday. On all days days, the meet will begin at 9am. The CR Walker Knights are the team to watch in the seniors with the CH Reeves Raptors as the team to watch in the juniors.

TRACK GSSSA CHAMPS THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association will hold its

area - he previously played at Hillcrest Prep Academy in Phoenix. “Although the FBI does not routinely do so (although exceptions have been made), DeAndre’s family certainly believes it is appropriate for that law enforcement agency, as well as NCAA and University of Arizona, to make public statements which unquestionably clears DeAndre’s good name,” the statement said. In addition to the issues surrounding Ayton and Miller, the Wildcats were without one of their leading

scorers, Allonzo Trier, after he tested positive for a banned substance. The university is appealing the ruling. Furthermore, the programme began the season shrouded in controversy since the season began. Former Wildcats Assistant Coach Emmanuel “Book” Richardson was one of 10 people - including four NCAA assistant coaches - named by federal prosecutors in the scandal that has rocked college basketball. It is alleged that Richardson accepted approximately $20,000 in agents in exchange as payment to steer Arizona players to their company once they

reach the professional level. According to federal documents, the payments were given to recruits to secure their commitments to Arizona. He was fired by the university in January and was charged with six felonies. He pleaded not guilty and faces up to 60 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines. The Wildcats will continue their chase of the conference title when they host the Stanford Cardinal on Thursday night in Tuscon, Arizona. There has been no word on whether Ayton or the university will face further sanctions as results of the probe continue to unravel.

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Falcons to face Cobras in Hugh Campbell championship tonight FROM PAGE 1 missed threes for a follow up layup with just about 40 seconds left to play and the Cobras led 24-14 at the half. CC Sweeting again opened the quarter with three pointers on two of their first three made field goals and took a 32-17 lead. A Bridgewater layup and Farrington three pointer cut the lead to 10, but the T’Wolves got to capitalise on opportunities to trim into the lead. The Cobras got a layup from Strachan and a three-point play from Beckford to stem the tide and maintain a 41-26 lead headed into the fourth.

The lead reached as much as 21 in the fourth when Strachan made a runner from the baseline at the 3:13 mark to go ahead 28-49. In the second finals, the defending champions looked poised to repeat with a 44-33 win over the CI Gibson Rattlers. Desmond Butler shook off a knee injury suffered in the Falcons’ opening game of the tournament and finished with a game high 22 points while Joshua Dames scored 12. Tyrell Butler led the Rattlers with 11 points and Terrence Storr scored 12. The Falcons dominated both the offensive and

defensive glass and outrebounded the Cobras by 14 (39-25). Shyrone Kemp grabbed 12 boards and Regis Cooper had 10 while no Rattlers player finished with more than seven. A back and forth first quarter featured four lead changes ad ended in a 9-9 tie. The Falcons opened the second on a 9-0 run, capped by a Dames three to go ahead 18-9. Darryo Saunders ended the Rattlers drought with a three, Butler added another three and the Falcons lead was eventually cut to just two, 18-16 with just over a minute left in the half.

Desmond Butler added a late floater and the Falcons took a 20-16 lead at the break. CI missed several threepoint opportunities to tie and the Falcons made them pay when Dames converted a three-point play to take a 24-18 lead halfway through the third. The Falcons run continued and a Butler layup gave them a 28-18 lead and double figure advantage for the first time. Alfredo Brown added a layup, Dames made technical foul shot and followed with a corner three for a 34-18 lead. Derico Burrows made a pair at the line for CI and Storr banked in a

three but Dames ended the quarter with a layup to take a 36-23 lead into the fourth. The Rattlers couldn’t cut into the deficit in the fourth and continued trailing by double figures throughout. The Falcons are coached by Kevin Clarke who is seeking his second consecutive title since he took over the helm from head coach Norris Bain. Last year the Falcons defeated the Rattlers in the 2017 title game. Tabernacle holds the record of seven Hugh Campbell titles, six won under Bain’s leadership (1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2009 and 2010) in addition to Clarke’s last year.

This is now the 11th year that Mario Bowleg is coaching CC Sweeting and he will be assisted by Derek Cummings, Wayde Adderley and Salathiel Dean. Under his leadership, the Cobras have won five Hugh Campbell, three GSSSA and one National High School basketball titles. The Cobras last hoisted the trophy in 2016 when they knocked off the Sunland Baptist Stingers out of Grand Bahama. That added to the titles when Bowleg coached the team in 2012, 2013 and 2015. The other title won by CC Sweeting was in 2007 when they were coached by Ian Pinder.

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Albury was second in 24.39, but she didn’t advance to the final. Culmer, in his senior year at Nebraska, took Flight 2 of the men’s triple jump with a leap of 16.08 metres or 52-feet, 9 ¼-inches to clinch the title. DaJuan Seward, a junior at Ohio State, followed with a leap of 15.45m (50-8 ¼), but Isaiah Griffith, a sophomore at Nebraska, followed his Bahamian team-mate for second place as he took Flight 1 with a distance of 15.83m (51-11 ¼). And Tavonte Mott, a freshman at Ohio State, was fifth in his heat of the men’s 60m in 8.05. It was 13th overall as he missed the final. Over at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in Iowa, Pedrya Seymour, who passed up an opportunity to travel to Birmingham, United Kingdom this week for the IAAF World Indoor Championships, cleared the women’s 60m hurdles to pull off the victory in a time of 8.09. She led a sweep of the top three spots as teammates Rushelle Burton, a

sophomore, was second in 8.13 and senior Ariel Jones was third in 8.25. Seymour went in with the top qualifying spot for the final in 8.14. Her nearest rival was her team-mate Rushelle Burton, a sophomore, who trailed in 8.25. Seymour also contested the 60m where she was 13th in 7.58, but not enough to advance to the final. And at the SEC Indoor Championships in College Station, Texas, Auburn’s junior Xavier Coakley competed in the men’s 60m hurdles final on Sunday where he was 8th in 7.95 seconds. In the preliminaries, Coakley had the eighth and final fastest time of 7.95 after he was fourth in his heat to advance to the final. Jenae Ambrose, a junior at Auburn, didn’t advance out of the preliminaries of the women’s 60m, despite running a season’s best of 7.50 for sixth in her heat and 28th overall. Ambrose was also sixth in her heat in the 200m in 23.48 that placed her 17th overall as she failed to get into the final.

SPRINTER Carmiesha Cox (right) and triple jumper Kaiwan Culmer closed out their Big Ten Conference Indoor Track and Field appearances by winning their respective titles at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, over the weekend.

SIR DURWARD ‘SEA WOLF’ KNOWLES DIES FROM PAGE 1 there, but unfortunately that won’t happen,” Miller said. But having had the opportunity to work with Knowles at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea, Miller said the BOC was short by $40,000 to carry the team. Miller said Butler advised him to speak to Knowles, who was able to raise the funding for the team to travel by the next day. As life went on, Miller said he got to work even closer with Knowles and they developed a bond as they continued their work, even up to the time that he was elected as president, replacing Butler. As a philanthropist, Miller said he got to watch as Knowles made countless contributions to so many people who needed his help. Knowles, who was also a great humanitarian, who always had something witty to say to those he came in contact with, had a personal friendship with former Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ president Mike Sands, whose relationship grew from the time that he was selling newspaper on Shirley Street as a youngster. “I had a chance to visit him and wished him a happy birthday when he turned 100,” Knowles stressed. “It was just an honour to be in his company.” While he admits that time would not permit for him to talk about the relationship they shared when I was much younger,” Sands said he couldn’t find a Bahamian who was as committed and dedicated to the growth and development of the country as Knowles. “One day we were at a meeting and he asked me to give him a drop home,” Sands said. “I remember as we were driving, I said to Sir Durward how things have changed on the island,” Sands said. “As we continued driving, he showed me and some places. He asked me if I had a cell phone and he asked me to call his wife, Hollie, to let her know that

he was on his way home. He jokingly said it’s amazing how one can be driving and talking on the cell phone at the same time.” On many occasions that he visited Knowles at his office, Sands said he always found him engaged in assisting one Bahamian after another. “I had the opportunity to visit him while he was in hospital and as I was leaving, I quoted him from his book ‘Never Give Up,’ Sands reflected. “So as I was leaving, I told him ‘Never Give Up.’ Those were last memories that Sands said he had with Knowles and he was delighted that he did. Danny Strachan, the chairman and commodore of the National Family Island Regatta, said their organisation has lost a great friend and benefactor. “Others will speak of his contributions to civic society and to his Faith Community as is appropriate,” said Strachan, who gave condolences on behalf of his family. “I know that I speak on behalf of sailors, sloop builders, boat owners and sailing fans throughout the Bahamas when I say that we have all lost a true great friend. He was a sporting icon, philanthropist extraordinaire, and a beloved Bahamian patriarch.” At one point, Strachan called upon the Bahamas Government to bestow a well-deserved honour on Knowles by placing his image on the Bahamian $100 currency and to name the passage of sea from Montagu to the eastern shores, the Sir Durward Knowles Shores or Passage Harbour. Neither has become a reality, but the government did recognise Knowles for his achievement in 1996 when he was knighted by the Queen. In 1997, he was awarded The Bahamas’ Order of Merit. In 2014, the second Legend-class patrol boat of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force was commissioned as HMBS Durward Knowles.

In May 2016, following the death of Sandor Tarics, Knowles became the oldest living Olympic champion. That claim now gets passed on to Finnish skier Lydia Wideman, age 97, who competed at the Oslo 1952 Olympics. Knowles earned Bahamian history when he and the late Sloane Farrington won the country’s first Olympic medal, - a bronze at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics. He ultimately claimed the top Olympic prize in 1964, when he won a gold medal with Cooke as crew at the Tokyo Games. Knowles would go on to participate in the total of eight Olympics - seven straight from 1948-1972, and again in 1988 in Seoul where he was flag bearer during the opening ceremonies for an Independent Bahamas. Knowles also captured four medals, including a gold, a silver and two bronze at the World Championships and several gold medals at the Pan American and the Central American and Caribbean Games. The Association of Bahamas Marinas, of which Knowles became a member, expressed their gratitude to Knowles, who had some remarkable accomplishments, competing with Basil Kelly, Farrington, Cooke and even his stepbrother, Percy. “It is for these remarkable accomplishments, all achieved on the ocean waters of the world, that the Association of Bahamas Marinas invited Sir Durward to join us as an honorary Voyager member, a category of membership through which we embrace seafarers,” said Basil Smith, on behalf of the ABM. “Our association mourns the loss of this distinguished member and great Bahamian, even as we celebrate his long and distinguished life. We extend condolences to Lady Knowles, his family and his wide circle of friends.” Knowles is survived by his wife, Lady Holly, and children - Randy, Jill and Charlotte.

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THOMAS DELIVERS CLUTCH MOMENTS TO WIN HONDA IN PLAYOFF JUSTIN Thomas celebrates after winning the Honda Classic golf tournament in a sudden-death playoff yesterday in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (AP Photos/Wilfredo Lee) By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (AP) — Justin Thomas was down to his last chance when he delivered his most clutch shot of the final round in the Honda Classic. Turns out he wasn’t finished. Thomas nearly holed a gap wedge on the par-5 18th hole for a birdie to force a playoff with Luke List. Moments later, he hit 5-wood over the water, urged it to keep going and lost it momentarily in the darkening sky over PGA National. “All I was looking at was the water to see if it splashed,” Thomas said. “And it didn’t. So I figured I was in the bunker, and then people started clapping and I could kind of see some little white dot on the green.” That set up a two-putt birdie that made him a winner when List, who hit his own bold shot in regulation to the 18th to set up birdie, could only manage par in the playoff. Thomas closed with a 2-under 68 and won for the second time this season. He also won in a playoff at the

CJ Cup in South Korea last fall. With eight career victories, including seven in his last 31 starts on the PGA Tour, he moved to No. 3 in the world. He is one spot ahead of longtime friend Jordan Spieth for the first time, which was of little significance to Thomas. “Not really,” he said. “Because there’s still two more spots that I want to climb.’ List, going for his first PGA Tour victory, shot 32 on the back nine and closed with a 69. His only regret was a tee shot wide right in the playoff that landed amid palm trees and left him little options. He went left against the bleachers, and hit a superb approach to about 25 feet and twoputted for par. “Obviously, it hurts right now,” List said. “But I think that when I look back on it, I’ll be proud of the way I hung in there.” Alex Noren (67) finished third. He was tied for the lead when he went for the green on the 18th, only for the ball to hit hung up on the side of the collar of a bunker, leaving him a tough chip. He missed a birdie chance from 20 feet. Tiger Woods was briefly within three shots of the

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TIGER Woods lines up a putt on the fourth hole during the final round of the Honda Classic golf tournament yesterday. lead on the front nine. He closed with a 70 and finished 12th. The 5-wood turned out to be the winner for Thomas. The wedge made it possible. Jack Nicklaus was in the broadcast booth for most of the final round, leaving before Thomas and List reached the 18th hole. It might have all

looked familiar to Nicklaus, the U.S. captain of the 1983 Ryder Cup at PGA National. The big moment that year was Lanny Wadkins nearly jarring a wedge on the 18th hole, a shot so meaningful to the outcome that Nicklaus kissed the divot. Thomas missed the 18th fairway in regulation and

had no choice but to lay up. List followed with his 4-iron to 35 feet. “I have a lot of confidence in my wedge game,” Thomas said. “I knew if I got a decent number that I was going to be able to get inside 10 feet. That’s all I wanted was a chance to try to get into a playoff. And then ended up hitting a great wedge.” Thomas and List finished at 8-under 272. It was the seventh playoff in 15 PGA Tour events this season. Woods made that Sunday red shirt look a little brighter, at least for a while. With an 8-foot birdie putt on the par-4 eighth hole, he momentarily pulled within three shots of the lead. That only lasted the few minutes that it took Thomas to tap in for birdie on the par-5 third. Woods made bogey to close out his front nine, and he still was four shots behind until getting swallowed up again by the water-filled closing stretch. He put his tee shot into water and made double bogey for the second straight day, three-putted the 16th for bogey and was out of hope. “I made a big leap this week because I really hit it

Spurs end four-game skid with 110-94 victory in Cleveland CLEVELAND (AP) — LaMarcus Aldridge scored 27 points, Danny Green added 22 and the San Antonio Spurs ended their annual “rodeo” road trip by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-94 yesterday to snap a fourgame losing streak. Green, who missed Friday’s loss at Denver with food poisoning, came off the bench for the first time in 49 games this season. He made five 3-pointers to provide a perfect outside complement to Aldridge’s dynamic inside game. Dejounte Murray added 13 points and nine rebounds for San Antonio, a team not accustomed to any turmoil. But the Spurs have not been themselves lately while playing without star Kawhi Leonard. They had dropped six of seven and four in a row on a trip (their arena hosts a rodeo every year) that coach Gregg Popovich’s squad typically uses as a spring board into the playoffs. LeBron James had 33 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists for the Cavs, who fell to 3-2 since overhauling their roster with three trades. HORNETS 114, PISTONS 98 CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dwight Howard had 17 points and 12 rebounds, Kemba Walker added 17 points and Charlotte beat Detroit for its season-best fourth straight win. The Hornets improved to 27-33 while making a push toward the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference for the playoffs. The Pistons have 28 wins, and there are eight teams in the conference with at least 31 victories.

SAN Antonio Spurs’ LaMarcus Aldridge (12) drives against Cleveland Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson (13) in the second half yesterday in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) Seven Charlotte players scored points after halftime to lead The Pelicans trailed by 18 early in double digits, and the Hor- New Orleans over Milwaukee in in the second half but outscored nets’ bench outscored Detroit’s overtime. Milwaukee 38-19 in the third reserves 51-28. Holiday added nine rebounds quarter. Blake Griffin led the Pistons and six assists for New Orleans, Khris Middleton scored 25 with 20 points on 10-for-18 shoot- which held on for its season-high points for the Bucks. ing, while Andre Drummond had fifth win in a row when Jason TerGiannis Antetokounmpo, the 14 points and 14 rebounds. ry’s 3-pointer was ruled after the No. 2 scorer in the NBA (27.8) buzzer. and Eric Bledsoe each added 20, PELICANS 123, Anthony Davis, who entered but the Bucks lost for only the BUCKS 121, OT the game as the league’s third- fourth time in the last 14 games MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jrue leading scorer (27.7 ppg), added and fell to 9-26 all-time against Holiday scored 28 of his 36 27 points and 13 rebounds. New Orleans.

well,” Woods said. “I was able to control it, especially in this wind, which is not easy to do.” Woods led the field in proximity to the hole on his approach shots at just over 29 feet. Not to be overlooked was Sam Burns of LSU, who last year won the Jack Nicklaus Award as the top college player who received a sponsor exemption. Playing alongside Woods in such a chaotic arena, he was bogey-free for a 68 to tie for eighth. That will get him into the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook in two weeks. Five players had at least a share of the lead. Only three of them stuck around until the end. Webb Simpson missed the fairway on the 11th hole and had to lay up instead of taking on the water. That led to the first of three bogeys in a four-hole stretch and sent him to a 72, four shots behind. Tommy Fleetwood was tied for the lead until a three-putt bogey from long range on the 14th, and a bogey from the back bunker on the 15th. A birdie on the final hole for a 69 left him two shots behind.

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City lifts League Cup in style, United beats Chelsea 2-1 By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Manchester City completed part one of a possible treble yesterday, winning the League Cup final in style with a comprehensive 3-0 win over a defensively absentminded Arsenal. It was the first major English trophy for City manager Pep Guardiola in his second season at the helm. His counterpart, Arsene Wenger, has never won the League Cup since he became Arsenal’s manager in 1996, and the stinging defeat at Wembley Stadium puts his position at the club under further pressure. City looked a completely different team from the start of the week, when the team crashed out of the FA Cup in a 1-0 loss to Wigan last Monday that ended its hopes for a quadruple. City still has a chance to win the Champions League and Premier League, where its lead at the top of the table was cut to 13 points after a 2-1 win by

Manchester United over Chelsea. Guardiola viewed the trophy as a springboard for future team success, rather than focusing on it as a personal achievement. Coincidentally, City faces Arsenal next in the league on Thursday. Sergio Aguero gave City the lead in the 18th minute against Arsenal after an atrocious defensive error from defender Shkodran Mustafi, who misjudged a direct long ball launched from goalkeeper Claudio Bravo and allowed Aguero a free run on goal. Aguero ambled forward in a oneon-one and lifted the ball over Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina. Mustafi claimed that Aguero had nudged him to win the ball, but television replays appeared to show there was little contact. City captain Vincent Kompany doubled the scoreline when he diverted a shot from Ilkay Gundogan into the bottom corner in the 58th. It was more poor defending from Arsenal that led to the

goal, with Gundogan being allowed to prowl freely around the penalty area before unleashing his shot. David Silva scored City’s third goal seven minutes later with a low angled shot that whizzed just inside the post. Arsenal supporters started heading for the exits after Silva’s goal with shouts of “Wenger Out” and ironically chanting “There’s only one Arsene Wenger.” It was a far cry from Wenger’s honeymoon period in English football, when he won the league three times, including with “The Invincibles” side in 2003-04, the last time Arsenal lifted the Premier League title. Arsenal had looked bright in the early stages of the first half and striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a chance to give his side the lead in the eighth minute, but a last-ditch tackle from Kyle Walker prevented Arsenal’s new signing from getting off a shot. The Gunners continued to pressure City and they

looked like they might just repeat their FA Cup successes at Wembley, after winning that competition three times in the last four seasons including 2017. But Arsenal’s casual defending was the team’s undoing again. UNITED FIGHTS BACK In the Premier League, substitute Jesse Lingard’s late header capped a comeback for Manchester United in a 2-1 win over Chelsea. United regained second place with the result and is now 13 points behind crosstown rival Manchester City, which has a game in hand. United striker Romelu Lukaku provided a cross from the right and Lingard beat Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen to the ball to head past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the 75th minute at Old Trafford. Chelsea opened the scoring in the 32nd with a goal from Willian before Lukaku equalised for United seven minutes later.

MANCHESTER City’s Sergio Aguero, right, scores the opening goal during the English League Cup final match against Arsenal at Wembley stadium yesterday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

SPURS LEAVE IT LATE It was Harry Kane to the rescue with a late winner for Spurs in a 1-0 win away at Crystal Palace In the early kickoff. The home team was well organised and appeared to be on the verge of taking a point before the England

THE WEATHER REPORT

5-Day Forecast

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Statistics are for Nassau through 1 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 82° F/28° C Low .................................................... 68° F/20° C Normal high ....................................... 78° F/25° C Normal low ........................................ 64° F/18° C Last year’s high ................................. 87° F/30° C Last year’s low ................................... 66° F/19° C Precipitation As of 1 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.00” Year to date ................................................. 5.74” Normal year to date ..................................... 2.73”

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striker’s header from a corner beat Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey in the 88th. Kane missed two clearcut chances earlier in the match, and the result moved Spurs up into fourth, two points behind thirdplace Liverpool. For Palace, a draw would have lifted the team a point clear of the bottom three and it’s just above the drop zone on goal difference.

The defeat means Chelsea is now in fifth place, two points behind Totttenham.

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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 78° F/26° C Low: 74° F/23° C

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