Stingers vs Rattlers in final

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

It was revenge time for the Sunland Baptist Stingers against their Grand Bahama arch-rivals Tabernacle Baptist Falcons, but it was all about earning the respect of the homecourt advantage for the CI Gibson Rattlers against the other Grand Bahama team, St George’s Jaguars.

In the final four of the prestigious Hugh Campbell Basketball Classic last night at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium, Sunland Baptist clobbered Tabernacle Baptist 66-55 to avenge their defeat in the Grand Bahama Secondary Schools Athletic Association to the Falcons to secure their berth into tonight’s final.

The Stingers will now play CI Gibson, the Government Secondary Schools Sports Association champions, who eliminated the third Grand Bahamian team St George’s, 66-62, to set up the much anticipated Grand Bahama versus New Providence showdown in the final which is scheduled to begin at 8pm.

Rattlers 66, Jaguars 62: Tashon Butler and James Delia provided a 1-2 punch with 17 points apiece to help lift CI Gibson into the final and a chance to win their first Hugh Campbell title since they last did it in 2014.

Butler also had three rebounds, three assists and a block and Delia added three rebounds with two assists and a steal. Dieunel Joseph chipped in with 12 points and 11 rebounds and Gerrad Rolle nine points and 10 rebounds.

“It feels real good. It was a hell of a game. I know the fans enjoyed it,” said CI Gibson’s coach Kevin ‘KJ’ Johnson. “St George’s is a very good team, very good shooting team. We didn’t underestimate them. We watched them