MARIO FORD BASEBALL CAMP RETURNS TO THE FIELD

THE Mario Ford Baseball camp made its return to Windsor Park this past weekend. It was the group’s first session back on the field as the young men looked to learn basic baseball fundamentals and skills.

The baseball camp usually hosts sessions three times out of the calendar year. Sessions take place in the beginning of the year, during the summer, and at the very end of the year, according to Ford.

The camp targets children between the ages of four to 15 so that they can learn the game at an earlier age and develop the necessary essentials to compete at a higher level.

Mario Ford, head coach of the baseball camp, talked about what children can expect to learn after joining his camp.

“We work with the kids teaching them the basics of learning how to catch, how to throw, and teaching them how to hit,” Ford said.

Ford added that the sport is mostly repetition but it does take time, practice and consistency.

Persons that are interested in starting at the camp or parents interested in placing their children in a camp can do so by simply showing up at Windsor Park on Saturday mornings

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“I knew that going into the final day I was behind by seven strokes, so I had to really focus and fix the mistakes that I made the day before,” she said. “There were a few holes that I didn’t play that well on, but even though I shot the same score, I was really pleased with it.

“But when they told me that we were tied, I knew I had to go out there and so I knew I had to go out there and break the tie. The hole had some water on it and so when I went out there, I had to take a drop because my ball went into the water.”

The 17-year-old St John’s 12th grader said she was delighted to repeat as champion because she had to focus on herself, but the competition and the conditions forced her to be a little more concerned about her opponents.

Versatile Jackson Mactaggart, just back from a recent trip to represent the Bahamas in tennis, said he didn’t have sufficient time to readjust to golf, but was delighted to still win the boys under-15 flight. He did it with rounds of 80-79 for

Scheffler

FROM PAGE 15 mettle by turning The Players Championship into a runaway with a five-shot victory. Of the final four groups, his 69 was the only score under par.

“I think the team around him and the way he’s wired ... he’s extremely grounded,” Jordan Spieth said. “He’s got really good parents, great family structure. Randy Smith has been around for a long time — his coach — and he’s been with him forever. So I don’t see it changing. He’s in a good position to be able to continue to do this for awhile.”

SOUTH KOREA SETS RECORD WITH 22-2 ROUT OF CHINA AT WBC

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— Kunwoo Park and HaSeong Kim hit grand slams in consecutive innings, and South Korea set a World Baseball Classic scoring record with a 22-2 rout over China last night in a game between already eliminated teams.

South Korea broke the runs record that had stood since Japan beat China 18-2 in the first round of the initial WBC in 2006.

In the earlier Group B game, Australia defeated the Czech Republic 8-3 and reached a quarterfinal against Cuba on Wednesday. Japan plays Italy the following day in the second quarterfinal.

In Group D, the Dominican Republic beat Nicaragua 6-1.

at 9am. Persons would be allowed to sign up and register to be a part of the programme. Wamonceur Victor, a 14-year-old newcomer at the Mario Ford baseball camp, talked about his experience in the camp so far.

“It has been hard but coach Mario [has] been helping me through it,” Victor said.

Victor said he learned about the camp via a friend at his school and decided to join. He added that coach Ford is very helpful with helping you work throughout the programme and on your skills.

Raheem Fertilien, a 16-year-old member of the camp, talked about why he enjoys the Mario Ford baseball camp. “Even if you don’t know the game, Mr Mario will help you learn it and I would recommend it to a couple other people who [are] trying to learn the sport,” Fertilien said.

The Mario Ford baseball camp operates as a training ground for young athletes that want to pursue baseball at a higher level.

The next session for the baseball camp will be held at 9am next week Saturday at the Windsor Park off East Street. Persons that are interested can show up and get started on their young baseball journey.

South Korea (2-2) finished third in Group B and failed to advance past the first round for the third straight WBC. The South Koreans finished third in the initial tournament in 2006 and were runner-up in 2009.

China (0-4) has never advanced past the first round. The last-place finish in the group means it will have to go through qualifying to reach the 2026 tournament.

The South Koreans took a 4-2 lead with a two-run second, then broke open the game with eight runs in the third, six in the fourth and four in the fifth. The game was stopped after five innings under the tournament’s mercy rule, which calls for games to end if a team leads by 15 runs after five innings or by 10 runs after seven.

Park had five RBIs, San Diego Padres infielder HaSeong Kim had four, and Hyseong Kim and Jung Hoo Lee three each for South Korea, which outhit China 20-4. Park hit his slam in the fourth off Hailong Sun and Ha-Seong Kim hit his in the fifth against Changlong Su.

11-year-old fifth grader at St Andrew’s School. “The competition was good, but I was glad I won it after I got third last year.” The winners in the other flights were as follows:

Boys 13-and-underDenahj Mortimer with 99-93-192; Rashawn Hanna with 89-104-193 and William West 98-100-198.

Girls 13-and-under - Lilly Bisterzo with 87-78-165; Haley Hall with 87-81168; Maddisson Carroll 82-87-169.

Girls 15-and-underSeannae Nrville Smith with 103-105-208; Taylor Santos with 106-116-222; Jolene Stan-Busuioc 124-106-230.

159 over Kerrington Rolle, who shot 79-86 for 165.

Camdyn Forbes was third with 88-87-175.

“It was a tricky transition because the two sports don’t compare at all,” said Mactaggart, a 15-year-old student who is enrolled in an online school.

“So it was a lot of hard work. I had to practice a lot this week working on my putting, so it’s good to get back into the groove for golf.

Scheffler was easy to forget last year even while staying atop the world ranking from March to October because the Masters was his last win of the year.

Easily overlooked was that he lost in a playoff at Colonial to a 45-foot putt by Sam Burns and was one putt away from a potential playoff at the U.S. Open.

More memorable was losing a six-shot lead in the final round of the Tour Championship at East Lake to McIlroy, which cost Scheffler the FedEx Cup.

“I had put myself in a position all year to where I had a chance to win the FedEx Cup, and I wasn’t able to get it done,” Scheffler said. “And by the time

“It feels good to win it because my opponents all played well.”

Aryanna Smith had an impressive showing in the girls’ under-10 flight, shooting rounds of 53-57 for her total of 110, well ahead of second place finisher Londyn Strachan with 73-71-144. Taylor Davis was third with 81-76-157.

I got home, I was worn out. I was mentally, physically drained, emotionally drained.

“But the hard times make the good times that much sweeter.”

Now he has six wins in his last 27 starts, and 16 finishes in the top 10 during that span.

“His top 10s are off the charts,” Spieth said.

This stretch of golf could be traced to the Ryder Cup in the fall of 2021 at Whistling Straits. Steve Stricker was torn between Scheffler and good friend Sam Burns for his last picks, which doesn’t seem like much of a debate now.

While it was an American rout, one of the more

“I felt good because this was only my second time playing this golf course,” said the 11-year-old Smith, who is in grade six at Eva Hilton Primary School. “I didn’t have any challenges because I saw a lot of improvement since playing on it the first time.”

William Mahelis was the winner of the boys’ pivotal moments was Saturday afternoon when Scheffler made two big putts on the closing holes of a fourballs win that felt like the end for Europe (and it was).

Then, he handed Rahm his first loss of the week in singles. That prompted Brooks Koepka to refer to him as a “big-game hunter.” He has a big game off the tee. He delivers with his long irons — nothing was prettier than Scheffler’s 3-iron to 15 feet for birdie on the par-3 eighth on Saturday — and his short game is exquisite. As a boy, Scheffler would watch tour pros at Royal Oaks in Dallas and challenge them to money games under-13 flight. He shot 47-50 for a total of 97. Nicholas Turnquest was the runner-up with 55-59 for 114, the same final score as Dylan Mellor, who had identical rounds of 57.

“I think I played very good, but I got a few bad shots on nine, so I think I could have played better on nine,” said Mahelis, an

(coins, no doubt, at that age).

He also is bold. One remarkable aspect to Scheffler’s game Sunday was taking on every shot, regardless of his lead. He hit driver on No. 6 (with a three-shot lead) and No. 15 (with a five-shot lead).

He also went for the green on the par-4 12th with water down the left side.

His 3-wood was right where he was aiming, right of the green, setting up a fifth straight birdie.

Next up for Scheffler is the Dell Match Play next week in Austin, Texas, where he played for the Texas Longhorns and graduated from business school in four years.

Boys under-8 - Maximilien Demole 38-39-77; Antonio Hernandez 57-51-108; Reef Harvey 64-55-110.

Girls 8-and-under - Sarah Scheidecker 51-52-103; Zara Greaves 52-52-104; Zonalle Smith 64-55-119.

Boys under-10 - Hugo Johnston 50-44-94; Kai Bastian 56-50-106; William Smith 61-46-107.

Boys/Girls 18-andunder - Darrius Thompson 81-77-158.

Girls under-13 - Aiyanna Hernandez 54-54-108; Olivia Ott 60-59-119; Celina Mellor 61-65-125.

He won the Match Play a year ago. He nearly won it the year before, losing in the championship match to Billy Horschel. His record is 10-2-2 in both appearances. And then it’s on to Augusta. Would anyone be surprised to see another green jacket? The short is probably yes, because only three players have won the Masters back to back, most recently Tiger Woods in 2002.

Scheffler is on another run. For now, the difference is fans have a better understanding why.

“He’s obviously just really good at pretty much every aspect of golf,” Max Homa said.