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TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017

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BAHAMAS IN THE LEAD HEADING INTO FINAL SWIM DAY

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

MEDAL GLORY: Latia Saunders on top of the medal podium with the gold she won in the javelin at the CARIFTA Track & Field Games in Curacao.

Team Bahamas 3rd overall with 31 medals in the 46th CARIFTA Track & Field Games

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net WILLEMSTAD, Curacao — Latia Saunders and Tamar Greene added to the gold rush as Team Bahamas pushed its final medal count to 31 on the final day of the 46th Flow Carifta Games to finish in third place behind Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago.

Team Bahamas, managed by Mildred Adderley with Marvin Darville as head coach, collected four medals, including three silver and a bronze, in the concluding 4 x 400m relays to end up in 3rd with a total of 31 medals.

But the team’s six gold was one shy of Trinidad & Tobago, who clinched second place. The Bahamas won six gold, 15 silver and 10 bronze. Trinidad & Tobago had seven gold, five silver and 10 bronze for their total of 22.

As usual, Jamaica dominated with 86 medals, inclusive of 39

gold, 28 silver and 19 bronze.

To start the quartet of the final events to bring the curtain down on the games, Wendira Moss, Marissa White, Doneisha Anderson and Gabrielle Gibson ran three minutes and 41.24 seconds for their silver in their under-18 girls’ relay.

Jamaica pulled off the first gold in 3:38.73. The bronze medal went to Trinidad & Tobago in 3:43.05.

In the under-18 boys’ race without Jamaica included and Denvaughn Whymns nursing a hamstring injury he sustained on anchor in the 4 x 100m, Gareth Lewis, Corey Sherrod, Tyrell Simms and Edward Gayle clocked 3:17.22 for another silver.

Barbados eventually secured the gold in 3:14.65 and Trinidad & Tobago finished with the bronze in 3:20.85.

The combo of Gabrielle Shannon, Quanisha Marshall, Chelsea

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TAMAR GREENE shows off his gold medal won in the triple jump.

HEADED into the final day of competition, Team Bahamas has positioned itself atop the point standings at the XXXII CARIFTA Swimming Championships.

The Bahamas leads the field with a combined team score of 586.5 points at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre.

The defending champion, Guadeloupe, is second with 509 points, the Cayman Islands third with 469.5 points, Trinidad and Tobago fourth with 455.5 points and Barbados rounds out the top five with 409 points.

Jamaica is sixth in the standings with 374 points and last year’s host country Martinique is in the seventh spot with 225.5 points.

The Bahamas has been dominant on the boys’ side which has contributed 337 points to the total and leads the division. The girls are second in their division with 249.5 points, behind the Cayman Islands with 302.

Kevon Lockhart captured the first medal for the Bahamas on night three with a bronze in the Boys’ 13-14 200m Individual Medley in a time of 2:21.32 seconds.

Lilly Higgs captured the gold medal for the Bahamas in the Girls’ 15-17 in 2:23.11, while Albury Higgs took bronze in 2:24.93.

In the 50m Breaststroke, Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson won silver in the Girls’ 11-12 in 36.12.

Davante Carey also added to his medal haul with bronze in the Boys’ 13-14 race in 31.54.

The Higgs sisters were back on the podium in the 50m Breast with Lilly claiming another gold medal in 32.70 and Albury with the silver in 33.96.

Izaak Bastian’s time of 29.39 won silver in the Boys’ 15-17 race.

Lockhart and Lamar Taylor finished with silver and bronze respectively in the Boys’ 13-14 100m Free.

Lockhart finished second in 55.01 and Taylor was third in 55.41.

In the 200m Butterfly, Nigel Forbes won silver in the Boys’ 11-12 in 2:28.59, while Ian Pinder took gold in the Boys 13-14 in 2:17.57.

Albury Higgs picked up her third individual medal of the night with bronze in her division in 2:31.85.

The 800m Free Relay produced two medals for

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AYTON POSTS 19 POINTS IN 16TH JORDAN BRAND CLASSIC

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net BASKETBALL prep superstar DeAndre Ayton took advantage of another opportunity to showcase his skillset against other elite prospects headed for NCAA basketball in the fall.

Ayton finished with 19 points and eight rebounds in the 16th edition of the Jordan Brand Classic boys national title game, hosted April 14 at the Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Ayton helped lead the West to a 124-116 win over the East with six points down the stretch in a crucial run.

“The game finally got to me,” Ayton told USA Today. “Dudes started passing and we started playing as a team in the second half. In the second half, we told the guards, if you want to show

scouts you can play, this is what you’ve got to do, feed the bigs.”

The East led 63-56 at the half and Ayton posted nine points and seven rebounds at intermission.

The Jordan Brand Classic is a high school All-Star basketball game played annually in April.

The game’s rosters feature the best and most highly recruited high school boys in the senior class including alums like Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin, LeBron James, and Kevin Durant.

The game takes its name from the chief organiser, Jordan Brand, a division of NIKE named after Basketball Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan. The 22 players are routinely selected from the top 100 players as ranked by numerous scouting services.

The 2017 Showcase also fea-

DEANDRE AYTON tured the Global Showcase, regional and girls’ games.

“We are thrilled to once again shine a light on the next generation of basketball stars and give them the opportunity to play in a premium venue like Barclays Center,” said Larry Miller, president of Jordan Brand.

“We appreciate the support of American Family Insurance, and share in its mission to recognise amateur athletes in their hometowns with the family and friends who helped them suc-

ceed.”

Ayton’s attention now shifts to a summer of preparation before he makes his NCAA debut with the Arizona Wildcats.

Ayton, the No. 2 player in the 2017 recruiting class, attended Hillcrest Academy in Phoenix and signed his national letter of intent to join the Wildcats this fall, despite reports by various media outlets expressing eligibility concerns.

At the Jordan Brand Classic, Ayton told Chris Lafayette of 247Sports that he is all set academically and has not considered playing overseas.

“I don’t even know what overseas is. I don’t know what you do over there. I never really looked into overseas,” he said.

“We never talked about that ever. We laugh about it that people say that I’m going overseas, but it doesn’t matter.”

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The countdown is on PARAGUAY World ranking: 9 Group C: with Panama (28), Portugal (1) and United Arab Emirates (10) The road to Nassau The 2017 South American Beach Soccer Championship hosts Paraguay made a strong start to their world finals qualification bid, defeating Bolivia 4-2 and then coming from behind to record an emphatic 7-3 win over Chile.

Top place in the section was secured with respective 7-1 and 5-2 defeats of Uruguay and Argentina, which gave them a semi-final against Ecuador, where the Paraguayans sealed their ticket to Bahamas 2017 with a 5-3 victory.

Brazil proved too strong in the final, however, the hosts going down 7-5.

Strengths and style Paraguay’s main strength lies in attack, as their tally

PEDRO MORAN (No.6) is one of the players to watch on Team Paraguay. of 33 goals in their six qualifying matches suggests. Six of those strikes came from Carlos Carballo, who was named most valuable player of the tournament, and eight from Pedro Moran.

The Guaraní defence was no less impressive, though it had little answer to the speedy interplay of A Canarinha in the final, shipping only four goals fewer to the Brazilians than they had let in en route to the final.

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record In making their FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup debut at Tahiti 2013, Paraguay failed to progress beyond the group phase, though they did score a big win over Côte d’Ivoire before going down narrowly to Japan and, after extra time, eventual champions Russia.

The South Americans had only one win to show for their efforts again at Portugal 2015, overcoming Madagascar in Group D after losing to the Russians once more and Tahiti.

TEAM PARAGUAY’s main strength lies in attack, as their tally of 33 goals in their six qualifying matches suggests.

• The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 will be held in Nassau from April 27 to May 7.

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‘Great faces’ on this day in sports history SPORTING

MISCHIEF

& MAYHEM

BY INIGO ‘NAUGHT Y’ ZENIC

AZELAYA

I MUST admit my long Easter weekend was filled with the NBA Playoffs, Major League Baseball and NFL Draft rumours and rumblings. Not to mention tons of great food and libations sharing the stage with celebrity headliner Donnell Rawlings aka ‘Ashy Larry’ from ‘Chappelle’s Show.’

So with that being said, as I found myself in recovery mode in my ‘man cave’ on Easter Monday, the functioning portion of my brain wandered on what great events happened in sports history on this day?

I’m glad I let my mind wander, it turns out that April 18 had many appearances by numerous sporting greats, some coming, others going, all while making sports history.

• Let’s have a look at who achieved what on this great day in sports history: 1809 - First run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket, England 1869 - 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian 1908 - Tommy Burns KO’s Jewy Smith in the 5th round to win World Heavyweight Boxing title 1918 - Cleveland center fielder Tris Speaker turns an unassisted double play 1922 - Netherlands soccer team defeats Denmark 2-0 1942 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3 1944 - 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4

JACKIE ROBINSON

BILL RUSSELL

EDDIE MURRAY

MIKE SCHMIDT

JOHN STOCKTON

JOE MONTANA

PEYTON MANNING

WAYNE GRETZKY

1977 - 81st Boston Marathon: Jerome Drayton of Canada 1st man in 2:14:46 and Miki Gorman of United States 1st woman in 2:48:33 1977 - MLB Hall of Fame 1st baseman Eddie Murray hits his first career home run 1981 - Pawtucket & Rochester start a 33-inning baseball game 1981 - Longest game in Professional Baseball: Pawtucket Red Sox tie Rochester Red Wings 2-2 in 32 innings (game resumed 23rd June) 1982 - Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) 1982 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women’s Golf International 1983 - 87th Boston Marathon: Greg Meyer of United States 1st man in 2:09:00

and Joan Benoit of United States 1st woman in 2:22:43 1984 - Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) 1987 - An unconscious skydiver is rescued by another diver in mid-air 1987 - Philadelphia Phillies Hall of Fame 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt hits his 500th career home run off Don Robinson of the Pittsburgh Pirates 1988 - 92nd Boston Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 1st man in 2:08:43 and Rosa Mota of Portugal 1st woman in 2:24:30 1990 - Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1991 - NBA Hall of Fame guard Jon Stockton breaks his own single season assist record with 1,136 1992 - Start of South Africa’s 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)

1993 - 54th PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Tom Wargo 1993 - Trish Johnson wins LPGA Atlanta Women’s Golf Championship 1994 - 98th Boston Marathon: Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya 1st man in 2:07:15 and Uta Pippig of Germany 1st woman in 2:21:45 1994 - Cricketer Brian Lara breaks the world Test record highest innings, reaching 375 runs on the third day of the fourth Test against England in Antigua 1995 - Hall of Fame QB Joe Montana announces his retirement from the NFL 1998 - NFL great QB Peyton Manning is selected first in the NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts 1999 - NHL Great and Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky plays his last game, as his NY Rangers lose 2-1

to the Pittsburgh Penguins 2005 - 109th Boston Marathon: Hailu Negussie of Ethiopia 1st man in 2:11:44 and Catherine Ndereba of Kenya 1st woman in 2:25:12 2011 - 115th Boston Marathon: Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya 1st man in 2:03:02 (course record) and Caroline Kilel of Kenya 1st woman in 2:22:36

TOMMY BURNS

1945 - 1 armed outfielder, St Louis Brown Pete Gray, 1st game he goes 1 for 4 1946 - Jackie Robinson starts his historic run in Major League Baseball, as he debuts with the Montreal Royals 1950 - Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves 1950 - Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th 1959 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 1 1962 - 16th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3 1963 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1 1966 - Bill Russell becomes the first black head coach in NBA history, with the Boston Celtics 1968 - 1st ABA basketball championship game is played.

1976 - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Karsten- Ping Golf Open

– Until next week, I will leave you with this from Henry James: “It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.”

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Trippe family legacy continues in South Eleuthera

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Trippe family legacy continues its philanthropic efforts in the South Eleuthera community and its latest initiative has focused on youth development through sports.

A state-of-the-art recreational court was unveiled Thursday, April 13 on the campus of the Wemyss Bight Primary School in Wemyss Bight, Eleuthera.

The approximately $200,000 project includes a regulation basketball court for junior high to adult players (92’ x 50’), two additional youth-sized multipurpose courts and a ninefoot rock climbing wall.

The project was financed

by William “Doug” Douglass, who in 1994 cofounded investment firm K2 Advisors, now part of Franklin Templeton Advisors.

Douglass has been coming to Eleuthera since 1962 and is the grandson of Pan Am Air Founder and South Eleuthera resident Juan Trippe, who died in 1981.

“For me, sports and this community and all the Bahamas is one building block that can allow the children and young adults of this community to do something that’s positive where they can have a chance for teamwork, a chance to stay

out of trouble and have a chance to push themselves.

I think Chris Brown, as a local product, is an example of what can be achieved if people are willing to push and are not afraid to fail,” Douglass said. “I consider this my home and it’s because of the leadership of my family. It was their leadership that has inspired me to continue to be here and continues to see what I might do and inspire all of you to do more for your community here in South Eleuthera. I came here as a child into the school with my grandmother when she was reading to the children and I grew up with so many of the kids that attended this school and I know the parents of the kids that attend the school today, it’s basically in my backyard, within two miles from my house.”

Following a brief ceremony, students played the first exhibition on the courts and the venue has already been tapped to host several events benefitting the surrounding communities in the near future.

“This is just a small thing, but I want it to be used by the entire community of all of Eleuthera and I want this to be an inspiration to others to do such projects in other settlements throughout this island, but also an example to do it in other out islands,” Douglass said. “I

THE TRIPPE FAMILY on the campus of the Wemyss Bight Primary School in Wemyss Bight, Eleuthera. have a challenge for whoever becomes the next administration and that challenge is that I would like to see a partnership between, education, sport and private donations around the country to develop other facilities - whether its sailing, basketball, squash, baseball, track and field - all of those things need to be done but can be accelerated. This is just the beginning and there should be more.”

Wemyss Bight is also the home of one of the country’s most decorated Olympians and sporting icons of

THE RIBBON CUTTING for the state-of-the-art recreational court.

all time - Chris “Fireman” Brown.

Brown, who has a street named in his honour in the community, was on hand for the unveiling of the recreational court.

“The children of the community should be able to benefit from this. So many parents in the Bahamas are losing their children to gun violence but something like this gift should keep our kids inspired to become future Olympians, future NBA players, professional volleyball players and it’ll encourage them to stay away from the violence that is plaguing the country,” Brown said.

“Hopefully in the years to come, we will be able to see a track and field stadium here. We know that is something we are known for and we breed Olympians. I have been carrying the torch for a while and I’m hoping that before I pass that baton on to someone else, and someday before I pass away, I’m hoping that we will be back here someday to witness a stadium where we can host track and field events here in Eleuthera and make the Commonwealth proud.”

Recently, Brown assisted

with the hosting of the Grenada Invitational and will return home this upcoming weekend to compete in the IAAF World Relays.

The world renowned quarter-miler has won four Olympic and four World Championship medals as a member of 4x400m relay teams.

He told the gathering of Wemyss Bight students that his dream, like theirs, began on that very campus.

“This is the beginning.

This is where you sets your goals and your dreams. No matter who comes before you, no matter who comes before you and says you can’t do it, you can achieve those goals. I started here on this rock, this was the beginning for me, this is where I came from and I am returning home to show you guys that impossible is nothing as long as you put your goals first.

“No matter what negative things come before you, always stay focused, listen to coaches, teachers, parents and those who want the best for you.”

John “Giant” Carey and his Carey Construction Company were responsible for the construction of the

project.

“I stand honoured that Carey’s construction could be a part of this. What I would like to see happen is to have synergy between our schools, churches and our hospitals in Eleuthera,” he said.

“There is nothing like this facility anywhere else in the Bahamas where I have been. When we have gifts and buildings, we have to maintain it. This is not just a basketball court, it is a tennis court, volleyball, and the rock climbing so it can serve a wide variety of purposes to reach more of our community.”

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson applauded the efforts by all invested stakeholders.

“It’s the work that goes on behind the scenes that we have to be thankful for.

People call us a country, but the Bahamas is a sports power. The message on behalf of a grateful nation, this is what happens when you give back. The entire Bahamas benefits when individuals like Chris Brown and the Trippe family continue to give back to these communities.”

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BAHAMAS COLLECTS 15 MEDALS ON DAY 2 OF CARIFTA SWIMMING

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

Swimmers get off to quick start on 1st day

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net TEAM Bahamas’ path to reclaiming the CARIFTA Swimming title, in their role as hosts, got off to a quick start on the first day of competition at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre on Saturday.

Several marquee performances on opening day of the XXXII edition of the meet were highlighted by Davante Carey’s record breaking swim in the Boys 13-14 50m Backstroke.

Carey took gold and a new CARIFTA record in 27.67 secs. The Bahamas topped the medal podium and also claimed the silver medal in the race as Kevon Lockhart finished second.

Virginia Stamp took bronze in the Girls 15-17 race, the third medal for the Bahamas in the event.

Team Bahamas made an immediate impact from the opening moments in the distance events.

Trent Albury won the first medal for team Bahamas with his bronze in the Boys 13-14 1500m Free.

Albury finished in 18:08.75 secs, behind Romeo Boileau of Guadeloupe (16:44.60 secs) and Zachary Moore of the Cayman Islands

(17:25.74 secs). Lily Higgs also took silver in the Girls 800m Free.

The 200m Breast finals produced the Bahamas’ first gold medals of the meet.

Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson swam to a gold medal finish in 2:54.51 secs in the Girls 11-12. In the Girls 15-17, the Higgs sisters topped the podium with Albury taking gold in 2:39.05 secs and Lily silver in 2:39.32 secs. Izaak Bastian also took gold in the Boys 15-17 event in 2:21.14 secs.

In the 100m Fly, the Bahamas collected another three medals. Nigel Forbes won silver in the Boys 11-12, while in the Boys 13-14, Ian Pinder took gold in 58.19 secs and Kevon Lockhart took bronze for his second medal of the night.

Team Bahamas closed out the night with medals in five of the six contested divisions in the 400m Free Relays.

Both the girls and boys 11-12 teams took bronze, the girls and the boys 13-14 won silver, the girls 15-17 took bronze.

Following the parade of athletes representing the 26 participating countries, the opening ceremony set the stage for the next few days of competition.

SWIMMERS in action at the Betty Kelly Kenning Aquatic Centre over the weekend.

Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff Bahamas Swimming Federation President Algernon Cargill began his address to the event by first recognising the successfully exploits of the junior national water polo teams that began the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships to begin the momentum that the swim team hopes to continue this weekend in the pool.

“Last week we closed CARIFTA Water Polo Championships and I want to again especially recognise our gold medal U16 and silver U19 boys teams.

When water polo was first introduced in 2004 we were clobbered by scores of 40-1

by Jamaica and Trinidad

and Tobago, but look at what persistence and dedication can do. We can now claim CARIFTA titles thanks to the support of Chirs Illing, Laszlo Borbley, their coaching staff athletes and parents.” Cargill added, “We are delighted to open these championships for the fourth time in my presidency in the BSF and our federation owes an enormous amount of gratitude to our sponsors and volunteers for making this event the success you can see.”

Eugene Poitier, the Under-Secretary in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture made an appeal to the general public to sup-

port team Bahamas in their bid to regain the title.

“This promises to be a very exciting and fun filled four days of fierce competition,” he said.

“Let there be no doubt that the dominance of our swimmers will be on display at home. We welcome this opportunity since we have not been the host since 2012 when we were runners up. Since then our swimmers have progressed tremendously, physically, mentally and developed a winning attitude after winning this event in 2014, 2015 and we look forward to recapturing the championship that eluded us last year in Martinique.”

Team Bahamas 3rd overall with 31 medals in the 46th CARIFTA Track & Field Games FROM PAGE 1 Smith and D’Ajonae Jayawardana just needed to get the baton around with only three countries entered in the under-20 girls’ relay.

The Bahamas had to settle for their third silver in 3:50.38 as Jamaica ran away with the gold in 3:37.96. British Virgin Islands got the bronze in 3:53.04.

And in the finale, it came down to a dandy as Trinidad & Tobago held on for a close finish for the gold in 3:09.32, snapping Jamaica’s complete reign of all the relays.

Jamaica was second in 3:10.34.

The Bahamas team of Lavardo Hendfield, Bradley Dormeus, Holland Martin and Michael Stuart was a distant behind in 3:18.03 to capture the bronze.

While all that excitement was taking place on the field, Greene was soaring to high heights in the pit in the under-20 boys triple jump. He landed with the Bahamas’ final gold with a distance of 15.87m (52-03/4).

“It was good. I just wanted to come out here and do my best and make everyone home back at home,” said Greene. “This is my third time jumping for the year, so I just wanted to come out here and do my best.”

The 2015 under-18 gold medallist said he really fed off the enthusiastic crowd as they cheered for the relays. The 18-year-old Queen’s College 12th grader improved on his fourth place finish last year in Grenada.

“When I heard the Bahamian junkanoo that ran thrills in my body. That’s when I got the strength to go for the gold. This is my last year in Carifta, so I’m just so happy that I got the gold.”

Saunders, coming off a dismal 14th place finish in the under-18 girls’ shot put, pulled through in the javelin with her personal best winning toss of 45.29m (148-7) in the javelin outside of the stadium during Monday’s morning session.

“It feels awesome with this being my first Carifta. It was awesome. The girl from Trinidad

was my biggest competition, but I kept strong through God. Practice makes perfect,” said Saunders, a Harbour Island native.

“The shot put wasn’t my best event, but I went out there and I made myself proud. I wasn’t disappointed. I would have been if I didn’t get the javelin. I wanted it that bad.”

The 16-year-old St Augustine’s College 11th grader thanked God for blessing her with her talent, her parents for supporting her, her coach Corrington Maycock for pushing her and family and friends in Eleuthera.

Her team-mate Taylor Walters finished fourth with 40.12m (1317).

The under-20 boys’ high jump saw Team Bahamas come out with silver and bronze as Kyle Alcine leapt 2.18m (7-1 ¾) and Jyles Etienne did 2.16m (7-1).

“I had a lot of nerves coming into the meet, but I want to thank my coaches for getting me ready for the competition,” Alcine said.

“The competition was great. The guy from St Kitts did very well, so I just want to say hats off to him for his final Carifta and getting the record.

“But next year, it’s coming home so look for me and Jyles to put on a show. We are roommates here so we felt the tension going into the event. We couldn’t come back without getting a medal. That was the motivation. I just want to thank God.” Etienne said having three competitors going at it over seven-feet was inspiring after they trailed new Carifta champion Jermaine Francis of St Kitts and Nevis, who did 2.22m (7-3 ¼).

“I expect me and Kyle to really battle it out for the gold next year at home,” said Etienne, a student in high school in New York. “We wanted to do it here, but I guess it will be even better to do it before the home crowd.”

Daejha Moss clinched her second medal in the under-20 girls’ long jump with her leap of 5.86m (19-2 ¾) for the bronze. Charisma Taylor, her former Queen’s College team-mate and close friend, was sixth with 5.73m (18-9 ¾).

“It’s a big surprise for me. I wasn’t expecting to medal in the long jump,” said Moss, who specialises in the high jump. “But I did my best and I came through with the bronze.”

Moss, the 17-year-old 12th grader at Queen’s College who has already signed to attend North Dakota State University, said she followed the instructions from her coaches and she enjoyed the camaraderie with Taylor.

It was Moss’ fourth trip to Carifta and the first time she medalled. Now that she has gotten a taste of it, she promised that she will be back next year for her final year at home to improve on her performances here.

On the track, Devine Parker opened the first of two 200m finals for Team Bahamas by posting a silver medal in the under-18 girls’ race in 23.87.

Parker, who redeemed herself after stumbling out of the blocks in the 100m on day one on Saturday and didn’t finish the race, tried to close the gap on Jamaican gold medallist Michae Harriott, who came through in 23.87.

“I felt good, even though I was disappointed in myself. I believed God has something greater for me,” Parker said.

The 15-year-old St Anne’s sensation said after she fumbled out of the blocks, she couldn’t maintain her composure and didn’t finish. “But overall, this was a good Carifta for me,” she said. “This was my last year under-18, but I hope that when I move up to the under-20 division next year, I will achieve all of my goals.”

Megan Moss, the 400m gold medallist on Saturday night as well, had to settle for fourth in 24.04.

Joel Johnson, not waiting to get left off the dais, clinched a bronze in the under-18 boys’ half-lap race in 21.55.

The games turned out to be a super one for Gabrielle Gibson as she picked up medal number two in the under-18 girls’ 100m hurdles in 14.07 for the bronze.

Gibson, the 15-year-old student of Bahamas Academy, also won the bronze in the 400m hurdles on

Sunday in 1:01.29.

“This one feels good because this is my first time at Carifta and my first time doing the 100 metres hurdles too,” she said. “So to medal my first time, I’m very proud.

All of my hard work paid off. But I enjoyed the 100 hurdles more because it’s quicker.”

Also getting back on the medal stance in his third Carifta was Tavonte Mott, the under-20 boys’ 110m silver medallist, in 13.64.

The 19-year-old led through the first nine flights of hurdles, only to clip the last one as Jamaica’s Orlando Bennett caught him to win in 13.60.

“It was good. I came out with a PB, but I hit the last hurdle and that threw me off as the Jamaican got me at the line, so it’s quite disappointing for me right now,” said Mott, who repeated as silver medallist after he left the under-18 division two years ago as the gold medallist.

Grand Bahamian Quanisha Marshall tried to go too quickly coming around the final curve on the last lap. She passed Jamaican Chrissani May temporarily, but it wasn’t enough.

However, she managed to split the two Jamaicans to hold onto the silver. May powered to gold in 2:12.43 and Marshall got the silver in 2:16.20 and Kara Grant, also from Jamaica, won the bronze in 2:17.21.

“It was a very competitive race.

I prayed before I went out there,” Marshall said. “It’s an improvement from last year, so I’m looking forward to getting even better in my future races.

“I saw the Jamaican girl last year so I know she was going to make me run. But I knew the other Jamaican girl was coming for me so I just pushed for it.”

Marshall, a bronze medallist in the under-18 division last year, said her next goal is to claim the gold at home in 2018.

The Bahamas also had two competitors in the under-18 boys’ two-lap race. But Tyrell Simms had to settle for fifth in 1:58.27 and Bryant Lowe faded into seventh in 1:59.39 after he went in the top four through the first 150m.

TEAM Bahamas continues to deliver a series of impressive performances at the XXIII CARIFTA Swimming Championships and collected 15 medals on day two of the meet at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre.

The team figured prominently on the medal podium on an Easter Sunday which featured the 200m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 100 Backstroke, 400m Individual Medley and 400m Medley Relay.

The evening session began with with 200m Free and Lilly Higgs took silver in the Girls 15-17 in 2:08.12 secs. Kevon Lockhart and Lamar Taylor just missed the podium as they finished in fourth (2:04.14 secs) and fifth (2:05.56 secs). Alec Sands was also just shy of the podium, fourth in the Boys 15-17 event in 1:57.95 secs.

Nigel Forbes got the scoring started for team Bahamas in the 50m Fly with a bronze medal in the Boys 11-12. Davante Carey and Ian Pinder claimed two medals in the Boys 13-14. Carey took silver in 26.44 secs and Pinder took bronze in 26.71 secs. Izaak Bastian came up .09 secs short of another medal, with a fourth place finish in the Boys 15-17 in 25.34 secs.

Carey returned shortly thereafter to take gold in the 100m Back in 1:01.76 secs. Lockhart made it a 1-2 finish for team Bahamas and took silver in 1:03.71 secs. Virginia Stamp won her second individual medal of the meet with a silver in the Girls 15-17 event in 1:07.54 secs.

Forbes switched from the short sprints to a longer event and captured another bronze on the night, this time in the 400m Individual Medley in a time of 5:20.46 secs. Tristan Russell also took bronze in the Boys 13-14 event in 4:59.68 secs.

In the Girls 15-17 race, the Higgs sisters dominated.

Lilly took gold in 5:08.24 secs to edge out Albury in 5:08.38 secs.

The 400m Relays produced four medals for Team Bahamas including two golds.

Bastian, Peter Morley, Albury Miller and Alec Sands took gold in the Boys 15-17 in 3:57.90 secs while the Boys 13-14 team of Carey, Miller, Pinder and Lockhart also won their race in 4:09.98 secs.

The Girls 15-17 team of the Higgs sisters, Stamp and Jasmine Gibson, won silver in 4:41.34 secs.

In the Boys 11-12, the team of Forbes, Ishan Roy, Erald Thompson III and Jared Reckley finished third in 4:44.46 secs.

BAHAMAS IN THE LEAD HEADING INTO FINAL SWIM DAY FROM PAGE 1 Team Bahamas. In the Boys’ 13-14, the team of Taylor, Carey, Lockhart and Trent Albury won silver in 8:37.09.

In the Girls’ 15-17 it was the Higgs sisters, Virginia Stamp and Brianna Nesbitt swimming to a bronze medal finish in 9:03.42.

Tonight’s final session will be highlighted by the 400m Free, 50m Free, 100m Breast, 200m Back and 200m Free Relay.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017, PAGE 5

Bringing home the CARIFTA gold

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter In Willemstad, Curacao bstubbs@tribunemedia.net MULTI-TALENTED Denvaughn Whymns struck gold for the Bahamas to spark day one of the 46th Flow Carifta Games that ended with six medals two golds, three silvers and a bronze - for the country on Saturday at the Sentro Deportivo Korsou National Stadium.

Whymns’ opening performance followed an inspirational fourth place finish by Bryant Lowe in the under-18 boys’ 1,500 metres before Team Bahamas picked up the first pair of medals in the same event in the under-18 girls’ 400m with Megan Moss snatching the gold with Doneisha Anderson taking the bronze.

Outside the stadium, where some of the throwing events took place, Laquell Harris secured a silver medal with her toss of 50.42 metres on her fifth try in the under-18 girls’ shot put.

Tiffany Hanna was seventh with her best of 40.74m.

Fiona Richards, of Jamaica, got the gold with 54.19m and Tiara Derosa, of Bermuda, won the bronze with 47.69m.

Back in the stadium, Daehja Moss clinched the Bahamas second silver in the under-20 girls’ high jump and Adrian Curry was the only other competitor to medal in a final on the track in the under-18 boys’ 100m, in which he also took silver.

Charisma Taylor, competing in another field event final during the evening session, was fifth in the under-20 girls triple jump with a personal best of 12.62m (41ft 5in).

The night did not come to a close without its share of disappointment as Devine Parker stumbled out of the blocks and did not finish the under-18 girls’ 100m race.

And after they were recalled 20m into the under-20 boys sprint race, Grand Bahamian birthday boy Javan Martin did not get to celebrate the way he would have wanted as he was charged with the first of two false starts in the night’s finale.

Day one brought Team Bahamas two golds, three silvers and a bronze with high aspirations for a bigger haul on day two on Easter

Sunday.

Whymns, the versatile CC Sweeting student, completed the first of his three individual events in the under-18 boys division by soaring 7.31m (23ft 113/4in) in his specialty in the long jump to take the top spot on the medal dais. He collected his hardware from IAAF president Sir Sebastian Coe. “I just came into the jumps mentally prepared because I just wanted to do my best and bring the first medal for the country,” Whymns said. “I was just hyper and I heard the crowd and that got me excited.”

What got him excited was the rhythmic sound of the Junkanoo music by the Bahamian contingent in the stands next to the long jump pit.

It even pumped up the St Augustine’s College pair of Anderson and Moss more as they contained the two Jamaicans in lane four and five as they ran out of third and sixth respectively in their under-18 girls’ 400m.

Moss, the 15-year-old sensation, led early and maintained it to take the tape in a personal best of 53.68 seconds with Anderson coming back off the final curve to power into third for the bronze, again for a personal best of 54.32 seconds.

“It’s really an honour and it makes me feel proud that I got a gold medal for our country,” said Moss of her prized possession. “It was really good, the competition was stiff, but I just had to get out in the first 200 and bring it home in the final 200.”

For Anderson, the cherished bronze medal made up for her disappointing fourth place finish in the high jump final during the morning session.

“The high jump and the 400 this morning was really close, but I did my best and I got a medal for my country,” Anderson stressed.

“I got out well, maintained on the back stretch and picked it up on the curve and I went for it on the home stretch.”

Anderson, 17, said she was thrilled to have been in the race with Moss as she watched her run a perfect race to get the gold.

Just shy of winning another gold was Adrian Curry in the under-18 boys’ 100m,

GOLDEN: The U-18 girls’ 4x100 metre gold medal team of Megan Moss, Kendesha Ingraham, Devine Parker and Jaida Knowles. clocking 10.64 seconds as he was nipped at the tape

by Adell Colthrust, of Trinidad & Tobago, the winner in 10.63 seconds.

“It was great to get a medal for the Bahamas,” said the 15-year-old Curry, who got his first Carifta individual medal. “I just focused on my race, executed like my coach told me and concentrated on my finish.”

Grand Bahamian Bryant Lowe let another medal slip out of his grasp in the under-18 boys’ 1,500m as he did not have enough energy coming down the stretch to catch Barbados’ Ronaldo Rock. He had to settle for fourth in 4 minutes 12.85 seconds with team mate Ryan Bethell eighth in 4:33.43.

“It was disappointing to get fourth, but I just started the 1,500 this season, so I know I have a lot to work on and a lot of potential for this race,” said the 17-yearold Sunland Baptist Academy standout, whose coach Ali Rolle moved him up from the 400/800 combination to the 800/1/500.

In other events during the morning session, Acacia Astwood had to settle for seventh place in the under-18 girls’ shot put with a heave of 12.54 metres on her fifth attempt. Ianna Roach, of Trinidad & Tobago, won with 14.43m, Danielle Soley, of Jamaica, got the silver with 14.12m and Tamera Manette, of Martinique, was the bronze med-

DENVAUGHN WHYMNS won the gold in the under-18 boys’ long jump. allist with 13.86m.

In the under-18 girls’ high jump, Doneisha Anderson cleared 1.68m (5ft 6in) for fourth place. She cleared the first three heights – 1.55m (5ft 1in), 1.60m (5ft 3in) and 1.65m (5ft 5in) - on her first attempt.

After she broke off to run the qualifying round of the 400m, she knocked down her first attempt at 1.68m and nailed the second. She missed her three attempts at 1.74m (5ft 8½in).

Jamaica got gold and silver from Janique Burgher, at 1.77m, and Lamara Distin, at 1.74, respectively. Sakari Famous, of Bermuda,

got the bronze with 1.68m.

Anderson ended up posting the fastest qualifying time of 55.05 seconds in winning the last of three heats. Megan Moss also advanced by winning heat one in 56.33 for the third fastest time.

On the track, Team Bahamas did not fare as well in the other 400m events.

In the under-18 boys’ one-lap race, Tyrell Simms was second in the second of three heats and Sherrod Corey won the third heat in 49.58. Only Corey advanced with the third fastest time, while Simms was eliminated after he was

12th.

Bradley Dormeus was fifth in the second of three heats in 48.73 in the under-20 boys’ quarter-mile and Lavrado Henfield was third in the last heat in 49.44, but they both missed advancing in the top eight by placing 10th and 11th respectively.

And Gabrielle Shannon was fifth in the first of two heats in 58.84 in the under-20 girls’ race with Quanisha Marshall coming sixth in the second heat in 57.22. They both missed advancing as Marshall was ninth and Shannon 11th overall.

SHAUN SOARS TO TOP OF PODIUM AS U-18 BOYS’ HIGH JUMP CHAMPION

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter In Willemstad, Curacao bstubbs@tribunemedia.net A YEAR ago Shaun Miller was injured and missed the trip to Grenada, so he had to wait for this year to make his debut at the 46th Flow Carifta Games.

It was certainly worth the wait as Miller soared to the top of the podium as the under-18 boys’ high jump champion on Easter Sunday night at the Sentro Deportivo Korsou National Stadium.

In stealing some of the spotlight from the 4 x100 metres relays, in which the Bahamas received one of the four gold medals from Jamaica on the disqualification of their under-18 girls’ team, Miller cleared a personal best of 2.06 metres or 6ft 9in to close out day two as a champion.

At the end of the night, Team Bahamas pushed its total medal count to 17 with four gold, seven silver and six bronze to remain in third place in the standings behind Jamaica with 54 medals, including 23 gold and Trinidad & Tobago with five golds in their 13-medal haul.

Miller, 15, joined his big sister Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller, as a Carifta winner. She was the Austin Sealy winner of the Most Outstanding Award in 2013 in Nassau when she pulled of the under-20 girls’ 200/400m double.

“To be here, I have to give God all the thanks. Without him, I would not have been here,” Miller said. “It’s just

amazing how God can carry someone and I have to give him all the thanks.”

He also gave a lot of praise to his parents, Shaun and Maybeline Miller, as well as his personal coach Ronald Cartwright and Team Bahamas jump coach Nekeno ‘Keno’ Demeritte for the role they played in his success. Benjamin Clarke, a medallist last year in Grenada, was seventh with 1.90m (6ft 2 3/4in).

In another exhilarating final on the field, Douvankiyli Rolle had to settle for the bronze in the open boys’ pole vault with 4.30m (14ft 1 1/4in). He had to watch as hometown boy Glenn Kunst extended the Carifta record to 4.60m (15ft 1in) for the gold. Rolle’s teammate Ramel Poitier was fifth with 3.80 (12ft 5 1/2in).

As expected, the 4 x 100m relays came down to a showdown between the Bahamas, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. But the team of Kendesha Ingraham, Devine Parker, Jaida Knowles and Megan Moss moved to the top spot in 45.05 seconds after Jamaica’s Carifta record was nullified with the disqualification. Trinidad & Tobago got the silver with 46.49 and Guadeloupe secured the bronze in 46.84.

In the under-18 boys’ relay, the team of Adrian Curry, Joel Johnson, Jonathan Smith and Denvaughn Whymns clocked 40.77 seconds for the silver behind Jamaica’s record breaking 39.97. Trinidad & Tobago got the bronze again in 40.84.

With three teams entered in the under-20 girls

CARIFTA high jump gold medallist Shaun Miller with coaches Ronald Cartwright (left) and Keno Demeritte (right). ‘ relay, the Bahamas quartet of Blayre Catalyn, Renee Brown, Rashan Darling and Sasha Wells held onto the silver in 46.45 behind Jamaica’s winning time of 44.83.

The under-20 boys’ team of Tavonte Mott, Javan Martin, Johnathan Smith and Karon Dean broke the trend when they came in with the bronze in 40.59.

Jamaica won in 40.10 and Trinidad & Tobago claimed the silver in 40.24.

Holland Martin, the 18-year-old Tabernacle Baptist Academy student, highlighted the morning session with his silver in the under-20 boys’ long jump after Acacia Astwood claimed bronze in the under-17 girls discus.

After he fell short of advancing to the final of the half-lap race with fifth place in his heat and ninth overall in a time of 22.04 seconds, Martin made sure that he finally got his first individual medal with the long jump with his leap of 7.33 metres

or 24ft, 0 ¾in on his sixth and final attempt.

“I was feeling real bad, so I wasn’t able to jump what I expected,” said Martin who came down with the flu.

“But coach James (Rolle) told me to get mad and get aggressive and just go out there and execute on the last jump.”

Admitting that he wasn’t at his best, Martin said he really wanted the gold but will settle for the silver – his first individual medal.

He said the 200m really inspired him to go for the long jump gold after he just missed the cut for the final.

Branson Rolle was 10th in the long jump with 6.63m (21ft 9in) before he contested the final of the 400m hurdles where he fell short of getting on the podium with fourth in 54.06. Alexander Storr was seventh in 400m hurdles in 56.53.

On her debut, Acacia Astwood had a seventh place finish in the under-18 girls’ shot put on day one, but she too ensured that

she did not go home empty handed by getting the bronze in the discus on Sunday with her heave of 39.40m (129ft 3in). “It was amazing because this is my first Carifta Games and my first year throwing,” said Astwood, a 15-year-old student of St Anne’s School. “I just feel awesome. I am on a high right now. At first I was a little shaky throughout the competition, but I know I put in a lot of work and eventually I knew I would get a good throw in, so I was very pleased.”

The evening session opened with Gabrielle Gibson adding a bronze to the medal tally when she had enough of a gap at the finish to hold off Barbados’ Shonita Brome in the final of the Under-18 girls 400m hurdles. Gibson clocked 1min 01.29sec to Brome’s 1:01.30.

Jamaica got the gold and silver from Sanique Walker in a Carifta record of 58.95 and Taffara Rose in 1:00.95 respectively. “I didn’t do as well as I wanted to do, but I finished the race pretty strong,” said Gibson, a student of Bahamas Academy.

“I saw the girl from Barbados coming so I had to lift my legs and go for it. It wasn’t what I wanted, but I’m happy.”

Chelsea Smith had to settle for fourth in the under-20 girls’ 400m hurdles in 1:07.45. In the under-18 boys’ 400m hurdles, Matthew Thompson was sixth in 54.67.

The Bahamas picked up its first silver and bronze combination in the under-18 boys’ javelin as Sean Rolle got in a toss of 65.51m and Michael Angelo threw

63.84m respectively.

Tyriq Horsford, of Trinidad & Tobago, established a new meet record of 76.50m for the gold.

In one of the most gruelling events in the competition, Kimona Wilson ended up seventh out of a field of eight competitors in the open girls’ heptathlon with a total of 4,084 points in the seven events over two days.

Wilson did the 100m hurdles in 15.57sec for sixth place and 768 points; high jump for fifth with 1.58m (5ft 2 ¼in) for 712 points; the shot putt for sixth with a heave of 7.73m and the 200m for fifth in 26.99 for 713 points on the first day on Saturday.

She closed out the competition on Sunday with seventh in the long jump with a toss of 5.21m for 617 points; the javelin with a heave of 23.86m for sixth place and 361 points and the 800m in 2min 43.67sec for seventh place with 531 points.

“I feel pretty good about my performance,” said Wilson, who was proud of her accomplishment, posting her personal best marks in the high jump, long jump and 100m hurdles.

Wilson, however, admitted that the shot putt and the javelin were the two events that she struggled with. But the 400m hurdles specialist said she was impressed with the competition she experienced but is not sure if she will continue competing in the event.

The day began as usual with the Bahamian delegation holding a spirited worship service as they normally do in attending the games in the past.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017, PAGE 7

ARSENAL SECURES 1ST LEAGUE WIN ON ROAD IN 3 MONTHS

Fighting talk from Ferrari after Vettel wins Bahrain GP SAKHIR (AP) - Sebastian Vettel is back on top of the Formula One standings and his Ferrari team is bursting with ambition again.

A couple of hours after Vettel had held off his Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton to win an exciting Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday the German driver’s second victory in three races - Ferrari’s chairman spoke with new-found confidence.

“It is, of course, hugely satisfying to be back on the top step of the podium,” Sergio Marchionne said.

“More importantly, however, we are now completely confident that our victory in Melbourne wasn’t just a one-off and that we will be at the forefront of this world championship until the last (race).” Fighting talk from Ferrari, at long last.

Vettel is chasing his fifth world title and is seven points ahead of three-time champion Hamilton in the drivers’ standings, while Ferrari is three points in front of Mercedes in the constructors’ race. The renewed optimism is in contrast to last year, when Ferrari did not even win a race and where Vettel drew more attention for his frustrated outbursts during actual races rather than his driving.

Ferrari won the last of its 15 drivers’ titles through Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, and the last of its 16 constructors’ titles a year later.

A demoralising drought for such a fiercely proud team but this year promises to be different.

“We finally have a competitive car to count on and it is important to recognise the speed with which we implemented the developments,” Marchionne said. “My compliments not just to Seb for his achievements in Bahrain, but also to the whole team.”

Vettel’s 44th career win puts him in command, heading into the Russian GP in Sochi in two weeks. “We just have to make sure we keep it going,” Vettel said. “But for now the team has done a really, really great job.”

As Sunday’s race was drawing to a close under floodlights, Hamilton was catching fast but ran out of time and finished almost seven seconds behind. Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas finished third after starting from pole position for the first time.

“I didn’t have enough pace today and we have to find the reasons why,” the Finnish driver said. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was fourth.

Bottas made a clean start but Hamilton was beaten for pace by Vettel, who overtook him heading into the first corner. “Sebastian was in my blind spot so I didn’t know where he was,” Hamilton said.

Hamilton’s hopes were also hit when the British driver was given a

FERRARI driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates on the podium with his trophy on Sunday after winning the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Formula One Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) five-second time penalty early into the race for driving too slowly in the pit lane and holding up Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who finished fifth.

“The pit lane was really my fault so apologies to my team,” Hamilton said. “Losing points for the team is definitely painful.”

It was Vettel’s third win in Bah-

rain after success with Red Bull in 2012 and 2013. He came in for new tyres on lap 11, prompting Red Bull’s Max Verstappen to pit on the next lap. But moments later, the Dutchman’s brakes failed and he drifted across the track and into the wall, his race over. When 18-yearold Lance Stroll was hit from the side on lap 13 by Carlos Sainz Jr, forcing the safety car to come out. both Mercedes drivers pitted for new tyres, but Hamilton held up Ricciardo. When the race began in earnest again on lap 17, Vettel brilliantly defended the corner twice to fend off Bottas. By the halfway point, Vettel’s lead was six seconds over Hamilton, who had just passed Bottas.

With Hamilton gaining fast, Vettel came in for his second tyre change on lap 34. Hamilton was now race leader, but with more than 20 laps to go, a time penalty still to take and with Vettel on new tyres, it was a precarious lead.

Hamilton came in for a tyre change soon after and took his time penalty. This put Bottas second but he then backed off to let the quicker Hamilton through to chase Vettel down. “Thanks to Valtteri for being a gentleman,” said Hamilton, who endured a much more difficult relationship with Nico Rosberg, his former Mercedes teammate.

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MIDDLESBROUGH, England (AP) — Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil secured Arsenal’s first English Premier League win on the road in three months yesterday, with the 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough reviving the London club’s pursuit of Champions League qualification.

Sanchez curled in a free kick right before halftime that was cancelled out at the start of the second half by Alvaro Negredo. Sanchez played a part in Arsenal’s match-winner; his cross was chested down by Aaron Ramsey to Ozil’s feet.

Arsenal, whose last away win came at Swansea January 14, moved into 6th place.

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THE TRIBUNE

Cavaliers take 2-0 series lead

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 37 points, Kevin Love added 27 and the Cleveland Cavaliers avoided another fourthquarter collapse in Game 2, beating the Indiana Pacers 117-111 last night to take a 2-0 lead in the series.

After squeaking out the opener by a point, LeBron James and Co. showed more intensity on defence, more swagger in general and won their 10th straight first-round game over the past three seasons.

However, they nearly blew an 18-point lead in the fourth as the Pacers got within four before Cleveland closed it out at the line.

James added 10 rebounds and seven assists, but had eight of

Cleveland’s 19 turnovers.

Game 3 is Thursday night.

Paul George scored 32 and Jeff Teague 23 for Indiana, which showed more fight, but now has a steep hill to climb to get back in the series. Cleveland is 12-0 when starting 2-0 in the postseason.

The Cavs vowed they would play better after their near-disaster in Game 1 and they backed up their talk, delivering the kind of performance that was routine last season but very rare in 2017.

Love scored 10 straight and drew a charging foul on Lance Stephenson in a span of two minutes as the Cavs opened an 89-70 lead. Irving closed the quarter by draining a 3-pointer over Stephenson and the All-Star made sure Indiana’s antagonizing guard knew about it, yapping in his di-

CLEVELAND Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving, right, drives to the basket against Indiana Pacers’ Myles Turner last night in Game 2 of the first-round playoff series in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) rection long after the horn sounded.

The Cavs still led 109-91 with 6:09 left, but the Pacers ripped off 13 straight points and were within 113-109 when George hit a 3-pointer with 20 seconds left.

It continued a disturbing trend

for the Cavs, who have been giving up late, big leads with regularity.

The other hitch for Cleveland was that starting guard JR Smith didn’t play in the second half because of a left hamstring injury. Iman Shumpert, who sat

the opener, replaced Smith and played 20 solid minutes.

Despite losing the opener, Pacers coach Nate McMillian insisted his team hadn’t lost any confidence. “We believe,” he said.

“We came in believing, we still believe.”

HARDEN CANS 37 AS ROCKETS ROUT THUNDER 118-87

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Although James Harden is Houston’s undisputed star, he can’t top Russell Westbrook entirely on his own.

As is so often the case, Patrick Beverley was there for support Sunday night.

Harden scored 37 points to outshine Westbrook, and the Rockets pulled away in the third quarter and coasted to a 118-87 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of their firstround playoff series.

Harden had nine assists and seven rebounds, and Beverley, who had the unenviable task of guarding Westbrook, had a playoff career-best 21 points along with 10 rebounds.

Beverley’s performance was nothing new to Harden, who has had a front row seat to his work for years.

“That’s the reason we’re in the position we’re in,” Harden said. “He brings it every game. Whether his shot is falling or not, he brings that intensity, that resolve. He was just Pat tonight.”

The best-of-seven Western Conference series continues Wednesday night in Houston.

The third-seeded Rockets were up by 20 when Harden came off the bench with about seven minutes remaining. He went right

NBA PLAYOFF CAPSULES BULLS 106, CELTICS 102 BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 30 points and nine rebounds as the Chicago Bulls outlasted Boston 106-102 in Game 1 on Sunday on an emotional night for grieving Celtics star Isaiah Thomas.

Playing a day after 22-year-old sister Chyna Thomas was killed in a car accident in their home state of Washington, Thomas led the top-seeded Celtics with 33 points.

Celtics fans rallied behind Thomas, showering him with a deafening cheer when he was introduced.

Butler scored 23 points in the second half. Bobby Portis finished with 19 for the Bulls.

Al Horford had 19 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for Boston.

Game 2 in the first-round series is tonight in Boston.

WARRIORS 121, TRAIL BLAZERS 109 OAKLAND, California (AP) — Kevin Durant had 32 points and 10 rebounds in his Golden State playoff debut wjile Stephen Curry scored 29 points as the Warriors withstood a sensational day by Portland duo CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard in Game 1.

to work — making two 3-pointers to power a 10-0 run and push the lead to 110-80 with 4 1/2 minutes left. Harden, who along with Westbrook is a frontrunner for MVP, went to the bench, and both teams cleared their benches soon after that.

Westbrook had 22 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, but made just 6 of 23 shots and had nine turnovers for the sixth-seeded Thunder.

“We’ve got to do a better job starting with myself — got to do a better job of taking care of the basketball and making some shots,” Westbrook said.

Beverley refused to take credit for slowing Westbrook down.

“It was a team effort in just trying to show him a lot of bodies,” he said. “He’s one of the most explosive guards in this league, so we were just trying to make it tough on him.”

The Thunder trailed by 15 entering the fourth quarter, and six straight points by the Rockets extended the lead to 100-78 with about 7 1/2 minutes remaining. Lou Williams scored the first four points in that span, and Beverley found Clint Capela on an alleyoop dunk.

The Rockets scored the first five points of the second half to push their lead to 10 early in the third McCollum scored a playoff career-best 41 points and Lillard had 34 but the Warriors made the crucial big plays on both ends down the stretch with Portland playing without injured centre Jusuf Nurkic.

Draymond Green contributed 19 points, 12 rebounds, nine assists and five blocked shots to help last season’s second-place team take the first step in what it is counting on to be a championship run.

Durant shot 12 for 20, showing no issues with a recent left knee injury that sidelined him 19 games before he returned for the final three regular-season contests with the NBAbest Warriors. Game 2 is Wednesday night at Oracle Arena.

WIZARDS 114, HAWKS 107 WASHINGTON (AP) — John Wall scored a playoff career-high 32 points and Markieff Morris added 21 in his NBA postseason debut to help Washington beat Atlanta in Game 1.

Wall scored 15 points in the third quarter and finished with 14 assists. Bradley Beal had 22 points, and the Wizards got enough from their top players to offset 25 points from Atlanta’s Dennis Schroder and 19 from Paul Millsap. Dwight Howard had 14 rebounds but just seven points.

Game 2 is Wednesday night in Washington.

ROCKETS’ James Harden yells after a Thunder turnover during Game 1 of their first-round playoff series on Sunday in Houston. (AP Photo/David J Phillip) quarter. After a timeout, Oklahoma City scored the next eight points with 3s from Westbrook and Andre

Roberson to cut it to 64-62 with about 8 1/2 minutes left in the quarter.

Houston scored the next

CELTICS’ ISAIAH THOMAS, centre, and teammates bow their heads during a moment of silence for Thomas’ sister Chyna before Sunday night’s game against the Bulls in Boston. (AP) CAVALIERS 109, PACERS 108 CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 32 points and the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers, looking to flip the switch after a shaky regular season, began the NBA playoffs by escaping with a 109-108 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Saturday in Game 1.

Playing in his 200th playoff game, James added 13 assists and six rebounds while winning his 18th consecutive first-round game.

However, it was anything but easy as the Cavs had to withstand a strong comeback by the Pacers, who could have stolen the opener but C.J. Miles missed a 14-foot jumper in the final second.

Kyrie Irving added 23 points and Kevin Love had

17 for Cleveland, which has won 12 straight playoff games at home.

Paul George scored 29 points and Lance Stephenson had 16 for the seventhseeded Pacers. Game 2 was last night.

George had the ball in his hands on the final possession, but the Cavs doubleteamed him, forcing him to pass to Miles, who has always shot well against his former team. His shot was on line, but short and the Cavs survived a disastrous final few minutes.

JAZZ 97, CLIPPERS 95 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Johnson drove the lane and lifted in a shot at the buzzer, and Utah overcame the loss of Rudy Gobert 17 seconds into the game to beat Los Angeles in their

nine points, capped by consecutive 3-pointers by Beverley to make it 73-64 midway through the period. playoff opener.

Johnson had 21 points, including when he was left isolated against Jamal Crawford on the final play.

He powered his way inside and lofted a shot over Crawford and DeAndre Jordan that bounced around the rim before falling in. A video review confirmed it was good.

Gobert sprained his left knee on the game’s first play when he banged knees with Clippers forward Luc Mbah a Moute, leaving the Jazz without their 7-foot-1 centre who averaged 14.0 points and 12.8 rebounds during the regular season.

Utah steadied itself behind two veterans brought in to balance the inexperienced Jazz. Johnson came up big off the bench and George Hill added 16 points.

Blake Griffin scored 26 points and Chris Paul added 25 points and 11 assists for the Clippers.

BUCKS 97, RAPTORS 83 TORONTO (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points, rookie Malcolm Brogdon had 16 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors 97-83 in Game 1 of the firstround series.

Playing in his second career playoff series, Antetekounmpo made 13 of 18 shots, and added eight rebounds and three assists.

Greg Monroe added 14

Beverley went to the bench soon after that to a huge ovation and a high five from Houston Texans star J.J. Watt, who watched the game from a courtside seat.

Thunder coach Billy Donovan raved about Beverley. “He played a very, very good game,” Donavan said.

“I thought he impacted the game way, way more with his energy, his effort, his hustle, his loose balls, his offensive rebounding, keeping balls alive. That’s where he really did a great job.”

Westbrook ended a scoring drought of almost 3 1/2 minutes for the Thunder with a layup, but Houston used an 8-2 spurt — highlighted by a 3 from Eric Gordon — to push the lead to 81-68 with just more than three minutes remaining in the third.

Harden made a pair of free throws to cap the third quarter and leave Houston up 89-74 entering the fourth.

For Houston coach Mike D’Antoni, it’s the first postseason win since April 27, 2008, with Phoenix. D’Antoni’s teams were swept in the first round in his last two trips to the playoffs in 2011 with the Knicks and 2013 with the Lakers.

Houston’s victory comes after the team went 3-1 in the regular season against the Thunder.

The Rockets led 59-54 at halftime. points.

DeMar DeRozan led Toronto with 27 points, and Serge Ibaka had 19 points and 14 rebounds. The Raptors have lost the opening game in eight consecutive playoff series.

Toronto’s Kyle Lowry made only two of 11 fieldgoal attempts, missing all six 3-point efforts, and finished with four points. Jonas Valanciunas had nine points and nine rebounds.

Game 2 is tonight in Toronto.

SPURS 111, GRIZZLIES 82 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard matched his postseason high with 32 points and San Antonio routed Memphis in Game 1.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points, and Tony Parker added 18 to help San Antonio win its ninth straight over Memphis in the postseason.

Marc Gasol had 32 points, but only seven in the second half as the Grizzlies fell behind by as many as 36 points.

Mike Conley was the only other Grizzlies player in double figures, finishing with 13.

Memphis was without defensive lynchpin Tony Allen. He’s out indefinitely with a calf injury, and Leonard took advantage for his fourth career playoff game of 30-plus points.

Game 2 was last night in San Antonio.