GSSSA VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS ON

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

WHILE Tyrone Oliver Jr was being considered for representation in his first major international event by the Boxing Federation of the Bahamas next week, his younger brother Shakuar Oliver was preparing for his marriage on his older brother’s birthday in May.

Today, their family is grieving their loss on Saturday morning after they were killed together in the parking lot of Solomon’s Super Center. Tyrone Jr would have celebrated his 28th birthday on May 11 and Shakuar was 23.

Members of the Boxing Federation of the Bahamas and some of the coaches who worked with Oliver since his introduction into the sport have expressed their sympathy to the Oliver family, including their parents Eunice and Tyrone Oliver Sr, their three sisters and one brother.

Sonovia Oliver, one of the sisters, said it’s a double blow to their family and the community of White’s Addition off Kemp Road where they reside.

“Tyrone was always the life of the party. Once he comes with the jokes, the party will start,” she said.

“He was always dancing, always cheerful. He always had an encouraging word to tell anybody. Even at the end of the conversation, he would tell you ‘blessing,’ or ‘forward blessing.’ He was always disciplined from boxing and his daddy, who was a no-nonsense person.”

As for Shakuar, who came out and supported Tyrone when he was in

By TENAJH SWEETING tsweeting@tribunemedia.net

THE Government Secondary Schools Sports Association (GSSSA) volleyball championships commenced this past weekend at the Anatol Rodgers Gymnasium.

The championship round featured volleyball play from both the junior and senior teams. Both divisions showed up for game one as three of the four games played went to three sets.

For the juniors, the HO Nash Lions’ girls and DW Davis Royals boys sit comfortably after defeating their competitors in game one of the championship rounds. The Lions snatched game one away from the SC McPherson Sharks.