08172018 SPORTS

SPORTS SECTION E

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2018

THE FINISH LINE

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ROY Colebrook

ROY COLEBROOK SEEKS ANOTHER TERM AS CYCLING PRESIDENT

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

WHEN the Bahamas Cycling Federation heads to the polls on Saturday to hold their election of officers, incumbent president Roy Colebrook will be seeking another term in office.

Colebrook, who assumed the top post after the death of former president Bertram ‘Cowboy’ Musgrove, said he’s confident that he will be re-elected for another three-year term because it’s a job that is tailormade for him.

“Not many people are cut out to do this type of job,” he said. “You have to be able to put in the work because there is a lot that go into running the federation and I don’t know if there are that many people who are willing to do that.”

The elections will take on Saturday at 4pm at the Bahamas Olympic Committee’s office on Soldier Road.

Colebrook, who also currently serves as a vice president of the BOC and was the chief de mission for the both the recent Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, SEE PAGE THREE

VAN Hutchinson Jr

HEALTHY VAN HUTCHINSON JR EAGER FOR KNIGHTS RETURN

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net AFTER playing much of last season recovering from an injured ankle, Van Hutchinson Jr is healthy and eager to return his Niagara Knights to the top of the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association.

Despite the injury setback, the 6’5” guard averaged 16.9 points, 10.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game and led the Knights in several statistical categories.

“If I was able to put those numbers up injured, I’m excited for what I can do now because this is by far the best I’ve felt since I stepped foot in Canada so the expectations are very high this year,” he said, “From what I’ve seen at workouts and tryouts we have a group of guys coming in hungry and as a team we look forward to making some noise.”

Last season, they concluded the OCAA SEE PAGE THREE

THE Bahamas men’s national volleyball team with their silver medals.

TEAM BAHAMAS WON SILVER

‘AGAINST ALL ODDS’

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

AS the 17th edition of the Men’s CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Championships closed out on Tuesday night in Parimaribo, Suriname, the men’s national team had to settle for the silver.

The team arrived home late Wednesday night and head coach Lloyd Davis said they accomplished their mission, which was to medal, although it wasn’t the colour they anticipated.

“The team performed awesomely,” said Davis, who was assisted by Kurkwood Greene Sr. “We only had ten players, but we went down there with a mission. We didn’t accomplish what we wanted, but we came out with the silver against all odds.”

In a re-match of their marathon round robin showdown, the Bahamas fell victim to hosts Suriname, who claimed the title before a packed Ismay Wilgen Sporthal with a 25-20, 13-25, 25-22, 25-23 decision.

“We only had 13 people down there pulling for each

We played Trinidad & Tobago that morning to get into the final and beat them in five sets.

“Suriname were in the hotel resting and they came

THE Bahamas in action against Suriname. other. That was one referee, two coaches and ten players,” Davis said. “Nobody else, but we were able to overcome all of the adversities, all of the fatigue and come home with the silver medal.”

Renaldo Knowles, Byron Ferguson and captain Princtanique Wilson had 15, 14 and 13 points respectively.

Other members making up the Bahamas team were Kyle Wilson, Je’Vaughn Saunders, Jamaal Ferguson, Donavan Wilmott, Eugene Stuart, Tonny Simon and Shonari Hepburn.

Lanza Miller also attended the tournament where he served as a game official.

Davis commended Tim Munnings, the Director of Sports at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, who provided a grant for the Bahamas Volleyball Federation to get a draft from the bank to cover their expenses to travel.

“I told him that we would have medalled and I told you (Tribune) that we could have won the title,” Davis said.

“We just fell short. Our biggest thing was fatigue.

“The team performed awesomely. We only had ten players, but we went down there with a mission. We didn’t accomplish what we wanted, but we came out with the silver against all odds.”

Head coach Lloyd Davis right back and played us in the final at 8pm that night with a crowded gym.

Fatigue set in. This was the first tournament that we went to and had to play two games every day, but we were still able to overcome that.”

Davis said it was a pretty good learning experience for the team because the players realise that practice is very important from start

to finish.

“From the time we started practicing to when we cut the squad to travel, we need a full squad,” he stated.

The Bahamas won three of their five matches in the tournament, but lost both times to Suriname, including their classic five-set marathon that lasted almost three hours. The final score was 42-40, 23-25, 21-25, 25-22, 15-11.

Trinidad & Tobago, who were dethroned by the Bahamas in their semifinal match, had to settle for the bronze medal as they knocked off ten-time champions Barbados 26-24, 25-22, 28-30, 25-22.

During the awards presentation, the Bahamas got its lone individual award from Renaldo Knowles, who was named the best receiver.

Suriname collected five of the 12 awards as Keven Sporkdslede captured three, including best outside hitter, top scorer and the most valuable player.

Despite losing all of their matches, Haiti took home three individual awards, the same as Trinidad & Tobago.

Barbados was the only team not to collect any individual awards.

SAUNDERS FAMILY HOLD COURT OVER VOLLEYBALL SKILLS

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

THERE’S a lot of debate over who is the most talented family when it comes to the sport of volleyball in the country. There’s an even bigger argument in Gleniston Park Avenue where the Saunders family resides.

Pioneer in the sport Jason Saunders, his wife Kimley and children Je’Vaughn and Je’Nae Saunders say they have their own dispute constantly over who is the best in their household.

While Jason and Kimley are now retired, they are watching their children Je’Vaughn and Je’Nae continue the family tradition, having just returned from representing the country at the CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Championships in Parimaribo, Suriname.

Je’Vaughn Saunders was the member of the men’s team that just got back this week after picking up the silver, losing to Suriname for the second time in the tournament during the final on Tuesday night.

Last month, Je’Nae Saunders

JASON, Je’Vaughn, Je’Nae and Kim Saunders pose above from left to right. played on the women’s team that only managed to win one game to finish fourth in their version of the tournament.

Having started playing since 1974 with a number of teams including

Beck’s Tigers, Condors, Sky Unlimited Falcons, Kalik Intruders, Police Crime Stoppers, Commonwealth Furniture and the Defence Force Intruders, Jason said it’s been an awesome experience watching

his family play at the highest level in the sport on the national team.

“There were persons who thought I didn’t want my children to participate in volleyball,” Saunders pointed out. “They were swimmers first and they did a wonderful job there. They were some of the best swimmers in the region.

“So while there were some persons who felt that I didn’t want them to play volleyball, little did they know that at home, a volleyball was always in their hand, so they were introduced to it at a very young age, particularly Je’Vaughn.

“What we did was to make sure that they got to work on their skills while they were inside,” he said.

“But since 1974 when I got started, I’ve watched just about every game they played here. I don’t think I’ve missed any.”

Jason Saunders said he got into coaching women’s volleyball with the Central Gas Cougars, then the Panthers before they became the Defenders.

Both children got started in sports as outstanding members of the Bahamas Swimming Federation’s national team. But neither Je’Vaughn or Je’Nae could pass up SEE PAGE THREE

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16 MEDALS

FOR EASTWOOD JUDO CLUB EIGHT competitors from Eastwood Judo Club recently took part in the US Judo Open Championships and the ATJA & AJJF Championships – winning 16 medals in the process.

Thanks to sponsors like Caribbean Bottling, Vitamalt, and more, Lyle Sherman, Noah Sweeting, Sarah Thompson, Xavion Johnson, Keith Saunders, Dylan Simon, Keilesha Saunders and Tyrique Moss all competed.

In the US Open Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, The Bahamas came back with five medals, placing Eastwood Judo club in the top 20 highest performing clubs in 2018.

1 GOLD – Xavion Johnson.

2 SILVER – Keilesha Saunders and Tyrique Moss.

2 BRONZE – Noah Sweeting and Sara Thompson.

Twelve-year-old athlete Xavion Johnson’s fight for the gold came after he and his opponent from the USA dominated their division of 14 athletes from all around the world.

The final match ended up going into Golden Score (overtime) and took a gruelling 10 minutes to end.

Xavion ultimately won the match with an ippon – the slam dunk of Judo.

More than 200 witnessed Johnson being crowned the 2018 Under 13 – 78 kg Champion.

Only four days later, with no time to practice in between, seven of the same athletes migrated up to Atlanta, Georgia to compete in the ATJA & AJJF Championships.

With most of those fighters competing in more than one division, The Bahamas walked away with a whopping 11 medals and one athlete award.

LYLE SHERMAN – 3 golds and Most Outstanding Athlete in the Senior Division TYRIQUE MOSS – 1 gold KEILESHA SAUNDERS – 1 gold NOAH SWEETING – 1 gold and 1 silver XAVION JOHNSON – 1 gold and 1 bronze KEITH SAUNDERS – 1 silver SARA THOMPSON – 1 bronze

During this tournament and true to form, sixteenyear-old Lyle Sherman showed what an amazing athlete he is.

Fighting and winning three divisions is an amazing accomplishment for any Judoka, especially when facing opponents higher in age and weight.

Winning most of his matches by ippon, he had the whole stadium watching in awe.

After Eastwood’s success in these tournaments, attention now turns to the Jr Worlds which will be hosted in Nassau in October.

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Championship with an 89-83 win over the Lambton Lions in the tournament’s consolation final and did not qualify for the CCAA Championships.

In 2016, the Knights finished fourth in the OCAA tournament and did not advance to the National Championship.

They finished the three-day event in fourth place after losing in the bronze-medal game and were forced to play without Hutchinson for the duration of the tournament after losing him to an ankle injury.

That season, he led the team in scoring at 14.6 points, 10 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.

The team finished in second place in the OCAA West and were also ranked No. 4 in the CCAA national rankings for the majority of the second half of the season.

“Every year has been a growing process,” Hutchinson said. “Last year was different because I had that injury at the end of year one and I dealt with that all year.

I’m healthy now so I’m really looking forward to big things from myself and from my team. The programme itself, every year I’ve had a different head coach, different system, so it was a constant learning process. We also had a new Athletic Director so the whole department had changes.”

In July, Phil Mosley was announced as the new head coach of the Niagara Knights men’s basketball programme.

Mosley is the 12th head coach is Knights men’s basketball history. Most recently he spent 2017-18 as the first chair assistant under interim head coach Mike Hurley.

Mosley’s post-secondary experience includes a twoyear stint as head coach of the Niagara College women’s basketball team from 2004 to 2006 and most recently as lead assistant coach of the men’s programme in 201718. Mosley competed for the Knights from 1981 to 1983, and is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University.

“The Knights men’s programme has a strong tradition of excellence and it will be my goal to continue this tradition and build a culture of success both in the classroom and on the court,” Mosley said. “I believe in this programme.

And with hard work and the constant pursuit of excellence, this programme will continue to grow and develop to reach its maximum potential.”

Mosley inherits a Niagara Knights men’s basketball programme that in recent years has climbed into the toptier of the OCAA elite. The Knights are a combined 38-16 over the last three seasons.

Hutchinson is a part of a strong Bahamian connection at Niagara that last season also included Jordan Wilson, Kevin Cooper, and Jarrad Richardson. This year the team will welcome incoming freshman and fellow Noble Preparatory Alumni, Stephone Augustine.

“We head to Canada as a brotherhood and that’s the way we keep it,” Hutchinson said.

“We basically treat it like fraternity brothers. We’re family, so with us together, we’re even more excited for the season as a unit. I’m ready, everyone’s ready and we’re just excited to get it going right now”

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ORGANISING FUNDING FOR OUR ATHLETES DO you think it’s time for our sporting bodies to come together and form one organisation that will be solely responsible for finding the necessary funds to assist our national teams when they travel?

Or do you think these individual sporting bodies, especially in the core sports, should look at finding full time paid administrators, whose responsibility is to secure their own funding?

I think one or the other should be considered because the way we are doing business right now is not indicative of the successes our athletes are achieving.

And they could be achieving even more if the necessary funding was in place for them when they travel.

There’s just too many complaints about who is and should be responsible, when, at the end of the day, it seems as if whoever is mandated to do it is not doing it, or they are not doing a proper job of it.

Case in point.

Athletes from track and field have complained about the unfair treatment they received from the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations and the Bahamas Olympic Committee at the recent Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, as opposed to the team that the BAAA sent to the North American and Central American and Caribbean Games in Toronto, Canada.

And just after the women’s volleyball team returned from the CAZOVA (Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association) Championships in Parimaribo, Suriname, the Bahamas Volleyball Federation found themselves in a financial crisis where there wasn’t sufficient money in the kitty to send the men’s team.

At the 11th hour, the team was able to travel, avoiding a disaster that could have resulted in sanctions for the Bahamas. There could have been some fines to pay, which may have cost almost as much as the trip.

Journey As a result of making the journey, Team Bahamas earned the silver medal, losing to hosts Suriname for the second time in the tournament. The first defeat came in a round robin game that lasted about two and a half hours.

Along the way, however, the Bahamas dethroned defending champions Trinidad & Tobago. And, at the end of the tournament, Renaldo Knowles captured Team Bahamas’ only individual award when he was named the best receiver.

The team, coached by Lloyd Davis and Kurkwood Greene Sr, should be commended for a job well done, despite coming up short in the final against Suriname.

Despite the circumstances surrounding their travel, they

RENALDO KNOWLES, left, was the only Bahamian to receive an individual award in Suriname – as the best receiver. stayed focused on their goal to try and win the gold.

Maybe, if they had gone better prepared and on time, the outcome might have been different.

As for the controversy surrounding the BAAA and the BOA, both organisations claim that there is no animosity between them, but rather there’s someone out to cause some mischief.

From all indications, the BOC was responsible for the trip to Colombia, but it was revealed that the BAAA was aware that they had to bear some of the cost in providing per diem for some of their athletes.

From what I discovered, all of the organisations, including the BAAA, agreed to the arrangement, but it only became a problem when the BAAA had to obtain a $40,000 loan for the trip to Toronto for the NACAC team.

Both BOC president Rommel Knowles and BAAA president Rosamunde Carey have indicated

that there is no rift between them or their organisations, but rather some mischievous persons within the BAAA trying to cause some confusion.

That’s why I believe that to avoid any controversy when it comes to teams travelling overseas, it’s time for our associations, especially disciplines such as track and field, basketball, softball, volleyball and swimming, to either engage with a full time administrator or form some alliance to secure the necessary funding.

We’re at the stage in our development where there shouldn’t be any concerns for our athletes, coaches and management as to whether or not they will travel and if they will receive any stipend when they do.

Not only that, these trips, unless there is a qualification from one event to the next, are placed on notice at least a year in advance so there is ample time to put the necessary funding in place to get the teams to and from the

SAEQUAN DIVES INTO TRAINING

FROM PAGE ONE the opportunity to follow in their parents’ footsteps.

“I was playing organised volleyball for 13 years, but I’ve been around volleyball all my life watching my mother and my father play,” Je’Vaughn said. “I was in the gym since I was a toddler, so I’ve always been around the sport.

“I think I really got interested in playing the sport when I got to SAC and I tried out for the junior team and from there, that was it.”

Having watched his father play a little more than his mother, Je’Vaughn said his father inspired him and taught him a lot about how the game should be played.

“He really inspired my decision to play the game,” said Je’Vaughn, 28.

“He also coached me on our club team, the Defenders (in the New Providence Volleyball Association).”

Today, Je’Vaughn is following in the footsteps of his father as a coach.

After graduating from SAC in 2007, he went on to Lindenwood University where he finished in 2013. He has spent the past three years back at SAC as a coach of the junior boys’ teams.

“I think it just goes to show that if you put in the work, you can achieve anything,” he said. “There were a lot of successes and failures. I didn’t automatically make the senior team.

I was cut many times, but didn’t give up. I guess the proof is in the

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

SAEQUAN MILLER hit the pool for the first time as a collegiate water polo athlete this week.

In a history-making move for Bahamian water polo, Miller, a graduate of CR Walker, signed his letter of intent earlier this summer to join the Salem University Tigers for the Fall 2019 season.

He began training sessions in preparation for the team’s debut August 31.

“Training was intense straight through,” he said, “No balls no goals. Swimming and legs. Lots of it” Miller was a member of the 2013 CARIFTA bronze medalists, 2015-17 CARIFTA silver medalists and, in his role as team captain, was named the team captain and MVP of the 2018 CARIFTA gold medalists.

“The exposure of water polo has done what we wanted, and that is to ultimately create more opportunities for these players,” National team head coach Laszlo Borbely said during the course of the water

games.

If we’re going to continue to enjoy the level of success that we are achieving, we have to ensure that we do whatever is necessary to get our athletes as comfortable as possible so that they can compete to the best of their abilities.

Condolences I wish to offer my condolences on behalf of The Tribune Sports department to the family of the late Greg Christie and the softball fraternity.

Christie, 70, passed away on Monday at the Princess Margaret Hospital as a result of heart complications.

Throughout the years, I got to know him when he served as a Bahamas Softball Federation executive from Grand Bahama before he emerged as the president. During that time, he’s always been the same consistent, easy going, soft spoken gentleman who wanted the best for the sport.

ROY COLEBROOK SEEKS ANOTHER TERM AS CYCLING PRESIDENT FROM PAGE ONE

polo season, “Saequan Miller is probably the greatest example of that to this point.

“Saequan came up through the programme, has excelled at every level and now he has an opportunity to play at the collegiate level.

“He is really an inspiration to his peers, to the younger players around the club because they see where the game has taken him.

“Perhaps, more importantly, the parents see the educational

opportunities water polo can create.

“These are the stories we need to tell about the sport because the success goes well beyond the pool.”

Miller will be tested both in the pool and in the classroom this academic year.

In 2017, for a third consecutive year, the Salem University men’s water polo team finished with the top grade point average (GPA) in the nation for its sport, posting a 3.78.

SAUNDERS FAMILY HOLD COURT pudding. The hard work paid off.”

After playing right side when he first made the national team seven years ago, Je’Vaughn was converted to a setter three years ago so that he could “maximise” his talent as a volleyball player.

“I think we did an excellent job,” said Je’Vaughn, about the Bahamas’ latest showing in Colombia.

“After a heartbreaking experience last year when we played last, to come back this year and to get a silver medal is a major achievement.

“Obviously, we would have liked to have won the gold, but we are very happy that we overcame a lot of obstacles to win the silver after last year’s season.”

Je’Nae Saunders, considered the quiet one at age 23, is employed at Deloitte & Touche, but was seconded to the Ministry of Transport.

But she feels she has made her impact in the sport from when she started playing in grade nine at DSAC. “I tried out for my first team and I liked it,” Je’Nae stated. “From there, it was history. We always argued over who was the best and I think that competitive spirit around the house made me love the sport even more.

“Having the opportunity to represent the country and to go off to school also helped me to appreciate

playing the sport even more.”

As a 2012 graduate of SAC, Je’Nae went on to excel at Benedict College up until she completed her tenure in 2016. She’s been on the national team ever since.

“I guess after I got to like the sport, I saw myself playing at a high level,” she stated.

“It was a pretty good decision because after I got injured in grade ten when I was swimming, I decided to switch full time to volleyball and it has helped me to get through college and travel with the national team.”

Chemistry This year’s national team was a relatively young one and Je’Nae said one of the things that worked against them was the fact that they didn’t get “the chemistry with the players and the chemistry with the coach together” in time.

“I think there are a lot of things that we need to change as a federation to get to where we need to go, but that will come in time,” she pointed out.

As for the argument at home, Jason Saunders said that’s not really the case. Instead, it’s just a matter of each person stating their case on how they feel as they critique each other.

“Out of all of us, I’m the most athletic,” he insisted. “There’s no argument about that. The argument comes with who’s the better setter. There’s things that I was able to do as a setter that Je’Vaughn nor Je’Nae will ever be able to do.

“Obviously, there are things that Je’Vaughn does as a setter that I will never do and Je’Nae is a player who has some ways as a setter – I’ve never seen women put themselves in a position to set balls that I’ve seen her do.”

What Jason Saunders, 56, feels separates him from his children is the fact that he was also known as a fierce defender, something that Je’Nae does a little more than Je’Vaughn.

Je’Nae Saunders said the argument normally starts with positions and as a “hitter,” their mother was out of the equation, but there is no dispute with their father, who feels as if he’s best all round.

Kimley, a 55-year-old banker at British Fidelity, is separated because she performed primarily as a spiker, so there is not as much debate as there is between the other three, who are all setters.

“The discipline is the key and that is something that I try to instill in them,” stated Kimley, who played for Beck’s Ravens and the Defenders for 15 years with five years on the national team. “Volleyball is a disciplined sport in that you only get out of it what you put into it.

“So the same level that I played in

said, if re-elected, his goal will be to get the Bahamas cycling at the Olympic Games.

While there are no persons nominated as yet, secretary general Barron ‘Turbo’ Musgrove said nominations will be accepted from the floor. Already, confirmation is in for persons representing Exuma, Andros, North Eleuthera, Grand Bahama, MICA, Long Island and New Providence, according to Musgrove.

And while Musgrove has not confirmed whether or not he will be seeking another term as the secretary general, nominations have been received from Tisha Knowles from MICA, who will challenge Shirley Mireault from New Providence for the assistant secretary post.

Musgrove said nominations have already been accepted for vice president from Grand Bahama and Exuma. He anticipates that there will be other nominations from the floor.

At the same time, Musgrove serves as president of the New Providence Cycling Association and their elections are slated for November.

He also indicated that he may not be seeking another term as he wants to get other persons to step forward.

“I will make my determination before the elections in November,” Musgrove said. volleyball, Je’Nae is now playing as she represents the Bahamas. But I think she’s a much better player than I was as a setter and her defence is better too. So I’m really proud of what she and Je’Vaughn have produced.”

So the argument will continue to brew in the Saunders family.

“We talk about volleyball a lot as a family,” Je’Vaughn stated. “After every practice, we have a discussion, after every volleyball game, we have a discussion. Sometimes we have random discussions, but volleyball is definitely a major part of our lives, a part of our daily routine.”

The Saunders family at times makes some comparisons to the Rolle family where the husbandwife combo of Carl and Yvonne have both played at the national level and three of their children, Carl Jr, Krystel (Brown) and Sherise (Bain), all competed as well.

Then there’s the Wilsons, including father Raymond, son Prince and daughter Tia, who played on the national team, as well as the motherson duo of Margaret Albury and Byron Ferguson Jr, the first Bahamian professional volleyball player, and the Grand Bahamian father-son pair of Oriel and Renaldo Knowles.

They were others, including federation president Bishop Joseph Smith and past president Leslie ‘Russia’ Cartwright’s families.

But the Saunders family stands out as one that has seen every member excel at the international level.

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BELTRE STILL OUT OF TEXAS LINEUP BECAUSE OF LEFT HAMSTRING ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is still out of the lineup because of his troublesome left hamstring, but still on the active roster and hoping to avoid a third trip to the disabled list this season.

“That’s the question right now. We want to wait a couple days,” the 39-yearold Beltre said Thursday.

Beltre aggravated the hamstring Monday night when scoring from second base on a bloop single to left-centre field. The active career hits leader didn’t play Tuesday night before the Rangers had a day off.

“Medically, it’s a grade 2 (strain). But physically, I don’t feel that bad,” Beltre said before the opener of a four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels.

“It’s not something that’s going to take you six weeks to get back. Hopefully, in the next couple days, it’ll show some improvement. If it’s going to 10 days (on the DL), just 10 days.”

The Rangers activated right fielder Nomar Mazara from the 10-day disabled list. He hadn’t played since the All-Star break because of a sprained right thumb.

Mazara was back in the lineup, batting fourth.

Outfielder Willie Calhoun was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock. Calhoun hit .275 with nine RBIs in 22 games with the Rangers after being called up July 20 when Mazara was formally put on the DL. Beltre missed 12 games while on the disabled list from April 25-May 8, and was back only five games before returning to the DL on May 14 and missing 16 more games.

Beltre missed 61 games last season for two DL stints, first for right calf tightness and then the left hamstring late in the season.

“I think it’s definitely the first time that it’s happened three times in one year.

Obviously, we tried to do everything in our power to not let it happen, but it’s baseball,” he said. “Stuff happens. Sometimes you can’t prevent it.”

The four-time All-Star, in his 21st big league season and the last year of his Rangers contract, was asked if he would treat things different being at this stage in his career.

“That brings the question, is this going to keep happening more often? Is it worth it to fight it back?,” Beltre said. “It’s a sign of maybe ... time to get close to, you know, say bye to you guys.

“But again, it’s something that I’ve been dealing with all my career, since I was 20 years old.”

NEW York Mets’ Jose Bautista, centre, high-fives Wilmer Flores after Bautista hit a grand slam during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

BAUTISTA DRIVES IN 7, METS SET RECORD IN 24-4 WIN OVER PHILS

By ROB MAADDI, AP Sports Writer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The New York Mets didn’t care who was on the mound. They kept swinging and scoring.

Jose Bautista hit a grand slam and had a career-high seven RBIs and the Mets set a franchise record for runs, forcing the Phillies to use two position players for the final three innings of a 24-4 victory in the first game of a doubleheader Thursday.

Corey Oswalt (2-2) allowed four solo homers in six innings, Amed Rosario hit a leadoff homer and had three RBIs and the Mets took advantage of four errors to score 11 unearned runs.

Even reliever Jerry Blevins got his first career hit, a line-drive RBI single off infielder Scott Kingery.

“There’s nothing better,” Blevins said. “It’s something you dream about as a kid. When I tell the story, I’ll say I turned around a 95

RUN BARRAGE The Mets’ previous record was 23 runs at the Cubs on Aug. 16, 2017.

DOMINATING PHILLY The Mets are 42-18 over their past 60 games at Citizens Bank Park since 2012.

GOING DEEP Bautista has 13 seasons of double-digit homers since 2005. Only Albert Pujols has more with 14.

TRAINER’S ROOM METS: It’s uncertain how much time Nimmo will miss.

PHILLIES: Lefty Aaron Loup (left forearm strain) and lefty Austin Davis (low back tightness) were placed on the 10-day disabled list. Suarez and righthander Mark Leiter Jr. were recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

UP NEXT RHP Zach Eflin (8-4, 3.57 ERA) goes for the Phillies and LHP Steven Matz (5-9, 4.35) starts for the Mets in the second game. (mph fastball). It’s pretty awesome.”

The Mets have scored more than 15 runs in consecutive games for the first time in franchise history.

They beat Baltimore 16-5

Wednesday night.

Rhys Hoskins, Maikel Franco, Nick Williams and Jorge Alfaro went deep for the Phillies, who entered two games behind Atlanta in the NL East.

Outfielder Roman Quinn gave up a homer to Michael Conforto on his second pitch — a 79 mph fastball. He got five outs, gave up seven runs and threw 42 pitches. Kingery went the final 1 1/3 innings and allowed two runs.

“In that situation, our best relievers aren’t excited about coming in and our position players enjoy it,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler said. “Our strategy is to be in the best position to win the second game.”

Mets right fielder Brandon Nimmo left the game after injuring his left index finger hitting a grounder to third base with two outs and the bases loaded in the third inning. Nimmo fell to the ground as the ball rolled to Franco, who was late tagging third but threw to first to easily get the out. X-rays on Nimmo’s finger were negative and he said he’ll have an MRI on Friday.

Bautista replaced him.

“I just said: ‘Oh, crud,” Nimmo said. “It hit my knuckle.”

Phillies starter Ranger Suarez (1-1) gave up eight runs — four earned — and 11 hits in four innings. Mark Leiter Jr. allowed seven unearned runs and four hits in one inning.

After Alfaro’s shot cut it to 5-4, the Mets had a 10-run fifth. Suarez balked in a run and exited after Bautista followed with an RBI single. Another run scored on Alfaro’s throwing error on Oswalt’s sacrifice and Rosario drove one in on a fielder’s choice grounder.

Hoskins then dropped Austin Jackson’s two-out fly ball for an error and another run scored. After Wilmer Flores’ RBI single, Bautista connected for his 10th homer. Bautista had a chance to hit another slam when he faced Quinn in the eighth but walked on a 3-2 pitch over his head. He added an RBI double off Kingery.

“We didn’t play good defence,” Kapler said. “We put pressure on our pitchers to get additional outs.”

RONALDO’S JUVENTUS DEBUT THE PICK OF EUROPEAN SOCCER WEEKEND

(AP) The Italian and Spanish leagues get underway this weekend, a week after the English and French leagues started. In Germany, there are cup matches.

What to watch in the leading soccer competitions in Europe this weekend:

ITALY Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to make his Juventus debut in the northeastern Italian city of Verona following his Serie A record 112 million euro ($132 million) move from Real Madrid.

An influx of fans is expected to descend on a city with a population of around 257,000.

Anti-terrorism units are being deployed as part of heavy safety measures in place around Verona’s Stadio Bentegodi.

Ronaldo scored in both pre-season friendlies he played and the five-time world player of the year is now ready to start Juve’s pursuit of a record-extending eighth successive Serie A title.

Napoli, who finished second last season, has a new coach. Saturday’s trip to Lazio will be Carlo Ancelotti’s first match back in Italian football after a nine-year absence.

— By Daniella Matar.

ENGLAND Tottenham should have been hosting Fulham in their first game at the rebuilt White Hart Lane.

But the new 62,000-seat stadium is not ready — and might not be until November — so the north London club are picking up on Saturday where they left off last season by playing home games at Wembley.

Tottenham, who finished in the top three for three seasons,

JUVENTUS’ CRISTIANO RONALDO, right, controls the ball during a friendly match between the Juventus A and B teams, in Villar Perosa, northern Italy.

The eyes of the footballing world will be on Verona where Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to make his Serie A debut when Chievo Verona hosts Juventus. (AP)

opened with a victory on an opening weekend lacking any significant surprises.

Last season’s top five all started with wins. Defending champions Manchester City next hostsHuddersfield on Sunday when Manchester United play at Brighton, Liverpool go to Crystal Palace on Monday night and Chelsea are at Arsenal on Saturday. Arsenal, who lost to City last weekend, is vying along with Chelsea to return to the top four Champions League places.

— By Rob Harris.

SPAIN Real Madrid open their bid to dethrone Barcelona as champions in their first league game of the post-Cristiano Ronaldo era

against Getafe at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.

After losing the UEFA Super Cup to Atletico Madrid in Estonia on Wednesday, new Madrid coach Julen Lopetegui will be hoping for a more positive start at home.

Lopetegui was fired from Spain’s national team just days before the World Cup after accepting the Madrid job.

Barcelona begin their title defence against Alaves on Saturday. The Catalan club lost Andres Iniesta and Paulinho in the offseason, but added Arturo Vidal, Arthur and Malcom. Philippe Coutinho will likely have greater responsibility as the team’s playmaker in midfield.

Atletico open at Valencia on

Monday. Valencia should be considered title contendors along with Villarreal, who host Real Sociedad on Saturday.

Newcomers Huesca will make their first-division debut at Eibar on Sunday, while Valladolid makes their return to the top flight at Girona on Friday. Rayo Vallecano, the other promoted club, host Sevilla on Sunday.

— By Tales Azzoni.

FRANCE Lyon open the second round of games with a trip to Reims on Friday.

Like the rest of last season’s top four, Lyon made a winning start to the new season last weekend with the skillful Memphis Depay making the difference against

Amiens.

Marseille have a chance of being more competitive and improving on a fourth-place finish, with attacking midfielder Dimitri Payet looking sharp and fully fit, and prolific winger Florian Thauvin in scoring form.

Marseille opened with a 4-0 home win against Toulouse. But it remains to be seen whether Marseille can maintain a sustained title challenge, especially given how easily Paris Saint-Germain won the league last year.

The defending champions seek a second straight win when they travel to Guingamp.

Monaco, with veteran striker Radamel Falcao, host Lille on Saturday.

— By Jerome Pugmire.

GERMANY After collecting the German Super Cup with a victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in his first game in charge of Bayern Munich, Niko Kovac’s next assignment before the Bundesliga title defence starts is a trip to fourthtier side Drochtersen/Assel.

With no professional players, Drochtersen qualified for the German Cup for only the second time in their 41-year history by winning the Lower Saxony Cup. The team has added temporary seats to expand its stadium capacity in northern Germany from 3,000 to 7,500 for Saturday’s visit of the record 18-time cup winners.

Defender Meickel Klee, a bricklayer, could be coming up against Champions League winner Franck Ribery.

“I’ve been a fan of Bayern for 23 years,” Klee said. “It’s like winning the lottery.”

— By Rob Harris.

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‘REALLY COOL FEELING’: BRANDT SNEDEKER SHOOTS 59 AT WYNDHAM GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Brandt Snedeker predicted low scores at the Wyndham Championship — but not this low.

Snedeker shot an 11-under 59 on Thursday, falling one shot shy of matching the PGA Tour record.

He made a 20-foot putt on his final hole to become the 10th player in tour history to break 60. Jim Furyk set the record with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016.

“I better be smiling,” Snedeker said. “I don’t do this every day.”

This is the third consecutive year the PGA Tour has had a sub-60 round. Snedeker is the first to shoot 59 since Adam Hadwin in the third round of the 2017 Careerbuilder Challenge.

It gave him a four-stroke lead after one round. Ryan Moore and John Oda shot 63s, and Martin Flores, D.A. Points, Brett Stegmaier, David Hearn, Abraham Ancer, Ollie Schniederjans and Jonathan Byrd had 64s.

Snedeker — who said a day earlier that the tournament would turn into a “birdiefest” — began the round at par-70 Sedgefield Country Club with a bogey at No.

10, and took off from there.

He played the front nine in 27, including an eagle 2 on the par-4 sixth hole when he holed out from 176 yards.

After that shot, Snedeker said a 59 felt like a real possibility. He remembered a non-tour event he played in China in which he was one putt from that score, but those thoughts “got in the way.”

tour since 2016. During his first 16 tournaments of the season, he finished in the top 10 just once.

“Nobody could see this coming — trust me,” Snedeker said. “As much as I tried to positive self-talk myself into playing good, I didn’t see 59 coming today, to be honest with you. ... Luckily, it kind of clicked all day today, and hopefully it will keep clicking for the next three days.”

At No. 80 on the points list entering the final event of the tour’s regular season, he’s nowhere near the playoff bubble and his spot at The Northern Trust next week in New Jersey seems safe.

But that ranking is his lowest since the tour’s postseason format debuted in 2007. During his tie for 42nd at the PGA Championship last week in St. Louis, Snedeker says he “kind of found something” when he simplified some swing fundamentals and began to feel better about that part of his game.

Then, he spent the first round showing it off.

Snedeker, who began his round on the back nine, reeled off four consecutive birdies on Nos. 13-16.

He then got even hotter on his final nine holes, with six

Aware “To know what you’re trying to do and step up and have a 20-footer (on the final hole) and know what it means, I was very aware of what was going on, and to knock that putt in was really special,” Snedeker said. “To know I’m a part of a small club on tour and not very many people have done this, really cool feeling right now.”

Snedeker, the 2012 FedEx Cup champion, won the Wyndham in 2007. He broke Si Woo Kim’s 2-year-old Wyndham record of 60 and had the best opening round in this event’s history. Arjun Atwal had a 61 in 2010.

“The trick for him is, he’s playing great. Now he’s just got to rest, relax and start

BRANDT Snedeker reacts after making a birdie putt on the ninth hole during the first round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Thursday. (AP) over tomorrow from scratch and go play three more good rounds,” said Furyk, who also shot a 59 at the BMW Championship in 2013. “It’s awesome to see.”

It’s been a somewhat frustrating, turbulent year for Snedeker. He has three top-10 finishes and two missed cuts in his last seven events and has not won on

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Birdies Moore, who won here in 2009, made a move up the leaderboard in the afternoon with five birdies in a six-hole span on the front nine.

Oda, a second-year pro coming off a tie for third earlier this month in the Barracuda Championship, had three consecutive birdies on the back nine to pull even with Moore.

“You see a round like (Snedeker’s) and maybe kind of encourage you there’s birdies out there, that the course is playing scorable and there’s rounds to be had,” Moore said.

“I kind of took that mindset of, well, better get out there and make some birdies if you don’t want to be 10, 11 shots behind by the end of this day.

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MADISON KEYS, of the United States, watches a return to Angelique Kerber, of Germany, at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament Thursday in Mason, Ohio.

(AP Photo/John Minchillo)

By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Three North Korean basketball players were part of a unified Korean women’s basketball team that defeated Indonesia 108-40 on Wednesday at the Asian Games.

South Korean player Park Hyejin said centre Ro Suk Yong, guard Jang Mi Gyong and guard Kim Hye Yon joined nine others from the South to form the unified team last month.

“The joint training period that we have to go through ahead the games was very short and this is certainly a particular challenge for us, but that was not an obstacle because we are all very happy with this unification,” Park said. “There is no significant difficulties among us so far, because in fact we are from the same nation and culture. We have no difficulty communicating because our language is same.”

Ro scored 22 points while Kim added 14 against host Indonesia at the 2,500-seat basketball hall at the Bung Karno Sports Center.

The North Korean players immediately went to the changing room after the game.

The arena was half-filled for the game, with about 100 Korean fans wearing white T-shirts and hats, some beating traditional drums and others waving flags.

Basketball is one of three sports in which the Koreas will field joint squads at the Asian Games, along with rowing and canoeing. South Korea is the defending Asian Games champion in women’s basketball.

“Our target for now is to win a gold medal. We don’t think about our target after this, we are currently focusing on the Asian Games,” Park said. “We do hope that the unified Korea team can continue, not only in basketball, but also in other sports and this will lead to unification in other fields.”

MADISON KEYS REACHES QUARTERFINALS IN OHIO

By JOE KAY, AP Sports Writer

MASON, Ohio (AP) — Madison Keys used her forehand to beat Angelique Kerber — one of her toughest matchups — and advance to the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Open on Thursday between more bursts of rain.

Three matches held over from the previous night had to be completed first.

Top-ranked Simona Halep needed only eight points to complete a gritty comeback that was put on hold overnight by the rain, beating qualifier Ajla Tomljanovic in three sets and then getting some rest with another match scheduled for the night session.

After Halep left centre court, the 13th-ranked Keys steadied herself after a ragged first set.

She’d lost five straight matches against No. 4 Kerber, but relied on her forehand to rally for a 2-6,

SIMONA HALEP, of Romania, reacts after defeating Ajla Tomljanovic, of Australia, at the Western & Southern Open tennis tournament, Thursday, in Mason, Ohio.

(AP Photo/John Minchillo) 7-6 (3), 6-4 win. She hit 35 forehand winners, including the match-ending shot for her first Cincinnati

quarterfinals.

Halep faced an unusual challenge because of the rain.

Fresh off her second Rogers Cup title, Halep arrived in Cincinnati looking to extend her momentum toward the U.S. Open. She appeared to aggravate her lower back on a 105 mph serve during the second set on Wednesday night. After losing the first three games of the final set, she took a medical timeout for treatment.

Halep returned to the court and took control, running off four straight games for a 4-3 lead when rain arrived.

Seventeen hours later, she was back on court and needed only 5 minutes to complete the 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 win on Thursday afternoon.

“I have learned that I don’t have to give up, because anything can happen,” she said.

Halep was scheduled to face Ashleigh Barty in the

last match Thursday night, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals.

Two other secondround matches had to be completed.

Amanda Anisimova beat qualifier Petra Martic 6-4, 6-3 in a match suspended overnight. Fourth-seeded Juan Martin del Potro beat Hyeon Chung 6-2, 6-3, finally completing the second round in late afternoon.

The winners faced the challenge of playing essentially two full matches in one day.

As the suspended matches wrapped up, the third round began on other courts in a tournament that had already lost top players.

No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki retired from her match Wednesday night because of an injured left knee, her second straight disappointing exit from a tournament.

Wozniacki lost her opening match last week in Montreal.

On the men’s side, No. 1 Rafael Nadal withdrew from the tournament after winning his fifth title of the year in Toronto, deciding it was best to get a little rest with the U.S. Open approaching.

Roger Federer is the top-ranked player left in a tournament he’s won a record seven times.

He and Nadal have been locked in a back-and-forth atop the rankings, exchanging the No. 1 spot six times in the last six months. Nadal will be No. 1 heading into the Open.

Novak Djokovic also made it to the third round, carrying the momentum from his Wimbledon title.

Djokovic has never won a Western & Southern title, the only ATP Masters 1000 championship to elude him.

He’s reached the finals five times and lost every time. Djokovic is trying once again to become the first to win all nine ATP Masters events.

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