12052018 SPORTS

SPORTS SECTION E

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018

Clash of the Titans

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

PHOENIX, Arizona — The much anticipated first NBA regular season game featuring two Bahamian born players quickly turned into a lopsided win for Buddy Hield and his Sacramento Kings.

Hield scored 20 points in just 18 minutes, while Deandre Ayton had 10 points and nine rebounds in the Kings’ 122-105 win over the Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena.

“Eighteen minutes?

I’ve got to talk to Dave [Joerger] about that,” Hield joked. “It was the game flow, right spots, right time, my teammates were able to hit me and we were able to capitalise on that and it was a great team win,” Hield said.

“It was a big confidence builder for this young group, we have a tough road trip ahead and we have to capitalise on every game we play.”

It was also their first win over a Pacific Division opponent and they improved to 6-6 on the road this season. Sacramento continues their four-game road trip which concludes on December 10 in Chicago.

The Kings won their second consecutive game and improved to 12-11 on the season. It represents their best 23-game start to a season since 2014-15.

It is also the deepest the Kings have been over .500 since the 2005-2006 season when they finished 44-38 and advanced to their most recent appearance in the NBA playoffs.

They outscored the Suns 36-9 in the opening quarter.

Hield took and made his first three of the game just over a minute after tipoff.

Ayton followed with a wide-open dunk on the ensuing possession for his

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Buddy Hield and the Kings top Deandre Ayton and Suns, 122-105

NO WIND ON DAY 1 OF STAR SAILORS LEAGUE FINALS THE wind failed to materialise on Nassau’s Montagu Bay for the opening day of the sixth Star Sailors League Finals.

The Qualifiers for the 25 teams of the world’s best sailors will now begin today, with racing scheduled to start at 11am.

Shortly after the AP over A flag was raised yesterday, Paul Hutton, chairman of the regatta, said: “On the race course there was nothing - the wind would come in with a few knots from the west, then the north, then nothing, then the south. It wasn’t sustained and directionally it was all over the place.”

Traditionally, Star boats need around 5+ knots in order to race.

“We have got a low pressure system west of us coming off the Florida coast and heading towards us.

That is sucking all of the wind out the atmosphere,” Hutton said.

“The front is expected here tomorrow. As it gets close, there will be slightly stronger wind, then, as it passes, quite a lot of wind.

We’ll see the wind swing into the north and then settle into the prevailing

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ROBERTS, NEWMAN ADVANCE TO MAIN DRAW

who were celebrating their 27th wedding anniversary, along with newly elected Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ president Drumeco Archer and second vice president Rupert Gardiner.

Also in attendance were IAAF councilwoman Pauline Davis-Thompson and Dennis Marshall, a member of the IAAF Women’s Council.

Prior to the awards ceremony, the IAAF completed its council meeting yesterday as they approved and released the qualifying standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships that will be held in Doha, Qatar, September 28 to October 6.

The IAAF revealed the changes during its IAAF Council Meeting yesterday in Monaco just before they staged their Athletics Awards 2018 with the crowning of the male and

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

BIRTHDAY boy Justin Roberts and Davis Cupper Baker Newman advanced to the main draw of the respective tournaments they are competing in this week in the United States and the Dominican Republic.

At the USA F35 Futures in Tallahassee, Florida, Roberts clinched his berth into the men’s singles main draw with a 7-5, 6-4 win over American Tyler Mercier.

Roberts, who turned 22 yesterday, won his first round match 6-0, 6-0 over American John Tierney.

Winner of the Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands Courage Award at the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s National Awards Night on Saturday, Roberts will now prepare for his first round match in the main draw against qualifying lucky loser Enzo Wallart of France.

Meanwhile in the Dominican Republic F2 Futures, Newman was the only one of three Bahamians to get out of the qualifying round when he won 6-2, 6-4 over American Preston Brown.

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SACRAMENTO Kings’ Buddy Hield (top and above left) and Phoenix Suns’ Deandre Ayton (above right) in action last night.

(AP Photos/Darryl Webb)

Miller-Uibo misses ‘hat trick’ of awards in athletics

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

SHAUNAE MillerUibo missed out on the hat trick of awards in athletics, losing out in the voting process for the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Female Athlete of the Year to Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen.

“I had an enjoyable time.

Like I have said before all of the ladies had great credentials. Congrats to the winner and off to 2019 God’s willing,” Miller-Uibo told The Tribune.

The IAAF held its Athletics Awards 2018 to crown the male and female World Athletes of the Year on Tuesday night in Monaco.

Miller-Uibo, the 24-yearold NACAC and Bahamas National Female Athlete of the Year, was hoping to add the prestigious IAAF award for the tri-factor

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to complete her unblemished season in which she was unbeaten in 15 events and added the Bahamas national 400 metre record to her 200m mark.

However, after the voting procedure was done, the 34-year-old Ibarguen emerged as the winner, having dominated the long and triple jumps at the Central American and Caribbean Games, the IAAF Continental Cup and at the IAAF Diamond League finals - winning the latter two titles in two different cities within the space of 24 hours.

Eliud Kipchoge, also 34, won the Male Athlete of the Year after he clinched the title at the London Marathon and five months later, he established a world record at the Berlin Marathon.

Miller-Uibo was accompanied to Monaco by her husband Maicel, her parents Shaun and May Miller,

SHAUNAE Miller-Uibo at the International Amateur Athletic Federation’s Athletics Awards 2018 in Monaco.

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Roberts and Newman advance to main draw FROM PAGE 1 Newman also won his second round match 6-2, 3-0 after his opponent, Carlos Navarro of Colombia, was forced to retire.

Newman’s first round victim was Franco Feitt of Argentina, who lost 6-3, 6-1.

At the tournament, Kevin Major Jr and Philip Major Jr both went down in the final round of qualifying. Kevin Major Jr lost 7-6 (2), 6-2 to Simon Freud of Sweden. However, Major Jr won his second round 7-6 (3), 6-0 over Alex Blumenberg of Brazil. In the first round he won 2-6, 7-6 (3), 301 as American Matthew Mendez retired.

Philip Major Jr got eliminated in the third round after he lost 7-6 (3), 6-3 to Milen Ianakiev of Germany. Major Jr won 6-3, 7-6 (5) over American Christopher Rosensteel in the second round. His first round resulted in a quick moment on the court as he won 3-0 after Canadian Stefan Frljanic retired.

The players are gearing up for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ annual Giorgio Baldacci Invitational at the National Tennis Centre in two weeks.

The tournament will serve as the trials for the team that will represent the Bahamas in the American Zone II Davis Cup tie next year.

BAKER NEWMAN Last year, the team of Philip Major Jr, Baker Newman and Jodi Turnquest, captained by Marvin Rolle, advanced the Bahamas out of the American Zone III and into zone II. For their efforts, they were selected as the Team of the Year and Rolle emerged as the Coach of the Year during the ministry’s awards night on Saturday.

ABACO TENNIS ASSOCIATION IN THE SPOTLIGHT THE Bahamas Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) will be highlighting tennis development in the Bahamas over the upcoming weeks.

The BLTA will go to Marsh Harbour, Abaco where the spotlight will be on the Abaco Tennis Association, which is seeking to promote and develop tennis by focusing on the establishment of competitive, developmental, educational and recreational programmes for everyone.

In addition, its purpose is to promote health, character, high standards of fair play, sportmanship and social responsibility.

The Abaco Tennis AssoEXECUTIVES of the Abaco Tennis Association. ciation is under the direction of president Cameel McDonald, Macquel and professional growth.

McDonald.

The association is pres- McDonald, Vernon Rus- The BLTA is pleased to see ently hosting a tennis sell, Chavonne Reid, Rory tennis growing throughout clinic - from November to Young, Sweavon Smith, the Bahamas.

Pinder and “We are happy mid-December - and will Leon to have Mrs break temporarily for the Roodatram Kawalram.

President McDonald McDonald along with the varChristmas season.

The tennis clinics are expounded on the asso- ious volunteers advancing free to children five years ciation’s mission, which is tennis in Abaco,” the BLTA and older and is held every to empower young minds said in a press release.

“The BLTA supports the Saturday from 2pm to to become the next gen4pm at Forrest Heights eration of leaders and to development of Abaco’s JUSTIN Roberts celebrates after clinching his berth into the men’s singles main draw with a 7-5, tennis courts.

Instruc- aid in the development of junior tennis programme,” 6-4 win over American Tyler Mercier at the USA F35 Futures in Tallahassee, Florida. The 22-year-old won his first round match 6-0, 6-0 over American John Tierney. tors include Cameel life, personal educational said the release.

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STAR SAILORS PAY COURTESY CALL ON GOVERNOR GENERAL GOVERNOR General, Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling (seated centre above) welcomed Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Michael Pintard (seated centre left) and his team of Ministry

officials, along with the Star Sailors League, on Monday, December 3, during a courtesy call at Government House. A reception on the patio followed the courtesy call, and was addressed by Minister Pintard.

The ‘Best of the Best Regatta’ - Star Sailors League of the world’s top sailors has its SSL Finals 2018 in Nassau, at Montagu Bay, December 3-8.

Photos: Patrick Hanna/BIS

east. This doesn’t often happen in December, but it can.”

Ultra-experienced Star and America’s Cup sailor Mark Strube, racing here with French 470 World Champion Kevin Peponnet, said: “Usually in the Bahamas at this time of year you get easterly trade winds. I have been here for five Western Hemisphere Championships and five Star Sailors League Finals and we’ve never been skunked. Most of the time the Bahamas are 15-25 knots every day, sunny, beautiful seas, everything perfect.”

Brazilian Jorge Zarif, the reigning Star boat World Champion, who is back for his fourth Star Sailors League Finals, agreed with the race committee’s decision: “There is no wind at all. It would be impossible to sail a proper race or even get out to the race course. Tomorrow morning is not that good, but we should have good breeze in the afternoon and from then on we will have a great regatta.”

Strube also believes the rest of the week is looking fine. “We might have a few showers on Wednesday, but Thursday to Saturday looks like 14-18 knots - absolutely perfect.”

Paul Hutton concludes: “Like every year, the Star Sailors League Finals has a super-impressive lineup and we want to get them on the water racing.”

Racing for the full fleet runs through the Qualifiers until Friday, followed on Saturday with the quarter-final, semi-final and final races.

Winner of the Qualifiers fast tracks directly to the Final Race, while second place heads directly to the semi-final. Those that finish the Qualifiers in third to 10th places, get to race in the quarter-finals.

The top five quarterfinalists progress through to the semi-final. The top three from the semi-finals join the winner of the Qualifiers in the Finals.

Winner of the Star Sailors League Finals receives US$ 40,000 from a prize pot of US$ 200,000.

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Mother of eight getting ready to run Marathon Bahamas

AVENGERS’ GREG TAYLOR CITY BOWLING LEAGUE MVP

A RETIRED mother of eight is gearing up to participate in Marathon Bahamas in January.

For nearly 10 years, Sunshine Insurance (Agents & Brokers) Ltd. has been staging Marathon Bahamas and Z. Eve Maycock Dorsett has been there for almost every one of them.

January’s race will mark the 10th anniversary of the endurance event and Dorsett’s 10th year participating.

“They say when you get divorced, you find a hobby, so I got a divorce and moved to Nassau. I was really out of it and so I started walking. Then I started to run, and once I learned to run, I wanted to try Marathon Bahamas. I did so and I finished my first race in about three hours or so and now I can run a half marathon in one hour and 50 minutes,” said Dorsett.

The 54-year-old has run five half marathons and four marathons with Marathon Bahamas. She says she prefers marathons because she loves a challenge.

“I love running in my country. I’m from The Bahamas so I would not run another person’s marathon and not run my own.

There are Bahamians who

THE most valuable player (MVP) from the City Bowling League competition last night was Greg Taylor of the Avengers with a 256 high game and a 604 high three game set.

The runner-up was Lee Davis of the Tenback Strikers-Lee’s Motor Works with a 601 second high set. Teammate Ryan Davis struck for the second high game of 237.

Leader in the ladies category was Xynea Johnson of the Brooklyn Strikers with a 236 high game and a 591 high three game series. She was followed by Driskell Rolle of the Asurewin Pocket Pleasers with a 196 second high game and a 542 second high set.

Team scores for the evening were: Island Game Strokers 3, Checker’s Cafe 0; Telco Enterprises 3, Carib Construction 0; BEC Shockers 2, CDM Knights 1; NUA Crusaders 2, E&U Watercoolers 1; Brooklyn Strikers 2, Asurewin Pocket Pleasers 1; Clayton Gardiner & Associates 2, Bahamasair Flyers 1; The Avengers 2, Tenback Strikers - Lees Motor Works 1.

run all over the world and have never participated in Marathon Bahamas. They complain about it being too hot in The Bahamas and how much they prefer the colder weather.

“I’ve done Fort Lauderdale A1A Marathon, all of the Run for Pompey races, all of the Dog Days half marathons and all of the Bahamas Roadmasters half marathons too,” she said.

When it comes to other activities, Dorsett said nothing has her heart like running. She starts at 4am running sometimes from the eastern end of the island to the Lynden Pindling International Airport.

“I like running and race walking. I can play softball and volleyball, but I don’t have time to obligate myself to any other sport.

With running, I can do it at my pace. It’s very freeing,” she said.

However, Dorsett said she mostly runs alone and noted that her family supports her even though they don’t always participate.

“My oldest [child] is 35 and my youngest is 17.

Nobody runs. They just like when I bring home a trophy or a medal. They always ask me, ‘Mommy, what did you bring home?’ However, I

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first score. Buddy’s second three of the quarter gave the Suns their first double digit lead, 13-2 with 7:10 left to play in the period. The Kings’ lead continued to mount and reached 27-6 on a Kosta Koufos runner which prompted a chorus of boos from the crowd at Talking Stick. The 36-9 first quarter lead reached beyond 30 in the second quarter when Hield made another three for a 46-13 advantage.

This was the first meeting between the two teams this season. The Suns will also host game two on January 8. The venue shifts for game three when Hield and the Kings host the Suns February 10 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California. The final regular-season meeting between the teams takes place March 23 in Sacramento. The Suns won three of the four matchups between the team last season.

In 21 minutes, Ayton finished just shy of his 14th double double of the season.

Just last month, Ayton became the fourth player in the past 25 years to score at least 300 points and grab 200 rebounds in his first 20 NBA Games.

Z. Eve Maycock Dorsett is gearing up to participate in Marathon Bahamas in January. finally got my oldest daughter out to run with me and I’m trying to get them out to do the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure 5k,” she said.

The avid runner said her goal is to run January’s marathon in under four hours.

“It has always been my dream to run the Boston Marathon and you have to

He joined fellow former No.1 overall picks Blake Griffin, Tim Duncan and Shaquille O’Neal on the list.

The rookie centre is averaging 16.2 points, 10.2 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game on 59 per cent shooting from the field.

He is ranked third in the league and leads all rookies with 13 double doubles on the season. Ayton is also the leading rebounder among rookies, is second in scoring and field goal percentage and is fourth in assists.

He has nearly twice as many double doubles as Trae Young in second place with seven.

The shorthanded Suns started three rookies, Ayton, Mikal Bridges and Ellie Okobo. Ayton is shooting 60 per cent from the field thus far this season, ranking first among rookies and eigth overall on the league leaderboard.

Ayton’s current mark is third-best in NBA history among rookies with enough field goals to qualify.

Hield finished last season as the Kings second-leading scorer averaging 13.5 points (.446 field goal percentage, .431 three-point percentage, and 88 three throw percentage), 3.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.06 steals in 25.3 minutes per game. He started just 13 of his 80 appearances in his second season. This year he leads the Kings in scoring at 18.4 points

qualify for it at four hours, so I need to hit that target.

If I don’t, I’m going to try until I do it. There is always the next year,” said Dorsett.

The mom of eight encouraged residents of all ages to start running, not just for fun, but also to benefit their overall health.

“You have to get up and start moving. It’s not going

to be easy and it’s not going to happen in a day, not even a month, but it you keep at it, eventually you will be a very good, strong runner,” she said.

Marathon Bahamas takes place on Sunday, January 20, 2019.

To register for Marathon Bahamas, visit www.marathonbahamas.com

DEANDRE AYTON, far right, in action against the Phoenix Suns last night. per game on 47 per cent shooting from the field, 41 per cent from three and grabbing 5.5 rebounds per game in just over 31 minutes.

The matchup between the two was the first in NBA history featuring two Bahamian born players in the same game. Of the previous Bahamian born players, none of their careers intersected to play with or against each other. Thompson played from 1978-1991, Ian Lockhart suited up in a single game for the Suns in 1990 and Dexter Cambridge played one season for the Dallas

Mavericks in the 1992-1993 season. Canadian-born Rick Fox played 13 seasons with the Celtics and Lakers from 1991-2004 and played against Cambridge twice during the aforementioned 92-93 season.

Both players cited the impact their exposure at the highest level of the sport can have on a younger generation of aspiring Bahamian athletes.

“It’s good as motivation, to give kids back home hope and let’s them know that dreams do come true,” Hield said. “Once you put

your faith in God and trust him, anything is possible.”

Hield was drafted No.6 overall in the 2016 NBA Draft and Ayton was the No.1 overall selection in the 2018 NBA Draft.

They became the first Bahamians drafted in the NBA lottery (top 12 selections), since Mychal Thompson in 1977.

“It shows them anybody can make it. Buddy and I, when we were younger, we were the kids in the camp saying we wanted to be NBA players as well and we wanted to be just like the NBA players visiting the camp,” he said. “Hard work pays off and kids have to know it’s not easy playing at the top level, it’s a lot of responsibility and a lot of sacrifices so they just have to be prepared for that.”

Fellow national basketball team player Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn Jr is currently a member of the Suns front office with a role in player development this season, giving him an opportunity to work alongside Ayton.

“I think it means a lot seeing two guys who basically came from nothing, worked hard their whole life to get to where they are at,” he said. “For a lot of kids back home to see no matter where you came from if you work hard, be respectful, take care of business you can do what you want to do.”

Shaunae Miller-Uibo misses ‘hat trick’ of awards in athletics FROM PAGE 1 female World Athletes of the Year. In releasing the standards, the IAAF indicated that the performance standards for athletes to use as a measure stick for competing in Doha, are similar to those used for the 2017 World Championships that was held in London, England.

However, there are two notable differences for Doha, one of which would affect the Bahamas.

• Target numbers have been introduced for the road events and 10,000m races - 100 for marathons, 60 for the 20km race walks, 50 for the men’s 50km race walk and 30 for the women’s, and 27 for the 10,000m • There will also be an increase in the number of teams qualified from the IAAF World Relays from eight to 10 in the 4x100m and 4x400m relays, for a total of 16 entries. For the 4x400m mixed relay, which will be contested for the first time, 12 teams will qualify from the IAAF World Relays in Yokohama.

Most countries will have an additional event to compete in, while the Bahamas will be hard pressed to duplicate its performance at the last IAAF World Relays

that was held at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium in 2017.

The IAAF had to move the World Relays from the Bahamas after the government decided that it was too costly to stage the twoday event for the fourth time. Yokohoma has agreed to stage it in Japan from May 11-12.

During the last setting of the World Relays in 2017, the team of Steven Gardiner, Shaunae MillerUibo, Anthonique Strachan and Michael Mathieu won the introduction of the mixed 4 x 400m relay.

They did it in a time of three minutes, 14.42 seconds to hold off the United States of America, second in 3:17.29 and Jamaica, who had to settle for the distant third place in 3:20.26.

At a two-day meeting in Monaco, the IAAF Council also made the following decisions: • The 2023 IAAF World Championships will be held in the Hungarian capital Budapest. Part of the organising committee’s bid includes the construction of a new stadium, built along the east bank of the Danube River, which will later serve primarily as an athletics facility.

Budapest is the first IAAF World Championships host to be named

under the new bidding process announced in February 2017 through which the IAAF assesses its strategic goals for growing the sport, targeting cities from countries and regions which will best assist in delivery of those aims.

• The IAAF Council also accepted the Russia Taskforce’s recommendation not to reinstate RusAF until the following two conditions have been met in full: confirmation that the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has been given data and access to the samples that it needs to determine which of the Russian athletes in the LIMS database have a case to answer for breach of the IAAF anti-doping rule and that RusAF pays all the costs incurred in the work of the taskforce.

• Council also voted to permit national teams, for the first time, to display the logo of a national sponsor on their kit for the IAAF World Athletics Championships (WCH) at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.

Note: Prior to the Congress, the IAAF announced the appointment of Jon Ridgeon, a former international athlete and businessman, as its new CEO. Ridgeon, 51, will take up his new role in March 2019.

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Bucket knock off Rockets 85-79, Stingers stop Rockets 94-78 THE New Providence Basketball Association’s double header on Monday night at the AF Adderley Gymnasium saw the Aliv Bucket and the PJ Stingers emerge victorious.

In the opener, Aliv knocked off the Sun Oil Rockets 85-79 and PJ stung the Discount Distributors Rockets 94-78.

Buckets 85, Rockets 79 Dylan Musgrove, playing 36 minutes and 58 seconds, scored a

game high 34 points on shooting 13-for-23 from the field and 8-for18 from the free throw line to lead Aliv to victory.

Musgrove also had 16 rebounds, 10 block shots, five steals and two assists.

Three other players also scored in double figures with James Rolle adding 12 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals.

Detarrio Thompson came off the bench with 12 points and three rebounds and Anwar Neilly

had 10 points, three assists and two rebounds.

In a losing effort, Bertrum Minns came off the bench and scored 19 points and 11 rebounds, Crispin Gibson had 14 points and seven rebounds and Cameron Chery added 120 points, six rebounds and three assists.

Stingers 94, Rockets 78 Abel Joseph led three other players in double figures with

22 points and eight rebounds for PJ’s. He played 30 minutes and was 6-for-10 from the field, 3-for-5 from the three-point line and 7-for-10 from the foul line.

Torrington Cox had 19 points and 12 rebounds, Scottie Farrington had 15 points, 10 rebounds and three assists and Salathiel Dean came off the bench with 10 points, seven rebounds and five block shots.

For the loss, Livingstone Munnings poured in a game high 27

Angels upset Saints 87-71 THE New Providence Women’s Basketball Association hosted two games on Saturday as the season officially got underway at the DW Davis Gymnasium.

In game one, the Connectors held off the Career Builders Lady Cheetahs 59-50, while the youthful Foxy Angels upset the Saints 87-71 in the other game.

Lady Connectors 59 Lady Cheetahs 50 Tiffany Wildgose scored a game high 21 points and Samara Barr added 16 as the Connectors secured their victory.

Keishawna Mather had nine points and both Erin Williams and Amia Thompson chipped in with eight apiece as the Career Builders suffered the loss.

Lady Angels 87, Lady Saints 71 Latavia Brennen pumped in 23 points and Denika Lightbourne followed with 21 in the huge upset victory for Foxy’s.

Alexandria Marshall scored 18 and both Tyniel Poitier and Tenika Joseph helped out with 13 each, but it wasn’t enough for the Saints.

Thursday 7pm - Lady Saints vs Lady Connectors.

Photos: Shawn Hanna/ Tribune Staff

8pm - Lady Angels vs Bees Trucking Destroyers Saturday 7pm - Lady Connectors vs Lady Saints 8pm - Bees Trucking vs Lady Angels

LA RAMS BACK ON TOP OF THE AP PRO32 POLL, SAINTS SLIP TO NO. 2

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams are back in a familiar place: the top spot in the NFL. The Rams reclaimed the No. 1 position in the latest AP Pro32 poll. They received all 12 first-place votes and 384 points in balloting yesterday by media members who regularly cover the NFL. The Rams (11-1), the NFC West champions, have the league’s best record and are a strong contender to make a run at the Super Bowl.

The New Orleans Saints slipped to No. 2 after losing in Dallas last week.

“Get revenge against Bucs?” asked Fox Sports’ John Czarnecki.

The Saints head to Tampa this week to face the Buccaneers, the only other team to beat New Orleans this season.

The Kansas City Chiefs stayed at No. 3 after beating Oakland. The Chiefs, who at 10-2 have the AFC’s best record, will attempt to reach the Super Bowl without the NFL’s reigning rushing champion. The Chiefs released running back Kareem Hunt on Friday after TMZ posted a video of him shoving and kicking a woman in a Cleveland hotel in February.

Also staying in place were the New England Patriots at No. 4. The Patriots are closing in on their nearly annual AFC East title as they head to Miami to face the Dolphins on Sunday.

The league’s hottest team, the Houston Texans, moved up two spots to climb into the top five. The Texans beat Cleveland last week for their ninth win a row.

Another team playing well, the Los Angeles

Chargers, kept their spot at No. 6 after a second-half rally on the road to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-30. The Chargers have won eight of nine and will have an easier matchup on Sunday as they host the reeling Cincinnati Bengals.

“The Chargers proved they are a different team than in years past with a come-from-behind win in Pittsburgh,” said Jenny Vrentas of The Monday Morning Quarterback.

“Anthony Lynn is a Coach of the Year candidate.”

The Steelers stayed at No. 8 and will face Oakland on Sunday without running back James Conner, who has a sprained left ankle.

The Chicago Bears slipped two spots to No. 7 after losing in overtime to the New York Giants. The Bears will have a challenge on Sunday night when they host the Rams.

The Seattle Seahawks, who inched up a spot to No. 9, will close Week 14 by hosting Minnesota on Monday night in a game that could go a long way toward determining the NFC wild-card race. The Vikings dropped two spots to fall out of the top 10 at No. 11 after losing at New England.

“Offence is out of whack and the defence isn’t as dominant as in recent seasons,” Alex Marvez of Sirius XM said of the Vikings.

And the Cowboys moved up two spots to round out the top 10. The Cowboys will host the Eagles in a key NFC East game on Sunday.

“A speedy and hardhitting Dallas defence that hounded (quarterback) Drew Brees into submission readjusts its sights to Carson Wentz in a key NFC East matchup,” said Ira Kaufman of Fox 13 in Tampa, Florida.

points with 18 rebounds, five steals, four blocks and two assists and Georgio Walkes had 16 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.

TONIGHT 7pm - Aliv Bucket vs Triple K. Stampers (Division II) 8:30pm - CB Giants vs Pros (Division I)

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Pakistan reaches 139-3, trails New Zealand by 135 runs in 3rd test ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Azhar Ali’s third halfcentury of the series put Pakistan in the driver’s seat at 139-3 in reply to New Zealand’s 274 on day two of the deciding third test yesterday.

Fast bowler Trent Boult dismissed the openers to reduce Pakistan to 17-2, then Azhar led Pakistan’s recovery with an unbeaten 62 off 169 balls.

Azhar featured in a 68-run stand with Haris Sohail (34), then added an unbroken 54 with Asad Shafiq, 26 not out off 85 balls.

New Zealand squeezed Pakistan’s scoring in the last session through its seamers and spinners. Pakistan didn’t hit a boundary for 29 overs until more than halfway through the last session.

But Azhar showed lots of skills as Pakistan conceded to the visitors only the wicket of Sohail.

The left-hander was caught behind while attempting a cut shot against Tim Southee.

Shafiq also was patient on the slow pitch, and didn’t open up until late in the day with four boundaries off Boult and Ajaz Patel.

Boult took 2-39 from 14 overs. Offspinner William Somerville, on debut, has allowed 16 runs off 12 overs with five maidens.

But none have managed yet to handle Azhar, who scored 65 in the first test at the same venue last month before New Zealand pulled off a sensational fourrun win. He also scored a half-century in Pakistan’s resounding innings win at Dubai.

Earlier, BJ Watling’s gritty unbeaten 77 off 250 balls lifted New Zealand’s total to 274 before offspinner Bilal Asif wrapped up the innings just before lunch. Asif’s 5-65 was the offspinner’s second fivewicket haul in five tests.

Resuming the day on 229-7, Somerville didn’t add to his overnight 12 but denied Pakistan a breakthrough with his staunch defense for well over an hour.

Watling showed some aggression against the fast bowlers and completed his half-century off 199 balls by guiding Hasan Ali to the third man boundary.

Watling, 42 overnight, also reached 3,000 test runs when he made 66, with only four boundaries, in a determined knock of more than 5 1/2 hours.

Asif extracted sharp bounce and turn off the pitch and finally got through Somerville’s defences when he clean-bowled the No. 9 batsman. Asif claimed the last two wickets in successive overs when Patel (6) was caught in the slips and Boult (1) was clean-bowled while attempting an ambitious shot. Legspinner Yasir Shah didn’t add to his threewicket burst before lunch

NEW Zealand’s batsman Bradley-John Watling plays a shot against Pakistan in their cricket test match yesterday.

(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) on day one and still needs two wickets to become the quickest bowler to complete 200 test wickets.

Boult provided New Zealand early success when the

out-of-form Hafeez edged low to Tim Southee at second slip before Pakistan scored.

Boult returned after the break and had Imam caught

THE WEATHER REPORT

5-Day Forecast

TODAY

ORLANDO

High: 63° F/17° C Low: 40° F/4° C

TAMPA

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

SUNDAY

Clouds and sun, a t‑storm in spots

Partly cloudy and breezy

Mostly sunny, breezy, not as warm

Sunny to partly cloudy, breezy

Partly sunny

Clouds and sun with showers around

High: 82°

Low: 65°

High: 78° Low: 67°

High: 80° Low: 68°

High: 82° Low: 70°

High: 85° Low: 68°

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59° F

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81°-66° F

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87°-70° F

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High: 77° F/25° C Low: 68° F/20° C

12‑25 knots

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High: 71° F/22° C Low: 53° F/12° C

10‑20 knots

FT. LAUDERDALE

FREEPORT

High: 74° F/23° C Low: 57° F/14° C

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WEST PALM BEACH

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TONIGHT

High: 63° F/17° C Low: 40° F/4° C

High: 78° F/26° C Low: 62° F/17° C

MIAMI

High: 75° F/24° C Low: 57° F/14° C

12‑25 knots

Statistics are for Nassau through 1 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 84° F/29° C Low .................................................... 69° F/21° C Normal high ....................................... 80° F/26° C Normal low ........................................ 68° F/20° C Last year’s high ................................. 84° F/29° C Last year’s low ................................... 72° F/22° C Precipitation As of 1 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.00” Year to date ............................................... 44.37” Normal year to date ................................... 38.66”

ELEUTHERA

NASSAU

High: 82° F/28° C Low: 65° F/18° C

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High: 79° F/26° C Low: 72° F/22° C

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High: 77° F/25° C Low: 66° F/19° C

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Today

6:07 a.m.

6:22 p.m.

3.2 2.5

12:32 p.m. ‑0.1 ‑‑‑‑‑ ‑‑‑‑‑

Thursday

6:51 a.m.

7:07 p.m.

3.2 2.5

12:30 a.m. ‑0.3 1:18 p.m. ‑0.1

Friday

7:33 a.m.

7:50 p.m.

3.2 2.4

1:12 a.m. ‑0.3 2:01 p.m. ‑0.1

Saturday

8:14 a.m.

8:31 p.m.

3.1 2.3

1:53 a.m. ‑0.2 2:43 p.m. ‑0.1

Sunday

8:54 a.m.

9:13 p.m.

3.0 2.3

2:33 a.m. ‑0.1 3:24 p.m. 0.0

Monday

9:34 a.m.

9:55 p.m.

2.9 2.2

3:13 a.m.

4:05 p.m.

0.0 0.1

Tuesday

10:14 a.m.

10:39 p.m.

2.8 2.1

3:54 a.m.

4:46 p.m.

0.2 0.2

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High: 81° F/27° C Low: 73° F/23° C

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The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

6:41 a.m.

5:20 p.m.

Moonrise Moonset

4:58 a.m.

4:25 p.m.

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by Southee in the slips on 9.

Azhar then dug in well by combining in two half-century stands with Sohail and Shafiq to give Pakistan’s innings stability.

ANDROS

SAN SALVADOR

GREAT EXUMA

High: 81° F/27° C Low: 74° F/23° C

High: 80° F/27° C Low: 76° F/24° C

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High: 82° F/28° C Low: 72° F/22° C

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LONG ISLAND

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High: 81° F/27° C Low: 76° F/24° C

4‑8 knots

MAYAGUANA High: 83° F/28° C Low: 77° F/25° C

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 81° F/27° C Low: 77° F/25° C

High: 81° F/27° C Low: 76° F/24° C

GREAT INAGUA High: 85° F/29° C Low: 76° F/24° C

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WINDS NW at 10‑20 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots NE at 6‑12 Knots NE at 10‑20 Knots NNW at 4‑8 Knots NE at 12‑25 Knots SE at 4‑8 Knots ENE at 10‑20 Knots NW at 4‑8 Knots NE at 10‑20 Knots NNW at 10‑20 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots NE at 4‑8 Knots NE at 12‑25 Knots E at 4‑8 Knots ENE at 7‑14 Knots ESE at 3‑6 Knots NE at 15‑25 Knots SSE at 4‑8 Knots NE at 8‑16 Knots NW at 6‑12 Knots NE at 10‑20 Knots NE at 4‑8 Knots ENE at 12‑25 Knots NW at 4‑8 Knots NE at 12‑25 Knots

WAVES 3‑5 Feet 4‑8 Feet 0‑1 Feet 2‑4 Feet 1‑3 Feet 4‑7 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 2‑4 Feet 4‑7 Feet 3‑5 Feet 3‑6 Feet 0‑1 Feet 2‑4 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑3 Feet 1‑2 Feet 2‑4 Feet 3‑5 Feet 3‑5 Feet 1‑2 Feet 2‑4 Feet 1‑2 Feet 2‑4 Feet 1‑2 Feet 3‑5 Feet

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