SPORTS SECTION E
NAUGHTY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
Historic day, Pg 3
BAISS basketball championships tip off By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools basketball championship series tipped off in all four divisions at Kendal Isaacs Gym last night. Game two in each series is scheduled for 4pm Wednesday. Junior Girls SAC Big Red Machine – 38 QC Comets – 27 For the past two seasons, the SAC Big Red Machine were eliminated before they could reach the BAISS junior girls’ championship series, but this year’s team regrouped and now stands one win away from a division title. Karolyn Baptiste scored a game high 19 to lead the Big Red Machine’s offensive attack and her team led by double figures nearly
PLAY BALL: The SAC Big Red Machine junior girls beat the Queen’s College Lady Comets 38-27 yesterday as the BAISS tipped off its championship series. Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
the entire second half. “It feels good to win game one, we played alright but I feel we can do better. Our offence was good but to be better we need to play better on defence. Our defence starts our offence so we need to have both sides going to win,” she said. The high scoring guard was definitive on how she expects game two to play out. “We plan to close it out.” SAC took an early 4-0 lead and led 6-2 on a Baptiste layup. The Comets finally scored on a steal and fastbreak layup and added another layup on the ensuing possession to make the score 6-4 at the end of the first quarter. The Big Red Machine opened the second with a deep threepointer. The Comets were able to respond for much of the period
SEE PAGE 3
Athletes qualify for the CARIFTA Games
DC PRATT ALL SET TO FACE ‘THE IMMORTAL’ FOR TITLE
C
SEE PAGE 4
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net MORE than 20 boats, the largest fleet ever assembled, will participate in the Farmer’s Cay C Class Regatta this weekend in Exuma. According to Rev Dr Philip McPhee, consultant in the Ministry of Local Government who has the responsibility for regattas in the country, the event will be very competitive. “We have 22 boats for the Farmer’s Cay Regatta, the biggest fleet in the history of the regatta,” said McPhee, adding that the Bahamas Government is providing a grant of $20,000 to help cover the expenses. “It should be a very successful regatta.” Out of those 22 boats scheduled to line up to compete from Friday to Sunday, the Whitty K will be out to defend her title and will be challenged by boats from just about every island, including newly minted Aliv WG Thunderbird.
SEE PAGE 3
By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
lub Monica hosted its 14th Annual Track and Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Saturday and quite a number of athletes attained the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games in April. But while the meet turned out to be a tremendous success, head coach Dianne Woodside-Johnson said it was a costly venture moving from the adjacent original Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium. All local track and field meets, normally held in the original stadium, have been moved to the new stadium as the National Sports Authority renovates the infield in preparation for the hosting of the third IAAF World Relays April 22-23 at the new stadium. “It was a good meet. The coaches and the athletes all enjoyed it,” she said. “They charge four times as much for the new stadium as they do for the use of the old stadium. My bill was $4,413. We now have to look at additional ways of raising money.” Despite the cost of hosting the meet, Johnson said it turned out to be a very successful one and they had a number of CARIFTA qualifiers, especially in the 100, 200 and 400 metres where they staged both heats and finals. “This is a good push to keep having these meets, although the cost is astronomical,” Johnson said. “It seems as if people don’t like the new stadium for the local meets. The cost is just too much. Maybe the kids like it, but from an organisational point of view, we prefer to
LARGEST FLEET OF C CLASS BOATS EVER IN REGATTA
By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
FAST TRACK: A young athlete competes on Saturday during the 14th Annual Club Monica Track and Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. A number of athletes met the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games. Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
BAHAMIAN Muay Thai fighter DC Pratt is set to make his return to professional fighting this upcoming weekend. Pratt will challenge Regian “The Immortal” Eersel for the super middleweight title in Lion Fight 34 at the Tropicana Resort Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 3. The main card will air live on AXS TV Fights in the United States, and on Fight Network throughout Canada, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Pratt was inserted as a late addition to the card to replace original contender Samy Sana. Fully recovered from a torn ACL and meniscus suffered in 2015, Pratt has completed the rehab process and is ready to fight as a professional for the first
SEE PAGE 3
Barracudas dominate Leno Corporate Services Invitational THE BARRACUDA Swim Club dominated its annual Leno Corporate Services Invitational Swim Meet at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex over the weekend. The club accumulated a total of 1,279.50 points to distance itself from its nearest rivals - visiting Freeport Aquatic Club - who took 495.50 points back to Grand Bahama. Swift Swimming rounded out the top three with 434.50. The other clubs finished in the following order: Dolphin Swim Club, fourth, with 401.50; Grand Bahama Tritons, fifth with 312; Alpha Aquatics Swim Club, sixth with 278; Abaco Swim Club, seventh with 265.50; Team Orca, eighth with 197.50; Sea Waves Aquatic, ninth with 92; Lyford Cay Swim Club,
10th with 65.50; St Anne’s School Blue Waves, 11th with 55; Mantas Water Polo Club, 12th with 43.50 and Unattached – Grand Bahama Tritons, 13th with 24. At the end of the meet, Passion Daniel, Ayden Bain, Seannia Norville-Smith, Marvin Johnson, Abayomi Brown, Noah Albury, Anya MacPhail, DaVante Carey, Kaitlyn Slatter and Joshua Murray were awarded the girls’ and boys’ high point winners in the various age groups. Five of those titles went to Grand Bahama. Passion Daniel, representing the Freeport Aquatic Team, took the girls’ 8-and-under title after she secured 63 points, 20 more than her nearest rival Rayven Ward from the Barracuda, to lead the Grand Bahama charge.
BEST EFFORT: A swimmer competes in the Barracuda Swim Club’s Annual Leno Corporate Services Invitational Swim Meet at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex over the weekend. Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
Ayden Bain, her teammate from Freeport Aquatic, joined her in taking the boys’ 8-and-under crown with 59 points, holding off Grand Bahama Tritons’ Tristen Hepburn, who had 52. Norville-Smith made sure she wasn’t left out as she added the girls’ 9-10 title to Freeport Aquatic Club’s tally with 52 points ahead of Sea Waves’ Anjaleah Knowles, who had 43.50. Marvin Johnson made it four straight for Freeport Aquatic when he posted 63 points to cart off the 9-10 boys’ title. Amauri Bonamy of the Barracuda followed with 36. The streak continued for Freeport Aquatic as Abayomi Brown picked up the fifth title in the 11-12
SEE PAGE 2
PAGE 2, Tuesday, January 31, 2017
THE TRIBUNE
Barracudas dominate annual meet, Freeport Aquatic second, Swift 3rd CUDAS
FROM PAGE 1 girls’ division with 59 points. She won over Keianna Moss of the Barracuda, who had 42 for second place. Noah Albury took another title out of New Providence as he carried the 11-12 boys’ crown to Abaco with his total of 49 points. Erald Thompson III of Swift Swimming was the runner-up with 41. Anya MacPhail defeated her Barracuda teammate Katherine Slatter 49-48 in a close match-up for the 1314 girls’ divisional title. DaVante Carey, representing Swift Swimming, made sure that the 13-14 boys’ title didn’t go to Grand Bahama as well with Lamar Taylor of Freeport Aquatic. Carey won 6156 over Taylor. Barracuda’s Kaitlyn Slatter was six points better than Jasmine Gibson of the Grand Bahama Tritons as she won the 15-and-over girls’ title 42-36. And Joshua Murray of the Barracuda and Darren Laing of the Grand Baham Tritons collected 50 points each to seal a two-way tie for the 15-and-over boys’ title. Tenajh Gaitor of the Barracuda Swim Club was third with 44.
BEST EFFORT: Swimmers compete in the Barracuda Swim Club’s Annual Leno Corporate Services Invitational Swim Meet at the Betty Kelly Kenning National Swim Complex on Friday and Saturday. The Barracudas dominated the meet with a total of 1,279.50 points to distance themselves from nearest rivals - visiting Freeport Aquatic Club - who took 495.50 points back to Grand Bahama. Swift Swimming rounded out the top three with 434.50. Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
THE TRIBUNE
Tuesday, January 31, 2017, PAGE 3
Courting success, Super Bowl heroics - and Janet Jackson THIS week, let’s take a break from football as we’ve got The Tribune’s Super Bowl guide on Friday (don’t miss it!) to cover that. Instead, let’s have a look back on the great occurrences on February 1 in sports history. It’s a great day, especially for tennis, with several stars giving repeat winning performances, as well as historic happenings in the Super Bowl and NFL Pro Bowl. Events in sport on February 1 1914: New York Giants and Chicago White Sox play an exhibition baseball game in Egypt 1919: Dodgers trade Jake Daubert to Cincinnatti Reds for Tommy Griffith 1959: Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Havana Golf Tournament 1959: Zack Wheat unanimously elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1960: Women’s Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats Jan Lehane (7-5, 6-2) 1960: Men’s Australian Championships: Rod Laver beats Neale Fraser (5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 8-6) 1965: Women’s Australian Championships: Margaret Court beats Maria Bueno (5-7, 6-4, 5-2 ret.) 1965: Men’s Australian Championships: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (7-9,
2-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1) 1968: Vince Lombardi resigns as coach of Green Bay Packers 1970: Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Baseball Hall of Fame 1972: 1972 NFL Draft: Walt Patulski, from University of Notre Dame, first pick by Buffalo Bills 1973: Monte Irvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame 1975: Ken Lockett makes first successful Washington Capitals penalty shot, v Vancouver Canucks 1976: Judy Rankin wins LPGA Burdine’s Golf Invitational 1976: East Lansing police arrest Dodgers reliever Mike Marshall for taking batting practice at Michigan State University after he is warned not to 1976: Rose Bowl: #11 UCLA beats #1 Ohio State, 23-10 1977: Hillsdale High School defeats Person High School 2-0 in basketball 1981: NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 21-7 1981: Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek 1981: NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123120 at Richfield, Ohio 1984: Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner 1985: Mohammad Azharuddin scores third
EXUMA REGATTA FROM PAGE 1
“We hope to send a strong signal at the Farmer’s Cay Regatta and we wish to commend the movers and the shakers of the Farmer’s Cay Regatta,” McPhee stressed. “We want to also thank the government for a new life within sloop sailing. “This looks like this is going to be the best year for sailing in our country. We await some decisions that will come from our prime minister in regards to moving regatta further and eventually becoming the national sport.” McPhee said Minister V Alfred Gray has been pushing for “some things we have been fighting for before the next general election.
SPORTING
MISCHIEF
& MAYHEM
AZELAYA BY INIGO ‘NAUGHT Y’ ZENIC
OOPS, WARDROBE MALFUNCTION: Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines.
So we are hoping that sailing and sailors will get their fair share of the pie. “The minister has indicated that funding has been raised from $700 to over a million dollars, so that is a tremendous increase over the last 10-20 years. We appreciate the great support that the government is giving to sloop sailing in the country.” No regatta, other than the National Family Island Regatta, has a larger field than Farmer’s Cay in the C Class and McPhee said the skipper of this year’s regatta will receive a Rolex watch from John Bull. “A lot of incentives are being pushed forward by this unique grouping of Bahamians,” said McPhee of the organising committee. “We understand that there are
a lot of new sponsors coming on board from throughout the cays, so we are looking forward to this being an exciting weekend of sailing.” With so many people expected in Farmer’s Cay throughout the duration of the regatta, McPhee said they anticipate that at least a quarter of a million dollars will be left in the local economy on the cay. “There’s certainly not enough space for the people to live so they will be coming in the morning and leaving in the evening and coming back the next morning and doing it over and over again,” McPhee said. “They don’t have enough housing, but they say they are looking at erecting some additional hous-
Test century in his third Test against England 1987: Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Mazda Golf Classic 1987: NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 10-6 1992: Barry Bonds signs baseball’s highest single year contract ($4.7m) 1992: Denis Potvin’s #5 becomes first number to be retired by New York Islanders 1998: NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 29-24 1998: Men’s Australian Open: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2, 6-2, 6-2) 1998: Women’s Australian Open: Martina Hingis beats Conchita Martinez (6-3, 6-3) 2004: Wardrobe malfunction: Janet Jackson’s breast is exposed during the half-time show of Super Bowl XXXVIII, resulting in US broadcasters adopting a stronger adherence to FCC censorship guidelines 2004: Super Bowl XXXVIII: New England Patriots beat Carolina Panthers, 3229 at the Reliant Stadium MVP: Tom Brady, New England 2004: Men’s Australian Open: Roger Federer beats Marat Safin (7-6, 6-4, 6-2) 2004: Women’s Australian Open: Justine HeninHardenne beats Kim Clijsters (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) 2009: Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh Steelers beat
ing to accommodate the people when they come to the regatta and stay on the cay. I think next year, we could be looking at close to 40 boats participating because it’s growing.” In addition to the Whitty K and Aliv WG Thunderbird, some of the other boats expected to compete are Sacrifice, Revelation 3:19, Lady Eunice, Sweet Island Gal, Keep Your Eye on Him, Bulla Reg, Fugitive, H2O, Legal Weapon, Whiplash, By Gully, Golden Girl, Termite, Warrior, King & Knights and San Sally. The competition is slated to begin at noon Friday and continue Saturday. All series races will be Cup races, which means that prizes have been increased tremendously for the various winners.
BAISS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS TIP OFF FROM PAGE 1 and remain in contention. Both teams traded baskets over the next few possessions and a Comets corner jumper pulled them within two, 9-7. Baptiste would have the answer for SAC on a steal and fastbreak layup as the Big Red Machine took a 15-9 lead into the half. Baptiste scored 13 of her 19 points in the second half to seal the game one win. Early in the third she weaved through the defence with a euro step to convert a layup and threepoint play to give the Big Red Machine a 10-point lead for the first time. They led by as much as 13 in the period and withstood a brief flurry from the Comets to take a double digit lead into the fourth. Comets came within seven late in the fourth, but as their coach Anastacia Sands-Moultrie shouted from the sidelines for much of the game, the Big Red Machine clamped down defensively to take game one. The Comets face an uphill battle if they wish to repeat as champions. In 2016, the Comets closed out a two-game sweep over the Kingsway Academy Saints in a 22-20 thriller to take the title, led by head coach Chadwick James. Senior Girls Jordan Prince William Falcons - 39 Kingsway Academy Saints - 22 After witnessing both boys’ teams capture basketball titles in 2016, the Jordan Prince William Falcons look to add their names to this year’s win-
PLAY BALL: The SAC Big Red Machine junior girls beat the Queen’s College Lady Comets 38-27 yesterday as the BAISS tipped off its championship series. Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff ner’s circle. It was a dominant performance from the Falcons’ balanced scoring attack to take game one of the senior girls’ series. Robyn Porter was dominant on the interior with a game high 12 points to lead the Falcons while Terell Cox scored eight and Amir Thompson added seven. Makhela Bowleg led the Saints with nine points.
It was tied early at 4, before the Falcons moved ahead on a three-pointer and eventually took a 9-4 at the end of the first. Deadlocked for most of the second, the Falcons ended the quarter on a 6-0 run to take a 15-10 lead into the half. The Falcons had a key run early in the third that put the game away for good sparked by a jumper
from Cox. They stole the inbound on the ensuing possession and after a pair of layups from Porter and another from Shamique Thompson, the Falcons had an 8-0 run. Even with Porter on the sidelines, the lead ballooned to as much as 18 on a Thompson layup. The Kingsway Academy Saints finished as runnersup to SAC Big Red Ma-
chine last year and were early favourites for this year’s title, but the Falcons have been a force all season intent on spoiling those plans. In the senior boys matchup, defending champions Jordan Prince William Falcons defeated SAC 7165. In junior boys’ play, the pennant winning Temple Christian Suns topped the QC Comets, 52-45.
Arizona Cardinals, 27-23 at the Raymond James Stadium. MVP: Santonio Holmes, Pittsburgh 2009: Men’s Australian Open: Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer (7-5, 3-6, 7-6, 3-6, 6-2) 2009: Women’s Australian Open: Serena Williams beats Dinara Safina (6-0, 6-3) 2014: Ray Guy becomes the first pure NFL punter to be inducted in the Hall of Fame 2014: Adam Silver becomes the fifth NBA Commissioner 2015: Super Bowl XLIX: New England Patriots defeat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. MVP: Tom Brady who becomes only the third quarterback to win four Super Bowls. 2015: Men’s Australian Open: Novak Đjokovic beats Andy Murray (7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 6-0) Always remember, if you don’t know your past, you will never know your future! • Naughty presents ‘Mischief and Mayhem in da AM’ from 6am to 10am, Monday to Friday and ‘The Press Box’ sports talk show on Sunday from 10am to 1pm, on KISS FM 96.1. Comments and questions to naughty@tribunemedia.net
DC PRATT
FROM PAGE 1 time in approximately two years. In an effort to bolster his Muay Thai résumé, Pratt embarked on a pair of sixmonth stints in Thailand in 2013-14, training under renowned Muay Thai fighter and coach Lamnamoon Sor Sumalee. He has also trained alongside Lion Fight two-division champion ‘Smokin’ Jo Nattawut. Pratt won both of his fights during this summer’s training session in Thailand, the second of which was broadcasted live on Thai national television. He suffered the knee injury in his second trip to the country as he was preparing for future fights. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, for several years before he moved back to the Bahamas, Pratt fought to a 3-1-1 amateur record since he made his Muay Thai debut in 2012. He opened the Bangkok Fight Night Atlanta Grand Prix event with a split decision over Clint Blizzard in the 160-pound weight class in that debut. In October 2013, he won the IKF East Coast Championship. While in Atlanta, Pratt established the connections which referred him to the camp in Thailand. He noted that aside from the fight preparation, in what he called “an experience of a lifetime” immersed in a new culture for an extended period of time. Disillusioned with frequent fight cancellations along with the struggle to find adequate bouts and training, he chose to relocate to the mecca of Muay Thai fighting. “There were a lot of reasons I decided to go to Thailand, one of the main ones was that fights were falling through in the United States. I started to get frustrated and I didn’t want to be in the US just training, I wanted to be actively competing,” he said. The Eersel-Pratt bout is one of two title fights on the main card which includes a total of six bouts. The second title fight will be in the women’s division with super bantamweight champion Iman “Pretty Killer” Barlow placing her title on the line against Meryem “Mergen” Uslu. The Lion Fight 34 main card will air live on AXS TV Fights with a start time of 9pm (local), with commentary from renowned duo “The Voice” Michael Schiavello and UFC Hall of Famer Pat Miletich.
PAGE 4, Tuesday, January 31, 2017
THE TRIBUNE
Athletes qualify for CARIFTA at 14th
ATHLETES compete on Saturday during the 14th Annual Club Monica Track and Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. A number of athletes attained the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games in April. Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
FROM PAGE 1 be in the old stadium for the local meets.” Whether it was a change in the venue of the third local meet held in the new stadium this year, there were a number of qualifiers at the Club Monica meet mainly coming from the under-18 boys’ and girls’ divisions. • Among the qualifiers for the CARIFTA Games, scheduled for April 15-17 in Curacao, were the following: Girls Under-18 Division 100m - Devine Parker, Bahamas High Performance, 11.92 sec. 200m – Devine Parker, Bahamas High Performance, 23.96 (in the heats). 400m – Doneisha Anderson, TWD Athletics, 55.36 (in the final) and 55.83 (in the heats). Boys Under-18 Division 100m - Adrian Curry, Club Monica, 10.64; Denvaughn Whymms, Club Monica, 10.70; Max Azor, Swift Athletics, 10.89. 200m – Max Azor, Swift Athletics, 21.75 (in the heats). 800m – Nathan Burrows, Fast Forward, 1:58.00. Discus – Jordan Lewis, Blue Chip Athletics, 45.48m. Girls Under-20 Division Discus – Laquell Harris, Blue Chip Athletics, 42.27m.
Boys Under-20 Division 200m – Tavonte Mott, Star Trackers, 21.35 (in the heats). The meet also saw a number of athletes who posted two or more victories in their respective events. Among them was Harris, who doubled up in the open women’s shot put with a heave of 12.06m. V’Alonee Robinson, hoping to make the team for the IAAF World Relays and the IAAF World Championships in August in London, England, won the open women’s 200m in 12.40. The TWD Athletics representative also cleared the long jump with 5.47m. Maicel Uibo, representing Bahamas Speed Dynamics, picked up another win in the men’s open long jump with a leap of 6.72m. The Estonia’s decathlon is here training as he prepares for his marriage to Olympic champion Shaunae Miller. Miller was on hand to view the meet and support Uibo. She also took the time out to sign autographs for many of the exciting youngsters. Wayne Major of Bahamas Speed Dynamics was the double winner of the open men’s 100m in 11.41 and the 200m in 22.54. Raygene Minus of the Bahamas
High Performance won the open women’s 200m in 26.52. Fast Forward’s Zara Fraser picked up a double dose of victory in the girls’ under-8 100m in 16.69 and the 200m in 35.10. Rolando Thompson of the Beginners Track Club won the boys’ under-8 century in 17.0 and the 200m in 36.42. Kids Athletics’ Darvinique Dean pulled off the double in the girls’ under-10 straight-away race in 15.27 and the half-lap race in 32.36. Kion Burrows of the Ambassadors did the same in the under-10 boys’ division with times of 14.39 in the 100m and 29.73 in the 200m. Philip Gray and Darius Pratt shared the honours in the under-13 boys’ sprints. Gray, representing DTSP Wolf Pack, won the 100m in 14.08 with Pratt of the Roadrunners coming in second in 14.22. Pratt reversed the order in the 200m in 28.59 with Gray getting second in 28.65. Club Monica’s D’Arjha Davis came back after getting third in the under-12 girls’ 100m in 13.11 behind Danielle Saunders of the Bahamas High Performance (12.97) and Halicia Russell of Heats Athletics from Andros (13.07) to win the 200m in 26.61. And Club Monica’s Otto Laing,
runner up in the boys’ under-14 100m in 11.95 behind Fast Forward’s Jamal Flowers (11.81), won the 200m in 24.62. Joseph Daxon of Triple Threat Throwers pulled off the double in the boys’ under-16 discus with a toss of 37.30m and the shot put with 12.81m. And Acacia Astwood of the Blue Chip Athletics secured her pair of victories in the girls’ under-18 discus with 37.70m and the shot put with 12.02m. Star Trackers’ Catalyn Blayre, making her return after being injured last year, won the girls’ under-20 100m in 12.39 and the 200m in 25.31. Also, back home after leaving Queen’s College to attend high school in the United States, Charisma Taylor of Club Monica pulled off the win in the 100m hurdles in 14.80 over her teammate Sasha Wells, who did 15.02. Taylor added the long jump title to her ledger with a leap of 5.30m over her QC teammate Daejha Moss, who did 5.29m. Moss, representing Leap of Faith, won the high jump with 1.60m. And Anthon Lightbourne doubled up in the open men’s discus with 40.86 and the University of the Bahamas competitor threw the short put 12.61m.
THE TRIBUNE
Tuesday, January 31, 2017, PAGE 5
Club Monica Track and Field Classic
BURNING UP THE TRACK: Athletes burn up the track in the 14th Annual Club Monica Track and Field Classic at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium on Saturday. A number of athletes attained the qualifying standards for the CARIFTA Games in April. Photos: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff
PAGE 6, Tuesday, January 31, 2017
THE TRIBUNE
Barnes, last-place Mavs topple Love-less Cavs, 104-97 DALLAS (AP) — Harrison Barnes scored 24 points and the last-place Dallas Mavericks knocked off a title contender for the second straight night, beating LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 104-97 last night. Wesley Matthews had 21, and rookie point guard Yogi Ferrell scored a careerhigh 19 in the second game of a 10-day contract, a night after hitting two key free throws in the final seconds of a win at Southwest Division-leading San Antonio. James had 23 points and Kyrie Irving scored 18 — but just one between them in the fourth quarter — for the defending
WESTERN CONFERENCE
champs, who were without fellow All-Star Kevin Love because of recurring back spasms. The Cavs dropped to 7-8 in January. The loss also trimmed Cleveland’s lead for the top spot in the Eastern Conference to 2 1/2 games over Boston. HEAT 104, NETS 96 MIAMI (AP) — Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Dion Waiters added 19 and the Heat pushed the NBA’s longest current winning streak to eight games. James Johnson had 17, Rodney McGruder scored 13 and Hassan Whiteside added 12 for Miami. Waiters and Dragic combined to hand out 17 assists for the Heat, who took the lead for good with a 17-0 run late in the first half. Miami outscored Brooklyn 33-12 from 3-point range. Bojan Bogdanovic scored 16 points for Brooklyn (9-39), which has lost six straight and 17 of its last 18. 76ERS 122, KINGS 119 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Robert Covington had 23 points and 10 rebounds to rally Philadelphia to the victory. The Sixers overcame 46 points from DeMarcus Cousins and won again without injured centre Joel Embiid, who sat out with
a left knee contusion. He also will not travel with the Sixers for road games later this week against Dallas and San Antonio. The Sixers officially listed Embiid as doubtful for those two games. This game was postponed November 30 by the NBA because of condensation on the court at the Wells Fargo Center. TIMBERWOLVES 111, MAGIC 105, OT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Wiggins scored 27 points and Ricky Rubio made a career-high six 3-pointers to lead Minnesota to the home win. Karl-Anthony Towns had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Rubio added 22 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, and Wiggins forced overtime with a jumper with 10 seconds to play. The Wolves win for the eighth time in 11 games. Elfrid Payton scored 21 points and Serge Ibaka had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who came back from nine points down with five minutes to play to take the lead late in regulation. CELTICS 113, PISTONS 109 BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas scored 24 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics extended their winning streak to four games. Jae Crowder added 21 points and Al
CAVALIERS forward Richard Jefferson (24) battles Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes (40) for space during the first half of last night’s game in Dallas. (AP)
Horford scored 13 for Boston, which had to rally after Detroit surged midway through the fourth quarter and the teams traded the lead. Andre Drummond had 28 points and pulled down 22 rebounds for the Pistons, who outscored Boston 60-38 in the paint and outrebounded the Celtics 51-44. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 18 points for Detroit, which lost its third straight. Thomas extended his run of games with at least 20 points to 32 in a row. He carried Boston down the stretch, making nine free throws in the fourth quarter while going 15 for 15 from the line.
EASTERN CONFERENCE
THE TRIBUNE
Tuesday, January 31, 2017, PAGE 7
AP ANALYSIS: USAIN BOLT CAN’T OUTRUN JAMAICA’S DOPING PROBLEM By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer It was bound to happen. Even the least-cynical track fan could peer through the smoke screen that enveloped Jamaica’s anti-doping programme and recognise things weren’t right. Eventually, that was bound to ensnare Usain Bolt, the spirit-lifting superstar whose reach goes well beyond his own island but who is still losing one of his nine Olympic golds because of the problems down there. Last Wednesday, the International Olympic Committee stripped Jamaica’s 2008 Olympic 4x100 relay team of its gold medal. The 37.1-second trip around the track, a world record at the time, goes off the books, too. It all has to do with Nesta Carter, a bit player on the Jamaican sprint scene who was caught taking a banned stimulant that was detected in re-analysis of samples the IOC has been holding since the Beijing Games. Carter joins a growing list of Jamaican champions who have been busted for doping over the last several years: Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sherone Simpson. Details of all
these cases vary, most have been explained away. None, on their own, stand out as major affronts to the anti-doping system, the likes of which have been documented in the disturbing case against the Russian sports machine. And yet, all have this in common: Had Jamaica been running a no-excuses anti-doping system for the last 10-15 years, no athlete would’ve felt secure pushing the envelope with banned stimulants or any other such substance. And Bolt might still have his medal. A few years ago, Renee Anne Shirley, the one-time executive of Jamaica’s anti-doping agency who was ousted suddenly and without much explanation in 2013, offered this shocking statistic : In the five months leading to the London Olympics, Jamaica’s anti-doping agency conducted a grand total of one out-of-competition drug test. “It wasn’t good,” said David Howman, the former World AntiDoping Agency director general who played a role in Jamaica’s many reboots. “The only testing effectively done in relation to Jamaica was done by the IAAF (track’s governing body). The problem there was the testing was done in Jamaica by people who
experts in for six months to analyse the problems and offer solutions. They were more or less told, “Thanks, but no thanks.” “I’m not surprised,” said Doug Logan, who ran USA Track and Field in 2008. “It’s not a real wellkept secret that the anti-doping regimens in Jamaica haven’t been overly rigorous over the course of the years.” And yet Logan, who proudly wears the label of concerned cynic when it comes to track, says he would not include Bolt among those he views with suspicion. “It’s intuitive, just based on knowing him, watching him,” Logan said. “I think he’s a generational talent. I have nothing I know that would lead me to believe he has not had a clean career.” Clean or not, his Olympic goldmedal tally now stands at eight. It’s little consolation that, in the eyes of some experts, including Howman, Jamaica might finally be getting its anti-doping program in shape. There’s also this: The IOC still holds samples from the London Games, and has a 10year window to reanalyse them. Carter was on the team that won gold that year, too. Next up, in addition to possi-
USAIN BOLT (AP) had conflicts. There were some issues.” It’s not that people didn’t try to help. In 2010, at WADA’s urging, Jamaica’s anti-doping board was dissolved to rid it of people who also led sports associations on the island — a basic conflict of interest that should’ve been dealt with years sooner. The folks at the US Anti-Doping Agency sent
ble appeals over the IOC ruling, come the logistical and political challenges involved in Jamaica’s Olympic committee rounding up the medals — five of them, including the sprinter who ran in Bolt’s place for the preliminaries. If that’s successful, they’ll redistribute the hardware to the new “winners” from Trinidad and Tobago, who finished nearly a full second behind the Jamaicans and would’ve still been that far back had Carter been replaced by virtually anyone else on Jamaica’s sprint team. Maybe more interesting will be the new bar-room debate over what this does to Bolt’s legacy. Is he now 8 for 8 at the Olympics, 8 for 9, or, simply, 9 for 9 with an asterisk that he really doesn’t deserve? Does this diminish anything he’s done — most notably, transform a scandal-encrusted sport into an eminently watchable smile-fest whenever he’s on the track? “It’s really unfortunate that Bolt’s name obviously comes up in this,” said Ato Boldon, the Olympic sprinter-turned-NBC track analyst, “because the whole world cheered him on to get those nine medals, and obviously he doesn’t have the nine anymore.”
THE WEATHER REPORT
5-Day Forecast
TODAY
ORLANDO
High: 71° F/22° C Low: 45° F/7° C
TAMPA
TONIGHT
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and nice
Mainly clear
Partly sunny
Clouds and sun with a shower
Partly sunny and breezy
Partly sunny and pleasant
High: 76°
Low: 63°
High: 78° Low: 64°
High: 78° Low: 66°
High: 80° Low: 66°
High: 80° Low: 65°
AccuWeather RealFeel
AccuWeather RealFeel
AccuWeather RealFeel
AccuWeather RealFeel
AccuWeather RealFeel
AccuWeather RealFeel
78° F
63° F
83°-64° F
82°-63° F
81°-64° F
83°-65° F
High: 70° F/21° C Low: 51° F/11° C
The exclusive AccuWeather RealFeel Temperature® is an index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body—everything that affects how warm or cold a person feels. Temperatures reflect the high and the low for the day.
N
almanac
E
W
ABACO
S
N
High: 70° F/21° C Low: 65° F/18° C
4-8 knots
S
WEST PALM BEACH High: 71° F/22° C Low: 56° F/13° C
4-8 knots
FT. LAUDERDALE E
W
FREEPORT
High: 72° F/22° C Low: 60° F/16° C
N
S
E
W
High: 72° F/22° C Low: 60° F/16° C
MIAMI
High: 75° F/24° C Low: 60° F/16° C
6-12 knots
Statistics are for Nassau through 1 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 72° F/22° C Low .................................................... 63° F/17° C Normal high ....................................... 77° F/25° C Normal low ........................................ 64° F/18° C Last year’s high ................................. 82° F/28° C Last year’s low ................................... 64° F/18° C Precipitation As of 1 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.22” Year to date ................................................. 0.79” Normal year to date ..................................... 1.29”
ELEUTHERA
NASSAU
High: 76° F/24° C Low: 63° F/17° C
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
High: 74° F/23° C Low: 69° F/21° C
N
KEY WEST
High: 73° F/23° C Low: 66° F/19° C
tiDes For nassau High Today
Ht.(ft.)
Low
Ht.(ft.)
9:56 a.m. 10:24 p.m.
2.9 2.6
3:45 a.m. -0.4 4:19 p.m. -0.5
Wednesday 10:41 a.m. 11:14 p.m.
2.8 2.7
4:34 a.m. -0.3 5:04 p.m. -0.5
Thursday
11:30 a.m. -----
2.6 -----
5:27 a.m. -0.2 5:52 p.m. -0.5
Friday
12:09 a.m. 12:25 p.m.
2.7 2.5
6:27 a.m. 0.0 6:46 p.m. -0.4
Saturday
1:10 a.m. 1:26 p.m.
2.7 2.3
7:32 a.m. 0.1 7:46 p.m. -0.4
Sunday
2:14 a.m. 2:32 p.m.
2.8 2.3
8:41 a.m. 0.1 8:49 p.m. -0.4
Monday
3:20 a.m. 3:39 p.m.
2.9 2.3
9:49 a.m. 0.0 9:53 p.m. -0.5
sun anD moon Sunrise Sunset
High: 76° F/24° C Low: 71° F/22° C
N
S
E
W
6-12 knots
S
7-14 knots Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
6:53 a.m. 5:54 p.m.
Moonrise Moonset
9:21 a.m. 9:35 p.m.
First
Full
Last
New
Feb. 3
Feb. 10
Feb. 18
Feb. 26
CAT ISLAND
E
W
uV inDex toDay
ANDROS
SAN SALVADOR
GREAT EXUMA
High: 76° F/24° C Low: 72° F/22° C
High: 76° F/24° C Low: 72° F/22° C
N
High: 74° F/23° C Low: 69° F/21° C
E
W S
LONG ISLAND
insurance management tracking map
High: 78° F/26° C Low: 73° F/23° C
7-14 knots
MAYAGUANA High: 79° F/26° C Low: 72° F/22° C
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
CROOKED ISLAND / ACKLINS RAGGED ISLAND High: 80° F/27° C Low: 74° F/23° C
GREAT INAGUA High: 81° F/27° C Low: 72° F/22° C
N
H
High: 79° F/26° C Low: 74° F/23° C
E
W
E
W
N
S
S
8-16 knots
10-20 knots
marine Forecast ABACO ANDROS CAT ISLAND CROOKED ISLAND ELEUTHERA FREEPORT GREAT EXUMA GREAT INAGUA LONG ISLAND MAYAGUANA NASSAU RAGGED ISLAND SAN SALVADOR
Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday: Today: Wednesday:
WINDS NE at 4-8 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots NE at 6-12 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots ENE at 7-14 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots NE at 10-20 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 4-8 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots NE at 7-14 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots NE at 10-20 Knots NE at 8-16 Knots NE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 10-20 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 4-8 Knots ENE at 6-12 Knots NE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots NE at 7-14 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots
WAVES 3-5 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet 3-5 Feet 3-5 Feet 3-5 Feet 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-3 Feet 3-6 Feet 3-5 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet 4-8 Feet 4-8 Feet 1-2 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet 2-4 Feet 1-3 Feet 2-4 Feet
VISIBILITY 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles
WATER TEMPS. 74° F 74° F 78° F 78° F 79° F 80° F 79° F 79° F 75° F 75° F 76° F 76° F 77° F 77° F 80° F 80° F 79° F 79° F 78° F 78° F 75° F 75° F 78° F 78° F 77° F 77° F
PAGE 8, Tuesday, January 31, 2017
THE TRIBUNE