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SPORTS SECTION E

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2016

PELICANS WIN

Buddy, Page 3

Women’s national volleyball team advances to 2nd round By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

he Bahamas Volleyball Federation women’s national team joined the men in advancing to the second round of the AZOVA qualifying series for the 2018 FIVB World Volleyball Championships. After watching the men book their ticket in Martinique last month to head to Trinidad & Tobago for the next round next year, the women clinched their berth for the second round in Jamaica in July. The women did it by wrapping up their three-game series on Sunday at the Clifton Hunter High School with a 25-16, 25-10, 25-11 win over Bonaire to finish in second place at 2-1. The team lost their opener 25-21, 25-11, 2624 to top finisher Guadeloupe, but bounced back to pull off a 25-10, 25-12, 25-14 win over the Cayman Islands. Team captain Kelsie Johnson, who posted 10 points behind Melinda Bastian’s leading 18 and Brittany Bonamy’s 11, said the team performed as expected with one or two downfalls. “We knew Guadeloupe would be our biggest competitors going into the tournament because they beat us the last CVC, so they were ranked higher than us,” Johnson told The Tribune of the Bahamas’ sixth ranking behind Guadeloup at No.5. “However, I feel as if we were able to play them in the last game, we would have beaten them. We adjusted very well after the second set when we played them, but unfortunately, we had two communication breakdowns that caused us the first set and after leading in the second set, we had

CLINCHING THEIR BERTH: Women’s national volleyball team members with manager Margaret Albury (far left) and coach Jason Saunders (far right). a bad call from the referees in our opinion that really broke our momentum.” Johnson, however, said the goal was to advance to the next level and she was happy that they were able to accomplish that feat. Although she is leaning towards

retirement, Johnson said she was delighted to have returned to help the team. In the process, she was named the co best middle blocker with Sandra Ramier from Guadeloupe. Additionally, Bastian and Bonamy were named the best outside

spikers. Other members of the team, coached by Jason Saunders with Margaret Albury as the manager, were Davia Moss, Shantia Simon, JeNae Saunders, Eugunie Adderley, Avoni Seymour, Courtney Stevens, Latavia Braynen and

Sari Albury. Sixteen-year-old Braynen and Albury, 15, are both high school athletes making their national team debut. Saunders said based on what he had to work with, he thought the

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DeAndre Ayton and the IBA Bahamas/Get Bruins in ‘Sand Between Me Recruited Skills Combine on Saturday Your Toes Showcase’ By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamian public will have an early season opportunity to witness the top local basketball talent and a rarity of seeing one of its own Blue Chip prospects playing at home. DeAndre Ayton and his Hillcrest Prep Bruins out of Phoenix, Arizona, are expected to participate in the “Sand Between Your Toes Showcase,” to be hosted November 18-19 at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium and presented by Provenance Insurance. The showcase will be a part of the widely renowned Grind Session Tournament series. Local teams participating in the showcase include the defending Hugh Campbell

and National Champion – CC Sweeting Cobras, the GI Gibson Rattlers, the Tabernacle Baptist Falcons and St George’s Jaguars. In addition to the Bruins, other visiting schools set to compete include Prolific Prep (Napa, California), Victory Rock (Brandenton, Florida), The Conrad Academy (Orlando, Florida), The Tech Academy (Portland, Oregon) and 22 Feet Academy (Anderson, South Carolina.). Prolific Prep is arguably the most highly touted of the group featuring an elite backcourt of Gary Trent Jr and Paul Scruggs. Trent, the recent Duke commit, will play in the Bahamas for the third time after participating in both editions of the Nike EYBL Bahamas exhibition series. A five-star recruit, the

By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

DEANDRE AYTON 6’5”, 200-pound guard is ranked No.8 in the ESPN 100 and has been listed as a USA Today Preseason AllAmerican. He averaged 25.9 points per game last season for Apple Valley, Minnesota, and helped lead Team USA to the title at the Under-17

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AS student athletes around the country get ready for the 2016-17 high school basketball season, one organisation is granting them an additional opportunity to refine their skillset. International Basketball Academy (IBA) Bahamas, in conjunction with Get Me Recruited (GMR), will host a Skills Combine November 19-20. IBA Bahamas has impacted the local basketball scene in its brief history led by its director Denycko Bowles, who also serves as the head coach of the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins. It is the first international branch of the IBA programme. Over the course of the two-day event, hosted from 9am to 5pm, players will be drilled on the advanced fundamentals of the game. “This skills camp is to bring kids out to drill them, teach them the fundamentals of basketball, to explore a lot of problems and implement a lot of things, some they may already know, but how to

also get it in game speed and game focus. It will allow these kids to be very successful within their teams and their schools for the school year. This year we see this as a way forward in terms of getting these kids even more exposure than they already have and allowing them to propel forward in the game of basketball.” The combine is available to all players from 6th grade to post graduate levels at a registration fee of $65. For more information, contact info. ibabahamas@gmail.com or denycko. bowles@gmail.com and registration forms can be picked up from the Doris Johnson campus on Prince Charles Drive. Bowles said participants should expect hard work but an opportunity to learn from a skilled group of trainers from Get Me Recruited. “This is all day. We’re going to go from 9-5 broken down into four different sessions throughout the day. The trainers that are going to be coming down are from the North Carolina area. We have Mr Tim Fields, one of the key trainers who will be down again, and they

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THE BAHAMAS Volleyball Federation women’s national team clinched their berth for the second round of the AZOVA qualifying series for the 2018 FIVB World Volleyball Championships in Jamaica in July. They did it by wrapping up their three-game series on Sunday at the Clifton Hunter High School with a 25-16, 25-10, 25-11 win over Bonaire to finish in second place at 2-1.

WOMEN’S NATIONAL VOLLEYBALL TEAM ADVANCES TO 2ND ROUND FROM PAGE 1 team came together at the right time. “When you consider the fact that we were challenged in getting some of the younger players out, we asked three players to come out of retirement - Kelsie Johnson, Edricka McPheeSimon and Davia Moss - they performed magnificently. I was very proud of them.” With just one practice on Saturday before they got into competition, Saunders said the team didn’t get the right mixture in their lineup until after they played the top ranked Guadelouple in the opener. “We had one bad set and that was in the second set against Guadeloupe,” Saunders said. “We should have won the first and second set against them. “But we didn’t get our chemistry together until late in the tourament. But if we had to play Guadeloupe today, we would beat them.” Despite losing their only game to Guadeloupe and not having all the players he

had anticipated, Saunders said they got the job done. “Now we have moved on to the second round of qualifying and so hopefully all of the younger girls will come out and work their butts off so that we can field the best team possible,” Saunders projected. Guadeloupe and the Bahamas secured the top two spots in the pool, qualifying to compete in Pool E of the CAZOVA Championship in Trinidad & Tobago next year alongside automatic qualifiers Barbados, Group C winners Haiti and the second placed team from the third and final Round One Pool B qualifiers which is scheduled to take place in Suriname October 28-31, involving the host country, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and Turks & Caicos. The winner of the Aruba and Martinique match gets second in Pool A and joins top ranked nation and twotime reigning CAZOVA champions Trinidad & Tobago, Curacao and the runner-up from Pool C. The eight-team final with the top two teams overall will again qualify to the

TEAM BAHAMAS lost their opener 25-21, 25-11, 26-24 to top finisher Guadeloupe, but bounced back to pull off a 25-10, 25-12, 25-14 win over the Cayman Islands. next round of FIVB World Championship qualification while crowning the eventual champions of CAZOVA. At the NORCECA Continental, the CAZOVA duo will join the USA, Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico

along with two from Central America and two from the Eastern Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (ECVA) in the top-12 qualification process to determine the eventual qualifiers to the World Championships.

The Bahamas men, on the other hand, clinched the top spot in the pool so it qualified to compete in Pool E of the CAZOVA Championship in Trinidad & Tobago next year alongside automatic qualifiers Barbados, Group C

winners Haiti and the second placed team from the third and final Round One Pool B qualifiers, which is scheduled to take place in Suriname October 28-31, involving the host country, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and Turks & Caicos. The winner of the Aruba and Martinique match gets second in Pool A and joins top ranked nation and twotime reigning CAZOVA champions Trinidad and Tobago, Curacao and the runner-up from Pool C. The eight-team final with the top two teams overall will again qualify to the next round of FIVB World Championship qualification while crowning the eventual champions of CAZOVA. At the NORCECA Continental, the CAZOVA duo will join the USA, Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico along with two from Central America and two from the Eastern Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (ECVA) in the top-12 qualification process to determine the eventual qualifiers to the World Championships.

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‘Stuff it in you blowholes Dolphins’ I CAN’T even enjoy my Cowboys reeling off their 8th win in a row, (in impressive fashion on the road in Pittsburgh I might add) without being interrupted by these bottom-feeding Dolphin fans. Yes Dolphins fans your team inexplicably has won four games in a row. I expected the lunacy to commence on Sunday after Dolphins’ latest victory, but not to these proportions. Dolphins fans are in ‘rarified air’ right now, talking all out of their heads, so please allow me to bring you plummeting back to earth. (The pleasure is all mine by the way). As I said previously in this column, calm your passion, despite your little winning streak your team still won’t make the playoffs. Let me break it down for you! Sadly for Dolphins fans, the reality of it all is, if the season ended today the Dolphins would be done. At present the Dolphins are the 7th seed in the AFC. On top of that, the 5th and 6th seeds in the AFC, the Raiders and Broncos respectively, enjoy a twogame lead with 4 to play over the Dolphins and a few others muddled up in the pack fighting for their

playoff lives. Take a closer look at the ‘Fins remaining schedule and see for yourself.

SPORTING

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vs Rams @ 49ers vs Ravens @ Cardinals vs Jets vs Bills @ Patriots

BY INIGO ‘NAUGHT Y’ ZENIC

AZELAYA

I have them going 4-3, ending up at 9-7 for the season, not enough to surpass the Raiders nor the Broncos for either of the wild card spots. Here’s my final prediction for the AFC playoff teams and wild card seedings, with 3 teams from the AFC WEST making it to the post season. 1. Patriots 2. Broncos 3. Ravens 4. Texans 5. Chiefs 6. Raiders No comparison .... Also Dolphins fans, I know you are all ecstatic over the impressive and improbable four-game win streak your team is on. However don’t get it twisted, it doesn’t put you in the same league as my 8-1 Cowboys, winners of 8 straight

COWBOYS running back Ezekiel Elliott (21) celebrates his game-winning touchdown with teammates during Sunday’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh. The Cowboys won 35-30. (AP Photo/Don Wright)

“HOWEVER DON’T GET IT TWISTED, IT DOESN’T PUT YOU IN THE SAME LEAGUE AS MY 8-1 COWBOYS, WINNERS OF 8 STRAIGHT GAMES. ALSO YOU BEAT THE STEELERS WITHOUT THEIR QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER, WE BEAT THEM WITH HIM IN THE LINEUP. BIG DIFFERENCE! SO BASICALLY DOLPHINS FANS, YOUR TEAM WON 4 GAMES IN A ROW, MY COWBOYS HAVE WON 8, THAT MAKES YOUR DOLPHINS HALF AS GOOD AS MY COWBOYS.” games. Also you beat the Steelers without their QB Ben Roethlisberger, we beat them with him in the lineup. Big difference! So basically Dolphins fans, your team won 4 games in a row, my Cowboys have won 8, that makes your Dolphins half as good as my Cowboys. Argument done, and next time ‘stay out of big team business.’ What you need to focus on is the crumbling ‘Camelot’ in your division known as the Patriots, you want to impress me? Let the Dolphins close the two-game lead the Patriots have over them, and

win the division if you so big and bad. Now I’m off, I’ve got a grill to clean, I haven’t grilled Dolphin in a minute, I think that’s what’s on the tailgate menu this week!! Until next week I will leave you with this: “The difference between possible and impossible is determination.” • 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

SKILLS COMBINE SET TO BEGIN ON SATURDAY FROM PAGE 1 will be going through the key aspects of basketball. We’ll be going through defence, post moves, perimeter offence moves and more. It will allow kids to take on all those aspects and it will be non-stop drilling from morning to afternoon. These kids can definitely use these as a part of their games and add it to their repertoire and allow them to move forward to be successful team players.” The two organisations

Buddy Hield scores 5 to help Pelicans down Celtics, 106-105 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bahamian rookie guard Buddy Hield scored five points last night to help his New Orleans Pelicans get their second win of the season, 106-105 over the Boston Celtics. Anthony Davis had 25 points, 16 rebounds, four steals and two blocks as the Pelicans won for only the second time in their first 11 games. Hield also dished out three assists and grabbed two rebounds in 21 minutes. Langston Galloway scored a seasonhigh 21 points, while Terrence Jones

added 15 points and a season-high 10 rebounds for New Orleans, which has won two of three after an 0-8 start. Isaiah Thomas scored 37 for Boston, including a driving scoop that tied the game with 7 seconds left. But Boston’s Kelly Olynyk fouled New Orleans guard Tim Frazier with 2.5 seconds left, and Frazier sank one free throw for the margin of victory. Avery Bradley had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Marcus Smart scored 15 points for Boston.

Ayton and the Bruins in ‘Sand Between Your Toes Showcase’ FROM PAGE 1 FIBA World Championship, averaging 12.7 points and 3.9 rebounds a game. Scruggs, the 6’3” 190pound guard, is a four-star recruit, ranked No.28 in the ESPN 100, who has signed to Xavier. Conrad Academy features the No.17 player in the ESPN 100, Auburn signee, Austin Wiley - a 6’9” 250pound five-star centre. Victory Rock features four-star recruit Mayan Kir, ranked No.95 in the ESPN 100 and headed for Virginia Commonwealth University. Ayton chose to end his recruitment process before his senior season ever began when he announced his decision to attend Arizona, in a press conference broadcasted live on ESPN’s SportsCenter this summer. The No.1 recruit for the class of 2017, he chose Arizona over Kentucky and Kansas. He became the first top overall recruit to commit to a Pac-12 team since Kevin Love did so for UCLA.

The Arizona recruiting class for 2017 was listed at No.38 but since Ayton’s announcement has vaulted all the way to No.1. The 7’0”, 235-pound high school basketball phenom, currently at Hillcrest Academy in Phoenix, Arizona had a busy summer on the circuit which included stops on the Nike EYBL, Adidas Nations and for the Bahamian national team. “I made Arizona home at Hillcrest Prep,” Ayton said during his announcement. “My mom, my family can benefit coming to my games. We really trust their programme. I know they can help me get to the next level.” During the course of the regular season, Ayton averaged 30 points, 19 rebounds and 5.7 blocks for Hillcrest. On the competitive Nike EYBL Summer Circuit with California Supreme, he averaged 19.8 points and 11.6 rebounds per game this season. He concluded play at the EYBL Peach Jam where he averaged 21 points, 13.2 rebounds and

three blocks per game. At Adidas Nations, he averaged 17.4 points and 11 rebounds per game as his team went undefeated en route to a tournament title. He also made his Bahamian national team debut with the men’s Centrobasket team that finished seventh in Panama. Friday, November 18 3:30pm – CC Sweeting vs St George’s 5pm – Victory Rock vs The Tech Academy 6:30pm – The Conrad Academy vs Prolific Prep 8pm – 22 Feet Academy vs Hillcrest Prep 9:30pm – CI Gibson vs Tabernacle Saturday, November 19 3:30pm – Tabernacle vs CC Sweeting 5pm – Prolific Prep vs Victory Rock 6:30pm – Tech Academy vs 22 Feet Academy 8pm – Conrad Academy vs Hillcrest Prep 9:30pm - CI Gibson vs St George’s

hosted a successful “Super 60 Showdown Bahamas” in June. “We hope to build on the success of the Super 60 event this summer. A lot of kids weren’t able to be a part of it and they’re definitely looking forward to being a part of this skills combine. The word has gotten out and kids are very excited. Basketball is something the whole country loves. Especially having Buddy in the NBA and I know a lot of kids aspire to be like that. The response has been re-

markable and we want to encourage anyone from 6th grade to post grad, if you want to continue to get better and work on your game, find as an avenue to further yourself and better yourself through basketball. We are inviting all coaches to come out and learn something because we all want to put our kids in the best position. In addition to the summer programmes, IBA has participated in the Summer of Thunder and travelled to AAU tournaments in the US.

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SWIMMERS MAKE A SPLASH IN SWIFT OPEN WATER RACE For the 3rd straight year, Swift Swimming hosted its Open Water Swim in Palm Cay, Yamacraw

TALIYAH BOWE (3rd), LAILA BURROWS (winner) and ANJALEAH KNOWLES (2nd) in girls’ 10and-under 800m.

DEVANTE CAREY (Swift) and SIMONE BELLOT(Dolphins) were the top male and female winners of Swift’s 1.5K.

PHILENA STYLES (winner) and ANNE-MARIE ORIAKHI (2nd) in the girls’ 12-and-under 1.5K.

OVERALL female and male winners GIOVANNA EVANS (Dolphins) and TRISTAN RUSSELL (Swift).

KATIE ROACH and ALLIE MACPHAIL after their first and second place finish in the women’s 20-49 1.5K.

THE YOUNGEST competitor, 7-year-old Maxwell Daniels, of the Dolphins, and Swift’s Percy Knowles, the oldest at 86.

KYLE TODD (3rd), ERALD THOMPSON (winner) and NOAH ROACH (2nd) in the boys’ 12-and-under 1.5k.

KRISTOFER SMITH (3rd), Tristan Russell (winner) and SHIMON LOPEZ (2nd) in the boys’ 12-19 5k. URIAH CARTWRIGHT (3rd), DeVante Carey (winner) and JACOB ROACH (2nd) in the boys’ 13-19 1.5k.

LOGAN BURROWS (3rd), Giovanna Eneas (winner) and JAZMINE TROTMAN (2nd) in the girls’ 12-19 5k.

MARJO MAGNO (2nd) and Simone Bellot (winner) after they received their awards for the girls’ 13-19 1.5k.

MAXWELL DANIELS (3rd), CADEN WELLS (winner) and WILLIAM FEASTE (2nd) in the boys’ 10-and-under 800m.

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Cuckoos defeat Buccaneers, 21-19 BAHAMAS RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION’S NASSAU CUP IN FULL SWING

NASSAU CUP: The Bahamas Rugby Football Union’s Nassau Cup is in full swing and in week two the defending champions picked up where they left off last season. Cuckoos RC defeated Buccaneers RC 21-19 at the Winton Rugby Centre on Saturday. Charles Richardson and Ashley Roberts each scored two tries a piece while Brian Baker successfully converted kicks to put the side ahead in the win. Nassau Cup league play continues each Saturday at Winton. Photos: Tim Clarke/The Tribune

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Nishikori beats Wawrinka in straight sets at ATP finals LIONEL MESSI STAYS QUIET By CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — For the first time, Stan Wawrinka lost a match at the ATP finals to someone who hasn’t been ranked No. 1 in the world. The US Open champion, who has reached the semi-finals of the seasonending tournament for the last three years, lost his opening match yesterday at the O2 Arena to Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-3. “It was not a great match compared to what I can do, that’s for sure,” said Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Slam champion. “I don’t think I find anything on the court today. I was a little bit slow on everything. I was hesitating a lot with my game, my movement.” Wawrinka holds a 6-7 record at the tournament for the top eight players in the world, but his previous six losses were against Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic — twice to each.

Monday’s loss doesn’t mean Wawrinka is out of the tournament, but it hurts his chances of finishing the year as the No. 3-ranked player. Wawrinka, Nishikori and Milos Raonic all have a chance to end up one spot behind Andy Murray and Djokovic. “I’m sure I still have something inside me to play some great tennis before the end of the year, so I’m going to try everything for that in the next match,” Wawrinka said. “I’m going to do what I need to do tomorrow to get ready for trying to play better in two days.” Nishikori, currently ranked fifth, helped his own chances of reaching that third spot by breaking Wawrinka twice in each set while not allowing a single break point on his serve. “I’m not thinking too much about rankings, but would be nice if I could finish 4 or 3,” Nishikori said. “I see good chance to be there if I can play good this week.”

AFTER RUMOUR HE WON’T REMAIN WITH BARCELONA

BARCELOing process. MesNA, Spain (AP) si and his father — Everybody is have denied any talking about Liwrongdoing and onel Messi’s possaid they would sible departure appeal. from Barcelona Barcelona did when his contract not immediately expires in 2018. respond to a reEverybody but quest for comhim. ment. Messi is neither Some publicaMESSI (AP) confirming nor tions in Barcedenying a report in sports lona challenged the story by newspaper Marca that the the Madrid-based Marca. player has told Barcelona The daily denied that its rethat he does not intend to port came in retaliation for renew his contract. Messi not showing up at a The player’s representa- recent awards ceremony ortives said yesterday that ganised by the newspaper. Messi would not be making The 29-year-old Messi any comments related to arrived at Barcelona as a the story. teenager from Argentina, Marca claimed that Messi and has never publicly told the club about his al- talked about being unhappy leged decision in July, not at the club. The five-time player of long after he and his father were convicted of defraud- the year has become the ing Spanish tax authorities face of the Catalan club — something that Marca and has four Champions said played a major role in League titles and eight the player’s decision-mak- Spanish league triumphs.

KEI NISHIKORI, of Japan, celebrates after winning match point against Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match at O2 Arena in London yesterday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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THE TRIBUNE

Eighteen inducted into National Sports Hall of Fame

CLASS OF 2016: A group of 18 of the country’s sporting icons joined a fraternity of elite company when they were inducted into the National Sports Hall of Fame. The 2016 class was honoured by the signature event of Sports Heritage Month, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was hosted at Government House on Friday night. Held under the patronage of Governor General Dame Marguerite Pindling, her message to the congregation included a celebration of the past and their development of the future of their respective sports. Also on hand were Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Dr Daniel Johnson and Director of Sports Timothy Munnings. The new class brought the total number of athletes and contributors in the hall to 149. Highlighting this year’s class was the Bahamas’ first Olympic track and field medallist, Frank Rutherford Jr. Other inductees included Della Wood-Thomas, Hattie Moxey, Candace DeGregory-Culmer, Sister Annie Thompson, Vickey Knowles Andrews, Evander Freeman Barr, Burket Dorsett, Carlton Harris, Anthony “Poker” Huyler, Ivan Johnson, Nathaniel Knowles, Edmondo Moxey, Jayson “Peggs” Moxey and another four posthumous honours, including Eucal Hugh Bullard, Bertram Perigord, Roosevelt “Dog” Turner, and James “Jim” Wood. Photos: Shawn Hanna/The Tribune