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Pelicans win, Pg 7
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016
‘Tum Tum’ and Spartans visit Sandilands Primary By RENALDO DORSETT Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
LOURAWLS NAIRN, starting point guard for the Michigan State Spartans, and Tom Izzo (far left) run some drills with students yesterday. Photo: Aaron Davis
THE Michigan State Spartans are using their time in the Bahamas to engage in community outreach in conjunction with Mission Educate Bahamas and Sandilands Primary School. The Spartans visited the Fox Hill campus as part of the MEB’s TuneIn to Read programme and also host a brief basketball clinic. The session was highlighted by the Bahamas’ own Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn, the starting point guard for the Spartans and former student at Albury Sayles Primary and CR Walker High. Nairn was overcome with emotion and brought to tears as he
stood before the eager crowd of young spectators and was initially unable to get a word out. He was joined by Spartans’ head coach Tom Izzo on stage as he regrouped and delivered an inspirational message that resonated with the students, staff and administration. Nairn’s message to the student body included finding a goal and purpose in life, trusting the support system around them and a strong belief in God. He said the moment of reflection seeing so many students in the position he was once in brought out the emotional moment. “It was emotional just knowing I came from the government school system. I used to be there sitting in assembly just like they
were listening to people talk, singing the songs, singing the national anthem, saying the pledge and it just made me think of what our country stands for. People always ask me why I appreciate a lot of things I have now, well it’s because I grew up in this same environment,” Nairn said. “When I was looking at the kids I just couldn’t help it because I was once in their shoes and hopefully they can see that it doesn’t matter where you’re from you can make and you can do whatever you want to do in life.” He gave the examples of himself, NBA rookie guard Buddy Hield and dozens of other Bahamian players who now excel on
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Sydney, Sierra advance in Goombay Splash Bowl By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
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ahamians Sydney Clarke and Sierra Donaldson joined Puerto Rican Rafael Grovas in pulling off the three biggest upsets so far as the main draw of the Goombay Splash Bowl completed its second day of competition at National Tennis Centre yesterday. Clarke and Donaldson were the only two other Bahamians to advance on day two, joining Monday’s winner Iesha Shepherd. In the longest match of the day, Donaldson outlasted Aleksa Marquez from Peru for a marathon 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-4 decision on court four. Playing on centre court, Clarke secured an impressive identical 6-4, 6-4 win over girls’ No.6 seed Sena Takebe of Japan. “My performance was great today,” Clarke said. “I think I surprised myself with the outcome of my
match because the shots that I hit in practice, they came out very good in the match.” Throughout the match, Takebe became frustrated with herself as she had some difficulties getting in her serves and she was not effective at all with her backhand stroke. Clarke, the 15-year-old 10th grader at CR Walker Secondary High School, said she noticed the predicament her opponent was in and she tried her best to take advantage of it. “I realised that after a while and one of my biggest mistakes was keep hitting the ball in the middle of the court because every time I hit the ball in the middle of the court, she would end the points,” Clarke said. “With the serves, sometimes she got some lucky serves, but not lucky because they were some good serves. But as good as her first serve was, I knew that once I kept the pressure on, she would eventually break down.”
SIERRA DONALDSON in action yesterday. Photos: Shawn Hanna/ The Tribune In advancing to the second round for the first time since she started playing
in the tournament for two years, Clarke looked like she was in familiar territory as she broke Takebe to go up 5-4 and then held for the first set. She came back and broke to start the second set and got another break at 4-3 and again at 6-4 for the win. “It’s great,” said Clarke about her performance. “It’s only a couple of us left in the draw, so it’s good to move on.” Today, Clarke will match up with American Molly Heber in the second round, while Shepherd will be in action against No.4 seed Yasemin Ada Boru, who eliminated Bahamian Sydni Kerr on Monday. Donaldson will face No.7 seed Luisa Meyer Auf Der Heide in the other match featuring a Bahamian. A few other Bahamians were unsuccessful in moving on. Isabel Donaldson took an early 3-0 lead in the first set, but eventually lost 6-3, 6-1 to American Enya Forgaci and Bradley Fowler fell 6-1,
6-0 to Canadian Tiraspolsky. Grovas, playing on centre court in the first match of the day, stunned the boys’ No.2 seed Matheus Ferreira Lette of Brazil 7-5, 6-4 in the first match of the day. Grovas said he played above his head but, after making the adjustment to the court having only arrived here the day before, he kept going. “The guy was a hard hitter, tall guy with a big serve,” Grovas said. “I knew all I had to do was break his serve and he will break mentally. I managed to do that.” After winning the first set, Grovas broke Matheus as he got a code violation for hitting his racket. Grovas broke again at 5-4 and was serving at 40-30 when Lette got hit with another penalty, this time causing him a point, the game, set and match. “That shows you what could happen,” Grovas said. “They gave him a warning and then they deducted a point.”
SYDNEY CLARKE in action yesterday. Grovas first came here in 2010 on vacation but he said it was good for him to return and compete in such “a really good tournament with a lot of good players. I will work hard to win it.” Grovas, 16, is slated to be back in action today when he takes on Tiraspolsky in their second round match. Yesterday, the first round doubles got started and there were mixed results for Bahamians in action. On the girls’ side, Elana Mackey teamed up with Karen Kobayashi of Japan
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Shaunae named top female athlete for 2nd straight year By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net FOR the second consecutive year, quarter-miler Shaunae Miller has been named the On Track Management’s Female Athlete of the Year. Miller, 22, repeated as champion during the awards presentation in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday night, at the same time that she was selected as the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture’s Athlete of the Year. The event, which was held before more than 100 corporate executives from the Greater Atlanta area, also saw Steven Gardiner receive a citation for the role he played as a member of the Bahamas men’s 4 x 400 metre relay
that picked up the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August. Miller, the toast of Team Bahamas after her stunning gold medal performance at the games in the women’s 400m, shared the top honours with Omar McLeod, the Jamaican gold medallist in the 110m hurdles at both the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Poland and the Olympics. “I am very thankful to God for being able to receive the On Track Management Athlete of the Year award,” said Miller, who shared the honours ceremony with her father Shaun Miller. “I was up against an outstanding group of athletes within OTM so I am happy to share the honours with Omar McLeod.” For Gardiner, a native of Aba-
SHAUNAE with father Shaun. co, he was just pleased to have been recognised. “I appreciate the gesture by On Track Management to recognise the efforts of its athletes,” he said.
“As a result I am delighted to be recognised for my medal-winning effort in Rio.” Miller and Gardiner, trained by different coaches, are under contract with the same management team, OTM. Claude Bryan, who heads the organisation, said with the 2016 season now behind them, the focus is on 2017. “They will have minimal indoors at best, but they will be visible early in the outdoor portion of the season,” he said. Miller, coached by Lance Brauman, said she has two objectives for the new year and they are “staying healthy and making my fellow Bahamians proud of me.” Gardiner, trained by George Cleare, the head coach of the Olympic team, had similar sentiments when he uttered that he
wanted to “develop consistency in performances in the 400m and have a healthy season.” The 6-foot-1 22-year-old Miller is the current Bahamas national 200m record holder, while the 24-year-old 6-4 Gardiner is the men’s national 400m record holder. On Saturday in the Atlantis ballroom on Paradise Island, Miller was selected for three awards, including the Prime Minister’s Award for National Pride, the overall Female Athlete of the Year and the Bahamas Olympic Committee award. In addition to training and competing next year, Miller has also announced that she intends to get married to her fiancé Maicel Uibo, a decathlete from Estonia whom she got engaged to this year.
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GOOMBAY SPLASH BOWL: SYDNEY, SIERRA ADVANCE IN SINGLES FROM PAGE 1 to win 7-5, 6-1; Iesha Shepherd and Canadian Kristina Tiraspolsky to eliminate the Bahamian duo of Sydni Kerr and Candace Mortier 6-0, 6-0 and Sydney Clarke and Zulay Castaneda from Panama won 6-4, 6-1 over Shruti Prabhu from the United States and Laura Quezada Martinez from the Dominican Republic. On the boys’ side, Pedro Daniel Arreaga from Guatemala and Patricio Nieto from Mexico ousted
ISABEL DONALDSON of the Bahamas.
Bahamian Donte Armbrister and Nabeel Majeed Mohammed from Trinidad & Tobago 6-3, 6-5; Jacobi Bain and Ilya Tiraspolsky from Canada won 6-4, 7-6 (6) over Robert Hayden from Barbados and Nicolas Jose Prieto from Colombia 6-4, 7-6 (6); Aaron Diemer from Canada and Matheus Ferriera Lette from Brazil won 6-0, 6-2 over Bahamians Kofi Kyle Bowe and Bradley Fowler; and Rafael Grovas from Puerto Rico and Hunter Levine from the USA beat Rehab Savio Gracias from India and Bahamian Trenton Smith.
ENYA FORGACI of the USA.
MATHEUS LETTE of Brazil.
ALEKSA MARQUEZ of Peru.
SENA TAKEBE of Japan.
RAFAEL GROVAS of Puerto Rico. Photos: Shawn Hanna/The Tribune
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UB KNOCK OFF THE LEGENDS 104-91, CYBOTS BLAST ROCKETS
1ST PLACE 8-and-under - Michael Knowles
1ST PLACE 10-and-under - Alex Knowles
1ST PLACE 13-and-under - Christopher Knowles
1ST PLACE 17-and-under - Larenze Shearer
2ND PLACE 10-and-under - Aiden Johnson
2ND PLACE 13-and-under - Amarie Smith
Winners emerge at Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy skills competition THE Fourteen Clubs Golf Academy hosted another Skills Competition on Saturday in the Bahamas Golf Federation’s Driving Range at the Baillou Hills Sporting Complex. The competitors played nine holes from approximately 25 yards each for a total of 225 yards. Pro golfer Georgette Rolle presented winners with certificates. • Here’s a look at the results posted: Age 6 & Under - 1st Place - An-
dreas Lloyd Minnis - Score: 39. 2nd Place - Akim Culmer - Score: 66. Age 8 & Under - 1st Place - Michael Knowles - Score: 33. 2nd Place - Chemari Pratt - Score: 38. 3rd Place - Ben Alliker - Score: 39. 4th Place - Elyse Hanna - Score: 42. 5th Place - Rashaad Horton - Score: 45. 6th Place - Warren Hepburn - Score: 46. 7th Place Daliah Hamilton - Score: 66. Age 10 & Under - 1st Place Alex Knowles - Score: 30. 2nd
Place - Aiden Johnson - Score: 32. 3rd Place - Rhan Miller - Score: 36. 4th Place - Makayla Horton - Score: 39. 5th Place - Nataija McPhee - Score: 44. 6th Place - Eliana Marshall -Score: 56. 7th Place - Cameron Hepburn Score: 61. 8th Place - Tyler Cambridge - Score: 62. Age 13 & Under - 1st Place Christopher Knowles - Score: 28. 2nd Place - Amarie Smith - Score: 29. T3 - Nyah Singh - Score: 31 T3 - Miranda Tucker - Score:
2ND PLACE 8-and-under - Chemari Pratt
2ND PLACE 17-and-under - G’Angelo Edgecombe
SPORTS NOTES CITY BOWLING LEAGUE THE most valuable player in City Bowling League competition Monday night was Lee Davis of the Ten Back Strikers, who downed the pins for the second high game of 241 and a 641 high three game set. The runner-up was Ken Brathwaite of Telco Enterprises with the 244 high game and a 633 second high set. The leader in the ladies’ category was again Driskell Rolle of the TK Falcons with
a 231 high game and an outstanding 622 high three game set. She was followed by Janice Hoyte of the Ten Back Strikers with a 195 second high game and a 526 second high set. The team scores for the evening were as follows: Island Game Strokers 2, Carib Construction 1; Giga Tech 2, Telco Enterprises 1; Reach Crusaders 2, Avengers 1; E&U Watercoolers 3, Checkers Café 0; Ten Back Strikers 3, BEC Shockers 0; Bahamasair Flyers 3; CDM 0; Fresh Blend 3, TK Falcons 0.
31. T5 - Tia Singh - Score: 32. T5 Riya Miller - Score: 32. T7 - Kasar Patton - Score: 33. Age 17 & Under - 1st Place Larenz Shearer - Score: 34. 2nd Place - G’Angelo Edgecombe Score: 34. 3rd Place - Deangelo Stubbs - Score: 36. 4th Place Pheron Collie - Score: 39. 5th Place - Naji Grant - Score: 40. 6th Place - Maya Albury - Score: 49 The next competition is scheduled for December 10. • SEE RESULTS BELOW
THE University of the Bahamas and the Mail Boat Cybots both won big as the New Providence Basketball Association continued its regular season at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night. In the opener, UB knocked off the Legends 104-91 and, in the feature contest, the Cybots blasted the Rockets 95-84. • Here’s a summary of games: UB 104, Legends 91: The youthful University of the Bahamas continue to roll along with a balanced scoring attack against the former stars of the league. After opening a close 27-23 lead at the end of the first quarter, UM extended their margin to 56-38 at the half and they never looked back. Justin Smith led the attack with 28 points. 10 assists, seven rebounds and four steals. Franklyn McKenzie had 15 points and 13 rebounds, Kemsy Sylvestre also had 15 points with five rebounds and three assists, Davon Adderley added 12 points and Jason Stubbs contributed nine points. For the Legends, Clayton ‘Smiley’ Miller was unstoppable, scoring a game high 38 points with six assists and four rebounds. Kevin ‘Island’ McPhee had 20 points and 10 rebounds and Kennedy Polidor added 11 points with eight rebounds. Cybots 95, Rockets 84: After playing even to 20-20 at the end of the first quarter and 37-37 at the half, the Mail Boat took off in the third quarter on a 32-16 rout and they never looked back. Jeremy Hutchinson paced the winners with 16 points, five rebounds and four assists. Livingstone Munnings had 12 points, 10 rebounds and four assists, Ernest Saunders came off the bench with 11 points and five rebounds, Daniel Bullard 10 points, six rebounds and three assists, Jervonne Atkins had nine points and eight rebounds and Lerecus Armbrister nine points. In a losing effort for the Rockets, Henderson Curry came off the bench with 22 points, five rebounds and four assists. Tomeko Moxey had 20 points and four rebounds, Demetri Mackey 10 points and four rebounds and Dancel Knowles added nine points with 10 rebounds. Tonight 7pm - Triple K Stampers vs Athletico Bahamas (Div. II) 8:30pm - Island Game Pros vs Shockers (Division 1)
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Bowling added to GSSSA after-school curriculum
STUDENTS celebrate the official opening of The Bahamas National Senior High School Bowling League and The Bahamas National Junior Bowling League at Mario’s Entertainment Palace. Photos: Shawn Hanna/The Tribune
RASDENIRO THOMPSON, social media manager at Bamboo Shack, and Adrianna Fox.
KEITH SAUNDERS, senior education officer for High School Physical Education, gives a few remarks at the official opening of the Bahamas National Senior High School Bowling League.
ADRIANNA FOX, Island Luck COO, is pictured at the opening. Leslia Brice (right) looks on.
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12-goal game upstages Madrid, Juventus in Champs League By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The first 12-goal game in 25 Champions League seasons took the spotlight from Real Madrid and Juventus advancing to the Round of 16 yesterday. It ended Borussia Dortmund 8, Legia Warsaw 4 — beating the Champions League’s previous best set by Monaco’s 8-3 win over Deportivo La Coruna in November 2003. The record-breaking goal in stoppage time was an own goal forced by Germany forward Marco Reus, who scored twice in his comeback match after six months sidelined by injury. “It was a bit of a surreal game and result,” Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel said. Monaco lost its place in history but won Group E with a 2-1 victory over Tottenham, which cannot now advance. English champion Leicester won Group G with a game to spare by beating Brugge 2-1. Madrid, the defending
champion, won 2-1 in Cristiano Ronaldo’s return to Sporting Lisbon but still trails Dortmund in Group F ahead of their showdown match in Spain on December 7. Juventus trailed early before beating 10-man Sevilla 3-1 to take top spot in Group H. • Here’s how yesterday’s action unfolded: GROUP E Monaco has made a procession of what looked the most balanced of eight groups. Tottenham is unbeaten in the Premier League but lost for the third time in this season’s Champions League. The free-scoring French side repeated its 2-1 win from the opening round in London. Monaco saw Radamel Falcao’s early penalty kick saved by Hugo Lloris, before the game was decided during a five-minute spell early in the second half. Monaco led through Djibril Sidibe’s header in the 48th, Tottenham levelled
with Harry Kane’s penalty, but Thomas Lemar restored Monaco’s lead less than a minute later. Earlier, Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 at CSKA Moscow to secure a runner-up finish. Kevin Volland gave Leverkusen the lead in the 17th and Bibras Natcho scored a penalty in the 76th. Leverkusen trails four points behind Monaco and leads Tottenham by three with a better head-to-head record. GROUP F Ronaldo, who left Sporting Lisbon as an 18-yearold for Manchester United, unwittingly assisted on Raphael Varane’s 29thminute opening goal. A miscued attempted volley bounced off his left shin toward the France defender for a sweeping shot. Sporting had midfielder Joao Pereira sent off before Adrien Silva converted a penalty in the 80th, awarded for handball against his Portugal teammate Fabio Coentrao. Substitute Karim Benzema’s glancing header in the
87th made it 2-1 to Madrid and eliminated Sporting, which had to win. Dortmund even trailed to Legia after 10 minutes, but led 3-1 by the 20th when Japan playmaker Shinji Kagawa scored twice and Nuri Sahin benefited from a goalkeeping error. Reus’s first goal in the 32nd made it 5-2 and set a Champions League record of seven goals before half time. The old goals record for a match was tied in the 83rd when Legia’s Nemanja Nikolic reduced the lead to 7-4, and then broken in stoppage time with an own-goal by Legia captain Jakub Rzezniczak. Still, Dortmund and Legia fell short of the 61-yearold competition’s record. In the 1969-70 European Cup, eventual winner Feyenoord beat KR of Iceland 12-2 in a first round game. Dortmund is two points clear and needs a draw in Madrid to ensure seeded status in the Round of 16 draw. GROUP G The only blot on Leices-
ter’s smooth progress to the knockout stage was the end of a four-game run without conceding a goal, as Claudio Ranieri’s side settled for a 2-1 win over last-place Brugge. Japan forward Shinji Okazaki struck in the fifth minute, and Riyad Mahrez scored with a spot-kick in the 30th. Brugge’s Colombia forward Jose Izquierdo broke through Leicester’s defence with a shot that capped a long run in the 52nd. Ranieri now has three months to focus on his team’s poor domestic form before its next Champions League test. In its debut season in the competition, Leicester leads by five points from Porto, which drew 0-0 at Copenhagen. Porto is two points clear of the Danish champion, and next hosts Leicester needing a win to ensure it advances. GROUP H Juventus ended Sevilla’s run of clean sheets, and took top spot with a 3-1 win on a hostile night in Spain.
Sevilla led in the ninth minute through defender Nicolas Pareja, but the match turned in the 36th on a second yellow card for its Italian midfielder Franco Vazquez. Juventus levelled in firsthalf stoppage time when Claudio Marchisio converted a penalty awarded for shirt holding on defender Leonardo Bonucci. By the time Bonucci’s late, long-range shot put the visitors ahead, Sevilla coach Jorge Sampaoli had been sent to the stands for heckling English referee Mark Clattenburg. Forward Mario Mandzukic added a third in stoppage time, lifting Juventus one point clear in the table. Lyon trails three points behind Sevilla after Alexandre Lacazette’s late goal sealed a 1-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb. Lyon hosts Sevilla on December 7. On a record night, Juventus finished its game with 16-year-old substitute Moise Kean — the first player born in this millennium to play in the Champions League.
THE STANDINGS
HOUSTON Texans tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz makes a catch over Oakland Raiders free safety Reggie Nelson (27) during the first half of Monday’s game in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
Carr helps Raiders rally past Texans 27-20 in Mexico City By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — The party in the stands started early in the second NFL regular season game ever played in Mexico with loud cheers and chants from before kickoff until the final whistle. The Oakland offence took a little longer to get going, but once they did Derek Carr and the Raiders came out with yet another win. Carr woke up a struggling offence by throwing two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Raiders capped a successful trip to Mexico with a 2720 victory over the Houston Texans on Monday night. “We got punched in the mouth,” Carr said. “We weren’t doing things the way we usually want to do things executing wise. But there was no doubt in anybody’s mind that we’d come back and win the football game.” Oakland had been held to 120 yards through three quarters with the running game going nowhere and Carr finding few open receivers downfield. But that suddenly changed in the fourth quarter to give the Raiders (8-2) their fourth straight win for the first time since 2002 . With star receiver Am-
ari Cooper lined up in the backfield, Carr found fullback Jamize Olawale open for a 75-yard catch and run that tied Houston (6-4) at 20. “We felt like that was the momentum shifter,” Cooper said. Then Oakland took advantage on two questionable spots by the officials to take over on downs at the 15 and drove 85 yards in five plays to take the lead on a 35-yard pass to Cooper to send the Texans to their fourth loss in five games outside of Houston. “Very tough loss,” defensive lineman Jadeveon Clowney said. “We should have won the game, we are trying to win every game. You don’t leave the game in the ref’s hands.” That set off loud celebrations from the pro-Raiders crowd of 76,743 in the second regular season game ever played in Mexico. What was originally scheduled as an Oakland home game featured Raiders music during stoppages, Tommie Smith lighting the Al Davis torch in a memorable return to Mexico City nearly a half-century after his Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics and frequent “RAI-DERS!” chants. While the atmosphere was electric, the field was a
bit slippery leading to some falls and the high elevation 7,380 feet above sea level played a factor. The Raiders needed to use a timeout on defence at one point in the fourth to catch their breath and receiver Michael Crabtree was seen gasping for breath at one point. “To be able to play here was amazing,” Carr said. “There’s so much history, so much rowdiness. I love soccer and it gave me a kind of soccer feel.” CLOSE SPOTS: The Texans were upset on two spots on the fourth-quarter drive before Oakland went ahead. On third-and-2, Lamar Miller was stopped just short of the first down even though Houston believed he got it. Coach Bill O’Brien went for it on fourth down but Akeem Hunt was stopped about an inch short on fourth down and the play stood after a replay challenge. LASER SHOW: Houston QB Brock Osweiler had to deal with an unusual distraction during the game as a fan with a green laser frequently shined it on the Houston quarterback as he dropped back to pass in an act more familiar in soccer games played here than in NFL games. That wasn’t the only soccer tradition im-
ported for this game. Fans also used a homophobic chant on kickoffs. Mexico’s soccer federation has been punished by FIFA in the past for the chant during World Cup qualifiers. Fans threw paper airplanes on the field in the third quarter with Oakland’s Sean Smith taking a turn throwing one that reached the field during a break. STREAK BROKEN: Carr had thrown 170 straight passes without an interception before getting picked by A.J. Bouye on a deep ball on the first play from scrimmage in the second half. It was Carr’s fourth interception of the season and the first since Kansas City’s Marcus Peters got one Oct. 16. INTERNATIONAL SCORER: With his extra point in the second quarter, Oakland’s Sebastian Janikowski scored a point in his third country, having previously done it in the United States and United Kingdom. Joe Nedney is the only other player to score in Mexico, the US and the UK. Five other players have scored in Canada, the UK and the US: running back Steven Jackson and kickers Robbie Gould, Matt Bryant, Dan Carpenter and Jay Feely.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016, PAGE 7
‘TUM TUM’ AND SPARTANS VISIT SANDILANDS PRIMARY
FRAZIER, JONES LEAD PELICANS TO BLOWOUT WIN OVER THE HAWKS
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ATLANTA (AP) — Tim Frazier had 21 points and 14 assists, Terrence Jones added 17 points and the New Orleans Pelicans won their third straight game with a 112-94 victory over the Atlanta Hawks last night. Pelicans forward Anthony Davis returned to begin the fourth quarter after bruising his right knee and missing the second and third periods. Davis, a three-time All-Star and the NBA’s leading scorer, finished with 13 points. New Orleans led by 20 at the end of the first quarter and never let up. Dennis Schroder and Kyle Korver each scored 14 for the Hawks, who have lost three in a row. Atlanta was tied for the Eastern Conference lead last week but now begins a five-game road trip playing its worst basketball of the young season. The Pelicans have won five of seven and are 3-0 since Jrue Holiday returned after missing the first 12 games to be with his sick wife. Holiday had 15 points, four rebounds and four assists in 27 minutes. X-rays were negative on Davis, who banged his leg against a chair while chasing the ball out of bounds.
the world stage through the sport of basketball but were shaped into the people they are by teachers and administrators like the ones at Sandilands Primary. As his team prepares to compete in the Battle 4 Atlantis this week, Nairn said the students along with his friends, family and the Bahamian fan base will now serve as his operation. “I just want the world to know Bahamians are on the rise and we have a lot of talented players,” he said. “I’m just happy to be home. I just hope I can keep my emotions in check. My family is coming to watch me. My great grandmother is still alive and she’s coming to watch me play so it’s going to be fun.” Alexis Tsavoussis of Mission Educate Bahamas said this latest initiative in the programme resonated with the students because of Nairn’s prescence and story.
LOURAWLS NAIRN runs some drills with students yesterday. “At Mission Educate Bahamas we are very involved in Sandilands Primary with our TuneIn to Reading Programme here. It’s really awesome whenever we have different athletes come down because they get to come, see the kids, work in the classroom and run a basketball camp. It was really special for us to have ‘Tum Tum’ visiting his home so today was touching. I think it’s so important to have people give back and to see the Bahamas,” she said. “It resonated a lot today with ‘Tum
Tum’ being there. This is essentially the community he grew up in, the Bahamas is very small so we’re all one people, we all grew up together so for him to be in America playing basketball at the level he’s playing right now it just shows how hard work restoring others and being a good person, how far it gets you.” The TuneIn programme is a reading programme that is monitored using computers and headphones. It helps children improve their reading in a very short period of time, as much as
Photo: Aaron Davis
two grade levels. The Spartans will open play in the Battle 4 Atlantis 7pm tonight in the Imperial Arena against the St John’s Red Storm. Nairn said that in their down time he hopes to show his teammates and staff even more of the Bahamas. “I haven’t been to Atlantis a lot so I can’t show them much about there. I think this is my first time staying there. Hopefully we get to go around where I’m from and I can show them that as well,” he said.
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S
8-16 knots
Ht.(ft.)
Low
Ht.(ft.)
3:08 a.m. 3:23 p.m.
2.6 2.6
9:21 a.m. 9:46 p.m.
Thursday
4:02 a.m. 4:14 p.m.
2.7 2.5
10:18 a.m. 0.6 10:32 p.m. 0.2
Friday
4:50 a.m. 5:01 p.m.
2.7 2.4
11:08 a.m. 0.5 11:14 p.m. 0.2
Saturday
5:32 a.m. 5:44 p.m.
2.8 2.4
11:53 a.m. 0.4 11:53 p.m. 0.1
Sunday
6:12 a.m. 6:24 p.m.
2.9 2.4
12:35 p.m. 0.3 ---------
Monday
6:49 a.m. 7:03 p.m.
3.0 2.4
12:30 a.m. 0.0 1:14 p.m. 0.2
Tuesday
7:26 a.m. 7:41 p.m.
3.0 2.4
1:07 a.m. 1:52 p.m.
0.6 0.3
0.0 0.1
sun anD moon Sunrise Sunset
6:32 a.m. 5:20 p.m.
Moonrise Moonset
1:30 a.m. 2:02 p.m.
new
First
Full
last
nov. 29
dec. 7
dec. 13
dec. 20
andrOs
san salVadOr
GreaT eXuma
High: 80° F/27° C low: 74° F/23° C
High: 80° F/27° C low: 75° F/24° C
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High: 80° F/27° C low: 73° F/23° C
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lOnG Island
insurance management tracking map H
High Today
High: 80° F/27° C low: 74° F/23° C
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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
tiDes For nassau
CaT Island
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The higher the AccuWeather UV IndexTM number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
High: 81° F/27° C low: 75° F/24° C
8-16 knots
mayaGuana High: 81° F/27° C low: 76° F/24° 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: 75° F/24° C
High: 81° F/27° C low: 76° F/24° C
GreaT InaGua High: 85° F/29° C low: 77° F/25° C
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E
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E
W
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S
12-25 knots
15-25 knots
marine Forecast aBaCO andrOs CaT Island CrOOKed Island eleuTHera FreepOrT GreaT eXuma GreaT InaGua lOnG Island mayaGuana nassau raGGed Island san salVadOr
Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday: Today: Thursday:
WINDS NE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 7-14 Knots E at 7-14 Knots ENE at 7-14 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 15-25 Knots ENE at 10-20 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 7-14 Knots E at 8-16 Knots E at 7-14 Knots NE at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots NE at 15-25 Knots ENE at 10-20 Knots ENE at 10-20 Knots ENE at 10-20 Knots ENE at 15-25 Knots ENE at 10-20 Knots E at 12-25 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots NE at 12-25 Knots ENE at 10-20 Knots E at 8-16 Knots ENE at 8-16 Knots
WAVES 5-9 Feet 2-4 Feet 6-10 Feet 3-5 Feet 8-12 Feet 4-8 Feet 5-9 Feet 5-9 Feet 6-10 Feet 3-5 Feet 4-8 Feet 2-4 Feet 8-12 Feet 4-8 Feet 8-12 Feet 6-10 Feet 8-12 Feet 5-9 Feet 8-12 Feet 6-10 Feet 5-9 Feet 3-5 Feet 6-10 Feet 5-9 Feet 8-12 Feet 4-7 Feet
VISIBILITY 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 8 Miles 10 Miles 10 Miles
WATER TEMPS. 79° F 79° F 83° F 83° F 83° F 83° F 80° F 80° F 81° F 81° F 81° F 81° F 82° F 82° F 83° F 83° F 84° F 84° F 83° F 83° F 80° F 80° F 82° F 82° F 82° F 82° F