Hugh Campbell MVP Angelo Lockhart sits away from his team during a time out in the championship game. He had just committed his fourth foul. He remained in the game and lead the C.C. Sweeting Cobras over the Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays 58-46 to take the school's second championship.
C.C. Sweeting Cobra players get ready to drench their coach Mario Bowleg with Gatorade after the Cobras won the Hugh Campbell Championship. The Cobras beat the Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays 58-46 to take the school's second championship. See full video of the coach's drenching HERE.
Hugh Campbell basketball tournament MVP Angelo Lockhart shows off his trophy after the C.C. Sweeting Cobras beat the Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays 58-46 in the championship game.
C.C. Sweeting Cobras head coach Mario Bowleg (center) poses with the school's principal, Delores Ingraham (white shirt) and Minister of Education Desmond Bannister (blue jacket) after winning only the school's second championship. The Cobras beat the Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays 58-46 to win the championship.
Workers at the Kendal Issacs gym clean up the Gatorade used to drench C.C. Sweeting head coach Mario Bowleg after winning the Hugh Campbell Championship. The C.C. Sweeting Cobras beat the Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays 58-46 to take the school's second championship.
The C.C. Sweeting Cobras team poses with the championship trophy after winning the Hugh Campbell Championship on Monday night at the Kendal Issacs Gym. The C.C. Sweeting Cobras beat the Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays 58-46 to take the school's second championship.
Mario Bowleg Jr holds on to his father's coaches award after the Hugh Campbell Basketball Tournament's championship game. Mario Bowleg Sr. coach the Cobras to the the C.C. Sweeting Cobras 58-46 win over the Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays to take the school's second championship.
VIDEO: C.C. Sweeting Cobras players drench their coach Mario Bowleg with
Gatorade after winning the 2012 Hugh Campbell Basketball Tournament on
Monday night at the Kendal Issacs Gym. The Cobras beat the Eight Mile
Rock Blue Jays 58-46 in the final game of the eight day tournament.
SUMMARY: The Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays and C.C. Sweeting
Cobras to play for Hugh Campbell Basketball Championship 8pm Monday night at
the Kendal Issacs gym.
The Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays advance to the championship
game by defeating the R.M. Bailey Pacers 74-71. FULL STORY
The C.C. Sweeting Cobras knocked off the C.I. Gibson
Rattlers 90-62 to advance to the final game of the 8-day tournament.FULL STORY
NASSAU, Bahamas – The C.C. Sweeting Cobras had a lot to
prove against the C.I. Gibson Rattlers.
In the Hugh Campbell semi-final, the Cobras took the lead and never
looked back.
Leading by as much as 32 points, the Cobras defeat the
Rattlers 90-62 behind the shooting of Roosevelt Whyley and Dionte Strachan.
Whyley ended the afternoon with 27 points and 18 rebounds
and Dionte Strachan pulled down 10 rebounds and 16 points including three dunks
in the fourth quarter.
“This game set up real good for the championship,” Strachan
said. “We just have to try bring it all together and win this one.”
The championship game is 8pm Monday night at the Kendal
Issacs Gym.
Strachan added that the Cobras can’t get overly excited
heading into the final against Eight Mile Rock.
“We still slacking off defensively but we are good,” said
Strachan. “If we execute more and stay disciplined we can pull off this win.”
The Rattlers tried several times to get the lead back but
could never get control of the game.
Rohan Adderly hit a three at the end of the first to give
the Rattler renewed energy at the interval despite C.I. Gibson trailing 22-16.
In the second quarter, C.C. Sweeting went on a 12-2 run that
was stopped by two free-throws from Roosevelt Whyley with 1:23 to go in the
second and allowing the Cobras to hold on to the lead 36-32.
The Cobras held on to the 39-32 lead going into the break
with after Angelo Lockhart sunk 3-of-4 free-throws on two technical fouls on
C.I. Gibson.
The Rattlers came out storming in the third quarter on a 16-5
run over the first 5:22 but allowed the C.I. Gibson to creep back into the
game. At the end of the quarter the
Rattlers lead 65-47 thanks to a last second tip in by Whyley as the buzzer
sounded.
For the Rattlers, Edney Bethell had 14 points and 8 rebounds
to go along with 12 rebounds and 9 points from William Rigby.
VIDEO: C.C. Sweeting Cobras and C.C. Sweeting players shake hands after their semi-final game. The Cobras advance to the Hugh Campbell championship game with the 90-62 win over the Rattlers.
VIDEO: C.C. Sweeting Cobras head coach Mario Bowleg shouts instructions to his team during their Hugh Campbell semifinal game on Monday. The Cobras advance to the Hugh Campbell
championship game with the 90-62 win over the Rattlers.
PHOTO: C.C. Sweeting Cobras fans celebrate the team's Hugh Campbell semifinal win on Monday. The Cobras advance
to the Hugh Campbell
championship game with the 90-62 win over the Rattlers.
NASSAU, Bahamas – In a game of 17 lead changes and 12 ties, it came down the last minute and the last shot.
The Eight Mile Rock Blue Jays applied deference on the defending Hugh Campbell champions when it matter to hold on to win the first semifinal 74-71.
Behind the shooting of Romaine Gibson, the Blue Jays needed a stop with 2.1 seconds to go to hold on for the win. Gibson scored 24 points and pulled down 6 rebounds for the Blue Jays. Ervin Lewis had 21 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals as well.
The Pacers had three players in double digits: Jahman Brown (19 pts, 13 rebounds, 5 steals), Kenrico Lockhart (15pts) and Tamecko Coakley (12 pts).
At the half, the Pacers had built an 8 point lead behind the shooting of Eric Pyfrom (5 pts) capped by a three-pointer by Tamecko Coakley.
After the third quarter the game was tied at 52-52.
The Blue Jays needed an 8-1 run to take the lead with a 1:45 to go in the game and then held on to win the game.
Chris started his career in journalism as a freelance sports photographer 15 year ago. From there he visited several media houses in The Bahamas before landing at the national broadcaster as a sports anchor and producer. Along the way he picked up several awards for sports journalism and feature reporting.
The 2007 Paul Quinn College graduate (BA Mass Comm.) interned at NBC-5 (DFW) and The Dallas Weekly and has covered everything from hurricanes to elections to outer space aliens—ask him about that one, its a great story! The 2002 CNN-International Fellow has also contributed to the CNN World Report, The Associated Press and BBC's World Service.
In his spare time he's a basketball referee & swimming starter. The Bahamas native has traveled throughout the Caribbean & U.S. covering sports including: the '96 Atlanta Olympic Games, the 2004 Baltimore Ravens rookie camp, the 2006 FIBA Americas U18 Championship for Men, early rounds of the 2006 NCAA Men's National Championship, the 2002 FIBA Americas U17 Championship for Men, 11 regional swimming championships, regional track & field championships on the junior & senior level along with local high school athletic championships.
