St. Catherine Racers stomp Sharps in Berger Elite League

St. Catherine Racers, Manchester Spurs and Kingston Humming Birds registered wins in the third round of the Berger Elite League Friday night (April 4) at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.  The losing teams were St. James Sharpes, St. Ann Orchids and Clarendon Gaters respectively.

St. Catherine Racers, Manchester Spurs and Kingston Humming Birds registered wins in the third round of the Berger Elite League Friday night (April 4) at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston.  The losing teams were St. James Sharpes, St. Ann Orchids and Clarendon Gaters respectively.

 Scores in the matches were Racers vs the Sharpes 40/37 with Sabrina Spence 23 and Anna-Kay Griffiths 16 being the mains scorers.  Kerrisa Kesna with 35 out of 43 attempts was on fire for the Sharpes. 

The Spurs only just got the better of the Orchids 41/40 with Shantal Slater 34 from 36 being the main scorer while Shanice Beckford 17 and Gizelle Allison 8 contributed the most baskets for the Orchids who tried several combinations in their match. 

The Humming Birds stopped the Gaters 32/25 in a low scoring match that saw the Gaters getting only one basket in the 3rd quarter. Elaine Davis 22 and Kadie-Ann Dehaney 17 were the top scorers for the Humming Birds and the Gaters respectively.

The Racers with two wins is the only team to win all their matches played with a match in hand while the Orchids lost all three matches and should be eliminated at the end of the preliminary round.  There are two more rounds to be played.

The next round of matches will be played on Friday April 11 at the Leila Robinson Courts in Kingston.