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Simon’s Emergence Propels Mavs’ Late Season Push

UNITED STATES – Valentino Simon delivered a career night to lift his Omaha Mav’s to pair of statement wins as the regular season winds down.

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February 17, 2026

10th Year Seniors

UNITED STATES – Valentino Simon delivered a career night to lift his Omaha Mav’s to pair of statement wins as the regular season winds down.

The senior forward scored a new career-high 21 points and added 10 rebounds to lead the Mavericks to an upset win over St. Thomas 98-94.

Entering the night averaging just 2.2 points per game, Simon got the start at center and erupted for 15 points in the first half.

He went on to nearly double his previous career high of 11 points.
Simon said the matchup favored his quickness against St. Thomas’ bigs and credited a week of preparation for his readiness.

Simon followed up that performance with another start in an 83-76 win over Denver.

He finished with 11 points, five rebounds and six assists in 30 minutes.
The back-to-back wins moved omaha to 14-14 overall and 7-6 in summit league play, and in fourth place with three regular-season games remaining.

TRACK AND FIELD

NACAC released its first top list for the season and Bahamians are among the region’s top performers.

Kansas state Wildcats freshman, Alan Hanna leads the way, ranked 1st overall and 1st in the U20 division in the high jump with a leap of 2.15m.

Florida Gators’ Wanya Mccoy and Joshua Wilson are both ranked 4th in their events – Mccoy in the 200m in 20.50 secs and Wilson in the 100m in 10.47 secs.

In a growing 400 m field, the Tennessee Vols, Javonya Valcourt and Gators Quincy Penn rank 10th and 11th with times of 51.73 and 52.39 secs, followed by Texas A and M’s Lacarthea Cooper at 16th at 53.34 secs.

Juniors are among leaders in several disciplines as well.

Jaze Johnson is ranked 4th overall and 1st in the U18 in the 100m with her time of 11.60 secs and Keyezra Thomas 23rd overall, 1st in the U18 400m in 53.88 secs.

In the men’s U20 Zion Davis ranks 1st in the 200m in 20.99 secs and 5th in the 400m in 47.31 secs while Javano Bridgewater is third at 47.11 secs.

SOCCER

The Bahamas men’s national team is set to compete in Group D of the Concacaf series during the upcoming FIFA international match window next month.

The Bahamas has been drawn alongside the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Anguilla in the group.

All matches will be played at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in George Town, Cayman Islands.

The Bahamas will open their campaign on Thursday, March 26th against Anguilla, followed by a key group stage clash on Sunday, March 29th against host nation the Cayman Islands.

The Concacaf series will feature 15 member associations competing across four groups.

Group A will be hosted in the Dominican republic and includes Martinique, El Salvador, Cuba and the host nation.

Group b, also played in the dominican republic, features guyana, belize, dominica and sint maarten.

Group c will be staged in bonaire and includes saint martin, bonaire and barbados.