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Thirty-Five Member Team Selected for CARIFTA Gymnastics

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas Gymnastics Federation has officially named its roster for the 2025 CARIFTA Gymnastics Championships, for December 5th through 7th in Trinidad and Tobago.

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October 9, 2025

10th Year Seniors

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas Gymnastics Federation has officially named its roster for the 2025 CARIFTA Gymnastics Championships, for December 5th through 7th in Trinidad and Tobago.

The 35-member squad features returning athletes and new faces across multiple levels of competition.

According to federation executives, the team was selected following months of training, skill clinics, and evaluations by international fig judges.

The event brings together the region’s top gymnasts for three days of competition across various disciplines and age groups.

Bahamian athletes will be competing in levels 1 through 9, as well as in three levels of the Pan American Gymnastics Union Hopes Division.

In the Pagu Hopes Division — Syara Moss will compete in level 1, Kayla Culmer and A’nyiah Williams in level 2, while Charis Edgecombe, Maleah Miller, and Taevia Wright will represent in level 3.

The level 1 team includes Daniyah Culmer, Imai Kenny, Amaris McPhee, Roxy-Bear Simmons, and Tatiana Simon.

Level 2 features Ariah Elliott, Isabelle McSweeney, Aubrey-Skye Munnings, and Angela Rolle.

Competing in level 3 will be Naime Burnside, Chloe Lightbourne, Braeden Musgrove, Cordesha Pierre, Aaliyah Pinder, Aldranique Russell, Elika Sweeting, and Taraji Williams.

Level 4 features Skai Campbell, Amelia Francis, Anai Ingraham, Daelyn Jones, Rielle Whylly, and Debby Zonical.

In level 6, Kaylie Bynoe, Shaniah Campbell, Kayla Culmer, Charis Edgecombe, Maleah Miller, Syara Moss, A’nyiah Williams, and Taevia Wright.

Level 7 includes Kia Bazard, Tiana Nixon, and Rhianna Smith, while Sade Hall headlines the team at level 9.

Team Bahamas enters this year’s event with high expectations following an outstanding performance last year in Kingston, Jamaica.

That 23 member team captured a total of 21 medals – 18 individual, and three team banners. These included four gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze.

NBA

The new-look Golden State Warriors had a major fourth quarter comeback in their second preseason appearance.

Wednesday night, Buddy Hield and the Golden State Warriors edged out the Portland Trailblazers 129–123.

Hield finished with 13 points on 5-10 shooting, including 3-6 from three-point range. He also added four rebounds, one assist, and one steal in just 16 minutes off the bench.

The Warriors overcame a 21-point deficit with a dominant 51-point fourth quarter to close out the game in impressive fashion.

The Warriors are now two games into their five-game preseason schedule, with three games left before opening night on October 21.

NCAA Women’s Basketball

We’re weeks away from the NCAA hoops tipoff and another season where Coach Yo and Ole Miss are prepared to run the gauntlet in the SEC and perhaps become a national contender.

Ole Miss Women’s Basketball will open the year as one of the top teams in the country, ranked Among the elite in multiple preseason polls, including number 12 by ESPN.

Coming off last year’s Sweet 16 appearance, they return three players from that core and added nine newcomers, including the second-best transfer class in the nation, according to ESPN.

Sec media day is october 14 and ole miss plays its lone exhibition on october 26.

In her tenure at oxford, Coach Yo has led Ole Miss to 125 wins, a program record for single season SEC wins, and two Sweet 16 appearances.

MLB

The postseason run for Jazz Chisholm Jr. and the New York Yankees has come to an end.

The 2025 campaign come to a close after a 5–2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays in game four of the American League Division series in game four Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.

For Chisholm, the series was a mix of highlights and heartbreak. He launched a go-ahead home run in game three that ignited the bronx crowd and kept the Yankees’ season alive when they faced elimination.

However, in game four, he misplayed a potential double-play ball, that eventually led to two blue jays runs as they pulled away late.

In a season of milestones Chisholm joined the exclusive 30-30 club, hitting 31 home runs and stealing 30 bases – just the third Yankee in franchise history to accomplish the feat. He also set career highs in runs scored, walks, and ops and was selected to the all-star game for the second time.

This year marked Chisholm’s fourth postseason appearance and second with the Yankees.