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Stories by Raymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Published:Tuesday | January 20, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Ryan Peralto, a member of the Gibson McCook Relays Organising Committee, is very upbeat about this year’s staging of the event, despite a truncated programme. Peralto is the man in charge of registration for the 49th staging of Jamaica’s premier...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending ISSA Urban Schoolboy Under-19 Basketball champions Campion College maintained their unbeaten run in the competition on Tuesday after getting by Calabar 78-53 in quarterfinal action. A dominant third quarter for the defending champions, in...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Following last Saturday’s opening track and field meet of the year, the Pure Water/R. Danny Williams Development meet at the Ashenheim Stadium, things will shift into high gear tomorrow with the staging of four more. In what will be a busy day of...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Tia Clayton and Jonielle Smith of MVP Track Club, who were members of Jamaica’s silver medal-winning women’s 4x100-metre relay team at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, will feature in the women’s 60 metres at this Saturday’s PUMA...

Published:Monday | January 12, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

World Championships 4x400-metre silver medallist Dejanea Oakley was in fine form in the opening race of her indoor season at the Clemson Indoor Invitational on Saturday. Competing for the University of Georgia, Oakley sped to a personal-best 35.94...

Published:Monday | January 12, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Led by a brilliant 11.34-second performance from Alexxe Henry in the Class 1 Girls’ 100 metres at Saturday’s 32nd staging of the Pure Water/R Danny Williams Development Meet at the Ashenheim Stadium, Edwin Allen’s girls swept the shortest sprint in...

Published:Wednesday | January 7, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The year 2025 was another good one for the country’s junior athletes, with the likes of Briana Campbell, Shanoya Douglas, and Sabrina Dockery on the girls’ side, and Gary Card among the boys, producing outstanding individual performances. Though...

Published:Saturday | January 3, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Demish Gaye, the 2019 national 400 metres champion, has called time on his track and field career after competing at the senior level for more than 10 years. The 32-year-old Gaye, who made his first senior team in 2016 as a member of the men’s...

Published:Tuesday | December 30, 2025 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Ardenne High School’s Mowan Bonnick is making waves in the ISSA Urban Schoolboy Basketball Competition, producing remarkable performances that have helped his team to stay in touch with defending champions and favourites, Campion College. In his...

Published:Saturday | December 27, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE past season has been a very good one for G C Foster College of Physical Education and Sports, as the institution recorded one of its best overall performances in a long time, dominating their rivals by winning several collegiate team titles. It...

Published:Friday | December 26, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

HEAD track and field coach at Edwin Allen High School, Michael Dyke, was very pleased with the performances of his girls at the recent Audret E/Kevon Robinson Invitational meet, held at Foga Road High School. The current season has been a very...

Published:Friday | December 26, 2025 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WHEN Denbigh High School’s netballers broke an eight-year drought by winning their fifth all-island junior netball title, defeating Wolmer’s Girls’ by two goals in the final, one of the happiest persons inside the G.C. Foster College auditorium was...

Published:Tuesday | December 23, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Track and field head coach at Edwin Allen High School, Michael Dyke, was very pleased with the performances of his girls at the recent Audret E/Kevon Robinson Invitational Meet, held at Foga Road High School. The present season has been a very...

Published:Monday | December 22, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

MEET Director and principal of Foga Road High, Orette Wallace, was extremely pleased following the third staging of the Audret E/Kevon Robinson Over Distance Development Meet, held at the school in Clarendon last Saturday. The meet, which...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DENBIGH High and Holmwood Technical were crowned queens of high school netball yesterday at the GC Foster College Indoor Court. In the junior final, Denbigh claimed their sixth all-island title after edging defending champions Wolmer’s Girls’ 31-29...

Published:Saturday | December 20, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DEFENDING champions GC Foster College were in a no-nonsense mood on Wednesday as they retained the intercollegiate senior netball title with a commanding 40-31 victory over The Mico University College in the final at St Andrew High School. Both...

Published:Friday | December 19, 2025 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The 2025 champions of high school netball will be crowned today when the all-island finals take place at G. C. Foster College. Urban champions Wolmer’s Girls, the defending junior title holders, will go up against rural champions Denbigh High at 1...

Published:Thursday | December 18, 2025 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending champions Wolmer’s Girls’ and Gaynstead High ruled supreme yesterday in the ISSA Urban Schoolgirl junior and senior netball finals at St Andrew High School, scoring exciting wins over their opponents. In the junior final, Wolmer’s edged...

Published:Wednesday | December 17, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Denbigh High walked away with the junior ISSA Rural Schoolgirl Netball Competition title after upsetting defending champions Holmwood Technical 31-26 in overtime. Holmwood, however, held on to their senior crown after fending off a strong challenge...

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The Leila Robinson Netball Courts will be in the spotlight today as the top high school teams clash in the finals of the ISSA Schoolgirl Netball Competition. After weeks of intense action, champions in both the urban and rural competitions, at...

Published:Tuesday | December 16, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

St Jago High School’s girls were in dominant form at last Saturday’s 22nd staging of the Wesley Powell Benjamin Memorial track and field meet, held at Excelsior High School. The over-distance meet, where coaches gauge their athletes’ performances...

Published:Monday | December 15, 2025 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WHEN the top four rural schools contest the ISSA daCosta Cup football semi-finals tomorrow there will be one surprise team — Kemps Hill High. The Clarendon-based school has been punching well above its weight throughout the competition and has a...

Published:Saturday | December 13, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

High school athletes preparing for the 2026 track and field season will get an early look at their form before the Christmas break as they line up at today’s 22nd staging of the Wesley Powell Benjamin Track and Field Meet, set for Excelsior High...

Published:Saturday | December 13, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

CALABAR HIGH were the biggest winners in the ISSA urban under-19 schoolboys basketball competition, as the Red Hills Road-based school dismissed St Catherine High 77-24. Keneil Brown, with 23 points, led the way for the victors. Tivoli High, St...

Published:Friday | December 12, 2025 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

There were no surprises in Wednesday’s ISSA rural schoolgirls netball quarterfinals at the GC Foster College Indoor Court as all seeded teams booked their spots in today’s semi-finals at the same venue. Double defending champions Holmwood Technical...

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