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Tiger Woods Ties For Second At Valspar Championship
Young Lions Youth
Organization, Inc.
To Host Basketball
Tiger Woods is back!
He tied for 2nd place in a valiant run Sunday at Valspar Championship at Innisbrook Resort’s Copperhead Course in Palm Harbor.
Woods, searching for his first PGA Tour win since 2013, started the day a shot back and birdied his opening hole. He then couldn’t get anything to fall for 15 holes before sinking a 43-footer for birdie at the par-3 17th to pull within a shot.
However, he made par on his last hole, missing a 38- footer for birdie on the par-4 18th, to shoot 70 and finish tied for second at 9 under.
ADRIAN JOHNSON ...To coach the East Boys
BY GWEN HAYES Sentinel Editor
The Young Lions Youth Organization, Inc. will host the 2018 High School Bas- ketball Classic.
The High School All-Star game will be held at Jeffer- son High School, 4401 W. Cypress St., Tampa (33607), on Friday, March 16, 2018, 6 p. m. There is a small admis- sion fee.
Senior girls and boys from the East side of town will take on senior girls and boys from the West side of town. And, there will be shoot-out and dunk contests.
The East girls will be coached by Maggie Hedley of Brooks DeBartolo Colle- giate High School. The West girls will be coached by Cory Dennie of Jefferson High School. The East boys will be coached by Adrian John- son of Tampa Bay Tech, while Eric Hayes of Jeffer- son High School will coach the West Boys.
Senior athletes from pub- lic and private schools will participate in the game.
For the past 2 years, there has not been an All-Star Bas- ketball Classic. Dexter Bryant and John Glenn felt that the kids in Hillsbo- rough County were missing an opportunity to connect with each other. They worked diligently on putting the game back together.
Proceeds from the game will help to provide 2 schol-
ERIC HAYES
...To coach the West Boys
arships – one each to a girl and boy with the highest grade point average. All other proceeds will benefit the youth of the Young Lions Youth Organization.
Originally hosted by the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), the All-Star Basket- ball Classic game was under the direction of the late Dr. Sam Horton, with the as- sistance of John Glenn.
Bryant and Glenn have secured some sponsors and donations, but there’s still time to support the event. For additional information, contact Bryant at (813) 368-9640, or Glenn at (813) 787-9484.
The Young Lions Youth Organization, Inc. is a 501(c3) non-profit organiza- tion established in 1997. Bryant said the organiza- tion was founded to help prevent juvenile delinquency with inner city youth.
“We do quite a few events with the youth,” Bryant said. For 16 years we have held youth camps at the Uni- versity of Tampa where the kids who attend do not have to pay; and we go on college tours. This year, we are going to Florida State and FAMU in Tallahassee,” he said.
“The sole purpose of the Young Lions Youth Organi- zation is to be a help to dis- advantaged youth in hopes of making a difference in their lives now and in the fu- ture,” Bryant concluded.
will take home $700,000.
around
Classic
The champ has returned!
Serena Williams won her first match at the BNP Paribas Open just four months after giving birth to her daughter.
The tennis superstar beat Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan during her comeback match on Thursday.
Williams told reporters after the match, "It was in- credible. It’s been over a year andakidlaterandIgettogo home to her now, and I’m ex- cited about that."
Williams received a standing ovation from her family after winning the match. "It definitely wasn’t
Serena Williams won the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday. Her first tournament since having her baby 4 months ago.
Tiger Woods tied for 2nd place at the Valspar Champi- onship that attracted large crowds.
The finish is his first top-5 on Tour in 1,659 days.
Paul Casey finished one shot ahead of Woods and Patrick Reed to win with a final-round 65.
The Valspar purse was $6.5 million. Casey won ap- proximately $1.2 million. Woods and Reed tied and
Serena Wins First Match Since Having Baby
easy," she told reporters. "We always have a couple tight sets. It was good. I’m a little
rusty, but it doesn’t matter. I’mjustouthereonthisjour- ney and doing the best I can.
NFL Prospect Says He Was Asked If He Was Gay; His Mom Was A Prostitute
The NFL continues to take on negative press, and it appears that they’re not doing too much to change the trajectory.
The NFL Combine, the scouting event for NFL prospects, are in some heat now. LSU running back, Derris Guice sat down on SiriusXM’s “Late Hits” Wednesday night and de- tailed his experience.
That of which included several NFL teams asking him if he’s gay, and another even questioning if his mother sells her body. “Some people are really trying to get in your head and test your reaction ... I go in one room,
NFL
Guice was asked if he was gay.
andateamwillaskmedoI like men, just to see my reac- tion. I go in another room, they’ll try to bring up one of my family members or some- thing and tell me, ‘Hey, I
heard your mom sells her- self. How do you feel about that?’”
A report conducted by Pro Football Talk confirmed that Guice was, in fact, asked about his sexual pre- ference. They did not divulge which teams asked the play- ers, but it is known to be a common practice at the scouting event.”
“The fact that Derrius Guice was asked by an NFL team — and a prospective employer — about his sexual orientation is absurd and in- appropriate,” said Ashland Johnson of the Human Rights Campaign on Thurs- day.
prospect
Derris
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