Local sports

The U.S. Virgin Islands Soccer Association’s (USVISA Senior Women and Men National teams will be in action during the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) international match windows of September, October and November 2023.

On Wednesday, the Olympic recurve archers battled constant rainfall in a three-hour qualifying session that some would rather forget. 

The Hyundai Archery World Cup returned in style for the first stage of 2023 in Antalya, Turkey, with new teams, new champions and a new world record.

The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation releases the latest statistics on V.I. athletes who are competing presently. It also releases a schedule of upcoming meets.

The Mustangs qualified five athletes who made the cut from over 1,200 athletes from all of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

The United States Virgin Islands girls finished the 2023 U19 Girls NORCECA Pan America Cup with a win of 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 25 17) over Honduras.

Four games into the 2023 Girls U19 NORCECA Pan American Cup in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, and the USVI is still looking for that elusive first victory. “There are a lot of nerves going on, the team is still not comfortable, they aren’t relaxing and playing,” said USVI head coach Isaac Raphael.

The Little League Inter-Island Softball League battled it out in their final week of games between St. Croix and St. Thomas on Thursday at the Renholdt Jackson Sports Complex or Whim Ballpark. Teams from St. Croix the Lady Lions, and Diamond Dolls and from St. Thomas Venom and Sistahood are going head-to-head to compete for the best teams. The girls’ ages range from nine to twelve and for the most part teams are organized based on where the girls reside.

The USVI Department of Tourism is proud to announce a multi-year extension of the partnership with the Boston Red Sox, the nine-time World Series Championship team.

The United States Virgin Islands National Youth Girls Volleyball Team opened the U19 Girls' Norceca Pan American Cup with a straight-set loss to perineal powerhouse USA (25-6; 25-18; 25-12) on Tuesday afternoon in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico.

Last week, a pod of third graders from the Good Leaf Private Education Association, a homeschool on St. Thomas, participated in their first tennis lesson, sponsored by the Virgin Islands Tennis Association (VITA).

The Mustangs qualified seven athletes who made the cut from over 1,000 athletes from all of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The USVI’s seven athletes won a total of nine medals, which were awarded to the top five finishers.

Virgin Islands National Team member and VI Sports Ambassador Michelle Smith broke her own Virgin Islands National record in the 400m hurdles by running a 56.66!

Hyacinth represented the Virgin Islands at three Olympic Games: Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000. Hyacinth still holds the Virgin Islands records in the long jump 6.72m, triple jump 14.05m and the 100m hurdles 13.33.

The Hyundai Archery World Cup returned in style for the first stage of 2023 in Antalya, with new teams, new champions and a new world record. More than 390 archers from 52 countries took to the targets for the first event of the 2023 international circuit.

This trio of events takes place from June 12 to June 18, at the St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC), St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. More specifically, the TOTE Clinic happens from June 12-14, followed by the TOTE Team Race on June 15 and the IOR 0n June 16-18.

The Virgin Islands Cycling Federation held an exciting event on Sunday morning, which brought 35 cyclists to Castaways in Estate Solitude for the East End Road Race.

This Swiss System five-round tournament had chess players ranging in age from 15 – 72 years old. Three players from St. Thomas traveled to St. Croix to compete.

First organized by the club in 1987, the tournament last year attracted 166 anglers, including 26 junior anglers, aboard 40 boats.