Local sports

The USVISA Lady Dashing Eagles are in Group A along with Bermuda and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

A sport that has made it from the mainland to the U.S. Virgin Islands is grabbing the attention of a group of locals and visitors and, despite its name, it doesn’t involve throwing around a vegetable.

On Saturday night in Florida, Virgin Islands boxer Deion Pruitt defeated James Hornes of Mississippi to record his third straight win as a professional fighter, knocking his opponent out about one minute into the first round.

St. Thomas is the place for world-class racing, the chance to trade tacks and tactics with America’s Cup, Volvo Ocean and Olympic crews as well as with weekend warriors who have sailed year-round in anticipation of besting fellow competitors.

The debut of the new website coincided with the unveiling of the Buccaneers Sports Network (BSN), a brand-new mobile app for UVI athletics.

This competition is where the best of the world from the ages of 16 to 19 come together to contest the main track and field events.

The teams will leave the territory on August 20 and scheduled to return on August 30, 2021. The Caribbean Football Union announced that the Dominican Republic will be the venue for the 2021 Boys’ and Girls’ U-14 Challenge Series.

Tournament participants will include teams from Arkansas Baptist College, Hutson-Tillotson University, Warner University, Wilberforce University and UVI.

After a great experience representing the Virgin Islands at the Olympics and with less than week to recover from the excitement of the Olympics and jet-lag, Nicholas D’Amour was off to Wroclaw, Poland, for the Youth World Championships.

The festival took place from July 29 through Aug. 2, at the TCIFA National Academy in Providenciales.

The Virgin Islands Track and Field Federation (VITFF) announces that Team Virgin Islands has continued with great performances in the 2021 AAU Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas.

Eddie Lovett, representing the U.S. Virgin Islands, saw his 2021 Olympic Odyssey come to an end Tuesday morning in the first round of the 110-meter hurdles when he finished outside the group that qualified to move on to the semi-finals.

Joseph finished 4th with a personal record for her multi-event score of 2490 earning her a Bronze Medal and All-American honors.

There will be just over 10,000 athletes competing this year in various sports and events at the AAU Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas.

Australian archer Ryan Tyak edged Nicholas D'Amour from the U.S. Virgin Islands in a close match in the men's individual archery elimination round at the Tokyo Olympics.

Adriel Sanes did not advance to the semifinals of the men’s 100-meter breaststroke Sunday at the Olympics after placing third in his heat. Natalia Kuipers, 19, also of St. Croix, finished outside the top eight in the women’s 400-meter freestyle semis.

The USVI Soccer Association will provide a revised Grassroots Soccer Festival schedule once access is available to USVI Government sporting facilities.

Swimmers Adriel Sanes and Natalia Kuipers carried the flag for the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.

Nicholas D’Amour will represent the U.S. Virgin Islands at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, this month, competing in the men’s recurve archery individual competition.

On Saturday, Deion Pruitt of St. Thomas won his second professional bout at the Cosmopolitan Premier Lounge in Decatur, Georgia, for the "Sugar Bert Vegas in Atlanta" The 25-year-old Pruitt secured the win with a second-round TKO, taking his record to 2-0.