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Tuesday, December 13, 2016 BARRICUDAS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 Polanco picked up a fumble and re- turned it for score to push the Bar- ricudas’ lead to 20-0. “Our defense played very well,” Cofiell said. “Aderemi Flores had an interception and had a couple of returns of 40 yards. Lejoni Williams was all over the field and led us in tackles.” The Broncos added a late touch- down from Diego Luna and two- point conversion from Hernan Velez for the final score. “T was playing all my guys at that point,” Cofiell said. “I wanted to give everyone the experience of playing in Puerto Rico.” After the game, the Broncos set up a meet-and-greet between both team and an innovative idea came out of it. “They took care of us all week- end,” Cofiell said. “They gave us a place to stay and ground transporta- tion. They even took us sightseeing of old San Juan before being dropped at the airport. “We invited them to come to St. Croix and play us during the Vir- gin Islands-Puerto Rico Friendship weekend; hopefully it could be a yearly thing. Either they come one year or we go, this was a positive ex- perience for us.” “This was an amazing event,” Juncos head coach Manuel Santiago said. “We were very happy to host them and we enjoyed them, too. This was an excellent opportunity to open our relationship and we are working on coming to St. Croix in October.” St. Thomas schools Charlotte Amalie and Eudora Kean, the 2016 St. Thomas-St. John IAA champs, The Virgin Islands Daily News 35 Photo courtesy SCOTT COFIELL The players and coaches from the St. Croix Educational Complex and Juncos Broncos football teams gather at midfield for a postgame photo after the Barricudas’ 20-8 win over the Broncos on Saturday at Pista Atletica Municipal de Juncos in Puerto Rico. played teams from Puerto Rico last month, losing to the Dorado Spartans and University Garden Dolphins, re- spectively, in games played at Lionel Roberts Stadium. “T think we should have a com- bined league with Puerto Rico,” Co- fiell said. “We play one home and one away every year. Look, our ticket cost $150, that’s not much more than fly- ing to St. Thomas. It could be done. But before we approach Puerto Rico, we would need a unified league be- tween St. Thomas and St. Croix agreeing on stuff to make it happen. Then we could move on to Puerto Rico, They are not that far away. “They are more Puerto Rican teams than Virgin Islands teams. A mixed schedule will have to be created with a Caribbean champion between the winners of each league. People are re- ally interested in playing in football. If we're going to grow, we need to play good teams to get better and Puerto Rico has been playing a while.” The Puerto Rico High School Foot- ball League is presently comprised of seven teams — Antilles High School, Baldrich Comets, Parque Central Bluewaves, Parkville Steelers, Jun- cos Broncos, Dorado Spartans and the University Gardens Dolphins. SWIM CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 individual backstroke. Mary Killman led St. Thomas with four gold medals, winning in the girls 19-under division in the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstroke, and the 200-meter individual medley. She also finished third in the 50-meter freestyle. Killman also set meet records in two events, with her time of 30.09 medley and 50-meter Our Family Dedicated to Serving Families, Since 1976 seconds in the 50 backstroke shatter- ing the old record by 1.24 seconds, and her time of 1 minute, 5.08 sec- onds in the 100 backstroke breaking a 14-year-old record by 1.14 seconds. St. Thomas’ Audrey Moore and Ky Odlum, and St. Croix’s Matthew Mays won three events each. Moore took gold in the girls 11-12 division’s 50- and 100-meter free- style events, and teamed with Carter Maltby, Casey Vanderwall and Ana Pia Brunt to take the 200-meter free- style relay. She also took seconds in the 200-meter freestyle and 200-me- ter individual medley, and teamed with Vanderwall, Maltby and Brunt to take second in the 200-meter med- ley relay. Moore also finished third in both the 400-meter freestyle and 100-meter individual medley. Odlum won in the boys 13-14 division in the 50-meter freestyle, 50-meter backstroke and 100-meter butterfly. He also finished second in the 50-meter butterfly, and third in the 100-meter individual medley. Mays won in the boys 17-18 di- The Friendliest Professional Staff The largest Funeral Home Chapel © State of the Art Prep Room © Specialty Flower Shop- Providing a large selection of wreaths, fresh and silk flowers, professionally arranged floral tributes and cemetery Urns * The Largest Casket selection and customization capability. The only Restorative Embalmer on Island, Director, Delva Gumbs - Turnbull Our family serving families providing excellence in funeral service Doreth B. Gumbs, General Manager, Over 38 years experience in the funeral business Turnbull's Funeral Home P.O. Box 305992 * 3815 Crown Bay # 10 * St. Thomas, VI 00803 * 340 779 6565 vision in the 100-meter individual medley, 200-meter backstroke and 200-meter individual medley. 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