2 days ago
It wasn't the colour she wanted, but Caitlin Rainey made history by claiming Scotland's first medal in women's boxing at a Commonwealth Games by taking bronze on Friday.
The 23-year-old lost on split-decision to Northern Ireland's Kaci Rock, having taken the first round in their semi-final bout.
Rock landed an impressive hit at the end of the second to force a nail-bitingly close final round, which just went in her favour.
Taxi driver Rainey was naturally disappointed with the outcome having "just fallen short" but she was able to find the positives in her historic performance at these Games.
"I'm proud of myself and I hope I've made my family proud by doing this," she said.
#round
The 23-year-old lost on split-decision to Northern Ireland's Kaci Rock, having taken the first round in their semi-final bout.
Rock landed an impressive hit at the end of the second to force a nail-bitingly close final round, which just went in her favour.
Taxi driver Rainey was naturally disappointed with the outcome having "just fallen short" but she was able to find the positives in her historic performance at these Games.
"I'm proud of myself and I hope I've made my family proud by doing this," she said.
#round
2 days ago
It wasn't the colour she wanted, but Caitlin Rainey made history by claiming Scotland's first medal in women's boxing at a Commonwealth Games by taking bronze on Friday.
The 23-year-old lost on split-decision to Northern Ireland's Kaci Rock, having taken the first round in their semi-final bout.
Rock landed an impressive hit at the end of the second to force a nail-bitingly close final round, which just went in her favour.
Taxi driver Rainey was naturally disappointed with the outcome having "just fallen short" but she was able to find the positives in her historic performance at these Games.
"I'm proud of myself and I hope I've made my family proud by doing this," she said.
#rainey #made #first
The 23-year-old lost on split-decision to Northern Ireland's Kaci Rock, having taken the first round in their semi-final bout.
Rock landed an impressive hit at the end of the second to force a nail-bitingly close final round, which just went in her favour.
Taxi driver Rainey was naturally disappointed with the outcome having "just fallen short" but she was able to find the positives in her historic performance at these Games.
"I'm proud of myself and I hope I've made my family proud by doing this," she said.
#rainey #made #first
2 days ago
Team Northern Ireland boxer Kaci Rock won her women's welterweight semi-final against Scotland's Caitlyn Rainey by split decision after a ferocious fight.
The 23-year-old had work to do after losing the first round at the SEC Centre but she fought back well in a much-tighter second round and pressed on in the third to take a narrow 3-2 victory.
Rock will now move through to Saturday's final for the chance to come away from her first Commonwealth Games with a gold medal, but she is at least guaranteed a silver.
She was the first of five Team NI boxers looking to upgrade on the bronze they have already won.
Michaela Walsh will fight next when she takes on Fiji's Jasmine Daunakamakama in the women's featherweight at 14:30 BST.
#first #fight #round
The 23-year-old had work to do after losing the first round at the SEC Centre but she fought back well in a much-tighter second round and pressed on in the third to take a narrow 3-2 victory.
Rock will now move through to Saturday's final for the chance to come away from her first Commonwealth Games with a gold medal, but she is at least guaranteed a silver.
She was the first of five Team NI boxers looking to upgrade on the bronze they have already won.
Michaela Walsh will fight next when she takes on Fiji's Jasmine Daunakamakama in the women's featherweight at 14:30 BST.
#first #fight #round
1 month ago
Section 7 girls basketball results: Windward wins top division as California teams dominate originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
As expected, the last round of Section 7's City of Mesa bracket featured a matchup between recent high school girls basketball national champions Etiwanda – the event's three-time reigning champion – and Ontario Christian.
Except it was for third place instead of first.
At the same time Ontario Christian rolled past Etiwanda 75-49 for the bronze, Section 7's top division concluded with one of the tournament's relative underdogs – Windward – defeating four-time reigning NorCal champion Archbishop Mitty 54-46 for the ****** le. Windward had unseated Etiwanda 69-65 in the previous round after starting with a 57-51 win over Nevada powerhouse Democracy Prep Agassi Campus and a 66-58 victory against Arizona champion Millennium. Mitty made it to the finals by beating Eagle (ID) 53-44, defeating Mater Dei 67-56, and notching a 56-48 win over Ontario Christian, which beat the Monarchs 56-49 in the CIF Open Division state finals in March.
The Wildcats are led by one of the nation's premier perimeter units: 5-star junior wing Amel Cook, 4-star senior guard Charis Rainey, Princeton-bound senior combo guard Angelina Habis, who helped Harvard-Westlake win a state crown as a freshman, and six-foot-one junior Alexie Wehrle, a versatile playmaking wing/forward. They're coming off an injury-riddled 18-14 season in which they uncharacteristically finished ranked outside California's top 25. That's because Cook missed the entire season and Habis missed more than half of it between the transfer sit-out period and an injury. But Windward's core is at full-strength now, and it made the most of an opportunity to show what it can do on a national stage when healthy. That's why SN ranked the Wildcats No. 13 in the country in our way-too-early 2026-27 national rankings earlier this spring.
As expected, the last round of Section 7's City of Mesa bracket featured a matchup between recent high school girls basketball national champions Etiwanda – the event's three-time reigning champion – and Ontario Christian.
Except it was for third place instead of first.
At the same time Ontario Christian rolled past Etiwanda 75-49 for the bronze, Section 7's top division concluded with one of the tournament's relative underdogs – Windward – defeating four-time reigning NorCal champion Archbishop Mitty 54-46 for the ****** le. Windward had unseated Etiwanda 69-65 in the previous round after starting with a 57-51 win over Nevada powerhouse Democracy Prep Agassi Campus and a 66-58 victory against Arizona champion Millennium. Mitty made it to the finals by beating Eagle (ID) 53-44, defeating Mater Dei 67-56, and notching a 56-48 win over Ontario Christian, which beat the Monarchs 56-49 in the CIF Open Division state finals in March.
The Wildcats are led by one of the nation's premier perimeter units: 5-star junior wing Amel Cook, 4-star senior guard Charis Rainey, Princeton-bound senior combo guard Angelina Habis, who helped Harvard-Westlake win a state crown as a freshman, and six-foot-one junior Alexie Wehrle, a versatile playmaking wing/forward. They're coming off an injury-riddled 18-14 season in which they uncharacteristically finished ranked outside California's top 25. That's because Cook missed the entire season and Habis missed more than half of it between the transfer sit-out period and an injury. But Windward's core is at full-strength now, and it made the most of an opportunity to show what it can do on a national stage when healthy. That's why SN ranked the Wildcats No. 13 in the country in our way-too-early 2026-27 national rankings earlier this spring.
