Laverne Jones and Tabarie Henry are redefining the meaning of “great Virgin Islands track runners” by achieving the status of number one in the world in their respective events, Henry in the 400-meter and Jones in the 60-meter.

Some will remember a once a very popular footrace on St. Thomas, ULTRASPRINT, which has been returned to the race calendar of the St. Thomas Association of Roadrunners (STAR) for 2010 on March 14. 

The Dominicanos softball team of St. Thomas came to St. Croix over the weekend and took home the championship trophy after beating Puerto Rico 15-11 at the Estate Profit Ball Park in front of a raucous pro-Dominicanos crowd.

St. Croix Central High School wrapped up its Junior Varsity Basketball Tournament Sunday afternoon with the Host Caribs taking the boys championship from John Woodson Junior high 46-36, and Bertha C. Boschulte of St. Thomas taking the Girls championship over the host lady Caribs in a 33-30 barn burner.

Two unbeaten teams remained after 13 preliminary games in the boys division of the Central High Junior Varsity Invitational tournament. By the end of the night, there was only one.

Nearly perfect conditions set the scene for superb racing at the annual St. Croix Yacht Club Hospice Regatta – the kick-off event for the 2010 Cape Air Caribbean Ocean Racing Triangle (C.O.R.T.) series

It was a slugfest Thursday night at the Alvin McBean East Little League, with both teams combining for 14 runs in only the first three innings.

Rain don’t stop the Carnival and snowstorms didn’t stop players from several U.S. mainland states from coming to St. Thomas, Feb. 12 to 15, to compete in the 4th Chrysler Cup Tennis Tournament. This premier tennis event in the U.S. Virgin Islands welcomed over 90 players.

On Friday night, the St. Croix Central High School gymnasium was officially renamed the Ronald Alexander “RonChe” Charles Arena in honor of arguably the greatest high school basketball player the U.S. Virgin Islands have ever seen.

Racing fans at the Randall “Doc” James race track Sunday were stunned when local fan favorite Carse was defeated by St. Thomas’s Questionable Sky by a half-length in the seven-furlong feature “V.I. Agriculture Fair Classic.”