By BRENT STUBBS

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

THE Queen's College Comets found themselves at the contrasting end of their double header as the Bahamas Association of Independent Secondary Schools got their softball season underway.

In the senior boys' match-up, the Comets survived a hard fought 10-7 loss to the visiting St Andrew's Hurricanes on their home field.

But in a marathon affair that lasted a little longer than the senior boys' seven- inning affair, the Comets out-slugged the visiting St John's Green Giants 30-13 in an abbreviated three-inning encounter.

Hurricanes 10, Comets 7: After the delay to the start of the season in the aftermath of the storm, St Andrew's came to Queen's College and left their impact.

Tyler Kemp went the distance, firing a four hitter with five strike outs and he helped his own cause going 1-for-4 with two runs scored to pace the Hurricanes.

St Andrew's scored in all but the fifth inning when they got shut out by Queen's College relief pitcher Sean Rolle, who switched from shortstop to replace starter Tristan Hanna.

Off the field, it was a battle between two brothers with Dominic Elliott coaching the Hurricanes to the win over his older sibling Will Elliott at Queen's College.

"Not bad. My team is all about getting better as we go along. I enjoyed it. I'm sure the kids enjoyed it too," Dominic Elliott said. "They looked good in practice, so it was just reminding them what to do."

As for taking the initial match-up against his older brother, Dominic Elliott was a little modest saying: "We have to play against them again, so I don't want to answer that."

Will Elliott, on the other hand, said they were not as fully prepared as they should and that made the difference. "The starting third baseman forgot his clothes, so that caused me to reshuffle and the starting pitcher wasn't up to his usual performance," Will Elliott said.

"He is normally consistent with his strikes, but I guess game time he just folded up. But Sean Rolle came in and did a good job for us. It shows that we are going to be alright."

Queen's College only managed to score two runs in the first, highlighted by Sean Rolle's RBI sacrifice fly, four in the third, sparked by Swanson Gibson's run-producing triple and Tyler Kemp's RBI sacrifice fly and they added another one in the fourth on a one-out solo in-the-park home run from third baseman Rashad Knowles.

St Andrew's got a RBI sacrifice fly from Hunter Smith to get their ball rolling in their two-run first inning. Nathan Heastie had a RBI single in the second to knock in Sammy Davis for their third run.

They got another pair of runs in the third, aided by Heatie's RBI single and in the fourth, Owen Taylor came up with the big blow on a RBI triple as they scored two more runs to push their lead to 7-6.

After failing to score in the fifth, the Hurricanes got an unearned run from Joseph Edgecombe, who got first on a fielder's choice and eventually moved around the bases on three wild pitches to score their only run to extend the lead to 8-6. Then in the seventh, Julian Brown and Tyler Kemp both drew a walk and scored on two wild pitches.

Comets 30, Giants 13: In what turned out to be a slugfest, Queen's College scored 16 runs in the first inning and 15 more in the second to take control of their junior girls' match-up.

St John's could only respond with two in the first, but they got 10 in the second and just one in the third as the game was finally stopped.

Paige Stuart started on the mound for the Comets, but Tyler Miller came in an completed the job for the win. Deja Pinder and Kaitlyn McKlewhite combined with the pitching chores in a losing effort.