Warwick Academy won the BSSF/BCB middle school boys super 8 cricket tournament, which is sponsored by Markel Bermuda, with a victory over The Whitney Institute Middle School.

Warwick won the toss in the final and sent the bulls into bat and Whitney found runs hard to come by, managing only 18 runs in their allotted overs.

Zydon Lightbourn-Furbert was the pick of the bowlers, taking two wickets in his maiden over, while Mehki Wilson top scored for Whitney with seven. Warwick easily crossed their target in less than three overs for no loss.

Max Kimberly did most of the damage scoring 26 off of nine balls, including two sixes and three fours.

Warwick defeated Saltus in the semi-final after chasing down their target of 42 in less than six overs.

Alasdair Cooper led Saltus with 10 runs while Lightbourn-Francis and Logan Jones each took a wicket with maiden overs.

Warwick opener Thomas McBain was their leading scorer with 13 while Kimberly chipped in with 10. Cooper took three wickets for two runs in his over.

Whitney had earlier defeated Sandys Secondary Middle School to reach the final. Sandys batted first and scored 46 runs, led by Kruz Iris with 24. Whitney crossed their target with 12 balls to spare behind a solid knock of 22 runs from Amari Davis.

Sandys went on to defeat Saltus in a high-scoring affair in the third-place match. Saezhjor Dent led Saltus with 34 runs, while Curtis Jackson Jr chipped in with 26 and Isaac Todd 20, but it wasn’t enough to defeat Sandys who replied with 102 runs. Shannon Smith scored 30 runs, while Riley Martin added 16 and Iris 13.