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Sunshine Girls continue to be class apart

Published:Monday | October 17, 2022 | 10:30 PM
Sunshine Girls centre (left) Tafiya Hunter, reaches for the ball while under pressure from The United States' Shaina Wilson during Americas Netball World Cup qualification action at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica earlier tonight.
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Sunshine Girls centre (left) Tafiya Hunter, reaches for the ball while under pressure from The United States' Shaina Wilson during Americas Netball World Cup qualification action at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica earlier tonight.

Jamaica's Sunshine Girls defeated Team USA 70 -16 in their Americas Netball Regional qualifer at the National Indoor Sports Centre this evening.

Amanda Pickney led the scoring for the Sunshine Girls,dropping in 22 goals from 24 attempts.

Pickney was well supported by Gezelle Allison, scored 23 goals. There were also contributions from Kelsey Jones (12) and captain Jhaniele Fowle,r who scored 13 goals in the first and only quarter she played.

Jamaica, who are using the qualifers as preparation for the Netball World Cup next year are winning their second game by a big margin.

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