Raymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Olympian Sanjay Ayre (centre, white top) is seen here handing out care packages from the back of a van to people impacted by Hurricane Melissa in Whitehouse, Westmoreland, recently. 
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

‘These people truly need help’

FORMER OLYMPIAN Sanjay Ayre was the latest Jamaican high-profile past athlete to step forward and assist residents in the western end of the island who suffered greatly from the devastation caused by…
Carline Graham-Powell .... Holmwood Technical’s coach
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Graham-Powell unshaken: Veteran netball coach says challenges only fuel Holmwood’s fire

UNDER the steady guidance of veteran coach Carline Graham-Powell, Holmwood Technical have stood tall as the most dominant force in high school netball, racking up multiple rural and all-island titles.…
Glenmuir High School in May Pen, Clarendon.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Glenmuir High back in full swing after Hurricane Melissa

With Hurricane Melissa disrupting high schools across rural Jamaica – many still unable to resume full classes because of infrastructural damage – Glenmuir High in May Pen, Clarendon, has emerged as a…
Edwin Allen High’s Alexxe Henry.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Henry’s first hurricane: Tobago sprinter relives frightening experience in Jamaica

SEVERAL Caribbean athletes currently representing local schools in Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) competitions had their first taste of a hurricane when Category 5 Melissa swept…
Michael Dyke, head coach of Edwin Allen High School’s girls’ track and field team.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Tragedy, disaster stall Champs preparations at Edwin Allen

The Michael Dyke-coached Edwin Allen High girls are eager to reclaim their ISSA Girls’ Championships title after a surprise loss to Hydel High earlier this year but the school has had a rocky start to…
Track and field coach Carl Page (left) helps one of his charges, Jhadon Burke, manage his starts during a training session at the Bridgeport High School in 2023.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Page enjoys start to life at St Jago

NEW HEAD coach of the St Jago High School boys’ track and field programme, Carl Page, says he is enjoying his early days at the institution. A past student and former assistant coach with the school’s…
Michael Dyke, head coach of Edwin Allen High School’s girls’ track and field team.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Gayle’s death returns spotlight to student-athlete health

THE RECENT death of student-athlete Taneisha Gayle of Edwin Allen High School has prompted head track and field coach Michael Dyke to call on the ministries of health, education, and sport to…
Andrew Peart.
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Central daCosta Cup teams happy for Melissa break

CENTRAL JAMAICA schoolboy football kingpins Garvey Maceo and Glenmuir High School, while hoping for better weather, are smiling quietly at a much-needed break for their ISSA daCosta Cup teams. Lester…
Taneisha Gayle
December 9, 2025 by Raymond Graham

Tearful farewell for Edwin Allen’s Taneisha Gayle

It was a sad occasion for members of the Edwin Allen High School fraternity last Saturday as they paid their final respects to former student-athlete Taneisha Gayle, who was laid to rest in Mount…