Kich Fairo leading in regular season opener

The Kich Fairo players seem to be on their way to recording the first win of the 2006 World Organized Rocball Community League as the team currently leads against the Ballers.

Kich Fairo won the first two sets after taking advantage of numerous mishaps by their opponents and led 34-13 yesterday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.

The Ballers had trouble from the start as the team struggled from the service area and recorded four mishaps of first serve, which in Rocball, results in the subtraction of a point from the team’s score.

With the Ballers having problems putting the ball over the net, Kich Fairo simply blasted away as the team dominated to win the opening set. Dean Mathew connected for a goal to close the set, 17-2.

The Ballers put up a better fight in the second set. With the score 4-2 in favor of Kich Fairo, the Ballers again had trouble, resulting in Kich Fairo breaking away for a 10-2 advantage, with Zerolyn Fiden leading her team from the service line.

The Ballers fought back and after losing points again via bad first serves, got a big shot from Nate Mateo, who connected for what was going to be a kee, only Kich Fairo’s goalie could not stop the ball from entering the goal, giving the Ballers three points, 4-10.

The Ballers managed to tie the game at 8-8 after Robert Naraja connected for a xunk and opted to subtract two points from Kich Fairo. The score was tied again at 10-10 before Kich Fairo hit turbo mode and sped away for a 17-11 victory.

Kich Fairo was leading, 5-0, in the third set when time expired. The game resumes today at 12:55pm, with Typhoon Saito of Kich Fairo serving.

Mathew currently leads Kich Fairo with seven points on a goal, an ace, and a kee, while Fiden and J.R. Hartman each have six points, with Fiden hitting three aces and Hartman smashing an ace and two kees.

Naraja leads the Ballers with four points on a xunk and a kee, while Mateo has three points from his goal.

Meanwhile, Rocball creator Jim Feger released the schedule for the regular season. Scheduled to face off on Monday are defending champion Mwaliyas and Caropinos. The Dublan Chiefs face 670’s Finest on Wednesday, Oct. 25, while Black Magic and Da Lani Kyned battled on Oct. 30. The final game of round one will be on Nov. 1 between Watch & Learn and Bwibwiis.

For more information on the World Organized Rocball league, contact Feger at 237-3235.