Action heats up in spring volleyball

The second day of action in the 2008 Spring Break Volleyball Festival continued yesterday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium with three teams remaining undefeated in three divisions.

Powerpuffs, Umangs, and Hilitai are still undefeated after yesterday’s games. Powerpuffs have yet to lose after four games in the girls’ 18-and-under division, while Umangs are on top at the 12-and-under boys with an 8-0 card and Hilitai with a 4-0 mark in the Under 14 girls.

Powerpuffs scored their fourth straight win with a 25-20, 25-19 win over Kagman High School, while Umangs went on a four-game rampage in the boys’ 12-and-under first scoring a win against Koblerville Elementary School, 25-19, 25-14.

Umangs then defeated Hopwood Junior High School Galuphas, 25-14, 26-24, then won by forfeit against Team Tokka. They closed out their campaign with a 25-21, 25-17 win over Gaga.

In other results, KES whipped Whispering Palms School, 25-13, 25-14 in the 12-and-under boys division, while the WPS girls’ Under-12 team downed Bwii Bwiis, 25-15, 25-20.

Bwii Bwiis bounced back in the girls’ 12-and-under when they pounded Mini Marshmellows, 25-11, 25-4.

The HJHS Under-14 girls defeated Bwii Bwiis, 25-9, 25-17, with UR Mom dominating Mini Marshmellows, 25-1, 25-13. In the girls’ 18-and-under, GWF scored a hard-earned 25-223, 25-21 win over Saipan Southern High School while KHS beat Tinian, 25-19, 25-14

Matches in the boys’ 18-and-under saw Brotherhood winning its two games against the Kings, 25-19, 25-23, and Pwang, 25-12, 25-16. The Kings came back with a 25-21, 25-17 triumph over KHS, while Pwang scored a 25-18, 25-18 decision against Tinian to ease the pain of its loss against Brotherhood.

KHS bested Kontenders, 25-18, 25-22, in the 18-and-under boys, while Tinian tripped GWF, 25-21, 27-25, in the girls side.

Hilitai and Okies drew their match as both team won one set each. Okies won the first set, 25-12, while Hilitai rebounded with a 26-24 decision in the second frame.

Twenty-six teams divided into three age divisions in the boys and girls class will be fighting for the titles in the four-day tournament, which ends on March 28.

The Northern Mariana Islands Volleyball Association is organizing the tournament in cooperation with the Division of Youth Services and Division of Sports and Recreation.