{"id":12795,"date":"2011-10-03T07:58:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T07:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=12795"},"modified":"2011-10-03T07:58:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T07:58:05","slug":"sonics-keep-winning-streak-in-rotary-u19-caging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/sonics-keep-winning-streak-in-rotary-u19-caging\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonics keep winning streak in Rotary U19 caging"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Walter J. Sutherland<br \/>\nReporter<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/imgupload\/issx9999ns113113.jpg\" alt=\"The Sonics' Ezra Caro takes a shot against a phalanx of Hi-Five defenders during their game in the Rotary U19 caging last Friday at the TSL Sports Complex. (Walter Sutherland)\" width=\"100\" height=\"96\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0The Sonics preserved their winning run in the U19 division of the 2011 Saipan Rotary Club Youth Basketball League after beating Hi-Five, 47-36, during their game last Friday at the TSL Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p>After enduring a tough loss in the season opener, the Sonics won their last six games, while Hi-Five finished the regular season with a 3-4 record.<\/p>\n<p>Hi-Five&#8217;s Clarence Sablan scored five points in the opening period, but the Sonics still managed an 8-7 lead by spreading the ball well in their half court offense.<\/p>\n<p>Then the Sonics ran the court in the second quarter and gashed a 27-20 margin at the half. The Sonics continued their balance scoring in the second canto with seven players contributing on offense.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, the Sonics kept the upper hand as they made some defensive adjustments and contained Hi-Five to just eight points in the third period. By the end of the third period, the Sonics stretched their lead to nine, 37-28.<\/p>\n<p>In the fourth quarter, the Sonics slowed down the pace and milked the clock to keep their winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>Melvin Cadiang top-scored for the Sonics with nine points, while Nikko Salem turned in a game-high 13 in the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to the U19 league schedule, the regular season wraps up today with the Ol&#8217;Aces taking on the CK Blazers at 5pm.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nSonics 47<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Cadiang 9, Caro 8, Ne Salem 7, Del Rosario 4, Ecalnea 4, De Guzman 4, Tudela 4, Palacios 3, Sula 2, Villanueva 2.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHi-Five 36<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Ni. Salem 13, Sablan 9, F. Macahito 5, Urbano 3, Hockett 2, Duarte 2, Manibusan 2.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nScoring by quarters:<\/strong>\u00a08-7, 27-20, 37-28, 47-36.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Walter J. Sutherland Reporter \u00a0The Sonics preserved their winning run in the U19 division&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}