The Ghasias Brothers notched their second win in as many games in the 2008-2009 World Organized Rocball Community League after pulling off a come-from-behind victory over the Soul Rebels Saturday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
The Ghasias Brothers were down, 39-47, after three sets, when Freddie Pelisamen connected on three aces and scored a goal to lift his team to a 17-2 victory in the third set.<\/p>\n
The fourth-set triumph also allowed the Ghasias Brothers to nail a 56-49 juiced-out victory against the Soul Rebels.<\/p>\n
Pelisamen finished with 21 points, making three aces, six kees, and a goal.<\/p>\n
Ben Lisua led the Soul Rebels\u2019 losing cause, drilling 16 points on an ace, four kees, and two goals.<\/p>\n
Three other games were played Saturday with the Oakies, Islanders, and Fanians downing separate foes.<\/p>\n
The Oakies had a juiced-out triumph over the Naturals, 54-42.<\/p>\n
The Oakies leaned on Joemil Lisua\u2019s 10 points to edge the Naturals in four sets. Joemil had two aces and three kees.<\/p>\n
Ichnis Kapwich also fired 10 points for the Naturals, making two aces and three kees.<\/p>\n
The Islanders recorded the third juiced-out win Saturday when they topped the FSM rebels, 60-49.<\/p>\n
Jerry Saures was the Islanders\u2019 heavy hitter, tallying 14 points on three aces, a xunx and three kees.<\/p>\n
Joshua Titus paced the FSM Rebels with 11 points, as he posted an ace, three kees, and one goal.<\/p>\n
The Fanians recorded the most lopsided juiced-out win of the day winning by 33 points against No-Mercy, 66-33.<\/p>\n
Larry Sharry scored 15 points for the Fanians, hitting four aces, a kee, and a goal.<\/p>\n
Myron Laniyo had only eight points for No-Mercy, making four kees and an ace.<\/p>\n
After three weeks of action, the league is now down to nine teams, as three were eliminated early for losing games via forfeitures.<\/p>\n
The nine remaining teams will start the round-robin phase of the league with the Top 4 teams after eight games advancing to the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Rocball creator James Feger said that games set for tonight and on Wednesday have been rescheduled to give way to make-up games in the high school basketball league.<\/p>\n
Feger also announced the pairings in the upcoming games: Islanders vs. Evenflow; No Mercy vs. Ghasias Brothers; FSM Rebels vs. Oakies; Naturals vs. Fanians; and Soul Rebels vs. Evenflow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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