Ghasias Brothers ruled the 2008-2009 World Organized Rocball Community League after sweeping the Fanians in the best-of-three titles series Tuesday night at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n
A 93-85 juiced-out win in Game 2 allowed the Ghasias Brothers to wrap up the short series and regained supremacy in the sport.<\/p>\n
In the early years of Rocball league, Ghasias Brothers were a force in the indigenous sport and even topped the league for three straight years.<\/p>\n
They took a leave from the league for a couple of years and returned last season with a bang sweeping their first four games.<\/p>\n
At the end of the second round of elimination, Ghasias Brothers were at the top of the team standings and had only two losses in 12 games.<\/p>\n
They were seeded first in the semifinals and whipped the Okies, 104-78, in the Final Four round to advance to the title match against the Fanians. The Fanians dethroned 2007-2008 champion Evenflow in the other semis pairing, 91-72.<\/p>\n
In Game 1 of the finals Monday night, Ghasias needed two extra sets to thwart the hard fighting Fanians and eke out a 113-105 win.<\/p>\n
Both teams expected another down-to-the-wire finish in Game 2 with the Fanians needing to win to force a do-or-die Game 3.<\/p>\n
But Ghasias Brothers showed their toughest form in the last two sets with Freddie Pelisamen leaping high for powerful kills to end the series after only four sets.<\/p>\n
Ghasias won the opening set of Game 1, 28-18. The Fanians recovered in the second set with a 28-14 triumph to take the lead, 46-42.<\/p>\n
But Ghasias Brothers regained the driver\u2019s seat, 67-66, after a 25-20 victory in the third set, and capped their successful comeback in the league with a 26-19 win in the fourth set.<\/p>\n
Twelve teams joined last season\u2019s Rocball league. The list included the Islanders, Naturals, No-Mercy, Uraiwak, Soul Rebels, Section A, FSM Rebels, and Prims.<\/p>\n
The Prims, Uraiwak, and Section A were booted out of the tournament after the first round losing four games apiece.<\/p>\n
The nine remaining teams advanced to the second round with the Naturals becoming the first casualty having dropped their first four matches.<\/p>\n
Four more teams\u2014Islanders, Soul Rebels, FSM Rebels, and No Mercy\u2014joined the Naturals in the showers, while the Okies, Ghasias, Evenflow, and the Fanians were left to battle for the title.<\/p>\n
Rocball is created by James Feger and is a unique sport as it combines the rules of volleyball and soccer. It is played in a slightly modified standard volleyball court with an overhead net bisecting team courts and a 6×12-foot soccer type goal located 10 feet behind each court. The sport uses a scoring system where a team could win a game by total amount of points scored using a set system of play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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