Rollers Basketball Club and the CNMI\u2019s junior tennis players shared top honors last week for their outstanding games in separate tournaments.<\/p>\n
RBC\u2019s U16-U18B Rollers took the Turkey Fly & Shoot recreational division championship in the Guam\u2019s 2011 Take Care Thanksgiving Hoops Fest after beating Mongmong Toto Maite Falcons in the finals, 33-21, while the Rollers U14 squad ruled the Turkey Run U14B recreational category after a 41-10 finals triumph over the Tamuning Typhoons.<\/p>\n
Back on Saipan, the 3rd Annual Tan Holdings Tennis Classic had its second and final week of competitions with the island\u2019s junior players topping their respective foes.<\/p>\n
In the competitive U18 division, the lone female entry in the field, Thea Minor, stunned Rafael Jones in the finals. Other junior singles winners were Moris Villanueva (boys U15), Michael Ren (boys U12), Carol Lee (girls U12) Mikayla Lopez (girls U15), Cole Chambers (boys U10), and Tania Tan (girls U12).<\/p>\n
In the junior doubles, Carol Lee and Lopez won the girls U15 title, Thea Minor and Christian Miller in the U18, Vincent Tudela and Haruya Eda in the boys U10, Tan and Ami Tsukagoshi in the girls\u2019 U10, and Alex Park and Clayton Izuka in the boys U12.<\/p>\n
Adults doubles were also played in the final week with Boyet Minor and Roy Pangelinan (men\u2019s 40-and-above), Bobby Cruz and Lope Padilla (men\u2019s open doubles), James Libut and Ernie Henzon (men\u2019s 3.0), Dodong Lacbayo and Richard Asuncion (men\u2019s 4.0), Sadako Arriola and Chieko Nagao (women\u2019s 3.0), Joy and Theecel Minor (women\u2019s 4.0), and Lydia Tan and Sally Lee (women\u2019s 40-and-above) making up the champions\u2019 list.<\/p>\n
Other notable events last week were the playoff round in the NMIFA Men\u2019s FA Cup, boys U12 and girls U15 FA Cup, the Traders Insurance badminton tournament, and the resumption of the GBL IT&E E Cup.<\/p>\n
In the men\u2019s FA Cup, Wild Bill\u2019s and Inter Godfather\u2019s advanced to the semis after beating Korean Football Association on Saipan, 3-1, and Tan Holdings FC, 2-1, respectively.<\/p>\n
In the age group FA Cup, also making it to the semifinals were Pool A\u2019s Paire boys U12 and MP United girls U15 and Pool B\u2019s MP United boys U12 and Matansa girls U15. Paire U12 beat Shirley\u2019s FC U12, 4-0, while MP United girls U15 won via forfeit against Shirley\u2019s FC girls U15. In Pool B playoff matches, MP United boys U12 downed Tan Holdings girls U15, 9-0, while Matansa girls U15 defeated Paire girls U15, 2-0.<\/p>\n
In the Traders Insurance badminton tournament, the round-robin elimination was completed with four teams advancing to the playoffs. Saipan Badminton Club topped the field, followed by Golden Racquet, Berks Blazers, and Shirley\u2019s BC.<\/p>\n
After postponing its games for one week, GBL action returned at the Garapan Basketball Court with IT&E Konflikt winning over Proa and Mobil prevailing over the Runnin\u2019 Rebels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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