{"id":187301,"date":"2014-12-15T04:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=187301"},"modified":"2014-12-15T04:00:58","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T18:00:58","slug":"benchwarmers-get-solo-rocball-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/benchwarmers-get-solo-rocball-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Benchwarmers get solo Rocball lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_187308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187308\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a attid=\"187308\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/rocball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/rocball-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Benchwarmers players and their young supporter pose for a photo after beating Local Motion last week  in the Rocball league at the Marianas High School Gymnasium. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-187308\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-187308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benchwarmers players and their young supporter pose for a photo after beating Local Motion last week  in the Rocball league at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<br \/>(Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Benchwarmers took the solo lead in the Rocball league after winning the battle of unbeaten teams last week at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>According to Saipan Rocball creator and league coordinator James Feger, the Benchwarmers juiced-out Local Motion, 42-31. A juiced-out victory is awarded to team that had the lead at the end of the regulation and also won the fourth set of the match.<\/p>\n<p>The Benchwarmers also prevailed in the opening set of their duel against Local Motion, 12-4,  to gain early momentum. Local Motion fought back in the second set with a 13-8 win to move within three, 17-20, and then grabbed the upper hand, 29-28, after another victory in the third set, 12-8. However, Local Motion failed to complete the come-from-behind win, as the Benchwarmers regrouped and took an emphatic 14-3 victory in the fourth and final set.<\/p>\n<p>Despite losing the game, Local Motion had a sort of consolation as its top player\u2014A.J. Seman\u2014was named the heavy hitter of the match. Seman scored 16 points off six aces and two backcourt plays.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen aces, eight kees, and one goal were scored in the Benchwarmer-Local Motion tussle.<\/p>\n<p>With the Benchwarmers winning, they improved to a 6-0 record. Local Motion settled for the second spot with its 5-1 mark, while the Veterans rounded out the Top 3 in the team standings with its 4-2 slate. Completing the field are Oba Squirt and the Teacher, which are tied for fourth and fifth, IDGU and Mix, which are also in a standoff for sixth to seventh place, and cellar dweller Nameless.<\/p>\n<p>In related Rocball news, the Rocball Federation of India, which is affiliated with Saipan Rocball, has scheduled the National Senior Men and Women\u2019s Rocball Tournament for Dec. 26 and 27. <strong>(Saipan Tribune)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Benchwarmers took the solo lead in the Rocball league after winning the battle of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":187308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[700],"class_list":["post-187301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187301","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}