{"id":190997,"date":"2015-02-04T04:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=190997"},"modified":"2015-02-04T04:00:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T18:00:48","slug":"alipio-espinosa-take-mvp-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/alipio-espinosa-take-mvp-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Alipio, Espinosa take MVP honors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Armatech\u2019s Chevy Kate Alipio and Rollers 1\u2019s Mike Espinosa were named most valuable players in the 2014 Tan Holdings Basketball Classic that concluded last Saturday at the Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-190997 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/alipio-espinosa-take-mvp-honors\/awards-pix-alipio\/'>Awards pix (Alipio)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-191001'>\n\t\t\t\tAlipio\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/alipio-espinosa-take-mvp-honors\/awards-pix-espinosa\/'>Awards pix (Espinosa)<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-191003'>\n\t\t\t\tEspinosa\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Alipio took the MVP honors in the women\u2019s division, while Espinosa earned the same distinction in the boys U19 age group.<\/p>\n<p>Alipio won the most coveted individual award for leading Armatech to a perfect record in the six-team league. She was among the top scorers on the Armatech, which swept the elimination round. In the finals, the Saipan Southern High School standout drilled a clutch basket that saved Armatech\u2019s title bid. Alipio hit a baseline shot after IT&#038;E moved within a point, 39-40. Armatech went on to escape with a 44-42 title win against IT&#038;E.<\/p>\n<p>In the boys U19 division, the MVP award was a sort of consolation for Espinosa, as his Rollers 1 fell to the 670 Sonics in last weekend\u2019s finale, 64-66.<\/p>\n<p>Before the finals loss, Espino helped Rollers 1 top the elimination round with its 5-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>Both Espinosa and Alipio received medals from Tan Holdings vice president Eli Arago during the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Arago also handed out awards to members of the Mythical Team. The Sonics\u2019 Jack Aranda led the selection in the boys U19 division and was joined by Rollers 2\u2019s Dalton Dancoe, Dream Team\u2019s Ignacio Borja, the Ol\u2019Aces Tristan Montes, and Kagman Risers\u2019 Jesse Santos.<\/p>\n<p>In the women\u2019s division, Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop\u2019s Jeraldine Castillo made the elite group, which also had Fiesta Resort\u2019s Friendly Joy Pena, IT&#038;E\u2019s Kyla Ito, Kanoa Resort\u2019s Kelsey Lizama, and Sun Palace Hotel\u2019s Marlene Lumabi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armatech\u2019s Chevy Kate Alipio and Rollers 1\u2019s Mike Espinosa were named most valuable players in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":191001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1647,1648,1649,528],"class_list":["post-190997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-dalton-dancoe","tag-eli-arago","tag-mike-espinosa","tag-mvp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190997","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}