{"id":19845,"date":"2012-05-19T00:58:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-19T00:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newspaper.ctsi-logistics.com\/?p=19845"},"modified":"2012-05-19T00:58:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-19T00:58:16","slug":"all-set-for-start-of-ufo-caging-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/all-set-for-start-of-ufo-caging-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"All set for start of UFO caging tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Mark Rabago<br \/>\nAssociate Editor<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/imgupload\/issx9999ns119009.jpg\" alt=\"MDX\/Armatech's Martin Moreno is seen here going up for a shot against a MAFEA\/RNV defender during their regular season game in last year's UFO Masters Docomo Cup at the TSL Sports Complex. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\" width=\"61\" height=\"100\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0 The United Filipino Organization&#8217;s 10th Inter-Organizational Basketball League will unfurl tomorrow morning beginning with the Docomo Pacific Cup for youth players at the Civic Center Basketball Court in Susupe.<\/p>\n<p>UFO president Bong Malasarte said the competition is set at 9am with participating teams parading with their muses in a simple opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The youth division will have two age groups-the 15-20 and the 14-and-under divisions. Seeing action in the former are MDX\/Mariana Resort &amp; Spa, SIP\/Flor Miranda, Bayani \/DYS Jr National A, Visminda\/AON Jr National B, DeMolay\/Gene&#8217;s Barber, and Power\/Hi Five.<\/p>\n<p>The 14-and-under division, meanwhile, will have MDX\/Armatech, SMF\/DYS, Boholanos\/Hi Five, and Bayani\/San Vicente Team.<\/p>\n<p>Malasarte said only one game each in the 15-20 and 14-and-under age groups will be played on Sunday to make way for the opening of the 17-and-under Micronesian Basketball Tournament at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>The UFO caging then resumes at 3pm, also on Sunday, with the masters division or Budweiser Cup for 39-and-over players.<\/p>\n<p>Six teams will vie for supremacy in the masters, namely MDX\/Armatech, Bayani \/Benjie Abadilla, Samahang Laguna \/Jerry, UPAA\/Hector, Batangas Blades\/ Fongs Bakery, and Civic Boys\/Treskellion.<\/p>\n<p>MDX\/Armatech is the defending champion in the masters. The team beat 2010 champion Cabalen\/Wings Travel, 84-79, in the finals last year. Meanwhile, in the 15 to 20 division, the Jets defeated Filcag in the finals, 86-80, in 2011. The 14-and-under, meanwhile, will be making its inaugural season.<\/p>\n<p>Malasarte said this year\u2019s UFO games will be played every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. For more information, contact Bong Malasarte at 287-5525, Ed Manalili at 483-4337, Boy Ching at 287-6046, or Abner Venus at 888-7764.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mark Rabago Associate Editor \u00a0 The United Filipino Organization&#8217;s 10th Inter-Organizational Basketball League will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19845","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}