{"id":271744,"date":"2018-03-12T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T20:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=271744"},"modified":"2018-03-12T06:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T20:00:48","slug":"kma-versus-watch-learn-rocball-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/kma-versus-watch-learn-rocball-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"KMA versus Watch &#038; Learn in Rocball finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_271747\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271747\" style=\"width: 1358px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/rocballpixright.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-271747\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Watch &amp; Learn, left photo, and Kiss My Ace players pose for a photo after winning their respective semis matches in the 2018 Rocbal League at the Marianas High School court.  (Contributed Photo)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The championship game in the 2018 Rocball League will be played by Watch &amp; Learn, a team made up of teachers and staff of MHS and Kiss My Ace (KMA). KMA is a team of senior high School students who have been playing Rocball ever since they were freshmen at MHS.<\/p>\n<p>KMA defeated Sai Ki So 46 to 21 in their semifinal game to advance to the title match. Watch &amp; Learn, on the other hand, defeated Fam Bam by \u201cjuicing out\u201d in Rocball\u2019s quarter\/set system of play where a team can win with most points scored in four sets. The finals date has yet to be scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>KMA\u2019s only loss of the season was against Watch &amp; Learn. Both of these teams know how to play the served ball at the net. Unlike volleyball, a tamer version of this kind of team net sport, front line players are allowed to spike down a served ball. In Rocball jargon a spiked down serve is called a \u201cjam\u201d and KMA is the best team this year for the \u201cjam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In two point backcourt scoring, Watch &amp; Learn is the best team for making what Rocball players know as the \u201ckee.\u201d The kee is when the person playing the goalie\u2019s position scores from behind the 10-foot line.<\/p>\n<p>For three-point goals, KMA has the edge but not by much. KMA has more penalty serves than Watch &amp; Learn, but has a slight advantage in the two point ace serves. Both teams have very good spikers and know how and when to dink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The championship game in the 2018 Rocball League will be played by Watch &amp; Learn,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":271747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[20395,365,1479,20396],"class_list":["post-271744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-kma","tag-mhs","tag-rocball-league","tag-watch-learn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271744","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}