{"id":284674,"date":"2018-09-17T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=284674"},"modified":"2018-09-17T06:00:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T20:00:42","slug":"ite-amaris-homeboyz-tops-thursday-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ite-amaris-homeboyz-tops-thursday-league\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&#038;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz tops Thursday League"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_284675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-284675\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/sbapix-1.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-284675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Players of the IT&amp;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz are all smiles after beating 9 Eleven 8 Black Ball in the finals of Saipan Billiards Association Budweiser Open 8-Ball Thursday League last week.<br \/>(Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The IT&amp;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz had a strong finish in its title showdown against 9 Eleven 8 Black Ball to rule the Saipan Billiards Association Budweiser Open 8-Ball Thursday League last week.<\/p>\n<p>Down at 5-7, the IT&amp;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz swept the last four singles matches to grab the upper hand and clinch the division championship. Nolan Cultura started the streak for the IT&amp;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz after beating Mervin Sahagun, while Roman Rodriguez, Gian Flores, and Cesar Sangalang also won over Tata Hamoy, Jeff Gayas, and Rey Hermogenes, respectively, to hand their team the come-from-behind victory. Jeff Garcia also suited up for the newly-crowned champions and teamed up with Rodriguez in giving the IT&amp;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz one of the two wins in the partners play.<\/p>\n<p>The IT&amp;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz, which finished only third after the regular season and had a 209-155 record, marched into the finals after downing the 9 Eleven MJD Warriors in the semifinals. 9 Eleven 8 Black Ball, on the other hand, was the top finisher in the elimination following its 225-139 slate and moved into the title match after ousting Brannon\u2019s Jam Shooters.<\/p>\n<p>The 9 Eleven MJD Warriors was ranked second in the regular season with its 210-145 mark, while Brannon\u2019s Jam Shooters had a 206-158 record to earn the No. 4 seed. Brannon\u2019s Jam Shooters went on to round out the Top 3 after a 9-6 victory over the 9 Eleven MJD Warriors in the consolation match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IT&amp;E Amari\u2019s Homeboyz had a strong finish in its title showdown against 9 Eleven&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":284675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18110,18858,18308,1842],"class_list":["post-284674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-black-ball","tag-gian-flores","tag-jam-shooters","tag-thursday-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284674","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=284674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}