{"id":316017,"date":"2020-01-21T06:06:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T20:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=316017"},"modified":"2020-01-21T06:06:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T20:06:45","slug":"power-up-versus-strykers-in-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/power-up-versus-strykers-in-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Power-Up versus Strykers in finals"},"content":{"rendered":"
Power-Up and the Strykers will meet for the championship of the 2020 Rocball tournament today at the Marianas High School Gymnasium in Susupe. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2020 championship for the CNMI\u2019s indigenous sport of Rocball would be played between Power-Up and the Strykers today at the Marianas High School Gymnasium in Susupe.<\/p>\n

Strykers advanced to the best-of-five Micronesia Rocball Championship against Power-Up after beating previously undefeated Laly Four in the semifinals, 2-1.<\/p>\n

The Aces came very close to knocking Power-Up out of the championship series in their third game loss by 42-41. Power-Up had to come from behind in Rocball\u2019s quarter\/set system to win the game and forge the championship matchup against Strykers. The score was Power-Up 2, The Aces 1.<\/p>\n

In the semifinals of this year\u2019s championship games, the Strykers edged out Laly Four in 2-point serves, 22-21, as neither team scored a backcourt 2-point play and the Strykers outscored Laly Four in 3-point goals, 7-5. Both of these teams were scunked in the semifinals or lost a set with zero points scored. The Strykers scunked Laly Four twice and The Aces scunked Power-Up once.<\/p>\n

The Rocball championship games will be held in the MHS Gym starting today, Jan. 21. The staring time for the games will be at 11:45am until 12:30pm and possibly longer.<\/p>\n

Strykers are made up of Isaac Balbin, Raylyn, Ian Kaniki, Lawerence Laniyo, Rotsed Fabian, Kirro Williams, Melvin Menchor, and Able Amu. Power-Up players, meanwhile, are Jerico Castro, Wency Castillo, Madellen Narciso, Nilo Calimay, Ariel Moises, Futima Monterubio, Jasper Perez, and Daniel Park. <\/p>\n

Teams that include a girl on court to play are allowed six players. Teams that don\u2019t have a girl playing are only allowed five players, according to Rocball founder James Feger.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s calling it the Micronesia Rocball Championship \u201cbecause there are a lot of players from the different island nations in Micronesia playing on the different teams.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s 2020 Rocball tournament had 10 teams and they played in a round-robin, three-game elimination system. A team that lost three games was eliminated. The names of the teams were GTA (Get That Ace), Strykers, The Aces, Power-Up, Infinity War, WBI (We Beat It), Wanpipty, Riot, Laly Four, and Play 5. The semifinals started two weeks ago and ended last Wednesday. Power-Up won 2 out of 3 against the Aces and the Strykers won 2 out of 3 against Laly Four.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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