{"id":351738,"date":"2021-09-15T06:02:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=351738"},"modified":"2021-09-15T06:02:36","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:02:36","slug":"ite-is-title-sponsor-of-interscholastic-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ite-is-title-sponsor-of-interscholastic-hoops\/","title":{"rendered":"IT&E is title sponsor of interscholastic hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IT&E CNMI general manager Rose Soledad, center, IT&E executive director for Customer Operations Rob Harrel, right, and director of Network Operations and Engineering Velma Palacios, third left, pose for a group photo with Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation officials, led by president James Lee, left, yesterday at the IT&E office in Susupe to formalize IT&E\u2019s title sponsorship of the interscholastic basketball league 2021-2022 season. (Contributed photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Long-time CNMI sports patron IT&E is on board the island-wide interscholastic basketball program of the Public School System and the Northern Mariana Islands Basketball Federation.<\/p>\n

IT&E will be sponsoring not one, but all five divisions of the 2021-2022 season, ensuring that the interscholastic basketball league will be up and running this month until April next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sponsorship is another great way for IT&E to support the community. Basketball has been an integral part of life here in the CNMI. When I moved here in 2008, I remembered we sponsored one youth team and we continue to support sports squads from other sports every time there\u2019s a tournament. Today, we are very pleased that we will be able to support, not just one team, but an entire league made up of students and teachers\/coaches,\u201d said Rob Harrel, IT&E executive director for Customer Operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to see both public and private school students compete and represent their schools. Basketball is a great sport, it unITEs people from different cultures, and provides opportunities for our community members. IT&E is happy to be able to help offer these opportunities to students,\u201d Harrel added.<\/p>\n

Games kick off today<\/strong><\/p>\n

The IT&E Interscholastic Basketball League will kick off today at the Marianas High School Gymnasium and will feature competitions in the girls middle school division.<\/p>\n

Saipan Community School and Hopwood Middle School 1 will play in the opening match at 4:30pm, while other matches scheduled for today are Dandan Middle School vs Mt. Carmel School on MHS North Court and Grace Christian Academy against Hopwood 2 on South Court at 5:15pm. For the 6pm games, it will be SCS battling Tanapag Middle School on North Court and Francisco M. Sablan Middle School squaring off against Hopwood 1 on the South Court. Matches in the middle school division will be played every Wednesday and Friday with the eight Saipan-based teams competing in a round-robin regular season. Tinian and Rota will later join the playoff round that will be held on Oct. 8 and 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be an exciting basketball season for our students and the schools, especially now that we have IT&E to support us in the development of our interscholastic program. Through the help of IT&E and the CNMI PSS leadership, we will provide our student-athletes a platform to highlight their performance in the league. We will also provide support to their coaches in a form of workshop and clinics to help them grow the basketball program in their respective schools,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

To highlight this year\u2019s interscholastic league, the NMIBF will pick players for the All-Island Selection in five divisions, recognize player of the week in every level, and hand out other individual and group awards at the end of each competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank IT&E for this partnership and the opportunity to help strengthen our interscholastic program and showcase the potential of our student-athletes,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

After the girls middle school division, the IT&E Interscholastic Basketball League will have the girls high school matches in November, co-ed elementary and boys high school in January, and boys middle school in March. (PR)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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