\n\t\t\t\tPaire FC and Shirley\u2019s FC players carry the goalpost to move it past midcourt for a friendly game in the NMIFA women\u2019s league last week at the Oleai Sports Complex Field. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n
\nThe Falcons gave way to the CNMI District Tournament before making a comeback at the field and successfully defending the championship they won in the 2013 season against McDonald\u2019s. The back-to-back champions are composed of Arby Yaguel, Joel Norita, Aven Evangelista, Angel Iguel, Zach Reyes, Nick Nekai, Keoki Blas, Max Pangelinan, Jonathan Renguul, Keoni Serrano, and Herbs Lieto. Manny Evangelista is the Falcons\u2019 manager, while Dodet Feliciano, Joseph Lifoifoi, and Jesse Seman are the coaches. The Falcons finished the 2014 season with an impressive 17-1 record, 14-1 in the regular season, absorbing their lone loss this year incidentally at the hands of the Braves (12-2).<\/p>\nMeanwhile, the \u201cTan Ge\u201d ballfield was also the venue for the finals of the 2013-2014 Marianas Interscholastic Sports Organization Girls Fast-pitch Softball League with Marianas High School notching two straight championships, too, following a 9-7 victory in Game 2 of their finals duel over three-time champion Saipan Southern High School last Monday.<\/p>\n
Pitcher Florita Billy towed the Lady Dolphins to the title win with her two tag outs at the bottom of the seventh and last inning. Billy made the two defensive stops after throwing what could be a costly wild pitch. Billy and company forced Southern to a deciding Game 1 after cruising to a 13-2 victory in Game 1. The Lady Rays had a twice-to-beat advantage in the championship round after beating the Lady Dolphins in the winner\u2019s bracket semifinals.<\/p>\n
In other events last week, both the 2014 IT&E Mixed Doubles and Singles Badminton Tournament and 2014 DLX\/IT&E Invitational Basketball League started their playoff rounds.<\/p>\n
The respective semis casts in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s A, B, and C singles and mixed A, B, and C doubles in the badminton tournament were completed at the TSL Sports Complex, while the quarterfinal games in the DLX league started last week at the Gualo Rai Basketball Court.<\/p>\n
Still in basketball, the DL Corp. caging continued their regular season games with San Antonio and Island Manpower keeping their unbeaten records after five games.<\/p>\n
Matches in the M-League and the 2014 NMIFA Women\u2019s League also pushed through last week at the Oleai Sports Complex Field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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