{"id":423692,"date":"2024-11-21T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=423692"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"ACS-GCA-SIS-TMS-advance-to-badminton-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ACS-GCA-SIS-TMS-advance-to-badminton-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"ACS, GCA, SIS, TMS advance to badminton playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Top 2 teams in all three brackets advanced to the playoffs after their final round-robin matches in the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>The six teams that made it to the playoffs are Agape Christian School Torchbearers 2 and Saipan International School 1 from Bracket 1; ACS 1 and Grace Christian Academy Eagles 1 from Bracket 2; and Tanapag Middle School Tatagas and GCA 2 from Bracket 3.<\/p>\n<p>Bracket 1\u2019s Top 2 teams showed off their exemplary skill throughout the season as they both nearly swept all their matches with 19 points and wins each.<\/p>\n<p>ACS 2 gained their last three wins over Saipan Community School in the boys singles\/doubles and mixed doubles events. Meanwhile, SIS 1 won three events over ACS 2 to tie it up with them atop the standings with 19 points.<\/p>\n<p>A distant third place is Hopwood Middle School 2 at 11; Tinian Jr. High School 1 at 10; Dandan Middle School has nine; and SCS at seven.<\/p>\n<p>In Bracket 2, ACS remains dominant as ACS 1 also boasts a 19-win record; GCA 1 has 13; HMS 1 are at nine; SIS 2 has eight; and Chacha Ocean View Middle School record one win.<\/p>\n<p>ACS 1 took on SIS 2 and cashed in a sweep of all five events in the girls\/boys singles\/doubles and mixed doubles event.<\/p>\n<p>As for Bracket 3, the Tatagas lead with 16 points, followed by the Eagles at 11. Francisco M. Sablan Middle School Napu Riders are at nine; Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Jr.\/ Sr. High School has eight; and Dandan Middle School Tottots have five.<\/p>\n<p>The Tatagas collected just two wins over GCA 2 in the boys doubles and girls singles, but it was still enough to retain the top spot in their bracket.<\/p>\n<p>The Top 6 double-elimination round is on Nov. 23, with the championship rounds on Nov. 29.<\/p>\n<p> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/91a1f3be16bcdeec12087ec313923511.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Grace Christian Academy shuttlers listen to the umpire along with Saipan International School players during their one of their games in the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/ce94d109bb272dafcee318b47f36c892.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Saipan International School shuttlers in action during one of their games in the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-LEIGH GASES<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Top 2 teams in all three brackets advanced to the playoffs after their final&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-423692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423692","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}