{"id":423723,"date":"2024-11-06T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=423723"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Geckos-atop-2-badminton-brackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Geckos-atop-2-badminton-brackets\/","title":{"rendered":"Geckos atop 2 badminton brackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shuttlers of Saipan International School Geckos are atop two brackets in the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League after their first day of games last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>In Bracket 1, the Geckos 1 team leads with 5 points. Agape Christian School Torchbearers 2 are right behind with 4 points; Saipan Community School Guardians have 3 points; Dandan Middle School Tottots have 2; and Hopwood Middle School Hilitais 2 have 1.<\/p>\n<p>SIS stuck it to the Hilitais 2 and swept all five matches in the boys\/girls singles, boys\/girls doubles, and mixed doubles events\u2014for 5 points.<\/p>\n<p>SIS 1 is made up of Chlorie Lee, Bea Gross, Faith Arriola, Neveah Arriola, Windsor Gross, Jude Rayphand, Eunchan Ko, Ryan Kim, David Lee, and Bentley Castro.<\/p>\n<p>The Torchbearers earned second place with their four over five event wins over HMS 2 in the boys\/girls doubles, boys singles, and mixed doubles. Meanwhile, the Guardians won three of five events over the Tottots in the boys doubles, girls singles, and mixed doubles.<\/p>\n<p>In Bracket 2, the Geckos 2 team accumulated eight points after eight wins.<\/p>\n<p>They first swept Chacha Ocean View Middle School Lancherus in all five events for five points.<\/p>\n<p>Then, they dropped two events in their match against HMS 1. HMS 1 won the girls singles and girls doubles, while SIS claimed three points in their victory in the boys singles and doubles, and mixed event.<\/p>\n<p>SIS 2\u2019s roster included Olivia Zhang, Jamie Whang, Jewel Whang, Selina Santiago, Jiayi Li, Michael Guintu, James Xiong, Noah Santos, Eric Pi, and Wilson Guo.<\/p>\n<p>In second place behind the Geckos is Grace Christian Academy Eagles 1 with 6 points. GCA 1 swept all five events against COVMS, but won just one against ACS 1 in the mixed doubles event.<\/p>\n<p>ACS 1 is in third place with 4 points, which they claimed over GCA 1; HMS 1 is in fourth place with their 2 points they won over SIS, while COVMS is in fifth place with no points.<\/p>\n<p>Results of Bracket 3 will be posted in the next issues of <em>Saipan Tribune.<\/em><\/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\/ab7967d935f7ca6d781f2ce75a96ffd8.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Middle school shuttlers pose for a group photo during the opening day of games in the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>-NMBA<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\/16c9a70ccd54d4fa22e2d50016acc178.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>A Saipan International School Geckos player in action during the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League at the Gilbert C. 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