{"id":425826,"date":"2024-11-14T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=425826"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Agape-fires-thru-Bracket-1-and-2-in-co-ed-tourney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Agape-fires-thru-Bracket-1-and-2-in-co-ed-tourney\/","title":{"rendered":"Agape fires thru Bracket 1 and 2 in co-ed tourney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Agape Christian School Torchbearers used their firepower to land on top of Bracket 1 and 2 in the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>After three days of round-robin matches, the Torchbearers 2 leads Bracket 1 with 14 points and wins to pull ahead of Saipan International School Geckos 1 who are at 13 points. Tinian Jr. High School Stallions galloped to third place with 10 points; Hopwood Middle School Hilitais 2 are right behind at nine; Saipan Community School Guardians are at five; and Dandan Middle School Tottots 1 are at four points.<\/p>\n<p>ACS swept both of their matches against DMS and TJHS. The Torchbearers blazed through the boys\/girls singles, boys\/girls doubles, and mixed doubles for five points in both games with a total of 10 points for the day.<\/p>\n<p>The Torchbearers 1 also lead Bracket 2 with 14 points. Grace Christian Academy Eagles 1 are a point behind at 13; SIS 2 is third at eight; HMS 1 are at five; and Chacha Ocean View Middle School Lancherus have yet to win at zero points.<\/p>\n<p>ACS continued their dominance as they swept their matches against COVMS and HMS 1. The Torchbearers were on fire as they collected wins in the boys\/girls singles, boys\/girls doubles, and mixed doubles for five points in both games with a total of 10 points for the day.<\/p>\n<p>ACS 1 consists of Elim Luo, Rebecca Wu, Andy Chen, Benjamin Cai, Tom Chen, and team 2 is made up of Tina Hu, Angel Hu, Daniel Huang, Lucas Yang, Scott Li, and Scott Shi.<\/p>\n<p>The final round-robin day of games is on Saturday, Nov. 16. 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\/163710a7543b31b7570813db718479b5.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>An Agape Christian School player reaches for a return during a match in the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-NMIBF<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\/57b6e873abc684418abc702ff1df7375.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Agape Christian School players in green are seen on the bleachers during the opening day of the 2024-2025 PSS-NMBA Interscholastic Co-ed Middle School Badminton League at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p>-NMIBF<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agape Christian School Torchbearers used their firepower to land on top of Bracket 1 and&#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-425826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425826","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=425826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}