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Watch & Learn boosts bid to keep record clean

By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

WATCH & Learn was enjoying the battle of undefeated teams in the second round of the World Organized Rocball Community League as it was leading the Mwaliyas after two and a half sets yesterday at the Marianas High School Gym.
Watch & Learn was ahead by seven, 32-25, midway through the third set, when the game was stopped temporarily, as students needed to return to class.
Both teams reported to the game yesterday with a 3-0 record with Watch & Learn having a good chance to keep its unbeaten record, as the Mwaliyas struggled with their first serves.
The Mwaliyas lost a lot of points due to bad first serves.
According to league coordinator James Feger, in rocball, when a team wins the serve to start the game or earns the serve off a point, the first serve has to be good or the serving team loses a point, the serve and the scoring advantage.
With the defending champions failing to connect on their first subsequent serves, Watch & Learn notched an easy 15-1 victory in the first set.
The Mwaliyas regained their composure in the second set en route to a 16-9 win.
The third set was a neck-and-neck battle and when the match was halted, Watch & Learn and the Mwaliyas were in a deadlock at 8-all.
The match resumes today with Watch & Learn’s Mark McDonald serving.
Three aces, one xunx, one goal and 12 kees have been scored so far in the game. Gary Phillip drilled the loan goal so far in the match nailing it in the second set.