By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

THE Dublon Chiefs pushed Kich Fairo out the exit door in the World Organized Rocball Community League after pulling off a 66-59 overtime win last Friday at the Marianas High School Gym.
Kich Fairo absorbed its third loss in as many games in the second round and was the first team to be eliminated.
All six squads playing in the second round will play five games each and the top four will advance to the semis. The defending champion Mwaliyas and Watch & Learn clinched the first two semis tickets.
The Dublon Chiefs with its 2-2 record have a strong chance to nail the third semis seat. Da Lani Kynez (1-2) and Black Magic (1-3) are the two other teams hoping to move into the next round.
The semis playoffs are expected to start next week.
The semifinals will feature the No. 1 team battling the No. 4 squad and the No.2 team facing the No. 3 team in the best-of-three games playoffs.
The finals will be a best-of-five games affair.
The Dublon Chiefs needed an extra set to thwart Kich Fairo after losing the fourth set, 10-15.
Despite Kich Fairo prevailing in the fourth set, the regulation ended with the Dublon Chiefs still leading, 56-51.
In rocball, a leading team can only claim the victory if it wins the fourth set. If it loses, but still holds the lead, the game will go into overtime with the leading team needing to win one set and the trailing squad needing two sets to grab the victory.
The Dublon Chiefs made sure the o-kon would be short, as it took the first overtime set, 10-4 for a seven-point win.
Kich Fairo had a good chance to keep its semis bid alive when it started strong prevailing in the first set, 17-13.
The Dublon chiefs recovered big in the second set winning by 10, 17-7.
The third set was a neck-and-neck battle with the Dublon Chiefs emerging victorious, 16-12.
David Tisa was the game’s heavy hitter with eight points on two aces and two kees.
Eleven aces, two xunxs, seven kees and a goal were scored in the game. The lone goal in the match came from Kich Fairo’s Typhoon Saito in the third set.