Rogolifoi managed the CNMI National team to the recently completed 7th Micronesian Games held in Palau. They captured the silver medal and proudly announced that their skill level, sportsmanship and performance were outstanding. CNMI beat Powerhouse Guam and statistically out-hit all the teams including Guam and Palau.
Rogolifoi also managed the Miller Lite Brewers baseball team in the Saipan Major League competition held from February to June last year. The Brewers, brigaded by Rogolifoi, eliminated the pennant champions of the league in the play-offs and garnered the Runner-up Champions slot.
He then moved on to take eleven Little League players to Guam to attend the Baseball Confederation of Oceania, Baseball Academy last June. Three of these players were recommended by Ray Brown, BCO Development Officer and a Major League professional scout, to enroll in several colleges in the US that offer baseball.
At the BCO camp he was entitled the “expert” instructor and he coached along side six other baseball professional who came to Guam to conduct the Academy. He continues to teach young players through a series of clinics after his return from the Micro Games.
Coach Rogolifoi was the president for the 2010 Little League and administered four youth leagues. At the same time he was doing this he was also responsible for the operation of the Saipan Major League. He has administered sports programs encompassing approximately 500 players from the ages of 9 to 59 years old. “The administering of the 2010 LL program was worth the challenge and I would add that for me, it was a huge success.” he claimed.
Faustino “Tino” Olopai was inducted in the 2010 Northern Marianas Amateur Sports Association’s Hall of Fame. Olopai earned NMASA’s approval as he was the torch bearer for the opening ceremony of the 1969 Micronesian Olympics. He also played in the Men’s Volleyball team during the 1969 Micronesian Games held on Saipan.
He played on the undefeated Breakers volleyball team from 1967 to 1969. He was the domineering player and the most powerful spiker on the team. The Breakers moved on to win 60 straight games during the time frame.
He was the All star player in baseball, fast pitch softball, and island wide volleyball leagues on Saipan throughout the 1960’s and 70’s. He averaged 15 points and more a game in the 1968 Men’s Island wide Basketball League as a member of the Breakers team and an all star player in basketball in 1968.
Olopai also played and coached Seabees 4 to numerous league titles including three straight undefeated seasons including the play-offs season and the championship rounds. He made it into the squad for Portland Community College as an athlete, and as an official for basketball, softball, baseball, and volleyball.
