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A new mountain bike race to hit Saipan, the Northern Passage, organizer Brad Sand said will have three courses—full course, sport course and rookie course, so everyone will have the chance to saddle up and win medals, cash prizes and raffle prizes that include a trek mountain bike from Michelob Ult…

The final tournaments will be held on Jan. 10 to 17 at the Capital Bowling Center. In previous years when the number of players in the King of the Lanes usually reached 36, men who ranked 13th to 36th played in three-game roll-off. The top 12 qualifiers would join the bowlers who are ranked 1st to …

As the Unified Basketball Association’s Men’s League comes closer to the finals, the Hoopaholics just needed to break the tie with the Prospects to have a better grasp of playoff slot. Villacrusis bombarded the Prospects with two three-pointers and connected two successful inside plays to bank 11 p…

Gabriel White of BANMI referees federation disclosed that the leaders of Settsu Red Impulse Group of Osaka who brought squads of high school basketball players to Saipan last year have told them more teams are interested to come for the next friendship hoops. The Settsu Red Impulse Group with young…

With Ebisuya’s Amor Casabuena riddling them with three three-pointers in the first quarter, the GEC cagers were trailing behind. Yalung sizzled with 16 points and Ocampo poured-in 11 points in the final quarter and GEC tied the game during the last few seconds to force an over time. Yalung added si…

Senator Surangel Whipps Jr. presented the donation to Chairman of the Micronesian Games Organizing Committee and President of the Palau National Olympic Committee, Frank Kyota. Joining Mr. Kyota is Secretary General of the Palau NOC, Ms. Baklai Temengil. The 2010 Micronesian Games kicks off on the …

Despite a big scoring performance from Bedochel Sadang of Meyuns Red Storm with 25 points, Lasker Chin, Likur Udui, and Sebastian Filibert pitched in 12, 11, and 11 respectively for the Meda Boys basketball squad as Filibert put up a shot which provided the needed cushion on the fourth canto to fin…

Although he did not score the biggest number of points, Aulerio contributed a lot to Rollers A victories by setting up successful plays with his assists. He also helped put clamps on their opponents’ offense with many rebounds and steals. Earning a total of 54 points in the six pool games he played…

Playing short-handed, the DCCA cagers stunned Docomo with tight defense in the opening of the first quarter. This resulted to series of fouls that sent James Lee and Kae Bernardo to the free throw line. Lee basketed his two pairs of penalty shots to help Docomo keep pace with his four points. Berna…

Peter Sablan, Jeff Cabrera, Melvin Tenorio and Mark Flores had an RBI apiece in the first inning. Julian Camacho walked before Peter Sablan drove him home with two-run home run in the second inning. The Man Amigos needed only one more run to assure of themselves of mercy rule possibility but Go-for…