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An eighth handicapper, Olopai who is RGA’s February ace bested the 11 other monthly aces to win the annual tournament which was also held as tribute to Placido M. Tagabuel. Aside from the Tagabuel award, Olopai was also awarded the Sid K. Peter award for the overall most rounds played in 2009 with …

It was Oscar’s fourth HR since the Chamolinian league opened. His two earlier home runs helped Island Rebels gain first victory in their first game against the G-Ballers last week. A show down of run-scoring home runs ensued last Monday after the opposing teams held each other scoreless in four str…

They will face three of the Marianas Islands’ best MMA artists in the Trench Warz 11 Redemption at the Saipan World Resort’s Roya Taga Hall on Dec. 18, Friday. Iliev Ismail will fight Ryan “Biggs” Bigler; Ilya Zelik will face Trench Tech Purebred Saipan’s Tetsuji Kato and Bashir Jamlihanov will fac…

The champion teams from the tournament’s two groups routed their respective opponents in the same sequence both, ending each game with 5-1 victory. Nick Swaim led MP United in defeating Korean Football Association of Saipan with two goals the first hit was in the 33th minute of the first half. KFAS…

Jace Pineda brought Matansa to the upper ground with a goal midway to the half time break and Madison Smith ended Paire’s hope to bounce back as she hit the second goal from the right corner. The Paire however, did not make it easy for the Matansa to win. With Maryana Grimlich and Zoe Jewell leadin…

Charley Kenty had two RBI single in the first and repeated it in the fifth inning helping Peleliu pound Pingelap, 19-3 during last Sunday’s game at the Dandan Ball Field. First baseman Darwin Masaharu also drove-in two runs with a single as he and Kenty put up a strong lead for Peleliu in the first…

Jun Tabora led Loyola again heating up early in the game with 25 of his 35 points in the first half including three of his four free throws. Down by two points at the end of the first quarter, Tabora with help from Ariel Jinang and Danny Bicera carried Loyola past GEC and they never looked back. Me…

SCS beat Koblerville Elementary School, 3-1 in the boys division, while the Koblerville girls suffered worse when the Dandan girls pounded them with three goals in a shoot-out after the over time game ended in 1-1 deadlock. Joel Jang scored the first goal, during boys’ game  with right foot kick 12…

Bagenov and his compatriot, Eugeniy Smarchkov arrived at the finish line in tandem ahead of everybody by about 10 minutes. They did not cross the line right away. With nobody else in sight behind them, they looked at the ticking clock as they saddled down then smile at each other. The two Russian b…

Marvin Palacios had four of his five strike outs to hold the G-Ballers scoreless in the fourth and fifth innings and nailed them to four runs. Oscar Sablan rocketed a two-run homer and Jeff Isaac tripled in the top of second inning. Before the G-Baller could recover from their three-run deficit, th…