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A large proportion of foreign workers make up the table tennis community in the CNMI, notes Scott Houston development officer of Oceania Table Tennis Federation. Houston was on island for four days last week sharing the basics of table tennis to children and adult beginners. The Marianas Amateur Ta…

Zapanta tallied 844 pin falls to get into a nine-month sweep besting four other young bowlers of the island. Starting with 267 pin falls in Game 1, the eight-time Prince of the Lanes continued his winning feat all the way to the final match and went miles ahead of his opponents. Zack Cruz who start…

He made it and handed the Runnin’ Rebels the victory that the Sixers was also a penalty shot away during last Thursday’s game of the Saipan Rotary Club Youth Basketball League at the Gilbert  C. Ada Gym. Ryan Ichihara led the Runnin’ Rebels’ scoring hands basketing 25 points while Kiyoshi backed hi…

He entered the scene by firing a three-point shot in the final quarter, and when San Roque brought the game into 62-62 deadlock, he broke the tie in the last few seconds handing the Diamond Fixers their seventh straight win in the 2009 Miller Lite Invitational Cup during last Saturday’s game at the…

Australia’s Scott Houston, development officer of Oceania Table Tennis Federation was on island four days to share the basics of table tennis to the beginners and children. During the first stop at the Mount Carmel School, 40 junior and senior students showed up at MCS Gym to participate in the pin…

To address some issues with regards to the eligibility of different players of various registered teams and the possibility of adding more players to certain lineup teams heads out to the Palau National Gymnasium to discuss ongoing concerns and issues of the matches being played for GB League The s…

Coming back for the Slasher is their skilled shooter point guard Eric Basco who will be seeing action to get his team revitalized after suffering series of setbacks. Joining Basco will be his swing man Senadre and power forward George while being supported by their improved player Eric Espartero. O…

Down by 4 points ending the first quarter, team Palasia re- organized and came out revitalized entering the second canto. Parley played phenomenally with his 34 points output using his outside shooting and his zig zagging moves in the paint, while team mates Arnel and Nathan provided the much assis…

Registrations priced at $2.00 for the Junior division and $5.00 for the Open and Mastesr division, opens at the day of the event at exactly 6:30 a.m. followed by the race proper that will begin 7:00 a.m. Details of the course for the Juniors (ages 14 to 18) will be a 500 meter swim followed by a 15…

Whatever it was all about, his appointment could have been very important so he finished the run in a shortest time he possibly could and he retained his title during the 4th Powerade Banzai Half Marathon that kicked off near the precipice last Saturday. Kabiriel who had just won a gold medal in Go…