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The CNMI Junior All-Stars who were on their way back home as of last night now advances to the Little League World Series. The defending champion, Philippines won only two games — over Hong Kong, 14-7 last June 26 and against Indonesia, 7-2 two days earlier. The CNMI Junior Little Leaguers who took…

Also on the same day, Robert Talavera and Diane Chong topped their respective divisions in the Budweiser King & Queen of the Lanes. Zapanta had a total of 692 pin falls to earn an average of 173 percent and brought home $15 and Waioka gift basket. He was eight pin falls behind Marion McKenzie i…

The players’ performances defy pre concluded expectations and parallel those of contracted and highly paid professional ball players; and the games are heating up. Last weekend the Salty Boys (Open Division) of Melekeok State performed superbly against the Little Reds of Ngaraard State.  The Little…

Yumul fired two strokes over par 38 in the front and back nines. Asterio Tawanpiy struggled in the front nine shooting 4-over par 40 but bounced back in the back nine hitting 1-over par 37 to gross 77. The third lowest grosser was Ben Duenas who went 6-over par 42 in the front nine and improved in …

With a 62-44 win over New Caledonia, the Australian cagers exclamated the Oceania tournament which Saipan hosted for the first time. Hill prevailed on both sides of the court with a total of 10 rebounds and helped clamp down on defense affecting five turn overs for Australia. With a couple of steal…

The Petroff Defense offers attacking opportunities for both sides and a few lines are quite sharp, but nowadays, it has a reputation of being dull and uninspired. In the hands of an expert like Karpov and Kramnik, it is almost a fool-proof drawing weapon. Last year, at the elite Dortmund tourney, L…

The second try out according to RGA’s Jess I.Wabol will be on July 5 at the Marianas Country Club in Marpi. The check-in time for this Sunday’s try out will be 11 a.m., and the tee time, 12 noon. Wabol said the try out is open to any golfers who wants to join the national team that will join the Mi…

Blas geared up his defense by securing the ball 15 times with nine defensive rebound and six steals. William Stinnet picked up fouls and went 3-for-3 to finish with 11 points and Jine Han basketed four of his four free throws to help stretch the lead firing 10 shots most of which lay ups. Steve Sus…

First baseman Darwin Masaharu led the rally in the first inning by rocketing a two-run double. Short stop, Luis Ngiraikelau and second baseman Highness Asanuma drove-in a run with a single. Ngiraikelau who hit a total of four singles in the entire game drove-in another run in the second inning for …

Jeromie Hill led Australia’s shooting spree connecting a total of his 22 shots to help maintain the wide gap all the way to the buzzer and pound CNMI, 107-41. The game however, prompted CNMI’s Jericho Cruz and Jomary Tumaquip bring out their very best as they managed to basket face to face with muc…