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Banjo Basila and Kay Bernardo rallied to help World Resort secure the lead in the first and second quarters. Basila basketed seven of his 19 points and Bernardo took over the task halfway to the third quarter, investing in two-pointers, scoring eight of his 17 points for their 72-68 victory. Wowie …

Fonze Tarope and Bill Olaitiman hit one RBI each and helped Legislature inched its way to the 7-4 victory. Toi Celis had one triple while Ben Camacho hit a single. Fonze Tarope sent Toi Celis home. Pete Towai struck out only one and gave up nine hits. Beach Boys also improved as No Zone fails to co…

The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs Division of Sports and Recreation announced yesterday that the track and field as well as the grand stand will be off limits to the public from Feb. 9 to Feb. 15. DCCA enumerates reasons for maintaining and implementing stricter rules and regulations…

Together with Melvin Manibusan, Sanciangco set most turn-overs grabbing ball possessions on both offensive and defensive rebounds. The 2008 HANMI Cup most valuable player also helped the team with three assists and two steals. Edward Diaz hit 17 markers and Kelvin Fitial made the best use of his he…

Snyder, an AVP player who played in the Marianas Cup Beach Volleyball 2008, will participate again this year, according to Kanae Quinn one of the tournament organizers. Snyder she said is eager to experience the beautiful shores of Saipan again. But aside from that, Snyder and other AVP players wil…

With Ben Lisua’s heavy hits doing three aces, one skunk, two kees, and two goals for 18 points, the Islanders won in four sets “juice” 98 to 81 and brought home $50. Evenflow won the first set 27 to 21 but were sluggish in the second set and were dumped to a hard 25 to 10 loss. The Islanders made u…

Scoring only two runs in the end of the third inning, the Jets struggled in the fourth to close the gap with Ben Taisacan sending Cliff Sill home with a double hit and scoring from Peter Sablan’s triple. Jets pitcher, Jay Laniyo who started going deep from the mound in the bottom of the third innin…

Demapan and Lebria scored eight while Bartolo invested lead in the first quarter to help Lady Knights outscored the SCS with only two points advantage. With Xuan Jun Lu, firing six points in the final quarter, SCS came from behind with one point. But Taylors two-point jumper minutes to the buzzer b…

No Zones who lost to Wells Fargo in the sixth annual championship defeated the defending champion in the double elimination round but the revenge was not sweet enough because they fell short of winning the coveted perpetual trophy during the final round with Na Para yesterday. Julian Camacho hit ru…

Coach Chong Chin Ho said it is their third year of spending a month of training in preparation for the big events in Korea. They will be leaving on Feb. 14, back to their country for a few days rest before they will head to Okinawa, Japan on March 7, where they will compete with two other Major Lea…