Local Sports

NMASA President Michael White is also asking federations to submit written nominations for coach of the year, which will be elected in February meeting, along with Athletes of the Year. Awards will be presented at our Annual Sports Banquet, tentatively scheduled for Feb. 19. Reminder: 2009 Dues ($1…

There will be three games in each scheduled day for Middle School caging while the games schedule for High School Basketball will come out soon. There will be six teams for boys and six for girls that will be playing in Middle School Basketball, including the defending champions—the Mount Carmel Sc…

Rites of Passage 6Rites of Passage 6—Conviction will take place at the Saipan World Resort’s Taga Hall on Saturday, Jan. 24, Entrance fee will remain very affordable at $20 for 14 action-packed mixed martial bouts. Main event will be the match between Ryan “The Dentist” Urquizu and Maitai “The Char…

DCCA sluggers were last night flexing their muscles preparing for the first game against Law & Order which needed to win in order to survive. Law & Order sluggers lagged one game behind after Docomo pounded them, 26-2 the latest game last month prior to the holiday season break. DCCA secure…

Upcoming leagues and activities will be discussed during the meeting as well as re-election of officers and board members as mandated by Article IV & V of the By-Laws of the Corporation.   Members and interested individuals are urged to attend.  For more information, please contact the associat…

The Brothers ensured the juice-out victory at the end of the fourth set, with a distant lead against Fanians, 26-19. This is a successful come back the Brothers’ just made after retiring from an earlier triple-crown. With a one-point lead, 67-66, the Ghaisias Brothers was in a moment of truth that …

Jericho Cruz was G-Stars’ power tower as he led the team rally past Rollers A, 86-77. During the playoff last Friday, Cruz bombarded Rollers B with follow-up shots as he dominated offensive rebounds to help G-Stars clinch for the finals beating the Rollers B, 103-73. Cruz was this year’s Christmas …

The Fanians were playing defense on the serve during the final moments of the game and were restricted to two hits. The Brothers on the other hand, had the first five hit advantage and set up their big hitter, Freddy Pelisamen, for a backcourt two point kee. Pelisamen delivered on the kee and his b…

The G-Stars made the best use of the first 10 seconds of the first half for an early lead, then killed the remaining 21 seconds of the final half with tight defense and ball possession handing Sonics their first loss, 70-65. Sonics on the other hand kept their ground to clinch for the playoff tomor…

Sapong last week said the International Association of Athletics Federation has recently certified the track for Class 2 standard after it underwent repairs prior to the 2008 Oceania Championship last June. The IAAF funded $10,000 for the certification of the track and field. The Class 2 certificat…