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Spring break youth volleyball opens
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Posted on Mar 25 2008
Four teams opened up with wins at the start of the 2008 Spring Break Volleyball Festival yesterday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium.
Twenty-six teams divided into three age divisions in the boys and girls class will be fighting for the titles in the four-day tournament, which ends on March 28.
Hilitai led the list of winners when they scored a 25-23, 25-21 win over UR Mom, which is represented by Whispering Palms School, in the girls 12-and-under division, while the Koblerville Elementary School Umangs downed H To The Obos-WPS, 25-11, 25-16, in the 12-and-under boys.
Kagman High School Ayuyus, meanwhile, pulled off a 25-23, 25-21 triumph against Saipan Southern High School, while the Dolphins defeated Kontenders, 25-17, 25-18.
Twelve more games were being played at press time.
In the boys’ 18-and-under division, Brotherhood is up one set after a 25-19 decision against visiting Tinian.
Brotherhood was comfortably ahead at 21-13 when Tinian High School scored six straight points to threaten. But that was as far as they could go as Brotherhood scored the final four points to wrap up the opening frame.
Final results of their game were not available as of this writing.
Other participating teams are, H To The Obos, Umangs, Team Gaga, and Team Tokka (12-and-under boys); Mini Marshmellows and Fotten Bwii Bwiis (12-and-under girls); Spicy Tuna, Umangs, Galuphs, and Geckos (14-and-under boys); UR Mom and Hilitai (14-and-under girls); Kings, Pwangs, Kontenders, Ayuyu, Okies, THS, Brotherhoods, and Hilitai (14-and-under boys); GWF, Bonafide, SSHS, THS, Powerpuffs, and KHS (18-and-under girls).
Division of Youth Services, in cooperation with the Division of Sports and Recreation, organized the four-day tournament.
