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CNMI youth strikers making waves in Beijing
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Posted on Apr 29 2012
It’s been a memorable tournament so far for the CNMI U14 National Team currently seeing action in the AFC U-14 Boys’ Festival of Football for East Asia in Beijing, China.
Last Wednesday, the Commonwealth strikers pulled off a 2-0 victory against Chinese-Taipei during their second game in Day 1 of the four-day competition.
Then on Thursday, the CNMI U14 Team prevailed over Macau, 1-0, and led the favored host China before settling for a draw, 1-1, in the later match.
Aside from Chinese-Taipei, Macau, and China, the CNMI also dueled South Korea and Guam in Day 1 of the youth tournament and although the Commonwealth players failed to win, they held their ground on defense, allowing their foes to score only two goals each.
In other top sports news last week, Blue Haus won the championship of the 2nd Domino Lux International Fraternity Basketball Invitational Friendship/Miller Lite League after outlasting QQ Rent A Car, 76-69, at the Gualo Rai Basketball Court.
It was the second straight DLX caging title for Blue Haus, which was led by Badong Camacho’s 21 points en route to winning finals MVP honors.
QQ Rent A Car’s Elgene Mangali, meanwhile, was adjudged regular season MVP after norming 17.4 points in the elimination round where his team finished at the No. 5 spot.
Trench Tech Purebred’s Mark “The Dark” Nuique, meanwhile, won Trench Tech’s bantamweight title in Rites of Passage 12: Unstoppable held last April 20 at the Royal Taga Ballroom of the Saipan World Resort.
Nuique stopped Duenas (4-1) at 1:40 into the first round with a rear-naked choke submission, to win the coveted championship in the 135-lb division and stretching the former’s win streak to eight.
Games in the Saipan Little League, Saipan Major League, NMIFA men’s and women’s and boys and girls, MISO softball, and COPSSA basketball as well as an SCA MTB & Road Race 3 competition were also held last week.
