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MHS 2 leads Bracket 1 of HS co-ed badminton
Marianas High School’s Kyle Salcedo serves during his game against Agape Christian School in the Public School System/TakeCare Badminton Interscholastic League last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (LEIGH GASES)
The Marianas High School Dolphins 2 pulled ahead to the lead after defeating their foes in Bracket I on the second day of round-robin games in the co-ed high school Public School System/TakeCare Badminton Interscholastic League held at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium last Saturday.
The Dolphins first took a stand against Agape Christian School Torchbearers 1 and almost completed the sweep save for two events for a final score of 13-2. They also mirrored the results in their next game against Saipan International School Geckos 1, 13-2.
The Dolphins in the boys doubles and in the girls singles match against the Torchbearers slipped up in one game each for scores of 2-1, which broke their almost perfect sweep of both events.
Seiyul Hong from Marianas High School is seen in action against Agape Christian School in the Public School System/TakeCare Badminton Interscholastic League last Saturday at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium. (LEIGH GASES)
In the next events, the Dolphins then regained their bearings and swings in order to sweep the boys doubles, girls doubles, and mixed doubles.
In their game against the Geckos, the Dolphins’ team of Marlon Bautista, Jan Dumagan, Brandon Manacop, Paulo Quidato, Seiyul Hong, Zhimin Jin, Vianca Mangulabnan, Enmei Quan, and Angieleysha Punzalan almost ended their game day with a sweep, except for falling short in the girls singles, 1-2.
After their successful campaign on game day number 2 and after beating Tinian High School and Grace Christian Academy on the first game day last Jan. 21, the Dolphins lead Bracket I with an overall score of 56.
Behind them in second place is ACS 1 with 44 points, SIS 1 with 35 points, GCA 2 with 33 points, Saipan Southern High School 2 with 15 points, and THS with 12 points.
In other results that day, the Torchbearers won against GCA, 12-0; SIS 1 swept Tinian, 15-0; and Tinian beat SSHS, 8-7.
The schedule for the next round-robin games are on Saturday, Feb. 25.
The Top 2 of bracket one and bracket two round-robin semifinal games are scheduled for Saturday, March 4, while the championship game is scheduled for Saturday, March 11.
