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Mwaliyas receive championship trophies
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Posted on May 12 2005
Mwaliyas finally received their hard-earned championship trophies Wednesday afternoon during a brief presentation at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.
Mwaliyas has their name stamped into the record book after stunning pennant champion SKN 3-1 in the World Organized Rocball High School League’s best-of-five championship series, closing the series last April 12 with a 39-37 victory.
Hard-hitters Pedro Iguel and Jeremy Winkfield, strong server Donald Tagabuel, all-around players Ken Tanzawa and Darrel Roligat each took home individual trophies to go along with their coveted crown.
Rocball creator Jim Feger was satisfied with the 2005 season, reiterating the competitiveness among all participating teams.
“It was very good,” he said. “Mwaliyas got off to a slow start and SKN was the most consistent. Mwaliyas didn’t even beat SKN until the playoffs, and the standings show that the competition was tough.”
Feger expressed his satisfaction on the new five-hit rule he implemented at the start of the season. Under the rule, the service team serves the ball over the net and the opposing team has only two hits to return the ball. The service team then has five hits to get the ball back over the net. The service team continues to have five hits while the returning team gets three hits until a point is scored.
“I like it,” Feger said. “It puts differentiation into the game. [In] the rally game, both teams can score, but with the five-hit, the scoring advantage remains with the service team.”
Feger reiterated that limiting the returning team to only two hits off a serve gives the service team the advantage.
“It also gives you more time to watch the action,” he said. “It draws out the action a little longer and it does make a difference when setting up and making a mistake, the service team can recover.”
With that, Feger said the rule will continue to be followed in the coming seasons.
“It’s going to continue,” he said. “It worked out well and it’s just a matter of counting. Like the 24-second shot clock [in basketball], it brings a whole new momentum to the game.”
