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B-n-S, Lagooners need another day
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Posted on Oct 25 2005
B-n-S and the Lagooners are currently locked in a tight battle in the ongoing 2005 World Organized Rocball High School League.
The two teams began their bout on Monday, and need a third day of play to determine a winner after neither gave in during Day 2 of their epic battle yesterday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.
The Lagooners entered yesterday’s session ahead by a comfortable margin after easily cruising for a 16-5 first set win. They led 10-7 in the second set when time expired Monday.
Yesterday was a different story, though, as B-n-S came storming back. The two teams were neck and neck until the Lagooners’ Gary Phillip connected on an ace to give his team an 18-16 win and a 34-21 lead in the overall tally.
B-n-S, however, got into a rhythm in the third set and crept closer with an 18-10 win.
Heading into the final set of regulation, B-n-S was trailing 39-44, and needed to win the fourth set to keep their hopes alive.
With their backs against the wall, B-n-S came through in the clutch and dominated the fourth set behind their hustle and hard hits. A goal by Kaleo Olaitiman ignited a strong charge as it was followed by consecutive kees by Charles Mesik, and by the time B-n-S was done, they had forced o-kon with 16-13 win.
The Lagooners still led after regulation, which meant they needed to win just one set to claim victory, while B-n-S had to win twice.
The Lagooners seemed well on their way to victory after an ace by Graceful Fiden gave the team a 4-0 lead in the first set of overtime.
The team, however, went ice cold from there as B-n-S recovered and responded with a fury. Jennifer Somol proved to be dangerous from the service area, serving up five straight points, four of them coming on consecutive aces to give her team a 10-4 lead. B-n-S was able to hold on and force a do-or-die second set with an 11-4 win.
Action continues today with the two teams playing their final set of o-kon. The winner improves to 2-0, while the loser drops to 1-1.
For more information about high school Rocball, contact the sport’s creator James Feger at 664-3810.
