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Lagooners, Ochobu locked in tight battle for finals spot
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Posted on Mar 01 2006
The Lagooners and Ochobu are both hungry for an appearance in the finals, and the two teams showed it during Game 3 of their 2006 World Organized Rocball High School League semifinals series yesterday at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.
Only two sets were played as both teams engaged in long rallies. The Lagooners currently lead the bout by just a point, 31-30, as the teams split the two sets.
Both teams were neck and neck from the start, with Danny Daniel pulling the right strings for the Lagooners and Ochobu putting up a balanced attack.
Ichnis Kapwich and Kawes Awes were able to connect on xunks during the first set and Ochobu decided to subtract points from the Lagooners’ corner, which proved to be the right thing to do as Ochobu was able to edge them with a 15-14 victory.
The Lagooners had two chances to take the set as they held service twice at set point, but the team was denied by the determined Ochobu cast, who on their third set-point try, were successful for the win.
The Lagooners came up stronger in the second set and took an 8-2 lead, but Ochobu refused to give up and fought back to tie the set with six unanswered points, 8-8.
The Lagooners were able to stop the run on a kee by Sheila Francisco, 10-8, and increased their lead when Graceful Fiden knocked in a goal, 13-8. Fiden scored a couple of times later, but Ochobu did not go out without a fight and put up a strong rally. Both teams were again at set point, but this time around, the Lagooners were able to pull through for an 18-16 win.
The third and fourth sets are scheduled to begin at 11:30am today. If o-kon is needed, the team leading going into overtime will only have to win one set, while the team trailing must win two sets.
The team that wins will face either defending champion Mwaliyas or Black Magic, who will begin their best-of-three semifinals series on Monday.
For more information on high school Rocbal, contact the sport’s founder Jim Feger at 237-3235.
