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All set for MISO v’ball, basketball tourneys
Saipan International School’s Andrew Johnson serves against Kagman High School during a regular season game in the MISO boys volleyball league at the Marianas High School Gymnasium.
(Jon Perez)
Games in the boys volleyball will be held at the Marianas High School Gymnasium this Friday and Saturday, while the girls basketball matches will be played at the TSL Gillette Multipurpose Gymnasium today and at the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium tomorrow.
Saipan International School varsity blew past its rivals to go undefeated in the boys volleyball, while MHS V duplicated the feat in the girls’ basketball as the Lady Dolphins were hardly challenged by their opponents. SIS and MHS are the defending champions in the boys volleyball and girls basketball, respectively.
Games will start at 10am and will run up to 2:30pm in the boys volleyball and 3:30pm in girls basketball on Friday with the first matches on Saturday beginning at 8am.
The varsity teams of Grace Christian Academy, Mt. Carmel School, Tinian High School, MHS, Marianas Baptist Academy, Saipan Southern High School, Kagman High School and MHS junior varsity, in that order, complete the final standings in the boys volleyball.
The first game in the boys volleyball will have KHS taking on MHS JV, while the GCA-SSHS match is next. MCS faces MBA at 11am, while THS battles MHS in the next game, in other matches.
SIS, which drew a bye in the first round, will play the winner of the first match at 12nn, while the victors of the GCA-SSHS and MCS-MBA matches will clash at the same time.
In the girls basketball, MHS drew a bye and is scheduled to play its first match at 4pm. The opening game will have Mt. Carmel colliding against MHS JV with the Lady Knights expected to repeat their two lopsided wins in the elimination round against their opponents. Saipan Southern faces Kagman at 11:30am, while Tinian meets MHS 9 at 1pm, in the other games.
The winners of the first two morning games will clash in the 2:30pm match, while MHS will play the winner of the THS-MHS 9 contest. The losers of the SSHS-KHS and THS-MHS 9 meet at 5:30pm. (Jon Perez)
