Three crowned Bud Light Cup winners
Reporter
Es’y Kitchen-duo, IT&E Kamote’s and Kitchen’s SOS Akiramenai, and Bar Gaia’s Gaiana-B were all crowned Saipan Electronic Dart Association’s Bud Light Cup champions of their respective Masters, B-Fanihi, and B-Flame Tree divisions earlier this week.
In addition, Tuesday B-League’s Sabalu Boys, of D’Pirates Bar, and C-Division’s Anies Imuza, of Sand’s Bar, just finished up their regular seasons in first place. Their Bud Light Cup tournaments are set to take place next week.
On Wednesday, top-ranked IT&E Kamote’s grinded out a win over fourth seed and host team Snipers, 9-8, in a back-and-forth chess match for the Master’s Cup held at Jonny’s.
IT&E Kamote’s is made up of Kaysie Aquino, Jun Baltazar, Ernie Domingo, George Medina, Jun and Michelle Olita, and Eric Pascual.
On Thursday, second-ranked SOS defeated Oh Yeah!, 8-6, to win the B-Fanihi Bud Cup, while top-ranked Gaiana-B bored over the seventh place Skoregazzzums, 8-2, in the B-Flame Tree finals.
SOS Akiramenia is made up of Manny Blas, Justin Casama, John C. Camacho, Jeremy Koshiro, Alfred Muna, Alejandro Prado, Naomi Samura, and James Villacrusis.
Gaian-B includes Carter Calma, Steve Chae, Derek Sablan, Kento Togawa, Felix Travilla, Roxanne Wakit, and Eddie Villagomez.
IT&E Kamote’s and Gaiana-B both ran the table in their divisions, taking the Bud Light Cup after finishing their regular seasons in first place.
SOS finished second place on the year, but upsetting sister-team Echoserong Kamote’s in the first round.
On Tuesday, the Sabalu Boys went out with a win, 11-4, in a road match held at Bammy’s Bar over the fourth-ranked GCC Carpeters (156-114) to cap an unreal 37-game lead over the division. The win improved the team’s win-loss record to 209-61.
Notably, Sabalu’s Ray and Everette Indalecio, Alejandro Prado, and Carter Calma finished first through fourth on the individual statistics list out of a field of 69.
Ray Indalecio maintained 21.50 Points Per Dart in 30 games with 2.95 Marks Per Round in 33 games for a league-best Weighted Average of 53.96.
Everette Indalecio recorded 20.98 PPD in 31 games with 2.86 MPR in 32 games for a 52.44 WA; Prado turned in 20.98 PPD in 12 games with 2.83 MPR in 10 games for a 52.11 WA; and Calma managed 20.15 PPD with 2.88 MPR in 29 games for a 51.78 WA.
D’Pirates swept the B-League podium as Sabalu’s sister-teams Delubyo (172-98) and Mixed Bloodshooters 2 (169-101) rounded out the second and third spots.
Delubyo romped eighth place Ombre Za (103-167), 12-3, at home, while Mixed Blood 2 bested Es’y Kitchen’s fifth-ranked Kamote’s Shawarma Boys (152-118), 9-6, in a home match.
In other results, sixth-ranked Jonny’s Dosukebe Boys finished its run with a 10-5 road draw victory over last place K-1 Snickers and No. 9 Assashunz of VFW upset seventh place Strike Force, 8-7, at home.
On Wednesday, Anie’s Imuza closed out with a 9-6 win over ninth-ranked World-C (96-174) in a home draw held at Bar Gaia.
The win was enough to maintain first place over the division, despite a nice last-ditch effort by runner-up One Shot (184-86).
Anies Imuza finished its season with an 187-83 card, just three games ahead of One Shot.
One Shot went into D’Pirates and outgunned sixth place Lucky Shot (115-155), 11-4, for a respectable second place run.
D’Pirates Yotsketeh Boys (177-93) took one on the cheek from fourth seed Sparks (160-110), 5-10, but still managed a third place finish overall.
Meanwhile, No. 7 I Like It (112-158), of Joe’s Steakhouse, snuck past eighth-place Jonny’s Night Hawks (102-168), 8-7; and Naked Fish’s Oh! MG (142-128) edged out caboose squad, Gaiana-C (61-209), 8-7, on the road at Gaia.
Notably, Anies Imuza’s Roderick Osorio topped a field of 69 players in the individual statistics, maintaining a 19.62 PPD with 2.92 MPR in 36 games for a 51.74 WA.
His teammates Mark Butac (45.84WA) and Mark Estrada (44.37WA) finished third and sixth on the list, while One Shot’s Gus Ybanez (48.33WA) and Dexter Mendiola (45.20WA) with Yotsketeh’s Galus Gille (44.46WA) came in second, fourth and fifth, respectively.