By Patrick Lujan
The foursome of Destiny Castro, Kali Benavente, Felicia Borja and Dyonii Quitugua made Guam history Tuesday and Wednesday nights, leading Guam to its first ever women’s team victory in the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.
The 3×3 women’s basketball team beat Andorra 18-8 led by Castro’s 12 points and Borja’s five points on Tuesday. Andorra is the sixth smallest nation in Europe with a population of about 85,000.
Guam followed that up with a win over Indonesia 14-11 as Castro had six points and Borja had five.
“The girls played awesome (defense) and we knocked down shots,” coach Jin Han posted on his Facebook page. “Very happy for these girls.”
Earlier in the Tuesday evening, Guam lost to Romania 18-8 after dropping to Belgium 22-7 on Monday night.
They still have the following games left this week in pool play: Chinese-Taipei, Egypt, Czech Republic, Thailand and United States.
The men’s 3×3 team beat Great Britain in the 2012 Youth Olympic Games. That team consisted of Kurtis Silva, Daniel Del Carmen, Jason Frias, and David Sakazaki under coach Shintaro Okada.
Golf
Devin Hua shot a two-under par 70 and two-ver 72 to tie for 19th place out of 32 golfers in the men’s tournament at the Zhongshan International Golf Club in the second of three rounds. Female golfer Nalathai Vongjalorn struggledwith a +9 (81) and +6 (78), 26th out of 29.
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BULLDOGS BOUNCE COUGARS IN OVERTIME
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WARRIORS HOLD OFF KNIGHTS FOR TITLE SPOT
DID U KNOW?
The FD Friars have retired running back Kein Artero’s (#3), becoming the third Friar in three years to have his number retired. 2018 saw two numbers be retired from quarterback Daniel Phillips (#6) and De’Aundre Cruz (#24).
(photo from Kein Artero on Twitter)
COMING SOON …
– Girls Basketball Finals on Saturday!
– Deep 93: Roque Martinez HW Title Fight
– NFL Week 15: Bills at Steelers
– Jon Tuck in Bellator Japan Dec. 29
– IIAAG/GDOE Split on Jan. 1st
– GSPN Preseason Basketball Tournament
QUICK HITS
Coach Terry Stotts will be inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Stotts moved to Indiana for his junior and senior years of high school after five years on Guam.
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Bubba Nickles makes a stop at the Guam marker of the World War II Memorial in Washington DC during a team trip to the capital with the reigning national softball champion UCLA Bruins.
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GSPN celebrates 8 years! Chartered 11/11/11
