In the final game on high school basketball’s biggest stage, the league MVP in St. Paul Warrior Jahmar White put on one last show. White scored 28 big points, putting the offense on his shoulders down the stretch to defeat the FD Friars 44-41 to win the 2019 IIAAG Basketball Title.
The final game of the IIAAG Boys Basketball Season will be decided in a rubber match between the St. Paul Warriors and FD Friars.
St. Paul Warrior Jahmar White was named MVP of the 2018-19 season to lead the All-Island selections.
FD Friar Brandon Soriano converted a contested game-winning jumper in overtime to break the hearts of the JFK Islanders, propelling the FD Friars to the IIAAG Boys Basketball Championship Game.
The St. Paul Warriors are headed to the IIAAG Boys Basketball Finals for the third straight year after defeating a tough Okkodo Bulldog squad in the semifinals Friday night.
The IIAAG Boys Basketball Quarterfinals Playoff tipped off Tuesday and the Okkodo Bulldogs started off the post season strong by routing the GW Geckos 75-33 to advance to the Semifinals.
In a battle for the First Seed of the Taga Division, as well as homecourt advantage in the playoffs, the Warriors defeated the JFK Islanders 62-48, winning their final game of the regular season in dominant fashion.
The FD Friars and St. Paul Warriors were officially issued forfeits after finding no resolution to their request for a rescheduled game. Both teams left off-island to compete in tournaments during the boys basketball season and the IIAAG passed a motion to issue forfeits if no rescheduled date could be made. Here’s the story.
In an interdivisional IIAAG Boys Basketball matchup between the St. Paul Warriors and Okkodo Bulldogs, the Warriors would grab the win 64-50 Tuesday night, bouncing back from a Wednesday night loss to the FD Friars.
Basketball fans were treated with a glimpse of high level basketball as the scheduled exhibition game between the Russian pro team Vostok-65 vs a Guam select team of local stars on Sunday carried on as planned despite the passing storm.
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Dianne Marie Sapida and Ryan Matienzo both placed in 4th overall in the recent Saipan Marathon.
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Former FD football star De’Aundre Cruz got to watch the Celtics-Lakers game in LA. Oh, the other guy is Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman.
Guam national basketball player Jonathan Galloway has won his third straight Defensive Player of the Year award in the Big West Conference in his senior season at UC-Irvine.
