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*** PALAUAN MEN BASKETBALL MAIN PAGE ***
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| |  | The Palau Basketball Federation announced a 12-player roster for the upcoming South Pacific Games in Samoa. All the finest ballers of the island were included in the roster like Yutaka Gibbons, Javis Pedro, Sunshine Soalablai and the guamese/palauan guard Mike Williams, who will bring his outside skills to the team.
Palau team - SPG 2007:
Scout Matsutaro
Perry Oiterong
Silverio Tumechub
Ziske Asanuma
Yutaka Gibbons Jr.
Makanani Ichiro
Javis Pedro
Reid Rikrik
Wallace Rikrik
JoJo Roberts
Sunshine Soalablai
Michael Williams |
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| Palau want to send a Men team to the South Pacific Games | |
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| | | The Palau Basketball Federation have submitted a Men for the upcoming South Pacific Basketball tournament's in Samoa. The SPG comittee will announce the participating teams in the next weeks.
Candidate countries for the 2007 SP Games men tournament:
American Samoa
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
Guam
Northern Marianas
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Palau
Marshall Islands |
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| NBL: Peched defeated Rivals in Finals | |
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| NBL: Rivals are #1 before the playoffs | |
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| | | The Ngermid Rivals won all their games in the NBL second phase and entered the playoffs with the #1 seed, they will play the Ranchers in the quarterfinals. In the division 2, the Ngiwal 79ers, the Stingers and the Jaguars were the best teams in the second phase.
Division 1
Ladder:
1- Ngermid Rivals
2- Breakers
3- Peched
4- Islanders
5- Styxers
6- Meda
7- Ididers
8- Surangel Suns
9- Ikelauans
10- Ranchers
playoffs schedule:
First-round
game 1: Islanders - Ididers
game 2: Styxers - Meda
Quarterfinals
Rivals - Ranchers
Breakers - Ikelauans
Peched - Surangel Suns
winner of game 1 - winner of game 2
Division 2
Ladder:
1- Stingers
2- Jaguars
3- Ngiwal 79ers
4- Mesang
5- Peches
6- Blue Sharks
7- Airai
8- Mesekiu
9- PPR
10- Bullets
11- Klebokel
12- Kabong
13- On Fire
14- Ngiwal Central
15- Mason's Hardware
16- Kinsmen
Playoffs schedule:
First-round:
Stingers - Kinsmen
Jaguars - Mason's Hardware
Ngiwal 79ers - Ngiwal Central
Mesang - On Fire
Peches - Kabong
Blue Sharks - Klebokel
Airai - Bullets
Mesekiu - PPR |
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| NBL: End of the first phase | |
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| | | The 1st round of both division I and division II conluded on February 13th 2007. Division I will play a round robin again in their 2nd round of the regular season. In division II, based on the rankings of the 1st round, the 16 teams were divided into 2 pools of 8 teams with the even number ranked teams on Pool I and the odd numbers in pool II. They will then play a round robin within their pool for their 2nd round of play.
source: Palau Basketball Federation
NBL Division 1
Round 1 Ladder:
1-Ngermid Rivals 8-1
2-Peched 6-3
3-Breakers 6-3
4-Meda 6-3
5-Surangel Suns 5-4
6-Ididers 4-5
7-Islanders 4-5
8-Styxers 3-6
9-Ikelauans 3-6
10-Ranchers 0-9
NBL Division 2
Round 1 Ladder:
1-Stingers 13-2
2-Peches 11-4
3-Jaguars 11-4
4-Airai 10-5
5-Bullets 9-6
6-Mason Matadors 9-6
7-Mesang 8-7
8-Ngiwal 79ers 8-7
9- Mesekiu 7-8
10-Ngiwal Central 7-8
11-Blue Sharks 7-8
12-On Fire 6-9
13-Kabong 5-10
14-PPR 4-11
15-Klebokel 4-11
16-Kinsmen 1-14
Round 2:
Pool A - Stingers, Jaquars, Bullets, Mesang, Mesekiu, Ngiwal Central, Kabong, Klebokl
Pool B - Peches, Airai, Masons Hardware, Ngiwal Central, Blue Sharks, On Fire, Palau Pacific Resort, Kinsmen
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| NBL: Rivals are leading the pack | |
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| | | After 7 rounds of action, the Rivals are now alone at the top of the NBL ladder. In the last round, they defeated the Ididers 71-60 while the Surangel Suns lost against the Islanders 86-91. There are only 2 rounds left in the regular season. In the second division, the Stingers are still undefeated after 7 rounds.
NBL Division 1 Ladder:
1-Rivals 6-1
2-Peched 5-2
3-Surangel Suns 5-2
4-Breakers 4-3
5-Ididers 4-3
6-Meda 4-3
7-Islanders 3-4
8-Styxers 2-5
9-Ikelauans 1-5
10-Ranchers 0-6
NBL Division 2 Ladder:
1-Stingers 9-0
2-Jaguars 6-1
3-Peches 6-2
4-Airai 7-3
5-Ngiwal 79ers 4-3
6-Bullets 5-5
7-Mesang 4-4
8- Mesekiu 4-4
9-Matadors 4-4
10-Blue Sharks 4-5
11-On Fire 3-5
12-Ngiwal Central 3-6
13-Kabong 3-6
14-Klebokel 3-6
15-PPR 2-7
16-Kinsmen 1-7 |
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| NBL 2006/07 season started | |
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| | | The Shell NBL commenced on November 27th and will conclude in May 2007. The league has again set a new record with 26 teams this season.
The three new teams were added to the 13 teams in division II from last season for a total of 16 teams. In division I, all 10 teams from last season returned. The league will fallow the format of last season were teams play within their division for the division title. All teams will then play for the season finals to determine their rankings for the next season. Games are played at the National Gym starting at 6pm from Mon-Sat. An estimated total of over 200 games will played in a span of 6 months. Shell Palau Company is the Main Sponsor of the league and donated funds to help in running the program as well as the development of the national squad.
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| Palau HS won the Boys Varsity Championship | |
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| | | Palau High School (PHS) Green Machine won this years boys varsity championship over Emmaus High School (EHS) Knights. The program commenced on October 19th and concluded on November 1st. 5 teams from 4 high schools participated in this single round robin competition.
This year PHS which has the largest enrollment of students in Palau had only 1 team to represent their school compared to 2 teams from last year and 4 from the previos years. Midzenty High School (MHS) Cardinals had 2 teams and came in 3rd and 4th place. Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Crusaders places 5th. The Championship game drew a big crowd from both PHS and EHS Students, even MHS students came to cheer for EHS Knights because they were underdogs and they were closer to their school. Yutaka Gibbons Jr. coached the Green Machine, while Dwight Alexander coached the Knights of Emmaus. The Knights were leading by 4 points at halftime by a score of 27-31. Through big cheers from the fans of PHS Green Machine, half court defensive traps and the scoring of slasher Gary Olkeriil who finished the game with 24 points. The Green Machine never looked back and finished the game by a final score of 79-65. Yutaka Gibbons Jr. is an excellent example of coaching in the program because of his past experience in the National Team and also through the various coaching trainings conducted by Fiba Oceania Zone Develompment Officer Stuart Manwarring. |
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