Palau HS won the Boys Varsity Championship

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.