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Pacific high school basketball ratings, post-semester exam 'dead week' edition

Posted January 28th, 2008 by Dave Ornauer
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Or perhaps better known as Falcons Take Flight. Remember, you've entered THE "No-Hate Zone." *smile*

Here goes:

Boys
 1. Seoul American, 37-6. Falcons 7-0 since New Years Classic.
 2. Kadena (Okinawa), 26-11. Jamil Barney's excellent adventure continues; Panthers win Okinawa-American Shootout.
 3. Zama American (Japan), 19-3. Eight straight wins.
 4. Seoul Foreign,16-4. Stubbed toe against Seoul American; still strong against everybody else.
 5. American School In Japan, 8-1. Can they keep up the pace?. 
 6. Kubasaki (Okinawa), 20-11. A question of which Dragons team shows up on which days.
 7, E.J. King (Japan), 13-5. Fourth straight Western Japan Athletic Association title.
 8. Faith Academy (Philippines), 11-6. The Vanguards keep rolling along.
 9. St. Paul Christian (Guam), 5-0. Still hot breaking out of the gate.
10. Daegu American (South Korea), 8-4. Brandon Spencer is a regular microwave.

Girls
 1. Seoul American, 20-2. Bring on the base teams and Korean schools.
 2. International School of the Sacred Heart (Japan), 9-0. Maybe the best squad in Symbas history. 
 3. Kadena (Okinawa), 16-11. Quite an emotion dropoff after losing the Okinawa-American Shootout semifinal.
 4. Yokota (Japan), 13-2. Panthers resume chase for second straight Class AA final four.
 5. Faith Academy (Philippines), 22-4. Stumbled once over weekend, but righted ship quickly.
 6. E.J. King (Japan), 14-4. Western Japan Athletic Association tournament title repeat.
 7. Hong Kong International, 19-4. Can Dragons make a deep Class AA tournament run?
 8. Seoul Foreign, 15-3. May be best Crusaders' team since 1991 Class A finalist.
 9. St. Paul Christian (Guam), 18-2. Regular season complete.
10. Southern (Guam), 12-1. Regular season complete.

yokota

On January 29th, 2008 YokotaRep42 says:

Yokota beat zama 48-46....even though their record is not up to par, they are still a contender. Dont sleep on them in the tournament

CAJ...

On January 30th, 2008 Jim Peterson says:

I know, CAJ doesn't belong in the ratings yet, but... with Miles well on the road to recovery from his torn ankle ligament, they actually gave ASIJ a scare last night, leading in the 3rd quarter in a low scoring defensive battle. In the end the Mustangs put on a spurt in the 4th quarter and were able to pull away but it could have gone either way!

Tournament

On January 30th, 2008 2ndtime says:

It's going to be very interesting to see the brackets during Far East. I hope it will not be one sided...placing a few strongs teams against each other earlier to free up home court advantage.How will the brackets be determined/?! especially with 18 teams versus the normal 16 teams...........I think their will be a glass slipper winner "CINDERFELLA" this year if the brackets are divided equally!

Sports in High Schools

On May 7th, 2008 Jack209 says:

This article shows that most of these high schools concentrate equally on sports activities. This is very good and beneficial for students.