Team Palau High School (PHS) Spiders and Emmaus High School (EHS) Knights storm their way into the top spot in the team standings after beating respective rivals and earning a slot in the semifinals of the 2012 Inter-School League (ISL) Boys varsity basketball league.

PHS Spiders take the no.1 seed going into the play offs after drubbing Belau Modekngei School (BMS) Awright, 126-46. With the win PHS Spiders sport a 4-1 win-loss record while BMA Awright closed their campaign with a 1-3 card.

On the other hand, EHS Knights settled for the no. 2 seed as they first dispose Mindszenty High School (MHS) Cardinals, 76-33 and went on to blast BMS Awright, 75-29. The Knights also take a 4-1 record in the team standings but conceded to PHS Spiders after their lost last November 13.

Other games saw PHS Bubuu beat MHS Cardinals, 41-30; PHS Bubuu beat BMS Awright, 47-42; and PMA Warriors won over PHS Bubuu, 71-26.

With elimination round over, PHS Spiders will face sister team PHS Bubuu in the play off round on November 26 at 4 p.m. while EHS Knights will take on PMA Warriors in the other play off match also at 4 p.m.

Winners of the play off round will advance to the championship match on November 28 4 p.m. at the Palau National gym while the losers will battle for third place on November 27 also at 4 p.m.

The tournament is supervised by the Palau Basketball Federation (PBF).  By Peter Erick L. Magbanua (Island Times News)