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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. -- Americans Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani won the ice dance title, while teammates Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue finished second Sunday at Skate America.Japans Shoma Uno claimed the mens championship earlier in the day, with Americans Jason Brown and Adam Rippon finishing second and third in the opening event of the Grand Prix season.The Shibutanis victory extends the United States streak of gold medals in ice dance at Skate America to eight; it has won 12 of the last 14. The brother-and-sister team, the reigning world silver medalists and U.S. champions, dazzled the crowd with their intricate free dance. They totaled 185.75 points overall after a free dance mark of 112.71.It was a great start to our season, very happy with our free dance performance today, Alex Shibutani said. There was a lot of anticipation on our part in getting to debut both of these programs. We are excited to have gotten our season started. Were looking forward to building toward Cup of China.Hubbell and Donohue moved up from third after the short dance to win the silver medal with 175.77 points. They edged Russias Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev by exactly one point.We were happy to start our Grand Prix series here in America, Hubbell said. I think it was a great event for us as well as all of Team USA. It was a really wonderful week.Earlier, Uno landed three quadruple jumps en route to the title at the Sears Centre Arena. Uno, skating to an intense tango, moved seamlessly through his demanding program, but fell late in the program on a triple axel combination. He finished with 279.34 points.The first half of my program was great, Uno, 17, said through a translator. Unfortunately, I missed a three-jump combination toward the end and I feel regrettable about that. My six-minute warmup didnt feel so good, but I was still able to pull out what I felt today and Im satisfied in that sense.Brown, rom the Chicago area and the 2015 U.S. champion, landed his opening quad for the first time this season, although it was scored as under-rotated. He received 268.38 points.Its been a long, long journey to put out a quad, so Im pleased to stand up on it today and kind of just take it as another day, Brown said. Once I landed it, I just kept on going.Rippon, meanwhile, fell on his opening quad. In debuting a brand new program, Rippon scored 261.43 points.I have only had the program for a week and a half, Rippon said. I was really pleased with what I did today. It wasnt perfect, but I think the work I did in the offseason paid off in making the quick change. Im so glad I changed the program. It feels right. Theres a lot of work to do and Ill definitely be getting all that work done. Doug Williams Jersey . 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The Cairns Taipans have finally opened their NBL account for the season with a thrilling 83-76 win over Melbourne United at the Snake Pit.The Snakes entered the round four clash with a 0-3 start on the road but a huge night from import point guard Travis Trice got them over the line at home.Trice was a man possessed with 28 points and two assists displaying confidence not yet seen from the Michigan State Alumni.Time and time again the guard penetrated Melbournes paint and was frustrating United so much he earned a shove in the back from import Ramon Moore in the dying stages.Taipans Coach Aaron Fearne had criticised Trice during Cairns poor start but was more than happy with the Americans response.Tonight he was great he made some huge plays down the stretch; he played with emotion and energy and so did the team, that is what I want he said.Melbourne started the night strong and jumped out to a six-point lead halfway through the first quarter until the defensive tenacity of the desperate Taipans kicked in to overtake them in the second.Cairns followed on to find themselves up by as much as 16 points in the third quarter but the class of their opposition continued to make a game of it.United centre Majok Majok threw down two huge jams to start the fourth, sparking a ruun to get the visitors to within one point with five minutes left to play.ddddddddddddClutch threes from Cam Gliddon, Mark Worthington and Fuquan Edwin gave Cairns some breathing room and Trices constant attacking raids made sure of the result from there.Melbournes Ramon Moore filled in for missing Boomer Chris Goulding admirably, shooting for 15 points from 12 attempts but Devon Williams found himself on four fouls early in the final period.Taipans veteran Alex Loughton was ruled out the day before the match with a sprained thumb but Stephen Weigh provided ample cover with two triples in his best game back since off-season surgery.Nathan Jawai was quiet in his first game back in Cairns, scoring seven points in 20 minutes.United are now 3-4 this season, Coach Dean Demopoulos saying his team are still searching for the right chemistry.Im not sure. Its a process, but I like this team. They work hard every day and we have the potential to be a great basketball team, but we werent tonight he said.Cairns will play the Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong on Sunday while Melbourne will have to lick their wounds until they play New Zealand next Friday. ' ' '