Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes is hoping they can get Scottie Thompson and Kai Sotto into game shape in time for their initial FIBA World Cup match against the Dominican Republic next week. Thompson and Sotto, who were both given clearances to train again with Gilas Pilipinas after recovering from injuries, have been doing …
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Negrense Constancio bags 3 golds in ROTC Games
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense runner Romeo Constancio emerged as the most bemedaled cadet with three golds in the athletics event of the 2023 Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Visayas leg at the Iloilo Sports Complex. The University of Negros Occidental-Recolectos standout outraced Peter Molina of West Visayas State University (WVSU) in the crucial …
Tay Tung aspirants volleybelles bag bronze in DSB tourney
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts’ aspirants team emerged as the third best team in the Don Salvador Benedicto (DSB) 2nd Invitational Open Women’s Category League in Negros Occidental’s Don Salvador Benedicto town recently. The Thunderbolts, mostly composed of players aged 12 to 14 years old, turned back the tertiary team …
After FIBA World Cup, SBP plans to host events for Gilas Women
As early as now, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) has vowed not to leave the country’s women’s basketball program behind. Even if much of the basketball federation’s current focus is on the conduct of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, SBP president Al Panlilio and World Cup deputy event director Erika Dy confirmed that …
Negros falters to Sarangani in MPBL overtime
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Pau Muscovados failed to sustain their second half uprising to suffer a 109-103 overtime loss to Sarangani Marlins in the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) at the Marikina Sports Center on Tuesday night, August 15. Down 89-92 after a layup by Marlins’ Danny Marilao, the Muscovados tied the score …
UNO-R relay teams sweep gold medals in ROTC Games
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Cadets from the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) of Bacolod City made their presence felt with gold medal finishes in the 2023 Reserved Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Games Visayas Leg at the Iloilo Sports Complex on Tuesday, August 15. The quartet of David Paul Balagat, John Lloyd Moreno, Romeo Constancio, and …
Bago City Little League plays friendly match vs. 2003 champs
It was down to one more game before the newly-crowned Junior League Softball World Series Champions headed home. After capturing the World Series title in Washington last week, the soft-spoken “tweens” from Negros Occidental’s Bago City got some relaxation in Southern California, where they capped their U.S. stay with a friendly game against former Philippine …
Bacolod outlasts Laguna in MPBL
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Bacolod City of Smiles scored a lopsided 84-66 victory over slumping Laguna Krah Asia Heroes as they returned to their winning ways in the 2023 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) at the Quezon Convention Center in Lucena City on Monday, August 14. John Cantimbuhan was hailed as the Player of …
Kaya-Iloilo blanks Tuloy FC in PFF Women’s League
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Kaya Futbol Club-Iloilo women’s team hacked out a lopsided 4-0 victory over Tuloy FC in the 2023 Philippines Football Federation (PFF) Women’s League at the PFF National Training Center in Cavite province’s Carmona town over the weekend. Ilongga Hazel Lustan, Bacolodnon Irish Navaja, Shelah Mae Cadag, and Camille Rodriguez scored a …
Kai Sotto now cleared to play for Gilas in FIBA
Kai Sotto’s Gilas Pilipinas stint is now good to go. Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) President Al Panlilio announced the development yesterday, at a special edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum in Ortigas. “Our doctors met the doctors of Kai, and they’ve cleared him,” Panlilio said. Sotto previously missed Gilas’ Heyuan WUS International Basketball …