By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Occidental elementary boys’ basketball team clinched the gold medal in the 2023 WVRAA Meet after taking down powerhouse Iloilo in the finals at the Maloco Covered Court in Aklan province’s Ibajay town over the weekend. James Carlo Ramos, Nilus Robert Calma, Gian Kyle Tan, and Ashton Jared Buñol were …
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Sotto helps Hiroshima take down Shimane
The playoff-bound Hiroshima Dragonflies pulled off an 87-74 victory over the Shimane Susanoo Magic at the Matsue City Gymnasium over the weekend, with Filipino center Kai Sotto contributing heavily. Sotto made four of his eight shots for 12 points, to go along with his eight rebounds and one block in a productive 18-minute stint. …
WVRAA Meet: NegOcc spikers sweep golds
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Occidental’s elementary and secondary teams swept the girls’ volleyball event gold medals in the 2023 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet yesterday. The Bacolod Tay Tung High School, representing Negros Occidental, clinched the championship in the elementary girls’ division after beating Iloilo in the finals, 25-12, 25-15, 25-20, …
Iloilo elem booters prevail over Negros for gold
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Iloilo elementary boys’ football team completed its dominance in the 2023 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet with a 2-1 beating of Negros Occidental in the finals at the Aklan Sports Complex in Aklan province’s Makato town on Saturday night, April 29. Alfin Bayotas and Kurt Arnel Deoduco scored a …
NBA: Lakers crush Grizzlies to advance
The Los Angeles Lakers punched their ticket to the NBA Western Conference semifinals in emphatic style on Friday, April 28, mauling the Memphis Grizzlies 125-85 to win their first-round series 4-2. LeBron James and the Lakers will have to wait to see who they’ll face in the Western Conference semi-finals after the Sacramento Kings fended …
Negrense boxer Zulueta retains light flyweight belt
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negrense boxer John Michael Zulueta retained his Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) light flyweight belt with a tenth-round technical knockout (TKO) win over Indonesian Silem Serang at the SpacePlus Night Club in Bangkok, Thailand on Thursday, April 27. The Negros Occidental’s Calatrava-native Zulueta displayed his firepower since the opening rounds as …
WVRAA Meet: Team Negros delivers 5 golds in athletics
By ADRIAN STEWART CO Negros Occidental delivered five gold medals to kick off their campaign in the 2023 Western Visayas Athletic Association (WVRAA) Meet athletics at the Aklan Sports Complex in Aklan province’s Makato town yesterday. Bianca Juliana Seroy of Bacolod Tay Tung High School athletics team spearheaded the gold haul for Team Negros …
LA Tenorio clarifies: I am tumor-free
PBA veteran LA Tenorio clarified that he is now tumor-free after surgery but not yet cancer-free, contrary to a previous report. In a statement sent to ABS-CBN News, Tenorio corrected that he has yet to be cleared of colon cancer after undergoing surgery last March. According to the Ginebra Gin Kings guard, his official biopsy …
Negros loses to Davao in PCAP Southern Division finals
By ADRIAN STEWART CO The Negros Island Region Kingsmen failed to reach the 2023 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP) First Division finals after dropping their division match on Wednesday night, April 26. The Kingsmen, the no. 1 seed in the Southern Division, was defeated by Davao Golden Eagles in the two-leg division finals …
NBA: Ja Morant keeps Grizzlies alive as Lakers beaten
Ja Morant led a superb second half rally as the Memphis Grizzlies kept their NBA playoff campaign alive with a 116-99 victory over LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, April 26. Memphis, down 3-1 in the best-of-seven Western Conference series after defeat in Game 4, looked to be in control after …