By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Sugarbowl Tenpin Association, Inc. (STAI) Summer Tenpin Bowling Clinic began earlier this week at the Lopue’s East Bowling Center, attracting 38 participants. Veteran bowler and instructor Herman Santos said the event will introduce the game to interested players, who are currently taking part in basic drills practice. The clinic …
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2017 National PRISAA Championships NIR to meet Dipolog in football semifinals
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR), represented by the University of St. La Salle (USLS), meets Dipolog today in the semifinals of the men’s football competition of the ongoing 2017 National PRISAA Championships in Zambales. If successful, the defending champions will meet the winner between the Western Visayas and Cebu in …
2017 Palarong Pambansa Racket sports prove lucrative for NIR
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. Negros Island Region (NIR) athletes picked up silver medals in both table tennis and lawn tennis at the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique. The region took home silver in secondary girls table tennis, runner-up to the National Capital Region (NCR). Meanwhile, in lawn tennis, NIR took the bronze, behind …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR remains undefeated in softball
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR) softball teams remained undefeated after the elementary team went into extra innings to defeat the National Capital Region (NCR), 5-4, in the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique. The defending champion NIR secondary girls team earlier defeated Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and the Ilocos …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR slips to 4th place in medal count
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. As of 5:30 p.m., yesterday, the Negros Island Region (NIR) fell from third place to fourth place in the medal count, swapping spots with Southern Tagalog. NIR has garnered a total of 10 gold, 12 silver, and 11 bronze medals; while Southern Tagalog is up to 10 gold, 22 silver, …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NCR dominates current medal haul
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. As of the third day of the 2017 Palarong Pambansa, the National Capital Region (NCR) currently leads the medal count with 34 gold, 20 silver, and eight bronze medals. The Western Visayas sit a distant second with five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals; followed by the Negros Island …
Bakbakan sa La Carlota tonight
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Bakbakan sa La Carlota boxing event is set to take place tonight at 7:00 p.m. at the Public Plaza Festival Park, featuring Gerpaul Valero of Mandaue, Cebu taking on Jess Rhey Waminal. In his prior fight, Valero faced off against Australian Jason Maloney for the WBA Oceania super bantamweight …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR lose to CAR in basketball
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR) lost their secondary boys basketball game against Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR), yesterday, 75-70, in the ongoing 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique. CAR remained in the lead throughout the game, however, NIR had a couple opportunities to close the gap, even closing at 45-46 heading into …
2017 Palarong Pambansa Western Visayas athlete breaks javelin throw record
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. James Lozanez of the Western Visayas captured gold in this year’s javelin throw competition at the 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique and, in doing so, broke a five-year record. His 59.46m toss broke the 2013 record set by Central Luzon’s Bryan Pacheco of 57.81m. Another record was broken on the …
2017 Palarong Pambansa NIR opens elementary boys division with win over Eastern Visayas
By Jerome S. Galunan, Jr. The Negros Island Region (NIR) elementary boys football team recently opened their 2017 Palarong Pambansa campaign with a 3-0 win over Eastern Visayas. They next face the Cordillera Autonomous Region at 7:00 a.m. today with the opportunity to top Group C. Meanwhile, the NIR secondary boys football team is looking …