By Adrian Stewart Co San Miguel Alab Pilipinas defeated Thai outfit Mono Vampire Basketball Club in a 78-59 drubbing over the weekend in the 2018-2019 ASEAN Basketball League at the Stadium 29 in Bangkok, Thailand. Renaldo Balkman led the Philippines with 31 points, six rebounds, two assists, and four steals; while Peter John Ramos …
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2019 Batang Pinoy
Negros Occidental sends 186 student-athletes By Adrian Stewart Co Negros Occidental sent a total of 186 student-athletes to this year’s Batang Pinoy Visayas qualifying leg, which opened over the weekend at the Iloilo Sports Complex. The competition is scheduled to run until March 2. Student-athletes will be competing in a variety of events …
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Philippines routs Qatar By Adrian Stewart Co The Philippine men’s national basketball team, Gilas Pilipinas, kept their 2019 FIBA World Cup hopes alive after dominating Qatar, 84-46, yesterday morning (local time) in their qualifier game at the Al-Gharafa Sports Club Multi-Purpose Hall in Doha, Qatar. Andray Blatche made a triumphant return to the …
UE beats AdMU in UAAP men’s football
By Adrian Stewart Co The University of the East (UE) defeated Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), 1-0, last Thursday in the 81st UAAP men’s senior football season at the Moro Lorenzo Field, which is located at AdMU. Joshua Polinag scored the match’s lone goal early in the match off a header. While AdMU’s Luca …
2019 WVRAA Meet
Negros Occidental takes second place in secondary boys’ football By Adrian Stewart Co The Negros Occidental secondary boys’ football team finished in second place in the 2019 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association meet after losing 2-0 to Iloilo last Thursday at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City, Capiz. Khent Brian Valenzuela scored a …
2019 WVRAA Meet
More gold medals for Negros Occidental By Adrian Stewart Co Negros Occidental athletes continued to pick up gold medals at the 2019 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet in Roxas City, Capiz, winning accolades in athletics, archery, swimming, and taekwondo. Bernalyn Bejoy, who earlier won gold in the secondary girls’ 400-meter dash and …
2019 WVRAA Meet
Negrenses retain elementary boys’ basketball title By Adrian Stewart Co The Negros Occidental elementary boys’ basketball team retained their Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association title after beating Iloilo, 59-52, last Thursday at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City, Capiz. Justin Jalea and Vince Hugo anchored the offense, while Burj Lapuos and Luke Zapata …
2019 WVRAA Meet
Negros Occidental retains secondary girls’ volleyball title By Adrian Stewart Co The Negros Occidental secondary girls’ volleyball successfully defended their Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association meet title after defeating Iloilo in straight sets, 25-11, 25-18, 25-19, yesterday at the Colegio de la Purisima Concepción in Roxas City, Capiz. “We are happy that we …
2019 WVRAA Meet
Negros Occidental faces decider in secondary boys’ football By Adrian Stewart Co After defeating Iloilo 4-2 yesterday in the ongoing 2019 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association meet at the Villareal Stadium in Roxas City, Capiz, the Negros Occidental secondary boys’ football team faces a decider in their gold medal match. The Ilonggo side …
2019 WVRAA Meet
Negrense athletes win gold in swimming, athletics, gymnastics By Adrian Stewart Co Negros Occidental continued to pick up more gold medals at the ongoing 2019 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association meet in Roxas City, Capiz. In swimming, Earl Buncio won gold in the 200-meter butterfly 4×50 relay with Richmund Soria, Jerome Lanada, and …