BUS Group-Sharp invitational set June 10
SIX teams will see action when the Basketball Unified Sports Group-Sharp invitational opens June 10 at the West Negros University gym in Bacolod City.
Baciwa, HBO (Homesite) and San Dionisio Basketball Club will join BUSG squads Condura, Panasonic and Syntax according to tournament...
Negros-Ceres beats Iloilo, 3-2 for 7th U23 win
THE Ceres-La Salle manned Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA) squad posted its seventh win in the ongoing Philippine Football Federation (PFF)-Suzuki Men's U23 Visayas Qualifying Rounds beating the visiting Iloilo Football Association (IFA), 3-2 on Saturday at the Ayala North point...
Bautista settles for bronze in Uzbek
HIMAMAYLAN City-native Ian Clark Bautista settled for a bronze medal as Marc Anthony Barriga bagged the gold medal in the just-concluded Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament held at the Uzbekistan Sports Complex in Tashkent.
Bautista and Barriga were the only members of the PLDT-ABAP...
Negros-Ceres unbeaten in Suzuki U23 Q rounds
DEFENDING champion Ceres-La Salle, representing Negros Occidental Football Association’s (NOFA), remained the only unbeaten team in the ongoing Philippine Football Federation (PFF)-Suzuki Men’s U23 Visayas Qualifying Rounds.
The Negrenses blanked Cebu Football Association (CFA), 2-0 in...
Negros-Ceres eyes U23 title
CERES-University of St. La Salle, representing the Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA) is looking for its sixth victory against Cebu Football Association (CFA) in the ongoing Philippine Football Federation (PFF) Suzuki Cup U23 regional qualifying series at the San Carlos City football...
‘Tiger’ Sabillo retains title; Gumban deposes Llanos
BACOLEÑO Merlito “Tiger” Sabillo relied on experience in defending his Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation mini-flyweight belt against Jonathan Refugio on Friday in the ALA Promotions “Pride of Negros” at the La Proa Ballroom of L’ Fisher Hotel here in Bacolod City.
Sabillo registered his...
Doble: Missing
ABOARD a RORO vessel going for Dumangas is enough time to write this one.
Missed the opening of Coca Cola Batang PBA opening at WNU gym but can't resist to go home for Mayor Onal Golez'S May 5 festival and its fiesta queen's coronation in the evening.
With pressure coming from two...
Funly Run 2012 set May 5
SOME one thousand runners from Bacolod City and Negros Occidental are expected to join in the 1K, 3K and 5K categories of this year’s Funly Run spearheaded by the Citizens Alliance for Productive Movement (CAPM).
The event kicks off May 5 at 6 a.m. at the Provincial Capitol.
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Estefania chessfest winners named
ARIEL Solinap, Dexter Belaño Jr., Stevenson Garong and Cliff Jason Desabille emerged champions of the just-concluded Barangay Estefania Chess Tournament dubbed as “Dali na, Chess Ta!” held April 27 and 28 at the village’s conference hall.
Solinap went home with P2,000 and a trophy...
Pride of Negros boxers set
UNDEFEATED and defending Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation mini-flyweight champion Merlito ‘Tiger’ Sabillo of Toboso town heads four other Negrenses on May 4 ALA Promotions boxing spectacle at the La Proa Ballroom of L' Fisher Hotel here in Bacolod City.
Other pride of Negros pugs seeing...
Coca Cola PBA Young Stars Tourney opens May 5
BARAKO Bulls-Stallions and Meralco Volts-Mansilingan Christian Academy open hostilities in the provincial eliminations of the 2012 Coca Cola PBA Young Stars tournament on May 5 at West Negros University gym in Bacolod City.
Doble: Broken record
THE Regional Meet ends today, March 16. The winners will go home heroes. The losers will review what went wrong.
Some records will be erased and the new holders will try to improve in the Palaro in Pangasinan. If the new stars shine in the National Meet in May, chances are they will be...
Doble: Fairness
FOR one who is six months away from being 60, swinging from NOMPAC to Panaad on Tuesday seems eternity. Hurrying on a cheap blue Rusi to catch up whatever WVRAA games left, got to snap two shots as Negros nipped Antique, 3-2 in football.
Minutes before that, saw Coach Eric Rios' girls...
Manila cagers in Bacolod for goodwill games
TWO teams from Philippine Cultural High School will play exhibition games against Bacolod Tay Tung High School alumni at Po Hang gym today, Saturday.
Game One is 6:30 p.m. with the visitors meeting the 45-55 select team of BTTHS. The host Blue Dragons then square off with its guests aged...
BUS Group double champs in Sharp Cup
BASKETBALL Unified Sports Group (BUSG) won, both with surprise endings, the 40 and 50 Up titles in the 1st Sharp Basketball Cup at Regent Pearl gym on Sunday at Alijis.
The Huskies' Fifties rallied from behind to score a hard-earned 75-67 victory with 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the...
BUS Group 40/50 Uppers enter Sharp Cup finals
BASKETBALL Unified Sports Group 40 and 50 - Up teams will meet Bays Club and Real Med, respectively on Sunday for the championship of the 1st Sharp Basketball Cup at Regent Pearl gym in Alijis.
NOPSSCEA aspirant basketball quarterfinals start March 3
SIX teams lead by defending champion St. John's Institute and team-to-beat University of Negros Occidental Recoletos will see NOPSSCEA quarterfinal action Saturday March 3.
Bays Club, BUS Group survive; Real Med ousts NEPROAC
DIMINUTIVE Joel Marquez scored 31 points as Real Med Pharmacy gave Negros Professionals an overdose, 85-71, to barge into the final in the 50 Up category of Sharp Basketball Cup at Regent Pearl gym in Barangay Alijis.
NEPROAC's enforcer Rolen Balquin drilled in 24 points but those were...
BUS Group 50's in the final; 3 others live to see another day
Complacency is an enemy when underdogs turn into vicious canines.
Three of four teams with twice-to-beat advantage learned this hard lesson Sunday in the semi final round of Sharp Basketball Cup at Regent Pearl Subdivision gym in Barangay Alijis.
Except for Basketball Unified...
BUS Group 50's in the final 40's derailed by Negros BG
COMPLACENCY is an enemy and turns underdogs into vicious canines.
Three of four teams with twice-to-beat advantage learned this on Sunday in the semi final round of Sharp Basketball Cup at Regent Pearl Subdivision gym in Barangay Alijis.
Except for Basketball Unified Sports Group (...
Doble: Lin and Linn
JEREMY Lin, that new sensation from New York Knicks in the NBA, has started a word war between Taiwan and China. The Chinese from the mainland claimed that his maternal grandmother hailed from that place.
An uncle insists that Lin is Taiwanese and many of his relatives live in Taipei....
BUS Group twice to beat in Sharp Cup semis
BASKETBALL Unified Sports (BUS) Group stopped La Carlota, 78-70; and Negros Basketball Group (NBG) demolished Handumanan, 88-60, in the 40-Up division closing the elimination round of Sharp Basketball Cup at Regent Pearl gym on Sunday.
The "younger" Huskies, who topped its class, will...
Doble: Guest team
A GUEST team in NOPSSCEA? Why not?
It used to be that some 10 teams or a dozen participate yearly in the so-called basketball developmental league of the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports and Cultural Educational Association, specifically in the 10 Under division.
This year...
One flew over Koko's nest
LIKE laws, promises are made to be broken.
A basketball commissioner goes cuckoo after discovering that the funds for an age group tournament are not coming. Since November last year when the Congressman Doc Golez/Senator Koko Pimentel Basketball Cup opened at Regent Pearl covered court...
Bays Club wins back to back in Sharp-saved league
BAYS Club salvaged a 76-73 cliffhanger over Hinigaran on Vernie Villarias' buzzer-beating triple last January 29. On Sunday, Handumanan succumbed to the same squad, 81-88 in the beleaguered league abandoned by its original sponsors.
Enter Sharp 40/50 Classic. Exit the Congressman Doc...
