Lomyog leads cast of winners in 3rd Bishop run

ASIDE from topping the foot race, participants in the 3rd Bishop’s Run recently held at the Burnham Lake Drive were also given a chance to help in preserving the cleanliness as well as the safety of Baguio residents and visitors who frequent Baguio’s premier park.

Jay Lomyog trailblazed the 21-kilometer (21K) run with a time of one hour and 43 seconds while Lisa Maranan had a time of one hour, 21 minutes and 11 seconds to win the distaff in the foot race which allowed runners to traverse a stretch of historic Camp John Hay.

Combative sports keep hope of Cordillera alive in Palaro

COMBATIVE sports continued their spirited rally as Cordillera kept its hope alive of a better finish in this year’s staging of the Palarong Pambansa being held here in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

From a measly 12 gold medal haul in last year’s Palaro held in Lingayen, the region has actually surpassed the count by one and is expected to have more as taekwondo and arnis competition has come to a close where the region has been excelling.

MMA in the limelight

WITH the Filipinos’ increasing awareness and interest in mixed martial arts (MMA), especially in the northern part as that of the Cordillera Administrative region and its nearby provinces, MMA gyms and competitions are popping out like mushrooms.

With this, it has been advantageous to the students of the sport and its enthusiasts since there will be more reasons for them to prepare and train harder aside from attaining self-discipline, athleticism, health and wellness as well as the aim of obtaining the right knowledge and skills of self-defense which is applicable for today’s peace and order situation in the country.

Arnis saves day for Cordillera in Palaro 2013

DUMAGUETE CITY -- Arnis practically saved the day for the Cordillera Administrative Region to barge into the medal tally in the ongoing 2013 Palarong Pambansa at the Holy Cross High School here.

Inspired by the golden performance of Elemer Manlapas in the anyo individual single weapon in the elementary boys category, the Cordillera added two more silver and two bronze medals for the region after two days of disappointment.

Vinluan: Sports navigators

AN OBVIOUS factor likely to influence success in any endeavor is “GUIDANCE”, as to a navigator is to a pilot, a parent to a child, an instructor to a student, and a trainer to an athlete. However, another factor often overlooked is the competence of a “navigator or guide” in helping the individuals fulfill their dream of success.

Cordi boxer gains QF berth in Palarong Pambansa

DUMAGUETE CITY -- The sizzling 33 degrees Celsius summer heat may have been taking its toll on the Cordillera contingents as athletes coming from the only landlocked region in the country continue their woeful start in the ongoing 2013 Palarong Pambansa in Dumaguete City.

With Western Visayas and the National Capital Region jockeying for position at the top of the country’s largest annual gathering of student athletes, Cordillera suffered different setbacks in the different sporting events.

Igorot fighter takes limelight in URCC 23

FEATHERWEIGHT prospect Edmundo Velasco Jr. is set to join the long list of Cordillerans who have made the region the number one producer of quality mix martial arts fighter.

Velasco, named “The Hitman” and trains at the Torogi Muay thai/MMA, is among the Baguio-based fighters who will test their mettle in the upcoming Universal Reality Combat Championship 23 dubbed “Unrivaled” on April 27.

TNF 100 ultramarathon top finishers awarded

THE North Face (TNF) 100 ultramarathon continues to produce icons.

And leading the list of runners worthy of recognition is Arnold Luzano, overall champion of the 100k category, with a time of 15 hours, 51 minutes and 42 seconds.

Antons set records in Circuit Showdown

PHILIPPINE Nascar team and multi awarded Castrol driver Carlos Anton and his eight year old son Iñigo set records in the recently concluded Circuit Showdown round 2 at the Clark International Speedway.

The older Anton used the venue as a final practice round for his Nascar Race Ex World Circuit debut in May at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina and he showed why he deserves his spot in the Philippine team.

TNF 100 fires off runners today

ALL ROADS lead to the Summer Capital anew as the largest gathering of trail and road runners from all over the world for The North Face 100 (TNF 100) ultra-trail marathon sees action from April 20 and 21 at the Camp John Hay.

Diane Van Deren, a member of the TNF Global Team will lead the cast of foreign runners joining the tough 100 kilometer (100k) ultra marathon run which starts at Camp John Hay and traverses through the trails of nearby Tuba and Itogon towns of Benguet.

UC softbelles eye stint in tough Asaphil tourney

PRISAA 2013 national softball champion University of the Cordilleras (UC) is setting its sight on another goal with their probable participation in the upcoming Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines (Asaphil) summer grand slam softball tournament.

The tournament will formally open on May 1, with over 27 teams seeing action in Clark Field, Pampanga.

Undefeated Wa-o stakes clean record

UNDEFEATED super bantamweight boxer Rex Wa-o stakes his clean 6-0 record when he battles a visiting Rizal fighter as one of the heavy fight card of Highland Boxing’s “Strawberry Punch: Rumble in La Trinidad.”

Slated April 20 at the municipal gym of La Trinidad, Wa-o will also be staking his Luzon Professional Boxing Association (Luzproba) super bantamweight title he won this year against Dundee Pumar of Binangonan in their 10-round encounter.

Hydration helps you train

WATER plays a vital role in an athlete’s daily life. It makes an athlete healthy simply because it keeps everything in the body system work properly. The essential role or taking the right amount of water daily is a life saver for athletes and non-athletes. As they say we lose certain amount of water every day in every activity that we do either through sweating or in using the bathroom, so replacing it is crucial if we value our health and we intend to live longer. Some research also reveals that drinking the right amount of water prevents some ailments and also helps in the curing of some health disorders.

Lakays target clean slate in One FC

ONE Fighting Championship’s (One FC) return to Manila come May 31 will also mark Team Lakay’s legacy as the country’s number one mix martial arts (MMA) squad.

With five of them fighting for Asia’s biggest mix martial arts promotion, Team Lakay’s One FC featherweight champion Honorio Banario will headline the event as he defends his title for the first time against Koji Oishi.

Registration all set for first Baguio City full marathon

RUNNING gets another lease of life in the Summer Capital with the first ever full marathon happening June.

Spearheaded by the Team frontRUNNER in partnership with Baguio Country Mart, the event dubbed First Baguio City Marathon firing off on June 3, will have the lung busting 42 kilometer (42K) full marathon and a 21K half marathon side event.

Iranians finish with style in Le Tour finale

IRANIANS Iranagh Ghader Mizbani and Hagh Amir Kolahdoz rode side-by-side to the finish line at the Burnham Park lake drive to cap an all foreign riders atop the top three at the close of the 2013 Le tour de Filipinas.

Mizbani and Kolahdoz clocked an identical four hours, 30 minutes and eight seconds (4:30:08) to finish 1-2 in the fourth and final stage of the UCI calendared race in the country.

GWE rallies past UL for Panagbenga Cup

CONTRACTING service provider GWE engaged in a tic-tac-toe battle before settling a 96-94 victory against a highly touted University of Luzon to take home the championship at the close of the 2013 Panagbenga Cup Basketball Invitational Tournament.

Former University of the Cordilleras (UC) Jaguar and now bench tactician Haynes Acdong scored the go ahead basket on a two-for-two free throw that gave GWE a precarious 92-90 lead with 26.8 seconds remaining in the ball game.

Pitpitunge faces Jap foe in first title defense

REIGNING Pacific Xtreme Combat bantamweight title holder Crisanto Pitpitunge returns to the cage to defend his title for the first time after almost one year of ring absence.

Pitpitunge will be the main card of the PXC 37 event slated May 18 at the Ynares Sports Complex.

Le Tour braces for tough Baguio finale today

THE four-day Le Tour de Filipinas 2013 biggest challenge closes today, Wednesday, featuring crack riders from 20 foreign and local teams vying for top honors in the fabled tour included in the international cycling calendar.

Bikers will test the final ascend to Baguio City covering 132 kilometers from Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya which is the culminating but expectedly dramatical stage that will pass through what is to be called the “Northern Alps,” a mountain-top ride on the Cordilleras that approaches the Summer Capital from the back door.

City High torches SLU-C in Miners Cup resumption

BAGUIO City National High School (BCNHS) bucked a double digit deficit in the first half to turn the tide by pulling off a 78-61 win over Saint Louis University Laboratory High School (SLU-LHS) team C in the ongoing Miners Cup 4 at the BCNHS auditorium.

Down by six at the end of the first half, 26-32, Jeff Hernandez came up with a searing 22-4 run in the third period to practically nail their first win in the tournament backed by the Philippine Mining Safety and Environment Association.

Team Torogi eyes stellar wins in Tarlac Muay tilt

FOLLOWING their recent victories in the different muay thai events in the country, Team Torogi is once again set to compete outside Baguio on April 27 in Tarlac City.

Dubbed as “Muaythai Evolution”, the USC muay thai eliminations event is organized by Furinkazan MMA and fitness Station of the USC Team to be held at SM City Tarlac.

Football camp seen to bring more interest

THE hopes of bringing football to another level in Cordillera region may finally soon come to fruition with the success of the 2013 Kiko Summer Football Camp at the Benguet State University (BSU) football grounds Friday afternoon.

It was the biggest participation so far, with 350 youngsters in the event organized by Frael Aquino's family in honor of their father Francisco in cooperation with BSU Football Club, People's Initiative for Learning and Communication Development and Pastor Gerry Moncada.

Lakay’s Galera eyes URCC interim bantamwieght title

UNDEFEATED featherweight prospect Dave Galera of Team Lakay steps up to the plate come April 27, when he seeks another belt for the country’s top mix martial arts gym.

With three of his four wins coming by way of submission, Galera will be up against DEFTAC’s Red Romero for the interim bantamweight title of the country’s first mix martial arts promotion, the URCC which will have two interim belts at stake in the evening.

Anton drives home sixth AAP plum

HILLCLIMB racer Carlos Anton drove to greatness anew after winning his sixth Driver of the Year Award recently at the Manila International Auto Show by the Automobile Association of the Philippines.

The restaurateur-cum-ace driver has dominated the past six years of Hillclimb racing in the country by winning 27 of the 28 races he has joined using the Mark Young-Hornitex prepared CRX.

Baguio players dominate Lang-ay Darts tilt

THE three-day Lang-ay darts tournament last April 5 and 6 ended with visiting Baguio players bringing home 12 of the 19 trophies.

Mt. Province player Nathan Dug-a surprisingly beat many seasoned Baguio players in the open singles but his best wasn’t good enough when he faced international champion Arvee Briones. Dug-a settled for first runner up while Ian Bolinget and John Oblades brought home the 2nd and 3rd runner up trophies, respectively.

Sports, adventure tourism trending in Baguio-Benguet

SPORTS and adventure events are fast becoming a trend in Baguio-Benguet area and the rest of Cordillera.

After the Philippine Skyrunning Association had the second staging of the Pilipinas Akyathlon, a 33-kilometer mountain trail race up and down the 2,150 meters above sea level peak of Mt. Ugo in Itogon, Benguet last February, comes the “The North Face 100” (TNF 100), an ultra trail marathon on April 20.

Banario ready for first title defense

WITH Asia's largest mix martial (MMA) arts promotion returning to Manila on May, Igorot fighting pride Honorio Banario is set to defend his title against a Japanese submission specialist.

Banario, winner of the first featherweight belt in One Fighting Championships (One FC), will battle Koji Oishi when the promotions returns to the fight capital of Asia at the 20,000-seater SM Mall of Asia Arena in what is expected to be the greatest fight card ever compiled in One FC history.

Pulag to welcome trekkers anew

THE country's second highest mountain peak, Mt. Pulag, will once again be a busy venue as outdoor enthusiasts and adventure seekers for the Akiki Extreme Adventure Trek scale its heights on April 28 to 30.

Considered the most difficult route towards the peak of Mount Pulag, seasoned hikers claim it as one hasn't conquered Mount Pulag unless one traversed the Akiki Trail.

Vinluan: Precautions during summer heat exercise

SUMMER is the time when most people are enthusiastically participating in different sports activities, the time of year when people indulge themselves in adventures, in the outdoors camping, running, swimming, etc. yet few understands the environmental problems associated with exercising in extremely hot climates. It may be fun, but without taking the proper precautions may not only lead to discomfort but also serious injury or even death.

Summer sports activities are to be chosen and know about the activity more before indulging yourself to avoid problems. Because in general, an individual's ability to perform physical activities or exercise affects the physiological acclimatization of the individual in hot climates, high altitudes, cold weather etc. where proper precautions should be taken.

Cordi bets eye better finish in 2013 Palaro

CORDILLERA region formally gears up and try to better their 11th place finish last year in the upcoming Palarong Pambansa to be held in Negros Oriental from April 21 to 27.

One hundred eighty-three elementary and 211 high school student athletes from the six provinces and Baguio City will comprise bulk of the region’s delegation which starts to ship out to Dumaguete today, Wednesday, until the weekend.