Oro mayor: 'Keep that competitive fire'

ASEAN Youth Chess Championship qualifiers Tristan Frech Ibaoc and Vanessa Magno met with Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano last May 24, 2011.

Accompanied by Asset-in-chess training director Lorenzo Cuizon, the two young wizards gave courtesy and personally thanked the mayor for the support extended by the City Government to the Cagayan de Oro chess team during the Mayor Inday Sarah Duterte Cup: 2011 National Age Group Chess Championships slated last April 25-28 at the Gaisano Mall in Davao City.

Late-charging Wealthbank set to win crown Thursday

IT'S like climbing Mt. Everest when the second-seeded Emcor faces the 4th-seeded Wealthbank in Thursday night's resumption of the 2011 Auto Planet summer basketball tournament's championship game at Barangay 24's covered court here.

Sacred Heart battles XU today in semis round

SACRED Heart of Jesus Montessori School plays Xavier University Junior Crusaders Thursday for the right to challenge DMPI for the 17-under crown of the 2011 Alaska-Jolas Cup summer basketball tournament at the XU gym.

Club 24 bags Auto Planet crown

TEAMWORK and familiarity of the court sparked Club 24's masterful 82-71 thrashing of Lapaz I on Sunday night's championship game of the 2011 Auto Planet summer inter-ballclub tournament here at Barangay 24's covered court.

Sacred Heart tangles with host XU Junior Crusaders

"THERE'S no use for us outside of the championship game."

Wealthbank stuns Metrobank, 90-85

METROBANK's remarkable nine-game win run ended in heartbreaking fashion as a rash of upset painted black on Saturday night's crossover round of the 2011 Auto Planet summer basketball tournament here at Barangay 24's covered court.

1st JTSI caging on in Tagoloan

SETTING good example for the corporate firms in the locality, the Jas Trucking Service Inc. on Monday opened its 1st JTSI Basketball Cup Summer 2011 at the JTSI Compound in Natumolan, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

Metrobank, Emcora seek final seats

FOR the top-performing teams in the elimination round, Saturday night's crossover matches of the 2011 Auto Planet Summer basketball tournament at Barangay 24's covered court in Cagayan de Oro City could be both exciting and scary to deal with.

Coaches: NMRAA can do better in next Palaro

THREE notches better than the much bigger Davao region (8th-placer), it's not bad at all for Northern Mindanao to be satisfied of its fifth-place finish overall in the just-concluded 2011 Palarong Pambansa in Dapitan City.

Metrobank tops elim round at 9-1

IT SEEMS that Metrobank is bound to live by the desire of its eager cast of veterans to make a record in this year's Auto Planet summer basketball tournament at Barangay 24's covered court in Cagayan de Oro City.

Slaying the giants: Davao's legacy in Palaro caging

NORTHERN Mindanao's semifinal conqueror Davao Junior Eagles may not have completed their giant-killing run in the 2011 Palaro secondary boys basketball competition.

MisOr bets sparkle in Dipolog chessfest

MISAMIS Oriental woodpushers shared with Cebu-based campaigners in dominating the 7th Dipolog Hudyaka Open chess tournament concluded on Sunday at the Convention Center of Dipolog City.

Northern Mindanao squad keeps 5th Palaro spot

BUKIDNON'S football players came up the biggest heroes for Northern Mindanao's retention of its fifth-place finish in the just-concluded 2011 Palarong Pambansa in Dapitan City.

Oro jins set to pad NM's 9-gold haul

DIPOLOG CITY -- Still halfway in taekwondo's medal campaign and volleyball threatening to enter in elementary boys' finals, Northern Mindanao looks in a better position to improve its nine-gold haul and a shot for an ambitious top-4 finish in the 2011 Palarong Pambansa, which comes to a close Saturday at the Jose Rizal Memorial Sports Complex here.

NM netters, Licayan sparkle for gold wins

DIPOLOG CITY -- La Salle-bound Josafat "JJ" Licayan, grandson of Cagayan de Oro City Councilor Simeon Licayan, bagged the first gold in taekwondo, bringing to four the gold medals won by Northern Mindanao going to the homestretch of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa jointly hosted by Dapitan and this neighboring city of Zamboanga del Norte.

NorMin cagers upset towering Central Luzon

DIPOLOG CITY -- Northern Mindanao's junior basketball team pulled out a big upset against the towering Central Luzon, 72-69 to inch closer into the semifinal round of the 2011 Palaro basketball competition at the Zamboanga del Norte Cultural Sports Center here.

Gingoog chessfest set May 20-21

IT'S all systems go for an Open Chess Tournament in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental on May 20 to 21.

Northern Mindanao runner shines in visually impaired contest

DAPITAN CITY -- On the day when luck hardly smiles on the regular bets of the Northern Mindanao Regional Athletic Association (NMRAA) in the centerpiece events, visually impaired Maximo Dagayloan Jr. made Northern Mindanao proud when he won a couple of golds in the special events of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa held at the Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) Sports Complex here.

Oro bags 41 medals in 24th Karatedo Tilt

CAGAYAN de Oro City bagged 14 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze medals in the just-concluded Mayor Vicente Y. Emano-sponsored 24th Philippine Karatedo Federation National Age Group and Open Championships, which ended Sunday at the Xavier Estates Sports and Country Club.

Bukidnon boy gives Northern Mindanao’s 1st gold

DAPITAN CITY -- A Bukidnon boy delivered the first gold for the Northern Mindanao team in Tuesday afternoon's athletics competition of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa at the track oval of the JRMSU Sports Complex here.

Antolo: Keeps sticking to Northern Mindanao’s Top 4 target

DIPOLOG CITY -- Stung by the 10-0 loss of its elementary baseball to the Fil-Am laden National Capital Region, Northern Mindanao at least made a quick recovery in the preliminary matches of some other ballgame competitions of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa held here.

As the region's female dribblers made a triumphant debut, the Sacred Heart-powered NM junior hoopsters also opened with a thrilling 96-93 victory over the tough Central Visayas.

Acain, Ebcas gun for gold in the centerpiece finals

DAPITAN CITY -- Former Batang Pinoy standout Joshua Acain of Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School (MOGCHS) and National Milo Little Olympics champion Jerwen Ebcas of Corpus Christi try to knock out the first gold for Northern Mindanao as action of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa intensifies Wednesday in the centerpiece events at the JRMSU Sports Complex here.

Palaro opening: Two thumbs up

DAPITAN CITY -- In hosting the first ever Palarong Pambansa meet in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, "Rizal Country" -- as what it is prominently known in Mindanao -- is still seemingly groping in the dark.

Education office to award P10,000 for first gold

DAPITAN CITY -- Northern Mindanao squad will give an outright reward of P10,000 cash to its first athlete to win gold as action goes full throttle starting Monday in the 2011 Palarong Pambansa at the JRMSU Sports Complex here.

Raymund Antolo, delegation head of the 400-strong Northern Mindanao Regional Athletic Association (NMRAA) team, announced this development during his final briefing with the coaches and trainers at the Olingan Elementary School, their week-long abode that is one kilometer away from downtown Dipolog, another 15 kilometers distance from the main venue.

Ebcas, Licayan ready to lead Northern Mindanao campaign

DIPOLOG CITY -- Manila-bound Josafat "JJ" Licayan of taekwondo and Jerwen Eblacas of athletics will lead the 400-strong Northern Mindanao team's quest for honors in the 2011 Palarong Pambansa, which will open Sunday in Dapitan City.

Karatedo tourney reels off

MARTIAL arts action returns Friday in Cagayan de Oro where the country's top karatedo stars come from.

Event organizer Kakay Pabillore, who molded younger sister Ma. Marna Pabillore and nephew Jose Mari Pabillore to become the Philippines’ campaigners in the biennial meet, expects around 500 participants.

Oro age-group event expects 500 karatekas

SOME 500 young karatekas from all over the country will converge in Cagayan de Oro City on May 6 to compete in the 2011 PKF National Age-Group karatedo championships at the Xavier Sports and Country Club.

MisOr's Salcedo settles for 3rd

MISAMIS Oriental's Richelieu Salcedo III failed in his bid to collar the national master title but settled a respectable third in the 2011 National Juniors Chess Championships, which ended Tuesday at the NCCC Mall in Davao City.

Salcedo, Salgados bounce back in 6th round

MISAMIS Oriental's Jongjong Salcedo and Cagayan de Oro's Lennon Hart Salgados rebounded from an ego-boosting loss to same opponent in the ongoing 2011 National Juniors chess tournament at the NCC Mall in Davao City.

Club 24, Barra Eagles sparkle

METROBANK and Club 24 took the lead in their respective divisions of the ongoing 2011 Auto Planet summer basketball tournament here at Barangay 24's covered court.