Cansino to lead Davao City in Davraa

THE Philippines' No. 3-ranked Juan Paolo Cansino will lead the charge for Davao City's gold medal quest in secondary tennis of the Davao Region Athletic Association (Davraa) Meet 2011 set on April 10 to 14 in Tagum City.

John Paul, UIC cagers win

JOHN Paul II College of Davao and the University of the Immaculate Conception (UIC) hacked out similar thrilling wins on Sunday in the Liga Dabaw First Conference basketball tournament at the Davao City Recreation Center.

SJI, STA's ruled NOPSSCEA Aspirants Volley

ST. JOHN'S Institute and St. Theresita's Academy of Silay split the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports, Cultural and Education Association (NOPSSCEA) Aspirant Volleyball tournament which started Tuesday last week until Monday at USLS College Covered Court.

New league

COLLEGIATE basketball players can now look forward to landing a job after their stint in school.

A new local commercial league—the Cebu Basketball Association—will be launched next month and is hoping to revive the glory days of local hoops.

TNT to focus on defense

MANILA—Talk ’N Text coach Chot Reyes said defense will be the key factor when they meet San Miguel Beer in the seven-game finals series of the 36th PBA All Filipino Cup.

Game 1 will kick off this Saturday in Negros Occidental.

Coaches laud Azkals’ visit

TWO renowned youth coaches of believe the visit by the RP Men’s National team, popularly known as the Azkals, will have a huge impact on local football, especially the grassroots.

“They are taking advantage of the euphoria that we have now because of the Azkals. It started in Davao and spread to Cebu. If they tour the different areas, so much the better,” Paref-Springdale coach Mario Ceniza told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday. “It will inspire the budding players in the grassroots.”

5 Cebuanos make PHL rugby team

FIVE Cebuano rugby players made it to the first Philippine National Development Team that will compete in the 15s International Rugby games in Malaysia next month.

Out of 50 hopefuls, 26 were chosen by the Philippine Rugby Football Union Selecting Team last Jan. 8 at the Philsports Stadium in Pasig City to play against teams from Sabah and Brunei.

Pages: Australian Open new, Davis Cup tomorrow

LET ME the chorus of hundreds who’ve congratulated Ricky Ballesteros. The executive director of the Sinulog Foundation, Inc., Ricky was the overseer of last Sunday’s biggest festival in the Philippines. Well done, Rick!

Quijano: Hemmed in by two magistrates

I HAD the time of my life catching the action last Friday at “URCC Cebu VI: Respect.”

More so, because I was seated at the producer’s table, happily ensconced between two judges.

Mendoza: Donaire says talk of Dad’s firing not his

THE following is an e-mail from “Team Donaire,” an obvious reaction to my column of 01/15/11.

“Dear writer,

Fighting until 2013

EXPECT to see more Manny Pacquiao fights as he has no plans of hanging his gloves just yet.

Pacquiao once pondered on retiring but he wants to fight for two more years before ending his career.

Django tops WPA ranking

MORE Filipino cue masters joined World 9-Ball Champino Francisco “Django” Bustamante in the top 10 of the recent release of the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) rankings.

Bustamante, who won the WPA World 9-Ball Championships in Doha, Qatar topped the list of 145 after accumulating 1,142 points from two of the three sanctioned tournaments last year.

Top chess players in Kidapawan Open

THE Kidapawan Chess Club formally announced on Sunday the staging of the 3rd Kidapawan Chess Open Championship on Feb. 12 to 13, with International Master Oliver Barbosa expected to defend the crown he won last year but will be competing this time against some of the country's top guns in the sport.

Talaboc is Datba champ

SAMUEL "Sammy" Talaboc sustained his fiery form to crown himself 2010 Datba Bowler of the Year at the NCCC Mall B3 Lanes Sunday night.

SBC tourney moved because of flooding

THE Sunday Bowlers Club failed to conduct its weekly Dalawahan Tournament at the Fairlanes Bowling Center due to flooding along F. Torres St. caused by the heavy downpour on Sunday night.

New sensation pulls off another win in 10K run

DENIED of a top finish in Cebu because he was suffering from cough, Brokenshire College trackster Anthony Nerza was feeling better this time in ruling the men's 10K crown of the just-concluded Run To Serve 2011 held in an out-and-back at Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) Grounds on Sunday.

FEU bets survive ‘Adamson's scare’

IN WHAT billed earlier as a titanic battle, reigning champions Far Eastern University Tamaraws of coach GM Jayson Gonzales almost fell at the hands of last year's runner-up Adamson University.

BTTHS toasts UNO-R; WNU stuns SJI

A PAIR of reversal caused pain in the second week of elimination round of the NOPSSCEA aspirant developmental league at West Negros University gym.

Capitol keeps 24 Mapeh rooms at Paglaum

NEGROS Occidental High School (NOHS) Principal Mario Amaca recently appealed to Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr., as the provincial government takes over Paglaum Sports Complex, to provide them extra space due to classromm shortage as student population continues to increase annually.

He also added the governor has also assured them to keep the 24 classrooms used by Music, Arts, Physical Education and Health (Mapeh) Department located within the Paglaum Sports Complex until replacements will be provided.

2010 Boscolympics unfolds today

ABOUT 800 Bosconian athletes from 10 Salesian schools are expected to see action in various sports disciplines as the 2011 National Boscolympics kicks off today, January 17, 2011 at Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) – Victorias City.

This national event, to run until January 20, 2011 will be joined by schools from Makati, Mandaluyong, Tarlac, Pampanga, Canlubang, Sta. Rosa, Cebu, Dumaguete and host-DBTI with special participation of Don Bosco-Guam, is the opening salvo of DBTI’s 60th Foundation Anniversary celebration after it was founded in 1951.

NOHS inter-class bowlfest resumes

THE Negros Occidental High School Inter-Class Alumni Fellowship Bowling Tournament resumes at 5 p.m. Monday at the Super Lanes of the Goldenfield Commercial Complex in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City.

In the lead in the 24-team pack is Class ’89 headed by Rommel Niepes, with a three games collection of 1,517 pinfalls, followed by Class ’72 headed by Elvis Alagao with 1,479.

500 sign up for cash-rich SM run

SOME 500 runners have signed up for the SM 2 SM Run on Feb. 13 and organizers say the speedy response can be credited to the online group page of Run for Sight.

The run will have the half-marathon, 12K, 6K and 3K categories. There will also be the 6K and 12K divisions for couples.

Rose chess tilt on Feb. 8

THE organizers moved the Fide-rated 2011 Rose Pharmacy Chess King competition to Feb. 8 to 12, three weeks after its original schedule.

Limpag: All dressed up and ready to go...to jail?

I SAW a man get arrested during a football game in the Southeast Asian Games in 2005 because he made sure everyone’s attention was on him.

He sure did get it, the cops’ included, and five of them—one on each extremity—carried him out of the venue like a sack of garbage.

8th Thirsty Cup kicks off next month

THE Thirsty Football Festival returns for another edition on Feb. 4 to 6 at the Cebu City Sports Center.

“The Thirsty Football festival was a trailbalzer. It was the first seven-a-side football festival in Cebu...Now football festivals are sprouting like mushrooms.

Cabs revival seen after CCSC’s support

WITH renewed optimism, the Cebu Association of Batted Sports (Cabs) will start propagating the love for batted sports among the youth in public schools and barangays this year.

Cabs technical and grounds committee chairman Dionisio Bacarisas admitted they were inspired by the new thrust of the Cebu City Sports Commission Chairman Edward Hayco to give importance on grassroots development.

73RD UAAP Chess: FEU on a streak, besting La Salle

DEFENDING champions Far Eastern University Tamaraws on Saturday scored their third-straight 3.5-.5 victory, this time around against the La Salle Greenhills woodpushers, to keep the lead in senior men's chess of the UAAP Games' 73rd season.

Olympic body recognizes volleyball head

THE country’s new volleyball head promised to implement changes including the formation of a commercial league to make the Philippines at par with the region’s best.

Resort owner joins Liga Dabaw

LIGA Dabaw got another big boost with the support thrown by resort owner Jazmin Middleton.

FITB head coming to Davao for tchoukball tournament

FEDERACION Internationale De Tchoukball (FITB) president Chris Huang will be the guest of honor during the 1st Philippine Open Tchoukball Championships from January 27 to 30 at the Davao City Recreation Center.