A `great blessings' to PWDs
AN OVERWHELMING success spelled the 11th Metrobank Fun Run in Cagayan de Oro that drew the biggest number of entries -- 1,186 all -- since 2000.
Misamis Oriental cage icon returns to coaching
FORMER NBC coach Andy Calingin marks his return to the limelight in Saturday's opening of the NBTC-D league here at Xavier University gym.
11th Metrobank Fun Run set on Dec. 11
CONSIDERED as the longest-running event in the locality, the 11th Metrobank Fun Run for a cause is scheduled to kick off on December 11, in time of the birthday celebration of its founding organizer.
With the Philippine Service of Mercy Foundation as main beneficiary, the much-awaited...
COAA rules regional clustered meet
ONCE again, Cagayan de Oro athletes will compose the biggest bulk of Northern Mindanao squad competing in next year's Palarong Pambansa in Lingayen, Pangasinan.
This, after the Cagayan de Oro Athletic Association (COAA) team overpowered anew closest rival Misamis Oriental for the overall...
Boloto, Sabornido shine in Milo tilt
OVERALL bronze winner for the third-straight year, Mindanao team produced at least two Most Outstanding Athletes in the 3rd Milo Little Olympics National Finals held recently in Lingayen, Pangasinan.
Oro chessers sweep regional chess
CAGAYAN de Oro's dominance in the game of wits and nerves was proven once again in the recently concluded Clustered 2 Meet of the 2011 NMRAA Palaro in Iligan City.
Paired against the best bets from 11 other team delegations in Northern Mindanao, including the well-prepared Misamis...
NMRAA aims top 4 finish in national palaro
ILIGAN CITY -- Missing virtually more than half of what they usually enjoyed in the past, yet Northern Mindanao athletes are deemed expected to perform better in next year’s Palarong Pambansa.
Iligan plays host to clustered meet
WITH less excitement on their faces, the Cagayan de Oro athletes and their coaches left Wednesday for Iligan to compete in the first ever 2011 NMRAA Palarong Pampook Clustered Meet.
Canino, Baclayon champs in national chess
LIVING up to expectations as the breeding ground for future chess masters, Cagayan de Oro and the province of Misamis Oriental produced anew more qualifiers for age-group tourney abroad.
Making up for MisOr men's dismal finish in the national inter-cities and municipalities team...
Hero's welcome awaits Oro's pride
A HERO'S welcome awaits Cagayan de Oro pride Shaneen Ched Hembrador Sia, who made the country proud in the ongoing 2011 South East Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Resolute White Stallions bag title
PLAYING their best offensively and defensively, the White Stallions -- who earlier declared to bring the Black Hawks down -- left no doubt on Friday, snaring the first inter-color title of the Oro Bankers basketball tournament at the Nazareth gym here.
Oro Bankers caging culminates Thursday night
THEY beat each other once in preliminary stage and in the first two games of the best-of-3 final series. And two of their key players -- White's Stephen Go and PJ Sanchez and Black's James Simon and Jet Yaranon -- made it to the Mythical Five.
Oro Bankers named Raagas league MVP
IT SEEMS like basketball life begins at 40 for veteran slotman Erwin Raagas of the third-running Blue Titans.
Oro Bankers caging: Black-White tussle tonight
NOW both teams have enough time to prepare for the championship round.
Instead of the first Friday after the feast of the dead (as reported by this paper earlier), the 1st Oro Bankers Inter-Color basketball will start its best-of-3 final series instead on Nov. 9 (a Wednesday) at the...
Nonato, Miranda share 1st Impasug-ong Duathlon honors
BUKIDNON used to offer the country's best tracks for 4X4 Off-Road Challenge at the Mangima Canyon in Manolo Fortich town.
Oro bankers caging finals to start Friday night
TOP-performing team in the elimination round (5-1), the Black Hawks dribblers, prefer to be labelled as the underdog when the 1st Oro Bankers Inter-Color basketball tournament starts its best-of-3 finals Friday night at the Nazareth gym here.
"We used to be the top team after the double...
Cuizon-Balase, Coquilla share chess limelight
WOMAN National Master Loreshyl Cuizon-Balase banked on her experience, while youthful Chezter Jayson Coquilla pulled a trick in endgame squabble as the two joined Class A champion Johnnel Balquin in sharing the spotlight of the 1st Karak Tea chess tournament at Day Care Center of Barangay Patag...
Balase-Opema tiff in women's finals
BACK on the 64-square-board after a long absence, former Olympiad campaigner Woman National Master Loreshyl Cuizon-Balase proved that she still has a sharp mind.
Defeating perennial Palaro qualifier Alyssa Ysaiah Jamaca in the penultimate round, the now-mother of two girls is set for an...
Halloween chessfest today in Barangay Patag
YOUNG and old chess enthusiasts will gather today, Monday, in Barangay Patag for a chess tournament that guarantees to have a festival atmosphere.
Balquin redeems self vs Gonzales
PAIRED against his former tormentor, Johnnel Balquin appeared too lucky in the final round to survive and grab the Open division title of the ongoing 1st Karak Tea Chess Tournament at the Day Care Center of Barnagay Patag.
"Hapit na sab ko na-igo (Again, I got almost upset)," Balquin...
White snaps Black's five-game win streak
ON WEDNESDAY's preview of the finals, the White Stallions finally succeeded in putting a blot to the Black Hawks' unbeaten record via a 75-70 finish in the exciting 1st Oro Bankers Inter-Color basketball tourney at the Nazareth gym here.
Black waiting for Oro Bankers cagefest finals
ERWIN Raagas and the Blue Titans were almost there Friday, trying to end the Black Hawks' unbeaten mark in the 1st Oro Bankers Inter-Color basketball tourney at the Nazareth gym here.
With just 20 seconds to go and the Titans leading by two, 60-58, the crowd seemed at the tip of viewing...
Ageless Unabia thwarts Sotto anew
FOR a 33-year-old father not blessed with height and a pair of long legs, the road awaiting him in the national finals of the 35th Milo Marathon may have been riddled with unbearable challenge.
Black Hawks grab solo lead
ARMED with the stunning presence of veteran coach Manny Diaz, the White Stallions did succeed to bring down Erwin Raagas and the Blue Titans, 85-78, in the 1st Oro Bankers Inter-Color basketball tourney on Wednesday at the Nazareth gym, Cagayan de Oro City.
This, as the Black Hawks...
Liceo student hospitalized after taekwondo match
AS USUAL, the Prisaa jins dominated most of the final events in taekwondo competition of the 2011 Cagayan de Oro Quadrangular Meet on Friday.
