Sports

JSY Transport and University of St. La Salle-Nhoj’s defeated their respective opponents Sunday to tie with four wins and a loss and led the six-team cast in the 12th Tan Kek Pin Memorial Basketball Cup held at the Po hang gym of Bacolod Tay Tung High School.

JSY Transport made up mostly of players from West Negros University routed an undermanned Talisay City, 94-65, in the main game and USLS-Nhojs beat University of Negros Occidental-Polvora’s Law Office, 94-84, at the close of the elimination round of the Class A division.

Geared to further bolster the softball event in the City of Silay and promote camaraderie among its neighboring cities, the First Silay Softball Invitational is set to unfold on March 18, 2012 at the Hda. Lonoy Ballpark in Silay City.

The Mayor Oti Montelibano Softball Trophy is at stake in this event, which will be played every Sunday and will feature the top softball players in the province playing in six different teams.

After the successful staging of 1st Councilor Carl Lopez 7 A-side Football Festival last January 28, 2012, the 2nd part is on line to be staged May 26-27, 2012 at the Bacolod City National High School football field.

Emilio Goto, the tournament director disclosed recently that before the second staging of football tournament, a Summer Football Clinic will be held probably on March 21 in either at University of St. La Salle or Bacolod City National High School pitch.

Three teams in Rain or Shine, Barako Bull and Barangay Ginebra will try to erase the stigma of their respective bitter losses against separate foes last week when they tangle at the Al-Shabab Gym in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on the 23rd and on the 24th of this month in the first Philippine Basketball Association road game for the season, internationally speaking.

The 2011 Southeast Asian Games RP women’s beach volleyball campaigner in Indonesia led Central Philippine University (CPU) team to capture this year’s 9th National Women Beach Volleyball Tournament at Villa Regatta Resort in Iloilo City during the weekend.

RP team campaigner Jovelyn Gonzaga teamed up with Viola Ceballos defeated University of St. La Salle team A of former RP youth team member Patty Orendain and Beauty Denila, 21-19, 21-19 to bag the title and top cash prize and trophy.

The Discovery Perlas Pilipinas Women’s National Team, which placed second in last year’s 26th Southeast Asian Games in Indonesia and was also in Bacolod City last September 28 to October 1, 2011 for the 1st Philippine Sports Commission-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Discovery Women’s Invitational Cup, will be back in the city this coming April to hold clinics.

This was confirmed yesterday by national head coach Haydee Ong, stating that they find the city to have great potential in women’s basketball.

It was a ‘battle of heart’ as Dennis Tumayan-mentored West Negros University (WNU) Junior Mustangs bounced back from Saturday’s 62-61 Game 1 loss by sweeping Games 2 and 3 last Sunday and defended its National Basketball Training Center (NBTC)-Bacolod crown against Gerome Aledron’s University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Baby Rams in overtime, 61-58 at the WNU gym.

Kraniel Villoria, who was also named as “Most Outstanding Player” of the tournament, saved the Junior Mustangs from yielding its title against the Baby Rams by completing a 3-point play with the game clock winding down in the regulation to force overtime.

Dynamic Builder skipper Ali Go scored four goals to beat Minulu-an-Talisay, 7-2, and put his team to a solo lead in the 2012 1st Conference North Football League of Yanson Group of Bus Companies (YGBC) at the Ayala North Point football pitch in Talisay City last night.

After Jaime Poderoso ignited Dynamic’s first hit at 10 minute, Go followed his own at 12th, 20th, 21th and sealed the game at 75th minute for their fourth straight wins. Before the half ended, Minulu-an’s Julius Navales hit his mark in the 29th and 36th minute, but Dynamic’s Nickie Segaya responded in the 38th for a 5-2 half time score, then added another in the 59th minute.

Negros Occidental has been considered as one of the country’s top source of finest softbelles who have carried the national colors in various international competitions – South East Asian Games, Asia Pacific Little League Tournaments and World Series, among others.

In last year’s 26th South East Asian Games held in Indonesia, the Philippine Blu Girls claimed the gold medal, sweeping all their opponents. And of the 13 players listed in the team, 9 came from Bacolod and Negros Occidental, namely: siblings Angelique and Annalie Benjamen, Cindy Carol Banay, Elvie Entrina, Luzviminda Embudo, Queeny Sabobo, Rizza Bernardino, Sarah Jane Agravante and Veronica Belleza. These are only few of the hundreds of softbelles produced in the province for several decades of supremacy by the Negrenses in many diamonds across the country and abroad.

The 12-man Negros Occidental Secondary Boys Basketball Team is on top shape and ready to defend its Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association title when this year’s edition of this annual sports competition kicks off on March 12, 2012.

The team mentored by Dennis “Jack” Tumayan will be bannered by West Negros University’s Renz Solomon, John Daniel Javelosa, Miguel Giurnela, Kevyn Parra, Jude Junto, Josue Segumpan and Kraniel Villoria; Bacolod Tay Tung High School’s (BTTHS) Gerard Dipol; University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos’ John Toral; University of St. La Salle’s Giovanni Laguyo; and Living Heritage’s Brian Descotedo and Angelo Robillo.