Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Uno, Aegis People Support head 1st day winners in Baguio Day Cup
UNO basketball team and Aegis People Support came with huge victories to open their title hunt in the second year of the Baguio Cup basketball tournament at the Easter College gym, Sunday morning.
Right after the simple yet festive opening program, Uno immediately went to work as it edged Titans in bracket A action with Mike Rojo topping the ball game with 28 points including eight rebounds, two steals and an assist for a 101-87 Uno victory.
Uno earlier enjoyed a 44-35 halftime lead before pushing on with their razor sharp offense in the second half to win their first game in the tournament backed by telecom giant Globe.
In bracket B actions, Aegis People Support lead by Eric Garcia's 25 points also scored their first victory by upending Braveheart/Generika, 118-97, while Codalian stopped Hotel Elizabeth, 83-79, in bracket C with When Pascual's game high 27 points and 12 rebounds.
UB85ers escaped Norman Trading in bracket D, 85-81, with Rene Laguitan firing 22 points which led all the way from the opening buzzer which pushed them to 45-37 at halftime.
Dad's Place, meanwhile, downed Goshenland, 85-76, in bracket E with Edu Veneracion scoring 18 points, six rebounds and three steals despite trailing in the halftime, 29-34.
Also in bracket E, Dagsian United edged Lopez Building, 77-71, led by William Channas' 22 points and 16 rebounds while Rianella barely escaped GWE in bracket C, 74-73, with Francis Collado leading the charges on his 19 point output and 9 rebounds.
The tournament will be a round-robin format where the top four teams in each bracket will play for the cross over semifinals with the top two teams enjoying a twice to beat advantage.
Cash prizes, aside from the championship and division trophies, await the champs.
Individual awards will also be given to top performing players in the tournament, including a mythical five, a season and finals most valuable player for each bracket.
Organizers said the tournament hopes to be an effective vehicle to promote peace and order and at the same time a healthy lifestyle for members of the community, not only in Baguio City but also Benguet. (Roderick Osis)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 09, 2011.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Baguio sets eyes on hosting 2012 Palarong Pambansa
WITH the city eyeing to host the Philippine National Games, Baguio will seek another try and bid for the Palarong Pambansa, also slated next year.
But this being taken into consideration by City officials after Mayor Mauricio Domogan said during a press forum they are willing to co-host the annual sporting event for elementary and high school students.
The city, according to Domogan, is willing to co-host the event considering the Summer Capital, has yet to improve and renovate its dilapidated sports facilities.
Baguio City, in fact, has made their bid to host the games during the 90’s but failed to win the hosting.
Pangasinan, Laguna, Albay, Negros Oriental and Mindoro Oriental are the other provinces, which also offered their respective bids as next Palaro host.
Earlier, the city also made a bid to host the Philippine National Games next year through a proposed resolution by Councilor Elmer Datuin, which seeks to submit the bid to the Philippine Sports Commission and to the Philippine Olympic Committee.
The resolution stemmed from the over-all performance of the Summer Capital after scoring 68 gold medals, including 66 silver and 76 bronze in the resurgent games which were last staged 15 years ago.
Hosting the national games, according to the resolution, aims to take the momentum of the Baguio squad of their success and for the Baguio residents to witness their excellence.
Datuin, in his resolution, said Baguio City is already known by world-class athletes as a high altitude training area and conducting national games in the city will further provide an added attraction.
Datuin added the conduct of the national games may also be done in partnership with the province of Benguet and La Union as venues of some sports disciplines.
The resolution also seeks to partner with the PSC for the rehabilitation and repair of the city’s existing sports facilities once the hosting of the PNG is approved. (Roderick Osis)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 05, 2011.
But this being taken into consideration by City officials after Mayor Mauricio Domogan said during a press forum they are willing to co-host the annual sporting event for elementary and high school students.
The city, according to Domogan, is willing to co-host the event considering the Summer Capital, has yet to improve and renovate its dilapidated sports facilities.
Baguio City, in fact, has made their bid to host the games during the 90’s but failed to win the hosting.
Pangasinan, Laguna, Albay, Negros Oriental and Mindoro Oriental are the other provinces, which also offered their respective bids as next Palaro host.
Earlier, the city also made a bid to host the Philippine National Games next year through a proposed resolution by Councilor Elmer Datuin, which seeks to submit the bid to the Philippine Sports Commission and to the Philippine Olympic Committee.
The resolution stemmed from the over-all performance of the Summer Capital after scoring 68 gold medals, including 66 silver and 76 bronze in the resurgent games which were last staged 15 years ago.
Hosting the national games, according to the resolution, aims to take the momentum of the Baguio squad of their success and for the Baguio residents to witness their excellence.
Datuin, in his resolution, said Baguio City is already known by world-class athletes as a high altitude training area and conducting national games in the city will further provide an added attraction.
Datuin added the conduct of the national games may also be done in partnership with the province of Benguet and La Union as venues of some sports disciplines.
The resolution also seeks to partner with the PSC for the rehabilitation and repair of the city’s existing sports facilities once the hosting of the PNG is approved. (Roderick Osis)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 05, 2011.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Banario seen to retain URCC belt
ONLY a knockout will stop lightweight champion Honorio Banario from retaining his lightweight belt in the Universal Reality Combat Championship.
And this early, Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao said Banario has taken his training to a different level to improve his skills and his conditioning has improved a lot, far from his condition when he fought former champion Angelito Manguray.
“He’s a bit stronger now unlike his last fight although we still need to improve on his cardio because we were not able to train outside because of the continuous rain in the city,” Sangiao said.
Banario will finish his training in the Summer Capital by the second week of August before going down to Manila to acclimatize and cap their training camp before flying off to Davao by August 19.
The current champion started training first week of July as he prepares for the August 21 bout at the Davao City Grand Oasis Convention Center.
This will be the second time both fighters will square off in the lightweight division after Banario snatched the crown in last April's URCC encounter dubbed "Collision" as one of the co-main event of the evening via a rear naked choke in the eight-minute mark of the second round scheduled for two rounds.
Banario's win is the fourth weight class championship belt of Team Lakay.
Both fighters were undefeated prior to their April match. However, Banario came out with a big win for his fourth consecutive win, all on submission.
Although they are not taking Manguray lightly, Sangiao said they are right now training Banario with other skills he can use against the dentist turned mixed martial arts fighter.
"Our game plan right now is to counter the counter kasi sigurado yun yung magiging plan nila for us," added Sangiao. (Roderick Osis)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 05, 2011.
And this early, Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao said Banario has taken his training to a different level to improve his skills and his conditioning has improved a lot, far from his condition when he fought former champion Angelito Manguray.
“He’s a bit stronger now unlike his last fight although we still need to improve on his cardio because we were not able to train outside because of the continuous rain in the city,” Sangiao said.
Banario will finish his training in the Summer Capital by the second week of August before going down to Manila to acclimatize and cap their training camp before flying off to Davao by August 19.
The current champion started training first week of July as he prepares for the August 21 bout at the Davao City Grand Oasis Convention Center.
This will be the second time both fighters will square off in the lightweight division after Banario snatched the crown in last April's URCC encounter dubbed "Collision" as one of the co-main event of the evening via a rear naked choke in the eight-minute mark of the second round scheduled for two rounds.
Banario's win is the fourth weight class championship belt of Team Lakay.
Both fighters were undefeated prior to their April match. However, Banario came out with a big win for his fourth consecutive win, all on submission.
Although they are not taking Manguray lightly, Sangiao said they are right now training Banario with other skills he can use against the dentist turned mixed martial arts fighter.
"Our game plan right now is to counter the counter kasi sigurado yun yung magiging plan nila for us," added Sangiao. (Roderick Osis)
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 05, 2011.
Anton is fastest in Circuit Showdown
REVVED up by his recent victory in the Hill Climb series, Carlos Anton drifted away from competitors en route to another victory in the Circuit Showdown July 2 at the Clark International Speedway.
Anton stomped over 50 racers to bag the victory of the time attack event with a time of 1:07.1 to top bracket A of the competition.
The multi-awarded driver of the year topped the Time Attack event using the Mark Young prepared Hornitex-CRX on Yokohama A050 rubber and eventually took home the Best Time of the Day award where he also ran an HKS prepared Nissan Skyline GTR 35 clocking an impressive 1:08.2 second run.
“Both cars ran well today and taking home a first and a third place in one division is fantastic. The Mark Young HKS-GTR did very well considering it is almost stock and not really built for the short track layout we used in Clark today,” Anton said after his winning runs.
Team owner Mark Young was highly pleased with the team’s victory and quickly credited the preparation for the results.
“We worked very hard for this race since last month and today that made all the difference,” Young quipped.
Anton also dedicated his win to his late father-in-law Engr. Salvador Navarrete who passed away last May.
“He was always there to support my racing and career, I miss him dearly,” Anton said.
Anton’s team is backed by Mark Young, Yokohama, Castrol Edge, Hornitex and Emperor Motorsports. Roderick Osis
Anton stomped over 50 racers to bag the victory of the time attack event with a time of 1:07.1 to top bracket A of the competition.The multi-awarded driver of the year topped the Time Attack event using the Mark Young prepared Hornitex-CRX on Yokohama A050 rubber and eventually took home the Best Time of the Day award where he also ran an HKS prepared Nissan Skyline GTR 35 clocking an impressive 1:08.2 second run.
“Both cars ran well today and taking home a first and a third place in one division is fantastic. The Mark Young HKS-GTR did very well considering it is almost stock and not really built for the short track layout we used in Clark today,” Anton said after his winning runs.
Team owner Mark Young was highly pleased with the team’s victory and quickly credited the preparation for the results.
“We worked very hard for this race since last month and today that made all the difference,” Young quipped.
Anton also dedicated his win to his late father-in-law Engr. Salvador Navarrete who passed away last May.
“He was always there to support my racing and career, I miss him dearly,” Anton said.
Anton’s team is backed by Mark Young, Yokohama, Castrol Edge, Hornitex and Emperor Motorsports. Roderick Osis
Guam fighters to test Team Lakay fighters
TWO Guam-based mixed martial arts fighters and another Filipino will test the mettle of three Team Lakay fighters in the upcoming Pacific X-treme Combat (PXC) on August 20 at the Resorts World Manila.
The trio of Geje Eustaquio, Jasor Ablasi and Crisanto Pitpitunge are set to show their wares when the mix martial arts promotion set foot this month.
Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao, in an earlier interview, said the three are currently training alongside Universal Reality Combat championship welterweight champion Eduard Folayang and lightweight Honorio Banario.
Folayang is scheduled to return to the ring September outside the country while Banario will have his first title defense on August 21 in Davao.
“They have already started training and hopefully they win para mas lalong mapansin ang MMA,” said Sangiao.
Pitpitunge, who absorbed his first MMA loss last February, is set to try his skills against Guahan Top Team’s Alex Castro with a record of 8 wins and 8 loss in his career.
Eustaquio, meanwhile, is out to improve his record and earn his second win in MMA against Rogelio Plomeda from Deftac Bacolod with a record of one win and two losses while Jasor Ablasi will also seek his second win against Guamanian Kyle Aguon with a record of two wins and two losses tucked in his belt.
The PXC, the premier mixed martial arts promotional organization in the Pacific region, serves as a springboard for mixed martial arts fighters bidding to prove their worth in the United States.
Their first international foray in the Philippines aims to be the start of the organization's long-term goals to make PXC a significant event and add to its stable of international fighters.
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 04, 2011.
The trio of Geje Eustaquio, Jasor Ablasi and Crisanto Pitpitunge are set to show their wares when the mix martial arts promotion set foot this month.
Team Lakay head coach Mark Sangiao, in an earlier interview, said the three are currently training alongside Universal Reality Combat championship welterweight champion Eduard Folayang and lightweight Honorio Banario.
Folayang is scheduled to return to the ring September outside the country while Banario will have his first title defense on August 21 in Davao.
“They have already started training and hopefully they win para mas lalong mapansin ang MMA,” said Sangiao.
Pitpitunge, who absorbed his first MMA loss last February, is set to try his skills against Guahan Top Team’s Alex Castro with a record of 8 wins and 8 loss in his career.
Eustaquio, meanwhile, is out to improve his record and earn his second win in MMA against Rogelio Plomeda from Deftac Bacolod with a record of one win and two losses while Jasor Ablasi will also seek his second win against Guamanian Kyle Aguon with a record of two wins and two losses tucked in his belt.
The PXC, the premier mixed martial arts promotional organization in the Pacific region, serves as a springboard for mixed martial arts fighters bidding to prove their worth in the United States.
Their first international foray in the Philippines aims to be the start of the organization's long-term goals to make PXC a significant event and add to its stable of international fighters.
Published in the Sun.Star Baguio newspaper on August 04, 2011.
BBEAL ushers 25th season
TEN sports disciplines takes center stage as the 25th season of the Baguio–Benguet Educational Athletic League gets underway August 13 with Pines City College hosting the annual collegiate competition.
Sports disciplines to be played in the first part of the competition are archery, badminton, chess, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, tae kwon do and arnis.
Also making its way in the first part of the competition is the centerpiece tournament of BBEAL, the men's and women's basketball and the crowd favorite men's and women's volleyball.
University of Baguio will defend its crown in the men’s basketball while the University of the Cordilleras seeks a repeat in the distaff with Saint Louis University eyeing another repeat in the men’s championship while UC will seek their seventh straight crown in the women’s side.
The UC Jaguars will be defending their crown in archery (men’s and women’s), men’s table tennis, and sepak takraw.
Aside from winning the men’s basketball, the UB Cardinals will also defend their crown in the men’s chess, men’s and women’s swimming, women’s table tennis, men’s tae kwon do, and the men’s and women’s arnis.
The SLU Navigators, meanwhile, will also seek another golden performance in the men and women’s badminton and women’s chess.
Boxing, football, judo, softball and tae kwon do will also be featured in the second phase of the season.
Closing out the 25th season, which will be played from January until the first week of February are arnis, athletics, baseball, dance sport, karate-do, lawn tennis and wushu.
BBEAL was organized in 1986 with just 7 member schools. Now the premier athletic league north of Manila has 9 member schools from Baguio City and Benguet, namely: Baguio Central University Eagles (BCU), Benguet State University Wildcats (BSU), Cordillera Career Development College Admirals (CCDC), and Philippine Military Academy Cavaliers (PMA).
Also in the fold is host Pines City Colleges Warriors (PCC), SLU, UB, UC, and University of the Philippines-Baguio Maroons (UP). (Roderick Osis)
Sports disciplines to be played in the first part of the competition are archery, badminton, chess, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, tae kwon do and arnis.
Also making its way in the first part of the competition is the centerpiece tournament of BBEAL, the men's and women's basketball and the crowd favorite men's and women's volleyball.
University of Baguio will defend its crown in the men’s basketball while the University of the Cordilleras seeks a repeat in the distaff with Saint Louis University eyeing another repeat in the men’s championship while UC will seek their seventh straight crown in the women’s side.
The UC Jaguars will be defending their crown in archery (men’s and women’s), men’s table tennis, and sepak takraw.
Aside from winning the men’s basketball, the UB Cardinals will also defend their crown in the men’s chess, men’s and women’s swimming, women’s table tennis, men’s tae kwon do, and the men’s and women’s arnis.
The SLU Navigators, meanwhile, will also seek another golden performance in the men and women’s badminton and women’s chess.
Boxing, football, judo, softball and tae kwon do will also be featured in the second phase of the season.
Closing out the 25th season, which will be played from January until the first week of February are arnis, athletics, baseball, dance sport, karate-do, lawn tennis and wushu.
BBEAL was organized in 1986 with just 7 member schools. Now the premier athletic league north of Manila has 9 member schools from Baguio City and Benguet, namely: Baguio Central University Eagles (BCU), Benguet State University Wildcats (BSU), Cordillera Career Development College Admirals (CCDC), and Philippine Military Academy Cavaliers (PMA).
Also in the fold is host Pines City Colleges Warriors (PCC), SLU, UB, UC, and University of the Philippines-Baguio Maroons (UP). (Roderick Osis)
Monday, August 1, 2011
Gabutan toughens training regimen
WITH more than a month left before his next title defense, World Boxing Organization oriental bantamweight champion Dayer Gabutan faces tougher training.
With his strength and condition slowly peaking, Gabutan is testing the mettle of other boxers from the Highland Boxing stabe before he plunges into his last sessions of sparring in Cavite City.
“We want to try other fighters dito sa gym so that pagdating niya sa Cavite eh makuha niya yung timing niya sa sparring,” said Gabutan’s manager and promoter Brico Santig.
The 22-year-old fighter from Ambagiw, Besao in Mt. Province started training three weeks ago and has since lodged more than 50 sparring rounds and has included early morning jogs in his training program for his title defense on September 22.
His training regimen also includes weight lifting, shadow and mitts boxing.
Gabutan is expected to have at least 100 rounds for his sparring sessions, according to Santig who tapped the service of WBO Asia-Pacific Youth Flyweight Champion Froilan “The Sniper” Saludar and upcoming super flyweight Joel Rafols as Gabutan’s spar mates.
Although, the climate in nearby La Trinidad, Benguet where the practice gym is located is an ideal place to train, Santig said Gabutan is expected to move to the Cavite Contender Gym by second week of August.
“The lesser the distraction for Gabutan, the more chances he has in retaining his title, like what we have done in the past,” added Santig.
He will have his third title defense against another Thailander in his first out of the country bout in Hong Kong where Gabutan will also be accompanied by three of his stable mates.
Featherweight Randy Megriño, welterweight Dennis Padua, and lady boxer light flyweight Jujeath Nagaowa will also be in the undercard of the Gabutan fight.
Since winning the WBO belt in 2010, Gabutan has won 14 of his 17 fights including 6 knock outs with one loss and a draw with an eight fight win streak since December 6, 2009. (Roderick Osis)
With his strength and condition slowly peaking, Gabutan is testing the mettle of other boxers from the Highland Boxing stabe before he plunges into his last sessions of sparring in Cavite City.
“We want to try other fighters dito sa gym so that pagdating niya sa Cavite eh makuha niya yung timing niya sa sparring,” said Gabutan’s manager and promoter Brico Santig.
The 22-year-old fighter from Ambagiw, Besao in Mt. Province started training three weeks ago and has since lodged more than 50 sparring rounds and has included early morning jogs in his training program for his title defense on September 22.
His training regimen also includes weight lifting, shadow and mitts boxing.
Gabutan is expected to have at least 100 rounds for his sparring sessions, according to Santig who tapped the service of WBO Asia-Pacific Youth Flyweight Champion Froilan “The Sniper” Saludar and upcoming super flyweight Joel Rafols as Gabutan’s spar mates.
Although, the climate in nearby La Trinidad, Benguet where the practice gym is located is an ideal place to train, Santig said Gabutan is expected to move to the Cavite Contender Gym by second week of August.
“The lesser the distraction for Gabutan, the more chances he has in retaining his title, like what we have done in the past,” added Santig.
He will have his third title defense against another Thailander in his first out of the country bout in Hong Kong where Gabutan will also be accompanied by three of his stable mates.
Featherweight Randy Megriño, welterweight Dennis Padua, and lady boxer light flyweight Jujeath Nagaowa will also be in the undercard of the Gabutan fight.
Since winning the WBO belt in 2010, Gabutan has won 14 of his 17 fights including 6 knock outs with one loss and a draw with an eight fight win streak since December 6, 2009. (Roderick Osis)
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