Danny Usman Wins Datba Bowlfest At NCCC Mall B3 Center Lanes

Davao City based bowler Danny Usman won P600 after ruling the Davao Tenpin Bowlers Association weekly qualifying bowling tournament held at the NCCC Mall B3 Center Lanes Tuesday evening
After four games, Usman scored 817 pinfalls to win the bowlfest organized by Datba.
The second place went to Yule Tanlimco who won P400 after scoring 781 pinfalls.
The third place went to Ronald Martin who won P300 after scoring 780 pinfalls.

DRAHNS Remains Undefeated In High School Basketball Tourney

The Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School (DRANHS) remains spotless after two games in the ongoing Escandor Cup 2017 Inter-Public High School Tournament at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center.
DRANHS beat Fr. Bustamante National High School, 74-27 to improve its record to 2-0 in the basketball tournament organized by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas regional director Glenn Escandor and SBP executive program officer
Ronel Leuterio for public school teams.
In the other games, the Pablo Lorenzo National High School (PLNHS) demolished Governor Duterte National High School (GDNHS) 67-30 9 in their game.

The  Crossing Bayabas Toril National High School (CBTNHS) beat r. S. Dacudao National High School (DSDNHS) 73-52.

CDO's Southern Philippines College Wins 3x3 Mindanao Finals In Davao City

A college team from Cagayan de Oro City has won the rights to represent Mindanao in the national finals of the 2017 Vivo National Collegiate Championship (NCC) 3x3.
The Southern Philippines College (SPC) got the slot after they beat the Southern City College (SCC) of Zamboanga City, 46-44, in the finals that was held last Saturday at
the Davao City Recreation Center.
The 3x3 national finals is slated in February in Metro Manila.
SPC got 26 points from star player Jespher John Egan to bring down SCC in the finals.
SPC players Emmanuel Akut and Rudjud Daga also combined for 20 points in their win.
The road to the championship is not easy for SPC as they have to beat Davao City-based San Pedro College 51-41, in the
quarterfinals.
The CDO based team also beat in the elimination round  JH Cerilles College of Pagadian City 50-34, Jose Maria College 50-39,
Agro Industrial Foundation College (AIFC) 51-20, and Philippine Women's College 50-39, respectively.

Holy Trinity College Beat HCDC In PCCL Mindanao Finals

For the second straight year a college team from General Santos City will represent Mindanao in the national finals of the  Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) in Metro Manila in February.
The visiting Holy Trinity College (HTC) successfully defended their PCCL crown after they shock the home team Holy Cross of Davao COllege Crusaders 92-91 in a thrilling overtime championship of the  Escandor Cup 2017 PCCL Mindanao Finals on Saturday evening at the Davao Recreation Center.
HTC leaned on the 31 points of explosion of Joseph Diamante includng the the game winning lay-up to bring down the hard fighting Crusaders.
Louie Omadle also added 19 points for the visiting HTC in their nail biting win against the Crusaders.
The Crusaders were actually leading by one point 90-91 with few seconds left in the game when Diamante made quick shot and bring back the PCCL championship to the tuna capital of the Philippines.
Meanwhile, spitfire point-guard Ian Kit dela Cruz scored 17 points for the Crusaders in a losing cause.

Jerwin Ancajas Set To Fight In US After Good Showing In Ireland

After successfully defending his crown for the third time in Belfast, Ireland last week, Panabo City, Davao del Norte boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas is set to fight in the United States in 2018.
No less than Top Rank top honcho Bon Arum made the assurance that he will promote Ancajas fights in the US next year.
Arum said he is very impressed on the performance of Anjacas in Ireland when he stopped challenger Jamie Conlan of Northern Ireland to retain his
International Boxing Federation IBF) super-flyweight title.
He said one of his plans is to allow Ancajas to fight in an ESPN bout to make popular among American audience.
Ancajas is one of just three reigning Filipino world champions.
Ancajas won the title from McJoe Arroyo in 2016.
Ancajas has now improved his record to 27-wins, 1-loss, 1-draw while Conlan suffered his first defeat and dropped to 19-1-0, 11KOs.

Bowlfest Among Call Center Companies In Davao Gets Going On December 17

Some of the top call center companies in Davao City are set to compete in a one day bowling tournament on December 17.
The bowlfest will be organized by  Davao Brotherhood Sports-Davao Inter-BPO League (DBS-DIBL) the same group that facilitated the basketball and volleyball tournaments among call center companies in Davao City.
Guesting before the weekly Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Annex of SM City Davao on Thursday, DIBL commissioner Mark De Guzman said the bowlfest is intended  for the management people of the call center agencies.
De Guzman said is open to all BPO companies.
He said each team should compose of five players that will play in a four-game series.
The registration is pegged at P5,000 inclusive of food and other bowling fees.
Meanwhile, De Guzman said due to the success of the basketball and volleyball tournaments that they organized this year they plan to repeat the same tournaments next year.
He said basketball competition will start in February 2018 and will be held at the newly-refurbished Rizal Memorial Colleges (RMC) Fil Oil Flying V Activity Center.

Gensan's Holy Trinity College beat Southern City Colleges of Zambo In Basketball Tourney

The dream of Holy Trinity College (HTC) Wildcats of General Santos City to defend their Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) Mindanao Finals crown is off to a flying start.
The Wildcats used their superior height to bring down Southern City Colleges (SCC) of Zamboanga City 111-102, in Wednesday's opener of the
Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) 2017 Escandor Cup Mindanao Finals held at the Almendras Gym Davao City
Recreation Center.
The team from the tuna capital of the Philippines got 29 points from LG Omadle to bring down their fellow visitor from Zamboanga City.
HTC where Kapamilya heartrob Gerald Anderson used to play basketball in high school are very happy with their win against Zamboanga.
HTC head coach Paul Torrijos said his ward will play even harder to defend their crown against other top collegiate schools in Mindanao one of whom the host Davao City who will be represented by Holy Cross of Davao College Crusaders.

Assumption College Beat ADDU In GS Cup Basketball Tourney

The Assumption College of Davao (ACD) Warriors used solid defense and consistent offence to bring down basketball powerhouse  beat Ateneo de Davao University (Addu)
Blue Knights 86-80 in the ongoing Gaisano Grand Cup Inter-High School Division 1 basketball tournament at the Gaisano Grand Citimall SkyGym over the weekend.
The Warriors coached by Rollie Sancho followed its game plan to contest every shot of the Knights to win their tightly contested game.
The win is a morale boost for the team who is seeking to win the GS Cup basketball crown this year.
The team is set to face another challenge on Saturday when they face the visiting Cor Jesu College of Digos City, Davao del Sur.

Dabawenyo Alvin Pasaol Made It To UAAP Basketball Mythical Team

A Davaoeno is among the top five best players in the 80th UAAP basketball season this year.
Former Holy Cross of Davao College Crusaders player Alvin Pasaol, who is now playing for the University of the East made it to the UAAP mythical team.
Pasaol has made it to the list alongside La Salle Cameronian center Ben Mbala, Ateneo de Manila forward Thirdy Ravena, National University guard JJ Alejandro and La Salle guard Ricci Rivero.
The fast rising basketball star made it to the mythical team due to his stellar performance this season highligted by a 49 points performance against La Salle.

PCT Lady Booters Wins 14th Acosta Cup Football Tourney

The Philippine College of Technology (PCT) lady booters are on a roll.
Fresh from winning the Dcaa (Davao City Athletic Association) over defending champion Ateneo de Davao University (Addu),PCT also won the 14th Acosta Cup Women's Football Tournament held at
the Tionko field last Sunday, November 19.
The Alvic Troyo-coached PCT demolished the veteran laden D' Davao Survivors, 3-0, to win the championship crown this year.
PCT got two goals from Mariz Magdolot and one goal from  Annalou Arrogrante to beat their opponent.
The win is sweet for PCT since they only placed second last year in the tournament after they were beaten by  Davao Aguilas last year.
The rest of PCT champion team players are Magdolot, Arrogante, E-vonne Boyles, V-vone Boyles, July Bunac, June Mae Bunac, Kyra Caballero,
Renabel Camanyan, Rheza Angelou Caminade, Jikai Cantila, Ferry Eyo, Jessa Felizardo, Aiza Gravador,
Jilian Lamben, Marie Magdolot, Pamela Faye Reyes, Shelby Sanchez, Joyce Semacio and Bonna Vanguard.
The third place in the footfest went to Sikat Alab who beat Soya Football Club, 5-1, in the battle for third.

RMC Bulldogs Wins Inter-High School Basketball Tourney

The home team Rizal Memorial Colleges (RMC) Bulldogs has won the crown in the first season of the  Davao Pride Basketball League (DPBL) Inter-High School Basketball Tournament
on Saturday at the newly-refurbished RMC Fil Oil Flying V event center.
The Bulldogs beat Bernardo Carpio National High School (BCNHS) Sandstorms 84-68 to win their best of three championship series.
The win came on the heels of beating the BCNHS 84-70, in Game 1 that led the Bulldogs to a commanding 1-0 card the same day.
Infront of a 2,300 spectators the Bulldogs got solid scoring output from Jack Into who poured in 23 points to win the championship crown this year.
Into also got solid scoring support from Elmarc Subingsubing, Clerrudel Noya and Jules Mirafelix, who all scored 14 points a piece.
Charnee Tag-at also added 12 points for the victorious home team.
The rest of the champion team members are the following:  Kyle Crodua, Jr Labajo, Denzel Gumban, Salden Ralf Calceña, Francis Lasaca, Keanu Lara, Nico Macarayan and Ruebelle Delos Santos.
Meanwhile,  the Davao City National High School took third place after beating Cabantian National High School 95-89.

Jerwin Ancajas Retains Boxing Crown By TKO Win In Ireland

Panabo City, Davao del Norte boxing world champion Jerwin Ancajas has successfully defended his title by knocking down his undefeated Irish challenger in Belfast, Ireland on Sunday (Philippine time).
Ancajas, the current IBF world super flyweight champion brought down Irish challenger Jamie Conlan at the SSE Arena and defend his title for the third time.
Early in the first round, Conlan took a knee in a delayed reaction after a phantom body shot by Ancajas that signals the
direction of the fight. Continuing his attack to the body of his Irish challenger, Ancajas dropped Conlan again in the
3rd and 4th rounds with body shots. Another body shot dropped Conlan again in the 5th round but was ruled a low blow by the
referee. Ancajas has been deducted a point as he was already warned by the referee a couple of times earlier for low blows.
In the 6th round, a right cross by Ancajas to the head of Conlan dropped the Belfast native again, who at this time
appeared have been getting too much punishment. Although the brave Conlan was able to beat the count, the referee stopped
the contest seeing Conlan unfit to continue.
Ancajas thus successfully defended the title he won from McJoe Arroyo in 2016 for the third time and this opens up for Ancajas to be in the mix to take on the other world champions in the division Srisaket Sor Rungvisai of Thailand (WBC), Naoya Inoue of Japan (WBO) or Khalid Yafai (WBA).
Ancajas has now improved his record to 27-wins, 1-loss, 1-draw while Conlan suffered his first defeat and dropped to 19-1-0, 11KOs.

Panabo World Boxing Champ Confident Of Crown Defense In Ireland On Saturday

Panabo City, Davao del Norte world boxing champion Jerwin Ancajas is confident he can successfully defend his crown against Irish challenger Jamie Conlan in Belfast, Irelenad on Saturday evening.
Ancajas, the current IBF junior bantamweight world champion said he had trained hard and watched tapes of his opponent and is confident he can bring him down in their fight.
 "I'm not into predicting the outcome of my fights. I'll just do my best to give fight fans the
entertainment they deserve", Ancajas said.
The 30-year-old challenger is the older brother of upcoming pro and former world amateur champion
Michael Conlan.  Conlan is undefeated in 19 fights, 11 of which
he won by way of knockout. The fight serves as
the main undercard in the ring comeback of former world featherweight
champion Carl Frampton. Like Conlan, Frampton is also
a native of Ireland.
Ancajas will be making the third defense of his title this
year overseas after previously winning over Mexican Jose Alfredo
Rodriguez in Macau last January and Teiru Kinoshita of
South Korea in July as the main undercard in the World Boxing
Organization (WBO) welterweight title match between
Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn in Brisbane, Australia. The Filipino
southpaw, who fights under the MP Promotions, won the
115 lbs title belt over McJoe Arroyo last year. He has a ring record
of 27-1-1 with 18 KOs.

Holy Child Hopes For Better Finish In 32nd Milo Passerelle-SBP Finals

The Holy Child of Davao (HCCD) Reds is hoping for a better finish when they represent Mindanao in the nationals finals of the Best Center-organized 32nd Milo Passerelle-SBP Finals in Cebu City in December.
HCCD hopes thet can  surpass their third place finish last year and bring some honor to Davao City.
The team got the slot to nationals finals after they beat the visiting Corpus Christi School of Cagayan de Oro City, 70-63, in last Sunday's finals of the
Best Center-organized 32nd Milo Passerelle-SBP Regional Finals held at the newly-refurbished Rizal Memorial Colleges Fil
Oil Flying V Arena.
The team coached by veterans Nestor Sorrosa and Roger Rabago is confident they can perform even better this year.
The champion team are composed of  Dataya Yassin, Rysan Villasinda, Chucky Pacifico, Anscar Mamac, Miggy Belicario, Roy Antalan,
Kyle Jamora, Francis Luke Corpus, Bryan Entero, Gabriel Borsige, Miguel Perez, Norman Mayola, Alexander Tila and Jan Curt Lobo.

Hardwork Made Davaoeno Alvin Pasaol A Star In UAAP Basketball

One of the reasons why former Holy Cross of Davao College Crusader player Alvin Pasaol has made it to big in the ongoing UAAP 80 in Metro Manila is his hardwork.
The main man of the University of East Warriors basketball team said he played hard in Davao City not only to hone his skills but earn money for his family.
Pasaol it was the former import of UE who recruited him to play in Metro Manila after he saw him play in a commerical league in Davao City.
“Yung import namin sa commercial league sa Davao, si Charles Mammie. Kinontact niya si manong at sinabi na parang, ‘Manong, may bata rito, ganito, ganyan. Baka gusto mong i-try para sa UE,’” he recalled.
Manong is Derrick Pumaren, the current head coach of the Warriors.
Mammie once played under Pumaren for the Red Warriors.
Asked what he thinks the Sierra Leone native saw in him then, Pasaol answered, “Siguro, the way lang ako maglaro. Kung ano yung laro ko rito, ganun din kasi laro ko doon.”
And so, manong heeded the call of Mammie and flew to Davao.
Still, that personal appearance was no guarantee for a commitment as many others were also eyeing the now 22-year-old. “Marami akong option nun, ‘di lang si manong,” he shared, before saying that Arellano University and Colegio de San Juan de Letran, among others, also expressed interest in him before.
UE’s trump card, however, was the very man who flew all the way to Francis Bangoy International Airport. “Na-impress ako agad kay manong kasi siyempre, sikat na coach. Tapos yung mga teams niya dati, napanood din ng tatay ko,” the prized prospect said.
Even then, Pumaren knew the best way to get to Pasaol. “Pagpunta niya ng Davao, nag-eat all you can kami,” the latter said through chuckles.
That particular meal could have very well been a celebratory dinner for a youngster who worked and worked and worked before the right opportunity finally came along.
Pasaol is one of the top performers in the UAAP basketball season this year and if continues to improve a career in the pros is very possible.

Southshield Football Club Mihari Sa Davao Grassroots Champions League

Midaug ang Southshield Football Club sa bagohay pa lamang nahuman nga Davao Grassroots Champions League sa Azuela Cove, Lanang, Davao City.
Nakuha sa Southshield ang korona sa 13 and under nga dibisyon human gipukan sa kampeonato ang Rizal Memorial Colleges 3-0.
Miiskor ug goals ang beteranong strikers sa Southshield nga sila Hendrich Denila, Simone Guerrero, ug Gian Carlos Lacerna aron dalhon ilahang tim sa kadaugan.
Ang tim nga nakabase sa Barangay Maa niining siyudad nakasulod sa finals human gipildi ang Hyenas 3-2 sa ilahang kulbahinam nga duwa sa semifinals.
Tungod sa maayong gipakita sa tornyo gideklarang most valuable player sa torneyo si Gian Carlos Lacerna.
Nakuha sab ni Denilla ang award sa best defender.
Gideklara sab nga best midfielder si Alexis Tabada.
Ang tim nga gi coached sa kanhi University of Mindanao soccer players AJ Adana ug Greg Napuran gilangkuban usab nila  Ahron Pelonio, Emanuel Asoy, Adrian Elarmo, Karl Sumampong, Gerardo Coronado, Duayne Morales, CJ Cabigas, Rhyan Dordas, Andrei Joshua Guingguing, EJ Cabiles, Carlos Angelo Lacerna, Devon Kierulf, Raymond Pahuyo, Rodel Diaz, Charles Chiu, Anthony Elorde, Art Eroy, Yuan Jakob Guingguing, Louiz Herrera, Niel Imperial ug Wyatt Gok-ong.

Davao Schools Shows Grit In 3x3 National Finals

The two school who represented Davao City in the recent Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) 3x3 National
Finals Under-15 at the Robinson's Place Malate in Manila over the weeked has a solid performance in the tournament.
The boys team represented by Davao Jones Academy (DJA) finished second in the tournament after they fell short against  Calabarzon Region, 15-16 in the finals.
The team composed of Askiah "AJ" Echavia Nico Cabalhin, Jaimes Batoon and Clarck Xavier Abracia almost beat their taller and favored opponents.
The DJA team made it to the finals earlier after they beat  Region 3, 18-17, in the semifinals via overtime.
DJA coach Jimmy Colicot is very happy and proud of the performance of his team.
Colicot said their training and teamwork has worked for them in the national finals.
The girl's team represented by Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School (Dranhs) placed third in the tournament which is a huge improvement's for the team's sixth place finish in 2015.
the Ronnie Berato-coached Dranhs beat Region 10, 16-6, in their battle for third behind the heroics of Aleah Kaye Clapano, the only veteran among the group, and
neophyte players Mecca Gumapac, Mary Grace Sarmiento and Rea Ong.