Battles for the fifth and last slot By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER the long break for the holiday season, hostilities in the 4th Governor’s Cup Pangasinan Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament resumed on January 11. This is still not the next round among the four teams in each conference group (Central,…
Pangasinan cyclists’ ups-and-downs in the last decade By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. YEAR 2019 is gone. We are now at the start of third decade of the century. The last decade had its ups-and-downs for our national Pangasinan athletes but fortunately, the best for them was last year when Philippines…
Celebrating my birthdays via bikefests By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. WHEN I turned 71 years old on December 18 2016, I decided to organize my own bicycle road race to celebrate my birthday. I purposely organized a bikefest that year not as a ‘money-making’ event but because number 71 is…
Battling for the next round By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AS expected, the defending champion Urdaneta City five showed its superiority and prominence anew. It whipped their last two opponents San Carlos City and Laoac last December 14 and 15, respectively, finishing its nine-game of hostilities unscathed in the elimination round to…
Local bets shine By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. NOTWITHSTANDING the brouhaha and bickerings by our lawmakers accusing 30th Southeast Asia Games Organizing Committee chairman Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano of corruption prior to the start of the games, our national athletes just shrugged them off and just focused their attention to…
Urdaneta, Anda, Sto. Tomas quintets remain unbeaten By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER six days of skirmishes, win-loss records of three teams in their respective brackets remain untarnished in the ongoing 4th Governor’s Cup Pangasinan Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament being conducted in a home-and-away format. Led by defending champion Urdaneta City,…
Big time Bugallon town fiesta cycling returns By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. AFTER years of absence, the well-known Bugallon bikefest that used to see national cycling celebrities turning up to participate, returned its high level stature of competition last November 27. This time it was opened exclusively to 70 accredited…
Urdaneta five shows early championship form By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. MANY say the Urdaneta City’s five victory in the third season of the annual Governor’s Cup Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament was a fluke, when it nipped arch-rival Manaoag team, 86-85, due to the costly passing error committed by the Manaoag…
PH loses two sports backers By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. I WAS not surprised when I read in our daily broad sheets last November 11 about the demise of business mogul John L. Gokongwei, Jr. At 93-years old, that’s can be expected. In fact, if you compare him to other…
Gov. Pogi’s province cagefest 4th edition By Jesus A. Garcia Jr. ELATED by the success of the first three editions, the sports-minded Pangasinan’s dynamic leader Gov. Amado “Pogi’ I. Espino, III is set to start the fourth season of the “4th Governor’s Cup Pangasinan Inter-Town/City Basketball Tournament” on November 16…
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