SEVENTEEN-year-old triathlete Jena Valdez from Toboy, Asingan successfully defended her crown after winning the Sprint Junior Elite Women’s event during the 2023 Asia Duathlon Championships held at New Clark City, Capas, Tarlac last month. National Champion Valdez who won the previous Asia Duathlon tilt last December 2022, clocked one hour 11 minutes and three seconds in the 20km bike race…
THE 2nd Mayor’s League Basketball and Volleyball tournament in Urbiztondo started last week held with the participation of 21 cage teams from the barangays in both sporting events at the Urbiztondo Sports Complex. The 21 participating barangays were clustered into three brackets to compete for the top four spots in each…
TWO young taekwondo jins, a girl and a boy, both of the Bangus Taekwondo Club, grabbed one gold and one bronze to take podium finishes in the Philippine Taekwondo Association’s (PTA) National Team Selections for Poomsae and Kyorugi events last November 25-26 at Ayala Malls Manila Bay in Pasay City. The young jin who bagged the lone gold for the club was Princess Pascual, 13, a student in…
ARANGKADA LINGAYEN CYCLING CHAMP — Marco Lumanog from San Manuel town, triumphantly raises his arms in victory as he crosses the finish line by his lonesome. Other top finishers were 1st runner-up – Efren Reyes (Dagupan City), 2nd runner-up – Ivan Torio (Bugallon ), 3rd runner-up – Dominic Perez (Sto Tomas) and…
THE San Carlos City Hoops League Season 3 reeled off last November 26 at Arenas Complex Gym participated in by 23 cage teams. The 23 basketball teams were clustered into two brackets and the top eight teams will collide in the playoff rounds and will fight for the championship. In the…
SM NBTC NORTH LUZON QUALIFIERS THE University of Luzon Golden Cubs prevailed over the PhilCST Topnotch, 96-90, in their debut match in the SM National Basketball Training Center Luzon Qualifiers at the Dagupan City People’s Astrodome last November 19. Sixty-eight teams joined the local qualifiers for the regional championships where only four teams from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will…
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY – Former PBA superstar Danny Ildefonso gives pointers to young players during the opening of Eastern Pangasinan Basketball Tournament at his Basketball Training Camp in Brgy. Cabuloan, Urdaneta City on Nov. 10, 2023. (Punchphoto by Ray Zambrano)
DAGUPAN City’s Bangus Taekwondo Club won one silver and three bronze medals in the PTA National Age Group National Championships last November 11-12 held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila. Mel Panday won BTC’s only silver in Poomsae Junior Novice while teammates Gio Puzon, Carlo Resurrecion Jr, and Hans Castaneda captured the bronze in Poomsae Cadet Blackbelt, Kyorugi Cadet Novice 2 Cadet Blackbelt, and Poomsae Gradeschool Novice 1, respectively….
THE 6th Bolinao Super 7 Cup 7-Aside Football Tournament kicked off at the Pangasinan State University-Lingayen Campus on November 3, 2023 that saw the participation of 63 football clubs from various provinces, including Ilocos Norte, Baguio, Tuguegarao, Nueva Vizcaya, Pangasinan, Ifugao, Pampanga, and Manila. Teams competed in different categories, including…
PANGASINENSES Dave Soriano and Mark Reynoso achieved recognition on the global stage by securing the Good Award (2nd Place) in the Global IT Challenge (GITC) held in Dubai, UAE, on October 24-29, 2023. Both Soriano and Reynoso, who represented the Philippine Team, received the Good Award (2nd Place) for their…
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