THERE’S a change in the preference for another sports activity in Mapandan in this year’s town fiesta celebration. Instead of the usual cycling road races that normally see the participation of superstars in Philippine cycling, in the last nine consecutive years, this year will see another cycling competition, but this…
NATIONAL Basketball Conference (NBC) new expansion team Pangasinan Hundred Islands picked up an easy victory against the host PRISAA Region 1 squad in a ‘goodwill match’ last Wednesday held at the Lyceum Northwestern University sports complex. The newly formed semi-professional squad of the province which yielded a first quarter deficit,…
BAYAMBANG Mayor Leocadio “Boy” de Vera continues to support Pangasinan cycling competitions by staging another renowned bicycle road race on April 7 in conjunction with the celebration of his town fiesta. De Vera, one of a few political leaders in the province who is an avid aficionado in cycling, said…
THE newly formed amateur basketball squad called “Pangasinan Hundred Islands” was officially launched last Monday evening at the Philippine Columbian Association plaza in Paco, Manila and is ready to rumble with 11 other teams in the third season of the National Basketball Conference (NBC). The launch was led by NBC…
LINGAYEN – Gov. Victor E. Agbayani commended the provincial police office headed by Senior Supt. Alan Purisima and the Pangasinan Shooters Association, Inc. (PSAI) headed by Police Supt. Mariano Luis Verzosa, Jr. for coming up with another edition of the Gov. Victor E. Agbayani Cup 2006 shooting competition. “This event…
BAGUIO City – born cyclist and defending champion Paul Ballesteros retained his title in Guam circuit racing by ruling the 3rd Annual Jazy Sports Foundation/PIC Criterium Grand Prix Cycling Road Race last Sunday at Tiyan, Guam. The youthful rider Ballesteros, 18, outsprinted his archrival Fred Gray in the last…
Chad Gueco, the world champion in snowmobile racing, is a Filipino. He is the first Filipino in history to win the title. His father Danny Gueco owns the Yamaha snowmobile shop in Eagle River Alaska, USA. – Contributed by John Suter
EXPELLED national cyclist Reynaldo Navarro proved to his quondam masters and his co-riders that he is no pushover at 31. Navarro, using his international skills outsmarted and eventually outsprinted four break-away riders in the last 400 meters to capture his first ever title of the annual Mangaldan bikefest dubbed for…
TWENTY-nine medalists in the recent Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) in Pangasinan were honored during Recognition Friday sponsored by PRISAA Region 1 headed by Dr. Gonzalo Duque, also president of Lyceum-Northwestern University. Duque handed medals to the athletes during a ceremony at the LNU Multi-Purpose Hall, where he expressed his…
NEGOTIATIONS for the enlistment of Pangasinan in a national league called the “National Basketball Conference” are underway. According to Rosendo So, interim treasurer of the Pangasinan Basketball Corporation (PBC) that will handle the newly formed amateur squad, the Pangasinan team will be called “Pangasinan Hundred Islands” and will be coached…
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