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The STI West Negros University Team was named champion of the Abanse Negrense Governor’s Cup 5-on-5 Basketball Tournament, held at the STI WNU Gymnasium in Bacolod City Saturday, December 10. The Dumaguete City Team was 1st runner-up while Bacolod City-ABB was 2nd runner up. The tournament, spearheaded by the Provincial Sports Office, was held as a tribute to the late Oscar “Dodong” Bascon’s contributions to Negros basketball. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson led the awarding of the winners together with former Board Member Agustin Ernesto Bascon and Carminia Gatuslao – Bascon, and Provincial Sports Coordinator Anthony Carlo Agustin.*

Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) takes the lead in rallying more sports activities in the 3rd District of Negros Occidental with the holding of the 1st Cong. Kiko Cup – 2022 Metro 3rd Basketball Tournament this December. Benitez convened sports coordinators and coaches of E.B. Magalona, Murcia, Silay, Talisay and Victorias on Wednesday, November 16, to kick-off the preparations for the Open Category Basketball Tournament, and named Talisay Councilor Rolin Meliton tournament chairperson, a press release from his office said Thursday. “We in the Third District look forward to renewing ties and camaraderie and promote anew wellness and the spirit of sportsmanship through this sports project, a friendly open category match among basketball players of the Distr...

The Himamaylan A team secured their spot for the next round after leading the 16-under-girls and 21-under-women categories of the South Districts eliminations of the Abanse Negrense Beach Volleyball Tournament that kicked off in Hinoba-an town on November 10 to11. The Municipality of Pontevedra and the City of Bacolod ranked second and third in the 16-under-girls and 21-under-women categories. The Municipality of Candoni ranked fourth in the 16-under-girls, while Sipalay City was the fourth placer in the 21-under-women category. Bago City took the lead in the 16-under-boys category. Sipalay City, Himamaylan, and Pontevedra ranked second, third, and fourth places in the same category, respectively. Following the south eliminations, the Abanse Negrense beach Volleyball Tourn...

The Governor Bong Lacson Age Group and Seniors invitational softball tournament opens in Murcia, Negros Occidental, on Sunday, November 6. To open and welcome the tournament players is Barangay Captain Ronald Olvido of host Blumentrit Murcia with Murcia Municipal Mayor Gerry Rojas to deliver his message and Provincial Sports Office head Anthony Carlo Agustin to introduce the participants and declare the tournament open, a press release from the PSO said Thursday, November 3. Game opener will be the softball team of ETCS Majors pitted against the Blumentrit Murcia softbelles. For the age group division, participating players are Dizon- Sayson elementary school of Blumentrit Murcia, ETCS Bacolod City, Brgy E. Lopez Silay City, For the juniors division, three teams will compe...

The Governor’s Cup Inter-District 3X3 Basketball Tournament kicked off in San Carlos City last weekend. And the Provincial Sports Office (PSO) team continued its District III and District IV Eliminations on Saturday, Oct. 22. The city of Silay was the host venue for the third district playoffs, and the municipality of Pulupandan for the fourth district eliminations. It was indeed the battle of the best LGU team in the sport of basketball, and Talisay City has emerged victorious again in the 16-under category with a record of three (3) wins and no loss during the District III eliminations in Silay City. Second on the rank, on the other hand, was the city of Silay. For the 19-under category, Silay City was a strong team to defeat as it ranked first, and Victorias City was i...

Abanse Negrense's Governor’s Cup Football Provincial Championship continued its qualifying round over the weekend. Pontevedra and Sagay City hosted the tournament on Oct. 8 and 9, respectively. Local football fans in the province of Negros Occidental witnessed the South Central Districts Qualifying on Saturday, Oct. 8 in Pontevedra. Dolphins FC beat the Trinity Christian School FC with a score of 14-0 in the 12-under (Born 2010) age category. Pontevedra defeated Tumandok FC with a score of 5-1 under the same category. For 17-under (Born 2005) age group, Bago City emerged victorious against Pontevedra in a score of 7-1. For the Northern District Qualifying on Sunday, Oct. 9, San Carlos City crushed Club de los Hermanos de Futbol FC (CHFC) of Escalante City with a score of ...

Coach Wins Hipe, Mr. Philippines 2016* Mr. Philippines 2016, Wins Hipe, will judge the first and grandest fitness competition in Bacolod City in celebration of the 43rd MassKara Festival, a press release from Yuhum Foundation said Sunday, October 9. “Gods of Bods,” an invitational sports event, will bring in 80 contestants from all over the country to vie for the top prize of P50,000 and a shot at being declared Mr. Bacolod 2022, 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, at the Events Center of Ayala Malls Capitol Central, Bacolod City. Coach Wins, a legend in the fitness industry with thousands of followers, will be among the judges in the competition that is bringing in body-building enthusiasts from Cagayan, Cebu, Manila and Zamboanga, the press release said. Wins has inspired a lot of fitness fa...

Following the exciting North and South brackets eliminations, the Provincial Sports Office (PSO) and ABANSE NEGRENSE’s Governor’s Cup Inter-LGU 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament will continue for semi-finals and the provincial championship on Oct. 8, Saturday at 9 am in Talisay City. Thirteen LGU teams from the Northern and Southern districts will be participating in the 12-under and 14-under categories. These are Cadiz City, Talisay City, San Carlos City, Murcia, Manapla, and Escalante for the North District category. As for the South district category, participating LGUs include La Carlota City, Himamaylan City, Kabankalan City, Sipalay City, Bago City, Ilog, and Valladolid. Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose V. Lacson and PSO Head Mr. Anthony Carlo Agustin are expected to...

PTTF president Ting Ledesma with 11-year old Khevine Keith Cruz, silver medalist in the World Table Tennis Youth Contender in Bangkok, at the opening of the Bacolod tournament.* The championship round of the 1st Mayor Albee Benitez MassKara Table Tennis Cup at the Ayala Malls Capitol Central in Bacolod City is set today, October 7. Almost three hundred paddlers from Negros, Panay and Cebu joined the tournament that began Wednesday, October 5, organizers said. “This tournament demonstrates the concern and support of Mayor Albee Benitez and his administration to the grassroots development of sports in the city. The experience you gain from your participation ensures that each one of you is already a winner,” said Bacolod City Councilor Kalaw Puentevella, who represented the mayor a...