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Rep. Jose Francisco "Kiko" Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District) filed House Resolution No. 372 Monday, September 12, which honors tennis prodigy Alex Eala, the first Filipino to win a junior Grand Slam singles title.Eala, who traces her roots to Victorias City, Negros Occidental, through her father Mike, won the 2022 US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, Girls’ Singles event trophy, besting higher ranked Lucie Havlickova of the Czech Republic.In House Resolution No. 372, Benitez cites Eala’s success as a source of pride and inspiration for our nation in seeking the conferment of the Congressional Medal of Distinction to the 17-year-old tennis champion.“Alex’s phenomenal performance and historic victory at the US Open brings great honor and joy to our count...

The Philippines-Asia Pacific softball girls team from Negros Occidental finished fourth in the 2022 Little League Girls Softball World Series Majors Division in Greenville, North Carolina, USA, Provincial Sports Coordinator Anthony Carlo Agustin said Tuesday, August 16.The girls coming from the different towns and cities of Negros Occidental pooled as one team, bowed to the Virginia softbelles in its final game, a press release said.Twelve teams participated in the Little League Girls Softball World Series Majors Division from different part of the world.The players and their coaches thanked Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson for his support.*

It was a tough Sunday afternoon for the Negrense players in their semi-finals encounter with their Mid Atlantic rival at the 2022 Little League Softball World Series in Greenville, North Carolina.Looking like a David versus Goliath challenge, indeed it was as the mid-Atlantic players were double or near triple the body size of the Negrense cuties, as some Americans describe them, a press release from the Negros Occidental Sports Office said Monday, August 15.The battle ended with an 11-0 final score in favor of the American team.The absence of the Negrense main pitcher added to the scenario as she had already played 12 innings as one rule of the Little League World Series dictates. Added to the rival's advantage was their full batting that balls went flying in full power giving...

Negros Occidental Little League, the Asia-Pacific Region Champion from Bacolod City, has been named the 2022 Girls with Game Team Sportsmanship Award Recipient after displaying sportsmanship both on and off the field throughout its time in Greenville, North Carolina.“On behalf of all of us at the Little League Softball World Series, we are honored to present the 2022 Girls with Game Team Sportsmanship Award to Negros Occidental Little League,” said Ashlea Nash, Little League Director of Softball Development, in a press release.“Since the moment they arrived, the players of Negros Occidental Little League have shown the excitement and sportsmanship that makes the Little League World Series experience so meaningful and have proven what it means to be Girls with Game,” Nash said.P...

The Bago City Girls Junior League Softball Team *Little League Philippines photoTeam Asia-Pacific represented by the Bago City Girls Junior League Softball Team won third place in the 2022 Junior League Softball World Series held in Kirkland, Washington in the United States of America, Bago Mayor Nicholas Yulo said Sunday. Bago is beaming with pride, he said.“I personally would like to congratulate our softball girls and their coaches for their hard work, dedication, and perseverance in bringing honor not only to Bago City but to the entire nation,” he said.He thanked the parents for encouraging their children and the Filipino community in the USA for taking good care of the Bago players, which boosted their morale and fighting spirit to hit a “home run”.“Our new j...

Negros Occidental Provincial Sports Coordinator Anthony Carlo Agustin with the Negros softbelles and their coaches in Delaware, USA.*The Negrense softball girls won the fifth place in the World Series Little League Softball Girls Seniors Division 2022 in Delaware, USA, on Saturday, August 6, Negros Occidental Provincial Sports Coordinator Anthony Carlo Agustin  said  Sunday.The Negros players won 6-5 against the California team to take 5th place, he saidThey earlier lost their bid to qualify for the quarterfinals after losing to the South East Florida Team  7-1.“We will get better next time, we are proud of them”, Agustin said of the Negros players.He said Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson even gave the players a pep talk before the game.*

Negrense softball girls lost to Delaware, 3-0*The Negrense softball girls lost to the Delaware District 3 host team in the World Series Little League Softball Girls Seniors Division 2022 in Delaware, USA, but still have a chance to make it to the quarter finals, Negros Occidental Provincial Sports Coordinator, Anthony Carlo Agustin, said Friday, August 5.They lost to the Delaware team, 3-0, on Thursday (Friday in the Philippines).But they are in high spirits as they prepare to battle the South East of Florida Team to qualify for the quarter finals 3 p.m. Friday (3 a.m. Saturday in the Philippines), Agustin said.The Negrense softbelles have won two of the four games they have played in the World Series.The team is supported by the Negros Occidental provincial government ...

The fourth game of the Negrense softball girls against Delaware District 3, the host team in the World Series Little League Softball Girls Seniors Division 2022 in Delaware, USA, is set 3 p.m. Thursday (3 a.m. Friday Philippine time).The team accompanied by Negros Occidental Provincial Sports Coordinator, Anthony Carlo Agustin, bagged a 3-2 win over the Latin America softbelles in its first game, and a second win over the East Coast girls with a 10-0 victory.They suffered a 1-10 loss to the Southwest Coast Texas players in their third game.*