Sports

It’s another hectic season for football athletes in Negros Occidental as the Negros-Sagay Football Team prepares for the PFF U19 Boys National Finals in Carmona, Cavite, June 21 to 29.The team is currently conducting its training program at the Pana-ad Park and Stadium, a press release from the Capitol said Tuesday, May 30.The Negros-Sagay Football team is set to defend its title after they were hailed as the champion in the PFF Under-19 Boys National Championship – First Division at the PFF National Training Center in Carmona, Cavite in June of last year. They defeated the National Capital Region FA after a gripping 1-0 extra-time victory.The Negros-Sagay Football Team Training Program is made possible through the collaboration of Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA) ...

Former DLSU spiker Stephanie Mercado-de Koenigswarter trained high school athletes the basics of volleyball at the Sagay National High School covered court in Sagay City, Thursday, April 3.De Koenigswarter trained 30 students from Sagay as part of her outreach program to develop athletes from the grassroots.She is the daughter of Lydia de Vega, an icon in Philippine athletics and one of the fastest in Asia.City Sports Coordinator Benson Fernandez said that having her to conduct a sports clinic is a great deal for young Sagaynon athletes."She does volleyball clinics all over Manila with other members of her former DLSU team, so having her here to give this free volleyball clinic is really a great deal especially for these young aspiring athletes," he said.As the ...

A 17-year-old Senior High School student from E. B. Magalona bagged the gold medal in the Javelin Throw competition at the recently concluded Palarong Panlalawigan (Provincial Meet) 2023 held from March 29 to April 2.Jose Marie Yngson, a Grade 11 HUMSS student of E. B. Magalona National High School, displayed his winning form with his 48.61 meter record, bagging gold in Javelin Throw in the Secondary Athletics Boys category.Aside from bagging the gold in the Javelin Throw, he also earned a silver medal in Shotput, and another silver in Discus Throw.His events were held at the Manuel Y. Torres Sports Center in Bago City Saturday [April 1].With his gold finish in the Javelin Throw, he will represent Negros Occidental in this particular sports event to the Regional Meet.Yn...

Mayor Marvin Malacon congratulated all the E. B. Magalona winners of the Area III Athletic Meet 2023 that was held in Talisay City March 17 to 19.“My heartfelt congratulations to all the Saraviahanon winners of the recently concluded Area III Athletic Meet. Thank you for representing our municipality in this sports competition with great pride, honor, and exemplary sense of sportsmanship. You have proudly raised our flag”, he said in a press release from the EB Magalona public information office.All the gold medalists from E. B. Magalona, both from the elementary and secondary levels, their coaches, and school heads paid a courtesy call on Malacon Wednesday, March 22.They were accompanied by DepEd- District of E. B. Magalona Cluster 1 Supervisor Angeles Verdeprado, E. B. Magalo...