July 01, 2026
Wednesday
SUCCESSFUL comebacks from a huge deficit in the payoff quarter of a 40-minute basketball game (for high school or college tournament governed by FIBA rules) or even a 48-minute contest can be spine-tingling and heart-stopping. A cardiac finish it tends to be, as one local basketball television broadcaster patented to describe a game that is […]
MORE than his impeccable and immense contributions to Philippine basketball history, I would rather like to remember the late Carlos “Pomfret” Loyzaga for his humility, discipline and dedication to his craft. These are the characteristics that Filipino athletes of the young generation should emulate. Talent without dedication and discipline, after all, is an unlamented waste. […]
THERE are only two unbeaten teams in the Juniors (High School) Division of the 3rd Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball tournament held at the Uno High School gym in Tondo, Manila. And when an immovable object meets an irresistible force, something is bound to implode. This is the scenario that awaits defending titlist […]
SOMETHING has to give when defending Juniors Division titlist Saint Jude Catholic School and Makati Gospel Church-New Life Christian Academy collide today, January 21, in the 3rd Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association high school basketball competitions at the Uno High School Gym in Tondo, Manila. Both teams own an unblemished 2-0 record. The winner of […]
ACADEMICS and athletics do mix. To be successful in both, a student athlete needs to strategize a balancing act. Take the case of Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association member Saint Jude Catholic School’s one-time King Judenite Renzel Symon Yongco. The 6-foot-1 Yongco is currently a rookie reserve player with the De La Salle University varsity […]
ONE would tend to believe that Michael Jordan cards were the most expensive since they presumably owned the highest value in the market if resold or auctioned. Surprisingly, this is not true. According to an Associated Press dispatch dated December 6, 2015, all-time Minneapolis (now Los Angeles) Lakers center great George Mikan’s 1948 rookie card […]
THIS battle-scarred Hoopster has a confession to make: As a teen-ager in the sixties, I watched a lot of basketball games “live” at the tradition-steeped Araneta Coliseum and the old Rizal Memorial Coliseum, if not through the magic of radio and/or television. Sure, I admire some of the best players in Philippine basketball history. The […]
SEASON 3 of the Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) league goes full blast on Saturday, January 9 (10:00 a.m.), with the resumption of the basketball competitions and the inaugural staging of ladies’ high school volleyball. The PCYAA is composed of eight Chinese-Filipino schools in the Metro Manila area. These are Grace Christian College, Jubilee […]
DOMINANT and perfect. Powerhouse Hope Christian High School outclassed Saint Stephen’s High School, 89-54, in the one-game finals of the 18th Metropolitan Amateur Sports Association (MASA) high school basketball competitions at the Philippine Cultural College main gym in Tondo, Manila. The one-sided victory propelled the Warriors to a lily-white 11-0 finish in the six-school tournament […]
GIRLS just wanna have fun. And along the way, the Uno High School women’s basketball team has won back-to-back Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) championships with an unblemished win-loss record each time. Last Tuesday (December 1), the top-seeded Uno belles scored a stunning 52-51 victory over second-ranked Jubilee Christian Academy in the Ladies Division […]
CONFETTI are expected to come down at the Philippine Cultural College Main Gym in Manila on Thursday, Dec. 3, when the unbeaten Hope Christian High School takes on Saint Stephen’s High School in the finals of the 18th Metropolitan Amateur Sports Association (MASA) high school basketball tournament. Game time is 1:00 p.m. The Warriors own […]