May 09, 2024
Thursday
IT’S back to the salt mines for this Hoopster. Juniors competitions in the boys and girls divisions of the 7th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions among the eight Chinese-Filipino member schools in the Metro Manila area will unwrap on Saturday, January 11, at 12 noon at the Uno High School gym in […]
IT is said that sports is a microcosm of society and mirrors life. It is in this aspect that the Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) was established in late 2013 to gear youthful Filipino students with Chinese roots to sports. It’s been six years since the multi-sports league first saw the light of day […]
GET ready for the opening of Season 7 of the PCYAA on Saturday, October 19, with the start of the basketball festivities in the Developmental 12-Under and Aspirants 14-Under divisions at the tradition-steeped Uno High School gym. Six games – three in each division – are on tap for inaugural day. In the Developmental division, […]
AT no time in the history of the Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions in any of the four divisions – 12-Under Developmental, 14-Under Aspirants, 18-Under Boy Juniors and Ladies Juniors – had a player chalked 50 points or more in a game until the ongoing Season 6 cage festivities. And unbelievably, there […]
THE official opening ceremony of the 6th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) sports competitions that was graced by inspirational speaker Gabe Norwood of the Philippine national basketball team was held last Saturday before a sizeable crowd at the Filoil Flying V Centre. The cage festivities in the 18-and-under Boys Juniors Division commenced that day […]
ST. Stephen’s High School scored a twin kill after capturing the titles in both the 12-Under Developmental Division and 14-Under Aspirants Division of the 6th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions held Thursday night at the Uno High School gym. St. Stephen’s, which is in the second year of league participation, shellacked Saint […]
SEASON 6 of the Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) will get underway on Saturday, October 13, with the start of the basketball competitions in the 14-Under Aspirants Division at the Uno High School gym. A four-game bill is set for opening day. Grace Christian College takes on Jubilee Christian Academy in the first game […]
TOP-seeded Saint Jude Catholic School takes on eighth-seeded Grace Christian College on Wednesday, February 7, at the start of the quarterfinal playoffs of the 18-under Boys Juniors division in the 5th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions at the Uno High School gym in Tondo, Manila. Last year’s second-placers, the Judenites finished the […]
DEFENDING champion MGC New Life Christian Academy opened its title-retention bid in the 18-under Boys Juniors Division of the 5th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions with a 67-40 rout of Uno High School last Sunday at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City. The New Lifers got off to a […]
IT will be a long nine-day sabbatical for the students in the Metro Manila area starting Saturday, November 11, due to the country’s hosting of the Association of Southeast Nations (ASEAN) Summit. Even as classes (November 11-19, including twin Saturdays and Sundays) are suspended during the period, a drawn-out basketball-related work it will be for […]
MAYBE it’s the hype. Maybe it’s simply luck. Maybe it’s written in the stars. No matter what, the Philadelphia High School Panthers have been performing way above expectations in the ongoing Filipino-Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation (FCAAF) high school basketball competitions. Since dropping a tournament-opening 62-60 decision to Grace Christian College after blowing an 11-point lead […]