April 27, 2024
Saturday
THE plot thickens in the Boys’ Juniors (High School) Division of the 4th Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) basketball competitions held at the Uno High School gym. Going into the lone contest (host Grace Christian College vs. Saint Jude Catholic School) today, January 24 (7 p.m.), there is a four-way logjam atop the standings […]
SEASON 4 of the Philippine Ching Yuen Athletic Association (PCYAA) league goes full blast today, January 12, with the resumption of the basketball competitions at the Uno High School gym. Action in the Boys’ Juniors (High School) Division commences on that day with Saint Peter the Apostle School taking on last year’s runner-up Philippine Cultural […]
FOR more than a decade, covering local high school basketball activities have been my cup of tea. I salute the roundballers in their teens that play for the name of the school on their uniforms without any financial benefits (allowances) and other perks such as a scholarship, a free pair of shoes or even “unli” […]
THERE was a time in the 1960s 1970s and even 1980s when 10-year-old to 12-year-old school-based athletes taking part in official basketball competitions were designated by organizers to play in the derisively-sounding Mosquito Division, if not the so-called Mini Division. Moreover, their games served only as “appetizers” to the major high school cage tournaments. Nowadays, […]