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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, February 27, 2006 |
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Negros
booters bag
national open crown
BY CEDELF TUPAS
ILOILO CITY --- Battle-weary and injury-plagued, Negros Occidental refused to wilt and rallied past National Capital Region, 2-1, yesterday for the PFF-National Men's Open Football Championships at the Iloilo Sports Complex here.
Team captain Ziggy Tonog struck the equalizer in the 23 rd minute off a Jason Panhay cross from the left, before Arnie Pasinabo underlined his Most Valuable Player billing, scoring the game-winner in the 74th minute after getting a headed pass from Michael Benedicto as Negros won its second national open crown since 2002.
More importantly, Tonog, a 33-year-old defender, was
the pillar of strength of an under-sized defensive line in the second
half, where Ali Borromeo and Ian Araneta threatened to break loose as
NCR mounted a last-ditch attack. 
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New
ST dribblers top Guards Peewee Demonteverde and Mark Binguan came up with big plays down the stretch as New ST Bacolod Marketing beat Probac, 102-92, Saturday night to claim the top spot in Bracket B of the 6th Tan Kek Pin Memorial Cup at the Po Hang Gym in Bacolod City. Demonteverde scored 26 points, including 16 in the final period,
while Binguan sealed the win by nailing four straight free throws
as New ST took a twice-to-beat advantage in the second phase of
the quarterfinals. It was New ST's sixth straight victory, after
dropping a tough triple-overtime loss to Krua Thai-Ice Monster in
its opening assignment. |
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La
Salle, SJI, BTTHS University of St. La Salle, St. John's Institute and Bacolod Tay Tung High School posted victories against different opponents over the weekend to claim the titles of their respective divisions in the NOPSSCEA basketball tournament at the Po Hang Gym in Bacolod City. The USLS aspirants' squad of Troy Sarabia drubbed SJI, 103-65, to bring home the championship yesterday, while the Gerome Aledron-mentored BTTHS cagers trounced St. John's, 87-79, to grab the 10-Under crown Saturday. The SJI stalwarts also had their share of the limelight after
registering a 67-66 triumph over their La Salle rivals to snatch
the title in the elementary category Saturday. |
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