Big sporting year ahead
Former 'bagoneta' driver makes it big
Area III batters prevail, boosts delegation to 2nd
PSDO schedules swimming seminar in Sagay
Fil-Sino sets pre-TKP Cup tournament

Former 'bagoneta'
driver makes it big

Junrey Dayumat stopped driving a 'bagoneta' - an improvised mode of transportation through, on a railroad track - for a living at 18 and tried his luck with the Philippine Dragon Boat Team in December 2003.

Dayumat had quit school in his junior year in high school and felt he had nothing to lose. But fate would turn out to be kind for the Silay City-born athlete, whose brute strength and talent earned him a slot to the national team.

Dayumat of Sitio Mambag-id, Brgy, Balaring was instantly called to duty in the 22nd Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, where he helped the Philippine Team to a gold and silver finish in two events. The achievement only gave Dayumat enough reason to continue donning the RP colors.

Area III batters prevail,
boosts delegation to 2nd

Area III, bannered by Talisay City clouters, demolished Area IV, 5-1, yesterday to keep its secondary baseball crown in the Palarong Panlalawigan at the Bacolod City National High School ballfield.

The successful title defense of the Talisay batters was equivalent to 25 points giving Area III a total of 213 markers and the first runner-up place in the overall championship race in the secondary division, behind Area IV that accumulated 270.5 points.

The Narciso Jayme-mentored Area III squad clobbered Area IV, 17-3, last Dec. 21 to forge a winner-take-all championship showdown.

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