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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
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Western Visayas claims 11 golds
BUT NCR BETS PULLING AWAY
BY CEDELF TUPAS
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Western Visayas' gold medal machine began humming to life yesterday but it could turn out to be too little, too late as National Capital Region, buoyed by victories in swimming and athletics, pulled away from the pack in the National Private Schools Athletic Association Games here.
Swimming contributed five golds, the women's badminton team retained its title for four more and taekwondo produced two new champions as Western Visayas solidified its hold of second place in the overall standings.
Chrizel Lagunday of John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University won the region's first individual gold in swimming when she topped the women's 200m freestyle. 
| Region 6 cagers, spikers triumph ZAMBOANGA CITY – Using a mean pressure defense to trigger their run-and-gun game, Western Visayas' men's basketball team strengthened its bid for a semifinal bid with an 83-59 drubbing of Caraga yesterday amid sweltering conditions at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex. West Negros University standout Alfie Villariza pumped in 32 points, while Vengie Vergara came away with 28 points on seven triples as the Region 6 squad kept its flickering hopes alive, after dropping its first two games against lightweight foes. |
| Cebu kid sparkles in RC tilt Eleven-year-old Pio Neri of Cebu grabbed the limelight yesterday by topping the Sportsman category in pattern flying and expertly executing a Climb/Glide in the fun fly event of the 22nd Philippine Radio Control Aeromodelers Nationals held at the PAL tarmac of the former Bacolod Domestic Airport in Bacolod City. Neri, a sixth grader at Paref Springdale, Cebu and son of three-time national champion Jayjay Neri, earned the nod of the judges in the fun fly event when he remained up in the air for 4 minutes and 47 seconds for his climb/glide entry while Bacoleño Yepe Infante settled for second place for his 1.01 execution of the Time Trax. |
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