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Dumaguete City, Philippines	Wednesday, August 29, 2012

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Mustangs against Stingers in men's basketball opener
1,300 participants join Fun Run/Walk
NTU jins shine in Cebu tourney
NPBC RJ bowlers lead finalists

Mustangs against Stingers
in men's basketball opener

Carrying on with their rivalry in local collegiate basketball, the West Negros University Mustangs and the University of St. La Salle Stingers open this year's NOPSSCEA season with a highly-anticipated rematch of last year's finals this Friday, 5 p.m. at the WNU Gym.

The Mustangs will be gunning for its 14 th straight title, fourth under the mentorship of head coach Troy Sarabia, while the Stingers will be out to accomplish what it sets out to do every year, claim back the crown it held back in the 90s.

Stingers coach Eugene Opu-an earlier said they have the same goal every year, to reach the finals and win the championship. Sarabia, on the other hand, said there are some changes in the team as the Mustangs lost some of its key players from last year's champion squad.

1,300 participants
join Fun Run/Walk

The Hua Ming Fun Run/Walk dubbed “Run Ko Pag-Asa Mo”, event on Aug. 19 drew 1,300 participants, who ran and walked from St. John's Institute to Robinson's Place Bacolod, a press release from the school said.

Among those who joined were businessmen, professionals, policemen, students and even visually impaired kids from SPED Bacolod, who raced in the 5K, 3K and 1K distances.

Romulo Balinas Jr. topped the 5k male category with Rommel Hulleza grabbing second place and SJI Batch 1993 graduate Dino Pizon, settling for third place.

NTU jins shine in Cebu tourney

Nine Negros Taekwondo Union jins captured gold medals, one silver and two bronze during the Visayas Taekwondo Milo Little Olympics held over the weekend in Mabolo Elementary School , Cebu City , a press release from the group said.

More than 150 athletes coming from Regions 6, 7 and 8 joined the tournament.

The two-day competition headed by champion-coach Jimjim Chua, saw intense action and powerful kicks that made the NTU jins clinched the championship in the high school girls' category.

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