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Dumaguete City, PhilippinesThursday, September 13, 2012
Sports

ButtonPRISAA to include high school events
ButtonSuarez named MVP in Philta tournament
ButtonDavies Paint secures semis seat in BTTHS Alumni Basketball tilt
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PRISAA to include
high school events

Officials of the Private Schools Athletic Association have decided to include some high school events originally designed for top tertiary athletes from private schools in the country in the competition this year.

Roger Banzuela, Western Visayas PRISAA Sports Task Force head, said that among the secondary events to be played in this year’s PRISAA calendar are: basketball boys, volleyball and beach volleyball girls, athletics boys and girls, swimming boys and girls, and chess boys and girls.

He also said the regional PRISAA will be held on December 27-30 in Roxas City, Capiz after Aklan and Antique begged off from hosting the annual competition.

Suarez named MVP
in Philta tournament

Stefan Suarez, son of former Davis Cup campaigner Raymund “Boom Boom” Suarez from Manila, bagged a double championship to be adjudged as Most Valuable Player in the Philta-Palawan Pawnshop Regional Age-Group Championships held at the Center Court Tennis Club in Bacolod City.

Suarez topped the boys’ 16-Under event beating Rodolfor Barquin of San Carlos City, and Fernando Arguelles of PTA Bacolod.

Earlier, Arguelles also yielded to Godfrey Seno of Cebu in the boys’ 14-Under group, while Karl Baran of La Carlota City defeated Matthew Flores from Central Philippine Universityas Fernado Ceazar Po of host Bacolod City prevailed over Cesar Salimbangon of Cebu.

Davies Paint secures semis seat
in BTTHS Alumni Basketball tilt

Emerging from an 18-point deficit in the fourth quarter, defending champion Davies Paint tied the score at 76-all then completed the come-from-behind win with a 95-85 decision in overtime against Davies/Mang Inasal in the quarterfinals match-up of the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Alumni Basketball tournament at the Po Hang Gym, the previous weekend.

Despite trailing Mang Inasal in the first three quarters, Davies Paint kept their composure and grabbed the momentum in the final minutes of regulation. The team will face their elimination round tormentor Willtrade/Phoenix in the semifinals this weekend.

Starting strong in the first quarter, Davies/Mang Insal registered a 20-9 lead behind the efforts of Aldin Lim and Ben Arca, who scored 13 and seven points, respectively.

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