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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Saturday, February 24, 2007 |
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Negros
scores Palaro double
HOST KEEPS CROWNS IN RUNAWAY FASHION
BY CEDELF TUPAS
Too good. Too strong. Too classy.
Negros Occidental once again left its regional sporting rivals reeling in its wake, retaining the elementary and secondary titles at the close of the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet in Bacolod City yesterday. The hosts dashed whatever hopes of a final-day assault from Iloilo by splitting the athletics titles with its fiercest contender and winning majority of the championship matches in ballgames.
It was a convincing triumph for the Negrenses in the
secondary division, where the hosts posted a total of 465 points, 110
ahead of Iloilo. Capiz came in third with 166.5 points, followed by
Aklan (106), Antique (99) and Guimaras (85.5). 
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Local
jins bring Former Palarong Pambansa gold medalist Ma. Daphne Alindagon led the roster of gold medalists for Negros Occidental in the regional Palaro taekwondo competitions at the Panaad Park and Stadium in Bacolod City. Alindogan dominated the featherweight division of the high school
girls' category to spearhead the second-place finish of the hosts
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Salle, WNC players Negros Occidental turned up the pressure just when Iloilo started to play slack to prevail, 81-74, in a fast and furious high school boys' basketball title clash at the Negros Occidental Multi-Purpose Activity Center. Ian Gabriel Villanueva, John Carlo Uychiat and Mark Mancera knocked in key baskets in the final three minutes as the Negrenses came back from a nine-point deficit in the third quarter to dethrone the Ilonggos. Employing on a full-court press, Negros forced turnovers with
impunity, scrambled for loose balls and translated them into easy
fastbreak points, while limiting Iloilo to only seven points in
the first eight minutes of the fourth quarter. |
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