BPBL organizers preparing early for Season 2

Dale Rosal 02/28/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The organizers of the Batang Pilipino Basketball League (BPBL) are preparing early for Season 2, which is tentatively set to unfold with its regional eliminations in April. BPBL commissioner Ron Camara led a meeting with…

Baybay priest opens charity basketball tourney for Typhoon Agaton victims

Glendale G. Rosal 11/30/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A priest in Baybay City, Leyte is organizing a fund-raising basketball event to uplift the downhearted victims of Tropical Storm Agaton. Father Arthur Duarte, the chaplain of the Franciscan College of the Immaculate…

The hidden story of SMS Boystown and Girlstown’s successful sports program

Glendale G. Rosal 10/11/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Sisters of Mary School (SMS) Boystown and Girlstown in south Cebu merged the biggest recipients of the recent visit of  Chooks-to-Go president and the country’s “Godfather” of 3×3 basketball Ronald Mascariñas. This…

Van Halen Parmis is back at the Cesafi, now with SWU-Phinma

Jonas Rey N. Panerio 06/18/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—As the players of the Southwestern University (SWU)-Phinma Baby Cobras started to warm up, a familiar face stirred the Cebu Coliseum up.  Now wearing a black and maroon polo shirt that bore the Cobras insignia,…

OPSI organizes province-wide basketball league

Calvin D. Cordova 01/25/2017

WITH its boxing series already gaining ground, the Omega Pro Sports International (OPSI) is looking to make its presence felt in another avenue as it set to launch a province-wide basketball tournament. Though the name of the…

Parmis’ clinic gets help from NU

Glendale G. Rosal 01/21/2017

IT WAS ANOTHER fruitful day for University of the Visayas (UV) Baby Green Lancers’ assistant coach Van Halen Parmis and the rest of the volunteer coaches who helped in his sports clinic at the Sisters of Mary…

UV deputy coach leaves

Jonas N. Panerio 08/30/2016

THE University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers’ brain trust has been dealt a massive blow after assistant coach Van Halen Parmis left the team indefinitely to tend to his ailing grandfather. Parmis, the team’s lead scout…

Time to move on for UV

Jonas N. Panerio 05/19/2016

FOR THE University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers, life goes on in the wake of the sudden defection of their two best aces—Jun Manzo and Leonard Santillan—to the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons. With…

Lancers fall short in MisOr cagefest

Jonas N. Panerio 01/25/2016

THE UNIVERSITY of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers fought hard but ultimately fell to the Ozamis Cotta in the championship game of the 6th Mayor Danilo A. Lagbas Basketball Cup 2016 on Sunday evening in Kinoguitan, Misamis…

UV wins hearts of newfound fans

Jonas N. Panerio 10/02/2015

A DIFFERENT troop of cheerleaders came to support the University of the Visayas Green Lancers in their game against the University of San Carlos Warriors on Thursday night – one that in spite of their advanced age,…

Cebuano-backed 7As Bakeshop champs in Bayugan hoop tourney

Jonas N. Panerio 07/01/2015

The 7As Bakeshop, a commercial squad manned by Cebu’s finest commercial basketball players, emerged victorious in the Bayugan City Mayor’s Cup Invitational Basketball Tournament 2015 after they upended the University of the Visayas Green Lancers, 86-65, in…

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