VOL. 8 ISSUE 227 • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016
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Golfer Arman Abarquez blasting out at the Apo Golf and Country Club during the 5th Notre Dame Cup Golf tournament held Feb. 6. Golfer Larry Baluso tees off at hole no. 1 of the Apo Golf and Country Club during the 5th Notre Dame Cup Golf tournament held Feb. 6. (Photos by TOMMY INIGO)
Phoenix Fuelmasters to play Ginebra in Davao March 19 By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO
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RACE yourselves for this. Phoenix Petroleum Fuelmasters, the first local-based franchise of Asia’s longest play-for-play loop, will play its first “home game” on March 19 in Davao City. Their opponent? No less than the PBAs crowd favorite Ginebra San Miguel. “We are playing in Davao on March 19 and we are all excited to play there,” said Phoenix Fuelmasters team official Atty. Raymond Zorilla. The Fuelmasters will play its first PBA game tomorrow when the import-laden Commissioner’s Cup opens. Phoenix Petroleum, a Davao-based independent oil firm, has bought the franchise of Barako Bull and inherited the full complement of the
team. “We are keeping
rade Gilas standout JC Intal and
t h e team intact for now unless there are attractive trade offers. Only the management will change but not the players and coaching staff,” Zorilla told this writer in an interview over 105.9 Balita FM. Zorilla said leading scorer RR Garcia is already practicing with the team after being injured in the Philippine Cup. The Fuelmasters will pa-
form e r Ginebra players Josh Urbiztondo, Eman Monfort, Mac Baracael, Willie Wilson and Rodney Brondial. Veteran Mick Pinisi is also with the team to be coached by Koy Banal. For the Commissioners Cup, Phoenix has signed up Nigerian journeyman Kenny Adeleke as import. The 6-9 Adeleke is a veteran in several
leagues in Turkey, Israel, Venezuela, China, and Puerto Rico. “He is a big man with a lot of experience,” said Zorilla of their import. Interestingly, the March 19 duel with Ginebra will be an encounter of former teammates but Zorilla expects the Fuelmasters to give their all before their homecrowd. Zorilla also said this early they already have some remarks on social media of the organization of a Fuelmasters fans club. “It’s pretty excitting to know that we already have some fans even before we play our first game,” he said. The Phoenix ballclub is owned by sportsminded Dabawenyo businessman Dennis Uy.
Fajardo suffered a knee injury in Game 6 of their semi-final series against Rain or Shine, but made a surprise return in Game 5 of the Finals against the Alaska Aces with the Beermen trailing 1-3 in the series.
San Miguel eventually won in seven games, becoming the first team to win a championship despite trailing 0-3 in the best-of-seven series. Fajardo, who played limited minutes in each of the final three games, told the league
website after the Finals series that he has been advised to rest “for two to three weeks.” “Maybe it was a blessing in disguise that I got injured,” Fajardo also told PBA.ph. “We were down 0-3 and we ended up making history.”
Fajardo gets at least 2 weeks of rest T
WO-TIME PBA Most Valuable Player June Mar Fajardo of the San Miguel Beermen is getting at least two weeks of rest following their successful campaign to defend their All-Filipino crown, the player told the PBA website.
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HE Superbowl never ceases to amaze us. No doubt, it’s called the greatest show on earth. Yesterday’s Superbowl 50 is one of the most unforgettable I must say. After the memorable 1999 win by Denver on John Elway’s final outing as one of the greatest quarterbacks of the sport, this one should
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Notre Dame golfers win duel with Ateneo C HALK one for Team Notre Dame. The Notre Dameans fired an aggregate total of 730 to in its faceoff with Team Ateneo by a convincing 37 strokes in the first ever Ateneo-Notre Dame Golf Duel, a sideshow in the 5th Notre Dame Cup golf tournament last Saturday at the Apo Golf and Country Club. The Ryder Cup format duel counts the 10 best scores from both teams to determine the winner of the prestigious trophy and the bragging rights that come with it. Team Notre Dame’s scorers were Mike Barnuevo, Robert Garan, Ronald Gumawa and Land Transportation Office assistant regional director Macario “Bong” Gonzaga, who each scored 72s. Also counting for ND are Peter Deloria (73), Ronnie Magsico (73), Danny Robles (73), Zaldy Abellera (74), Abe Dizon (74) and Rey Batomalaque (75). Ateneo tallied an aggregate 767 with Felix Enofre leading the charge with a one under par 71. The other scorers for the Ateneo swingers were Darius Gloriane (72), Nido Albarillo (73), Nilo Miole (73), Fred Bandong (77), Nono Bata (78), Ver dela Cruz (78), Bong Lafuente (79), Carlos Senase (79) and Joel Martin (87). “Ateneo can make a comeback next year,” said tournament director Atty. Dan Calica. In the centerpiece tournament, Robert Dizon shot a net 70 spiked by three birdies to emerge as the over-all individual champion. Tsikoy Saavedra fired a three-over par 75 for the overall gross title. American expat Kevin Hermiston won via countback over Marlon Tabanao and Edwin Cayamanda in the premier Class A division. The three frontrunners carded identical
Bradley’s 25 points helps Celtics dethrone Kings
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HE Boston Celtics enjoyed a season-high scoring day to keep their current winning stretch rolling along. Avery Bradley scored 25 points, Isiah Thomas had 22 and the Celtics held off the Kings 128119 on Sunday for their ninth win in 10 games. ‘’Whenever you get a chance to run up and down and move the ball like we did tonight, it’s fun,’’ Bradley said. ‘’And not only that, we were making shots. When everybody’s making shots, everybody’s happy.’’ The loss may also fuel recent reports on the shaky status of
Jordan Norwood’s amazing rush
go down as one of the best ones. For a number of reasons, it is. First, there was Peyton Manning, now a ripe 38, in his last game in the NFL and leaving the sport in style (as was Elway) winning for the Broncos the Lombardi trophy. Second, the halftime
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show was awesome and yes, no wardrobe mishaps or power outage. Beyonce, Cold Play, and Bruno Mars put up one heck of a show at halftime. And third, Jordan Norwood. The Fil-Am Norwood, younger brother of Rain Or Shine combo guard Gabe, set a new Superbowl re-
70s highlighted by two birdies but Hermiston had more pars scored (7) while Tabanao and Cayamanda only made six and four, respectively. Dexter So (71) won the Class B title with lawyer Vincent Paul Montejo (72) placed runner-up behind a birdie to win by a countback against second runner-up Jerry Leonor (72). LTO Director Gomer Dy pocketed the Class C crown with a one-under par 71. First runner-up was Vic Danao (72) followed by Robert Garan (72). Special awards were given to Walter Thalhammer (most accurate drive), Han Hee Chui (longest drive) and Montejo (nearest to the pin). More than 100 players joined the annual golf tournament organized by Batch 85 – Notre Dame of Kidapawan for Boys and Girls HS Alumni Association, Inc. and Batch 86 – Notre Dame of Kidapawan for Boys and Girls. “The funds will go to our different socio-civic programs and projects,” said Batch 85 AA president Lilian Tirona, who awarded the prizes together with Laarni Lacuna and Batch 86’s representative Leilani Tiu. The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi, Agri Component Corp., Colorsteel, Philippine Councilors League Las Pinas Chapter and AGCC while the hole sponsors were Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista, Cotabato Gov. Lala Talino-Mendoza, Rep. Nancy Catamco, Atty. Paolo Evangelista, GABS Agri Supply, Buy & Sell, Supertrade Enterprises, Megatesting Center, Modern Time Enterprises, Alzen Corp., LCG Marketing Phils., All Certified Equipment Trading, Borderline Construction & Supply, The Naked Market masters, CSP Pharmacy and Marketing, Island Gas and Mega Fiber Food Supplement. NEILWIN JOSEPH BRAVO
cord with a 61-yard punt return. I almost fell off my seat as Norwood took the football to their homeside rushing through the sidelines before being brought down. It was one of the shining moments of SB50 and one that should make every Filipino proud. Jordan Norwood thus is
Sacramento coach George Karl’s future. Jared Sullinger matched his season high with 21 points, reserve Tyler Zeller had a season high 17 with seven rebounds and Thomas added nine assists for Boston, which committed a season high 24 turnovers but shot 56 percent. ‘’The one thing is our offense has been pretty good the last 10 games,’’ Boston coach Brad Stevens said. ‘’I don’t think we’re 128 points good. We’re probably due for games like that. You’re going to have games like the other night when we’re struggling to get to 100.’’
added to the growing list of bright stars among Fil-foreign athletes joining Jordan Clarkson (Los Angeles Lakers) and Justin Day (golf). Jordan Norwood’s Superbowl heroics should spur the growth of American football in the country. Another sport Jordan Norwood, only 6 foot flat, has proven we can excel.