The Four Regional Sports QualifiHERs of LPSci

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Beauty, brains, and brawn! Meet the four regional representatives in different sports competitions hailing from Las Piñas City National Science High School (LPCNSHS): Reezadaine Rojales, Sam Anastacio, Rashelle Siao, and Ariana Garcia!

During the MAPEH Month— celebrated every March—many sports competitions were held to choose the rightful representatives for the NCR Meet. These four girls from the Junior High School (JHS) of LPCNSHS brought good news to our school just in time for the Women’s Month in April.

Rising through the SEA

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“We levelled up”

Said Bambol Tolentino, president of The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), when the Philippines won 58 gold, 85 silver, and 117 bronze medals, in the 32nd Southeast Asian Games, Cambodia. This outcome is crucial as it elevates the reputation of Philippine Sports. Previously, the Philippines’ sports reputation slightly diminished.

Filipinos Hidilyn Diaz, Carlos Yulo, and EJ Obiena were superstars winning medals in different parts of the world. However, in the 31st SEA Games the Philippines only won 52-70-105 medals. In the same event, Gilas Pilipinas, the Philippines’ national basketball team, lost the gold medal. Worse, they failed to reach the quarter finals in the FIBA Asia Cup.

Looking at these, I was disheartened. The Philippines is home to many sports legends such as Manny Pacquiao, Paeng Nepomuceno, and Efren ‘Bata’ Reyes J.r. It is because of these legends, Philippines sports is renowned for diligence and

Lapiscians bag silver in dance sport Division Athletic Meet

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Reezadaine Rojales is a grade 7 table tennis player who qualified for the Table Tennis Cluster Meet. After being coached by Sir Raymundo S. Calimbas Jr., Reezadaine smashed the Division Meet and won a ticket to the regionals!

Grade 8 student, Sam Anastacio, competed in Taekwondo, with the guidance of Coach Mary Anne Garcia. She won a gold medal in the Division Meet and will represent Las Piñas City in the Regional Meet. She’s kicking her way through victory!

For Athletics, we have Rashelle Siao from the grade 10 level. She ran away with the gold medal in the Division Meet Athletics last

March 3, 2023. To win any athletics or track-and-field sports, you need to be determined to run fast. The key to winning is to never give up and keep on running, and that’s exactly what Rashelle did!

Chess may not be a physical sport, but don’t underestimate the amount of focus you need to win. Ariana Garcia is a grade 10 student who won gold in the Division Chess Meet, under coaches Larry Byl Cuenca and Jonnel D. Aristosa. Brains and Beauty are checked, mate!

These four students proved to us that they are strong female athletes, despite what society may say. Girl power all the way!

Las Piñas City National Science High School Dance Sport Contestants danced their way to the judges’ hearts as they secured the Silver Medal in the Division Athletic Meet in categories

Junior Latin Category and Junior Standard Category last March 17, 2023, held at CAA Elementary School - Main Campus.

Junior Latin Category contestants

Matthew E. Mangulabnan and Ronald Kadine S. Valdez, and Junior Standard Category contestants Arvin Josef Lyon

P. Padilla and Sophia Ysabelle persistence, and dominance. Certainly this country could have displayed its sports talent to the world better.

G. Estrada faced the dancers of Cluster 1 in the Division Meet, after earning the Gold title during Dance Sports Cluster Meet last March 3, 2023, at Las Piñas East National High School Verdant.

Fortunately with this medal haul, the Philippines reminds the world that Filipinos are still a force in international space.

To maintain our position in the globe, the Philippine government must continue to uphold athletes. Besides establishing a flexible budget, there should be more policies and programs to secure funds for athletes. Moreover, athletes would benefit from interventions and incentives. Lastly, the government should encourage the next generation of aspiring athletes, so they too strengthen the reputation of Philippine sports.

If we want to stay afloat in this competition, we need to level up.

End of an era: GGs for Team Secret in VCT APAC League

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PH team, Team Secret, are homebound as GEN G sends them back in VCT lower bracket semis.

The Philippine Reps, Team Secret, ends their miracle run as they suffer a heartbreaking 1-2 defeat from Korean Team Gen G in Valorant Champions Tour Asia Pacific held in South Korea last Monday, landing them in fifth place.

After a seemingly impossible spread of games, the team that swept the unbeatable DRX are out of the running for a spot in the Valorant Champions Tour Grand Stage in

Tokyo this June.

Team Secret, led by JessieVash, had played out a reverse sweep comeback in the first half of the first map, dominating from a slow 0-6 start in the first game, securing Ascent with a 12-8 win.

This was followed by an absolute sweep as Gen G ran away with the second game win, leaving a scoreline of 13-8 on Haven, Team Secret’s map pick.

The Adobo Gang tried to hold on, but their last hopes were squashed as the deciding game, Split, ended with a 12-14 defeat in overtime after Gen G’s impeccable catch-up rounds.

Dance contestant Arvin Padilla expressed his disappointment for failing to win the Gold Medal.

“A part of me had already anticipated that we wouldn’t win the Gold medal... but I still had some faith that we would win, so I was just a tad bit disappointed with the results because we were so close to qualifying for the regional meet, but I eventually accepted it not long after,” Padilla said.

The dance athletes performed onthe-spot with genres ranging from Cha-cha-cha to Tango.

Their coach, Mr. Peter Daniel Bangug, and the management team headed by Mr. Elmo Banay, Mr. Jay Rose Camonoyan, and Mr. Jovit Jeniebre led the dance athletes to win their Silver Medal.