Tay Tung to represent Visayas in national HS volley tilt

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Saturday, March 10, 2018
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BACOLOD Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts will try to extend its winning ways when it represents Visayas in the Akari National High School Volleyball Championships from March 17 to 18 at the Adamson Gym in Manila.

Thunderbolts earned the right to represent Visayas in the competition for defeating Central Philippine University Golden Lions in the Visayas leg held in January at the Ateneo de Iloilo Gym.

Jose Montalbo, Tay Tung’s vice president for sports, told Buzzer Beater their stint in the two-day tournament will be a good exposure for their volleyball squad against the tough teams in Manila and other places.

“Magandang exposure ito para sa mga players, especially matitinding teams ang makakalaban namin dito,” Montalbo said. “Definitely we will give our best to keep in step with the teams.”

Marianne Sotomil, one of the veteran players of the squad, said the team is good to go for the competition following their extensive training under the auspices of head coach Ian Macariola.

“We will definitely make Visayas proud. We are really determined to perform well in this tournament para hindi masayang ang pinaghandaan namin,” said Sotomil who is headed to the University of the Philippines Lady Maroons later this year.

Also part of the Thunderbolts team are Shane Carmona, Alyssa Bertolano, Joan Monares, Joan Doguna, Beatrice Decena, Jeanny Padilla, Nohlin Jundana, Marixi Maligmat, Kiesha Bedonia, Rhean Almendralejo, and Erika Deloria.

The elimination round in the tournament on March 17 will be race to 35 points with no deuce, while the semifinals and championship on March 18 will be best of five sets with deuce.

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Around 2,000 footballers from across the province are expected to see action in the 5th Sinigayan 7 A-side Football Festival, which will kick-off today at the Sagay National High School football field.

Match Commissioner Catalino Valderrama Sr. said that players from the cities of San Carlos, Escalante, Cadiz, Victorias, Talisay and Bacolod as well as other localities in Southern Negros will suit up in the 170 teams competing in the 2-day event.

Among the events in Day 1, which will feature 90 teams, are boys/girls or mixed (born 2008 and after), boys (born 2005 and after), boys (born 2002 and after), girls (born 2000 and after), 35–Up Men (born March 10, 1983 and before) and 30–Up Soccer Mom (born March 10, 1987 and before).

Eighty teams, meanwhile, are seeing action in Day 2 for the boys/girls or mixed (born 2007 and after), boys (15 born 2003 and after), boys (born 2000 and after), Women’s Open and Men’s Open.

“For the past years football has tremendously grew in Sagay that resulted to the staging of various related events and has helped the local economy through generated revenues,” Valderrama said.

The staging of the two-day football event, which is part of Sagay City’s Annual Fiesta in honor of its Patron St. Joseph the Worker, was among Sagay city’s sports tourism program./PN
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