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Quezon City, Caloocan advance as Batang TNT-Quezon City blasts Powerade Batang Davao

Batang Talk N’ Text-Quezon City and Batang B-Meg Derby Ace-Caloocan swept their respective groups yesterday and appeared headed for another title rematch in the 2010 Powerade Batang PBA Pilipinas Championship.

Aljun Melecio poured 16 of his game-high 22 points in the first quarter and Batang Derby Ace-Caloocan cruised to a 77-51 victory against Powerade Batang Cebu in a game of unbeaten teams for its third win in Group B.

Up by seven at halftime, the Batang Llamados ripped the game in the third quarter as Junel Nacpil scored 12 of his 16 points in the third that propelled Derby Ace-Caloocan to a 63-32 advantage entering the fourth

The defending champion Texters were also unchallenged in their 79-37 romp of Powerade Batang Davao that also kept them unbeaten in Group A.

John Vincent Gallego was the man of the hour for TnT-QC. He turned in 31 points including 26 in the second quarter as the Batang Texters stretched a 16-13 first quarter lead to 46-19.

As Group B topnotcher Batang Derby Derby Ace-Caloocan will face Powerade Batang Bacolod, the no. 2 team in Group A, in the crossover semifinals at 1:30 p.m. today at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium.

Powerade Batang Bacolod (2-1) wond up its elimination round round assignment with a 68-35 victory over Powerade Batang Baguio.

Batang TnT-QC, which has won eight consecutive games overall, including a five-game sweep in the Batang PBA Summer League, will go up against Powerade Batang Cebu in the other semifinal set at 12 p.m.

The Batang Texters defeated the Batang Llamados in the finals of the Batang PBA Summer League for its third straight title.

In the classification match, Powerade Batang Zamboanga defeated Powerade Batang Batangas, 50-19, to finish with a 1-2 record.

Powerade Batang Baguio and Powerade Batang Batangas finished their campaigns with an 0-and-3 record.

The Scores:

First Game

Batang B-Meg Derby Ace-Caloocan 77 – Melecio 22, Nacpil 16, Cagara 14, Rivera 10, Amoyo 4, Narvasa 4, Buenaflor 3, Dela Cruz 2, Tanedo 2, Abino 0, Garcia 0, Lopez 0, Badillo 0, Manzano 0.

Powerade Batang Cebu 51 – Galinato 16, Berame 16, Aying 13, Dela Calzada 2, Montecillo 2, Waskin 2, Siasar 0, Berdin 0, Quijada 0, Rosero 0, Arquillano 0, Elemino 0, Donteras 0, Galan 0, Orias 0.

Quarters: 18-9; 34-25; 63-32; 77-51.

Second Game

Powerade Batang Bacolod 68 – Antiporda 16, Caram 14, Balangel 10, Tahao 8, Oria 6, Dadivas 4, Tecson 3, Jomalesa 2, Matsuda 2, Baldevarona 2, Sevilla 0, Jungco 0, Remollo 0, Gabito 0.

Powerade Batang Baguio 35 – Mendoza 10, Acosta 8, Bad-ey 4, Monsalud 4, Floresca 3, Imson 2, Buenaventura 2, Tychingco 2, Cacho 0, Agcolocol 0, Bernal 0, Bugayong 0, Ubera 0, Cacho 0.

Quarters: 16-8; 32-11; 50-24; 68-35.

Third Game

Powerade BAtang Zamboanga 50 – Oga 12, Escalante 8, Untoy 8, Rondovio 5, Alfaro 5, Amsali 4, Soriano 4, EStabillo 2, Cadjamalic 2, Sarte 0, SAhali 0, Elum 0, Hassan 0, PAdrigao 0, Sabanal 0,

Powerade Batang Batangas 19 – Labayane 7, Chavez 5, Quito 4, Gupit 3, Alcantara 0, Garcia 0, Condez 0,Mendoza 0, Malaluan 0, Encarnacion 0, Chavez 0, BAusa 0, Fabregas 0, Silang 0, Decastro 0.

Quarters: 14-7; 21-17; 42-17; 50-19

Fourth Game

Batang TnT-Quezon City 79 – Gallego 31, Mendoza 18, Yu 14, Mamuyac 8, Andres 4, Bautista 2, Herrera 2, Fetalvero 0, Dumlao 0, Carino 0, Acot 0, Sto. Domingo 0, Orbeta 0, Adalem 0, Baquial 0.

Powerade Batang Davao 37 – MAnliquez 8, Francisco 7, Inliwan 6, Constantino 4, Coquilla 4, Blanco 2, Angeles 2, Tamayo 2, Taculin 2, Castillo 0, Alino 0, Blanco 0, Arriate 0, Carillo 0.

 Quarters:16-13; 46-19; 72-25; 79-37

Batang Talk N’ Text-Quezon City defeats Powerade Batang Bacolod, Davao bets beat Baguio cagers

Defending champion Batang Talk N’ Text-Quezon City defeated Powerade Batang Bacolod, 97-75 Wednesday and secured its place in the cross-over semifinals of the Powerade Batang PBA Pilipinas Championship at the Cuneta Astrodome.

Jolo Mendoza, a 12-year old student from Ateneo de Manila, led all scorers with 46 points. He accounted for all of his team’s 30 points in the opening quarter as the Batang Texters surged to an 18-point advantage then coasted the rest of the way.

It was their second straight victory in Group B and seventh overall including a five-game sweep en route to a three-peat of the Batang PBA Summer League championship last week.

Batang TnT-QC goes for a sweep of its group when it faces Powerade Batang Davao in their schedule 1 p.m. match Thursday at the close of the classification round at the old San Juan Gym.

B-Meg Derby Ace-Caloocan and Powerade Batang Cebu also posted their second straight wins and clinched the two semifinal berths up for grabs in the Group B.

Aljun Melecio turned in 22 points and Patrick Cagara added 14 for the Batang Llamados who dumped Powerade Batang Batangas, 71-32, while Mark Berame tallied 29 markers to show the way for Powerade Batang Cebu which defeated Powerade Batang Zamboanga, 47-36.

The Batang Llamados and the Batang Cebu battle each other at 8:30 a.m Thursday to determine the top qualifier of their group.

Powerade Batang Davao held off Powerade Batang Baguio, 50-32, for its first win in Group A. Batang Baguio fell to 0-2.

Firs Game  

Powerade Batang Cebu 47 – Berame 29, Galinato 9, Aying 7, Aquillano 2, Waskin 0, Orias 0, Galan 0, Ponteras 0, Montecillo 0, Gumino 0, Dela Calzada 0, Berdin 0, Quijada 0, Rocero 0, Siasar 0.

Powerade Batang Zamboanga 36 – Oga 13, Alfaro 8, Amsali 7, SArte 4, Rondovo 2, Estabillo 2, Padrigao 0,Hassan 0, Ladjamalik 0, Elum 0, Escalante 0, Untoy 0.

Quarters: 0-0, 29-6; 30-16; 47-36.

Second Game

Batang TnT-Quezon City 97 -- Mendoza 46, Gallego 18, Andres 10, Yu 6, Sto. Domingo 4, Andres 3, Baquial 3, CArino 2, Bautista 2, Dumlao 2, Herrera 1, MAmuyac 1 Acot 2.

Powerade Batang BAcolod 75 -- Antiporda 15, Oria 14, Caram 11, Belangel 10, Tuhao 8, Dadivas 6, Fuentes 5, Tecson 4, Gabito 2, Remollo 0, Jomalesa 0, Baldevarona 0, Matsuda 0, Sevilla 0, Jungco 0.

Quarters: 30-12; 53-35

Third Game

Batang B-Meg Derby Ace-Caloocan 71 –Melecio 22, Cagara 14, Lopez 8, Nacpil 8, Lopez 5, Narvasa 4, Amoyo 3, Rivera 2, Tane do 2, Garcia 2, Reyes 0, Buenaflor 0, BAdillo 0, Abino 0.

Powerade Batang Batangs 32 – Gupit 11, Labayene 6, Chavez  RJ 5, Malaluan 3, Alcantara 2, Encarnacion 2, Garcia 2, Condez 1, Quito 0, Mendoza 0, BAusan 0, Silang 0, Chavez 0, Fabregas 0, De Castro 0.

Quarters: 32-10; 49-14, 61-21, 71-32.

Fourth Game

Powerade Batang Davao (Ateneo de Davao) 50 – Constantino 16, Blanco 11, Coquilla 5, Manuquez 4, Francisco 4, Angeles 4, Taculin 2, Arriate 2, Inliwan 2, Alino 0, Blanco 0, Castillo 2, Tamayo 0, Carillo 0.

POwerade Batang BAguio 32 – Mendoza 14, Buenaventura 5, Tychingco 4, Floresca 2, Zablan 2, Acosta 2, Bugayong 1, Imson 0, Agoycol 0, Cacho 0, Bernal 0, Libera 0, Bad-ey 0, Cacho 0.

Quarters: 26-5; 33-10; 39-28; 50-32

Six regional champions with officials

Six regional champion teams from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao that will compete in the Powerade Batang PBA Pilipinas Championship join PBA Commissioner Sonny Barrios (center back) who is standing side by side with PBA media bureau head and assistant to the commissioner Willie Marcial and PBA operations and technical director Rickie Santos for a group photo after a brief press conference, May 31, at the Araneta Gateway Suites. The 2010 Powerade Batang PBA Pilipinas Championship gets going Tuesday at the old San Juan gym with Batang Talk N' Text-Quezon City as defending champion. 

Metro Manila teams register lopsided victories, Powerade Batang Bacolod blasts Powerade Batang Davao

Metro Manila teams Batang Talk N’ Text-Quezon City and Batang B-Meg Derby Ace-Caloocan registered lopsided victories Tuesday at the start of the 2010 Powerade Batang PBA Pilipinas Championship at the old San Juan Gym.

Jolo Mendoza scored 35 points and John Vincent Gallego had 25 as defending champion Batang TnT-Quezon City dumped Powerade Batang Baguio, 103-19, in Group A.

In almost similar fashion, Batang Derby Ace-Caloocan pounced on Powerade Batang Zamboanga, 73-36, in Group B behind the exploits of Aljun Melecio and Patrick Cagara, who had 17 points apiece.

Both games were no contest. The teams from Baguio and Zamboanga showed a big fighting heart but were overmatched and outplayed by their seasoned and experienced rivals from Metro Manila.

Michael Mendoza was the top scorer for Powerade Batang Baguio with six points while Vince Louie Oga scored eight points to show the way for Powerade Batang Zamboanga, which had four players standing 5-foot-4 and above but visibly lacked the experience.

TnT-QC coach Mark Herrera said he is expecting a tough challenge Wednesday when his troops takes on Powerade Batang Bacolod at 11 a.m. at the Cuneta Astrodome.

“Malalaki hindi pwedeng magsona. Kailangan tiyagain,” said Herrera of their next opponent.

In the other games, Powerade Batang Bacolod blasted Powerade Batang Davao, 69-44 in Group A while Powerade Batang Cebu overpowered Powerade Batang Batangas, 65-42 in Group B.

PUREFOODS GIVEN RIGHT TO VOTE

A few months before it takes over the chairmanship of the Philippine Basketball Association, the Purefoods Hormel franchise was given the right to vote on non-basketball related matters during the PBA Board of Governors meeting yesterday at the PBA Office in Libis, Quezon City.

Purefoods is the third PBA franchise of San Miguel Corporation, and under the rules on commonly owned teams, only two commonly-owned teams can cast their votes on all PBA matters that need to be voted on. Voting for SMC in the past were representatives of the San Miguel Beermen and the Barangay Ginebra Kings.

With the latest Board decision, Purefoods can now vote on issues concerning business contracts, league personnel and acceptance and suspension or termination of another PBA member.

However, Purefoods still cannot vote on basketball related matters like game protests, game officiating issues, salary cap rules/violations, player trades and Annual Draft.

With the concurrence of Commissioner Renauld “Sonny” Barrios, the Board also decided to fill up the position of Deputy Commissioner and the post has been offered to Atty. Angelico Salud, son of former PBA commissioner Atty. Rudy Salud and who also served as consultant to commissioner Barrios when he was still the league’s Officer-in-Charge in 2007.

The Board also did away with the 15-game residency requirement for Fil-foreign applicants to the 2010 PBA Annual Draft in the light of developments in the amateur basketball backyard.

In lieu of the 15-game residency requirement, Fil-foreign applicants to the Draft will have to attend the entire Rookie Camp, which has been extended from the usual three days to one week.
The expanded Rookie Camp will allow teams to have a better gauge of the Fil-foreign talents available for the 2010 PBA Annual Draft.