Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels Basketball Cup opens

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Davao City commissioner Atty.Marvin "Oying" Melodias (left) turns over the rule book and ball to Phoenix Petroleum corporate manager Beethoven Sur and AVP for fuel sales-Mindanao Edgar Alera.

The first Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels Basketball Cup, 16-under Basketball Tournament by Phoenix Petroleum Philippines opened to great cheer and excitement last July 2, 2011, Saturday at the Davao City Recreation Center (formerly Almendras Gym).

The best 90 players from all over Davao composed the six teams of the event, Accelerate Supreme, Accelerate Vega, Cyclomax 4T Force, Cyclomax Titan, Zoelo Diesel and Zoelo Extreme.

Accelerate Supreme and Cyclomax 4T Force faced each other in the 1^st game, with scores of 106 and 63 respectively. Cyclomax Titan won the 2^nd game with a score of 102 against Zoelo Extreme with 80. Zoelo Diesel came ahead with just 4 points against Accelerate Vega which scored 96.

The Phoenix Basketball Cup is held in partnership with the city government of Davao and will be played over nine Sundays from 8am to 1 pm. It will culminate during the Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) Region 11.(pr)

IBP White, City cagers boot out foes

IBP White and the City Government of Davao cagers booted out their respective rivals in the 2008 Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte Basketball Tournament, Saturday, at the Hall of Justice covered court in Ecoland.

The White team took the lead and never looked back in beating the IBP Orange, 84-79 to secure a spot to the next round while the City Government of Davao marched also the next round via a 96-88 win over IBP Yellow.

City sports coordinator Christopher “Bong” Go found the range again and chalked in 28 points to defeat the team led by prosecutor Emilio “Nonot” Dayanghirang.

The Whites led by lawyer Marvin “Oying” Melodias posted a comfortable lead, 47-34 at the send of the first half and maintained the momentum to secure the victory.

The City dribblers did the same thing by immediately playing strong that kept IBP Yellow trailing.

Go, Gerald Acojedo and Melchor Gadiano teamed up well on the attacks and delivered the goods to outshine the Yellow team.

The scores:

(First Game)
IBP White (84)- Escorido 26, Peloton 9, Melodias 9, Magallanes 8, Carpio 7, Sarabia 5, Ceniza 5, Saligumba 4, Elima 2, Hatcha 2.
IBP Orange (79)- Morales 25, Castro 18, Al-ag 17, Felizarta 10, Donguilles 9.

(Second Game)
City Government of Davao (96)- B.Go 28, Acojedo 17, Gadiano 16, Labor 12, Ordonez 7, Rivera 6, Sta.Ana 4, Lacorda 4, Galvez 2.
IBP Yellow (88)- Abule 27, Menoria 17, Adao 10, Pudpud 10, Balatero 9, Wabingga 6, Dayanghirang 6, Heje 3.

Culaste leads Liga past Executives, 102-96

Jessiemar Culaste topscored with 24 points to lead Liga ng Barangay past the City Executives, 102-96 to level their friendly basketball games series, 2-2, recently, at the Davao City Recreation Center.

Culaste sparked in the second half by scoring 17 of his 24 points while Arnold Apostol helped with 18 points .

The barangay leaders established an eight-point lead at the end of the first half and slowed down in the last canto as city sports coordinator Christopher “Bong” Go canned in 18 of his 40 points in the final stretch.

But Culaste and the rest of the leaders defended their lead to score the equalizer and Go, Gerard Acojedo, who contributed 18 points, city general services officer Marvin “Oying” Melodias, who pumped in 12 baskets, and lawyer Joey Felizarta, who drilled in 10 points, could no longer catch up with the Liga cagers as time expired.

The scores:

Liga ng Barangay (102)- Culaste 24, Apostol 18, Torejas 15, Bantayan 12, Orilla 8, Padla 7, Olanolan 7, Gumahin 5, Saron 4, Lazaro 2.

Executives (96)- B.Go 40, Acojedo 18, Melodias 12, Felizarta 10, Palban 7, Rañon 4, Sta.Ana 2, Galvez 2.

Executives rip Liga, 103-92 in Game 3

The City Executives continued its winning run in Game 3 of the Executive-Liga ng Barangay Basketball Games, Wednesday evening, at the Davao City Recreation Center.

The Executives trounced the Barangay team, 103-92, behind the 55-point production of city sports coordinator Christopher “Bong” Go and the 29 points from General Services Officer Atty.Marvin “Oying” Melodias.

Go started waxing hot in the first half by pumping 28 points to give the Executives the lead, 56-39 and the Barangay leaders rallied in the third quarter with barangay captain Arnulfo Apostol leading the charge.

The Executives, however, bounced back in the fourth quarter as Go drilled in 19 points.

The Executives lead the series, 2-1.

The scores:

Executives (103)- B.Go 55, Melodias 29, Felizarta 6, Rañon 5, Acojedo 4, Galvez 2, Sta.Ana 2.

Liga ng Barangay (92)- Apostol 26, Culaste 20, Bantayan 14, Galido 13, No.30 10, Torrejas 5, Saron 4.