Benguet starts build-up for CARAA 2019

you are a close buddy of LeBron James, chances are there’s also a bit of basketball greatness in you. Birds of the same feather flock together, right?

And, it follows too that James’ abundant skills—he is “only” the world’s No. 1 player in the planet today—can easily rub off on you. I surmise Romeo Travis is a bit like that.

Did Travis not appear so that way on Friday night, when he poured in a career-high 50 points to power Magnolia to the PBA Governors Cup Finals past Barangay Ginebra?

That output was a totally mind-blowing rebound from his mere 12 careerlow points in Game 3 that allowed Ginebra to cut Magnolia’s lead to 2-1.

But Travis became a thoroughly different animal in Game 4.

Despite a feared hamstring injury, Travis simply plodded on, summoning the last remaining ounce of his strength to anchor a 112-108 Magnolia victory at the jam-packed Ynares Center in Antipolo City.

A series-tying loss for Magnolia would have spelled imminent doom for the Hotshots with Travis possibly sidelined by injury in the rubbermatch.

“I don’t want to play a Game 5,” Travis said after Magnolia’s series-clinching 3-1 triumph. “I wouldn’t have been able to play a Game 5 the way my leg hurt.”

Riding out the storm, Travis capped his hero- IN BID to narrow the gap in medal haul for the coming Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association meet next year, Benguet athletes are making early preparations hoping to challenge Baguio’s supremacy in the sports event.

Nestor Bolayo, Department of Education - Benguet assistant schools division superintendent declared during the Kapihan with DepEd Cordillera of their early build –up for next year’s sports meet.

“We have some kind of in- service trainings especially on the coaching and other demo sports. I hope this will help especially the preparation on the training of our athletes for this CARAA. And I know if we will be able to concentrate more on combative sports, we can increase gold harvest,” added Bolayo.

The Province of Apayao is set to host the 2019 meet which gathers close to 5,000 athletes and officials from five other provinces and one city.

Apayao first hosted Caraa in 2013 and hopes to duplicate the success of hosting the regional meet with its newly-constructed BGV Memorial Sports Center that includes an Olympic size swimming pool.

Baguio City remains the heavy favorite as it continue to lord the annul regional meet after securing 222 gold medals,102 silver and