BARAHONA. The Metropolitan Zone II reached the top of the general medal table of the X National Sports School Games held in this city organized by the National Institute of Physical Education (Inefi).
After dominating the badminton competitions, where it won six gold, three silver and four bronze medals, the Metropolitan II region relegated Cibao Norte to second place, which has 25 medals, including six gold, 11 silver and eight bronze.
Third place is occupied by Metropolitana I, with six gold, the same number of silver and 12 bronze (24), while fourth place is in the hands of Northeast, which has six first place metals, six silver and seven bronze , for 19 medals.
Cibao Sur, with five gold medals, six silver and 14 bronze, for a total of 25 metals, is in the fifth place.
Higuamo is sixth, with four first-place medals, two second and eight third, for 14 medals, and El Valle is in seventh place with one gold, three silver and seven bronze (11), and the Southwest It is eighth with one gold, three silver metals and six bronze metals (10). The Northwest has not yet entered the medal table.
GENERAL MEDAL TABLE
Pos. Zone Gold Silver Bronze Total
1. Metro II 13 5 11 29
2. Cibao North 6 11 8 25
3. Metropolitan 6 6 12 24
4. Northeast 6 6 7 19
5. Cibao South 5 6 14 25
6. Higuamo 4 ´2 8 14
7. The Valley 1 3 7 11
8. Southwest 1 3 6 10
9. Northwest 0 0 0 0
Metropolitan Zone captures JEDN women’s basketball gold
BARAHOUR. The Metropolitan Zone I (San Cristóbal) won the gold medal by defeating the Metropolitana II quintet (Monte Plata) 58-45 in the final of the women’s basketball tournament of the X National Sports School Games held here.
The game changed with 5:31 left in the third quarter. Yarelis Lucas converted a driving basket that tied the game at 30-30, and converted an additional shot after receiving a foul to put Metropolitana I up 31-30.
In the last minutes of that quarter, those from San Cristóbal signed a 13-2 run to seal the match and claim first place in the tournament.
Loanna Tolentino, who was awarded Most Valuable Player, led Metropolitana I with 31 points and 34 rebounds (school record), followed by Lucas, who scored 19 points.
For Metropolitana II, Anny De Jesús was the best on the floor, with 15 points and 30 rebounds, and Mariely de la Cruz finished with 11 points and nine rebounds.
The award ceremony was led by Alberto Rodríguez, executive director of Inefi, together with sports authorities from Barahona.
Cibao Sur, third place
The Cibao Sur quintet won the bronze medal by convincingly defeating the Cibao Norte representation 55-35.
The match was decided in the same first period when Cibao Sur perfectly executed a full-court defense that allowed them to make a 15-2 run to win the set 17-4.
The Cibao Sur champions also dominated the second set 10-9, as well as the third with a score of 12-9. The last one was 16-16.
Roselyn Mesa was the standout for Cibao Sur by scoring 14 points with 20 rebounds, while Albarelys Rondón contributed 17 points and caught eight balls.
For Cibao Norte, which ranked fourth, Mabel Torres stood out with 16 points and 14 rebounds, and Darielin Sánchez finished with 10 points and eight rebounds.
INDOOR FOOTBALL
El Valle, men’s futsal champion
AZUA-. The El Valle region, represented by Azua, won this Saturday the gold medal in men’s futsal at the X National Sports School Games by beating the Metropolitan Zone I (National District) 3 goals to 0 in overtime, in a vibrant match played at the indoor sports center here.
It was a great final of a tournament with a high technical level as part of the multi-sport event organized by the National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI), under the management of Alberto Rodríguez Mella and the government of President Luis Abinader.
After finishing the regular game (40 minutes) without scores, Héctor Dominis Díaz opened the scoring in the fourth minute of overtime, repeated in the sixth and finished off Ángel David Ortiz with half a minute left (in the 9th), to ruin the praiseworthy work. of the capital’s goalkeeper Bryan Lama, who made extraordinary saves.
Azua won Group A of four teams undefeated and beat Jarabacoa 4-1 in the semifinal to advance to the final. Metropolitana I, which won Group B with five teams and the semifinal against Mao without a blemish, took silver.
Jarabacoa the bronze
Anthony Espinal scored three goals and Cibao Sur (Jarabacoa) took the bronze medal with a 6-1 (2-0 half) win over Cibao Noroeste (Mao), with a great performance by goalkeeper Miguel Mendoza. Raulín Vargas, Carlos Castillo and Yensy Josué pierced the net once. Joan Ariel Acosta saved Mao’s honor in the final moments of the game.
Women’s soccer and softball
All the delegations are in Azua for the start this Sunday at 9:30 in the morning of the futsal tournament of the X National School Games, which will also be played under the indoor roof of “La Sabanita”. The first day consists of six games.
Softball, only for women, also starts its competition this Sunday from 9:00 in the morning at the “Los Cacheos” stadium in this city of Azua.
WOMEN’S HANDBALL
Southwest Region obtains women’s handball gold
SAN JUAN DE LA MAGUANA.- The Southwest region won this Saturday the gold medal for women’s handball at the X Barahona 2023 National Sports School Games, which was played in the province of San Juan.
The new handball monarchs of the 2023 School Games beat the Cibao Nordeste zone 25-20, in a match held at the Ramón Américo Pasián sports center of the San Juan de la Maguana Sports Complex, the official headquarters of handball for women.
The best scorers in the Southwest zone were Estervina Conce with six goals and Mariolis Heredia and Adris Novas scored five goals each.
Geidy Flores stood out for the losers with nine goals and Scarlet Duran scored four.
The champions lost the first half 12-15 and in the second they recovered to dominate it 13-5, thus sealing the score 25-20.
VOLLEYBALL
Nordeste wins gold in men’s volleyball School Games
BAHORUCO. The Northeast sextet swept its counterpart from Cibao Norte 2 sets to 0 at the closing of the men’s volleyball tournament held in this city as part of the X National Sports School Games.
Melvin de Jesús, with 18 points, and Ramón de Jesús, with 11, led the attack of the Northeast zone, which won the sets 25-20, 25-16.
For Cibao Norte, Ángel Gil Frías finished with nine points, and William Páez, with four.
In the other match, El Valle came from behind to defeat Noroeste 2-1, in the dispute for the bronze medal.
The El Valle team lost the first period 23-25, and then won the next two with a score of 25-23, 17-15 to close the exciting match with victory.
Miguel Segura, with 18 points, and Albert Rodríguez, with 10, were the top scorers for El Valle, while, for the Noroeste, Cristopher Vargas scored 17 points, and Alfred Álvarez finished with 13 points.
MEN’S FOOTBALL
Nordeste closes with gold in the men’s soccer tournament School Games
BARAHONA. The Northeast eleventh team was awarded the gold medal in the men’s soccer tournament corresponding to the X National Sports School Games held in this city and in three sub-venues.
The northeasterners took first place in the competition, held this Saturday at the Soccer Stadium of the Olympic Village of Barahona, by beating Cibao Sur 6-5 in penalty shootouts.
After overtime and extra time ran out, the students from Northeast and Cibao Sur tied 0-0, forcing a penalty shootout.
With the result, El Nordeste took third place, while the silver went to Cibao Sur, and the bronze to the Northwest zone, which beat the Higuamo team 2-0.
The bronze medal match took place first thing in the morning on the football field of the athletics track.
The director of the National Institute of Physical Education (Inefi), Mr. Alberto Rodríguez, led the awards ceremony for the closing day of football, together with sports authorities from Barahona.
2023-11-11 23:40:41
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