{"id":223995,"date":"2019-07-23T05:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T09:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=223995"},"modified":"2025-01-10T13:06:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T18:06:02","slug":"mighty-sports-have-officially-swept-jones-cup-for-second-championship-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/23\/mighty-sports-have-officially-swept-jones-cup-for-second-championship-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Sports have officially swept Jones Cup for second championship title"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_223996\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-223996\" style=\"width: 836px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-7.29.19-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-223996 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-7.29.19-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"836\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-7.29.19-AM.png 836w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-23-at-7.29.19-AM-768x613.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 836px) 100vw, 836px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-223996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0&#8220;Jones Cup Champions! No egos in the team! We were together for a very short time only but this team was special!<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy symbicort online <a href=\"https:\/\/greendalept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort.html\">https:\/\/greendalept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/symbicort.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Great character guys.. who committed to playing some D!&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B0NQvGnJdvp\/\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charlestiu\/\">@charlestiu<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\">Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team Mighty Sports-Go for Gold Pilipinas has officially claimed the second gold medal for the Philippines in the past three years after stunning Taiwan-B with a 10-point victory, 81-71, last Sunday, July 21 at the Xinzhuang Gym in New Taipei City &#8211; officially completing their eight-match sweep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite missing the presence of Renaldo Balkman who was suffering an injured nose from the match the day prior against Taiwan A, Eugene Phelps was able to find momentum as he contributed 24 points the entire game. Mighty Sports was outscored by their opponents, 23-19, in the third quarter, but Phelps was aided by McKenzie Moore in the fourth to bring their team to a double-digit lead. Throughout the game, Moore totalled 16 points, while teammate Joseph Yeo also had a personal 11-4 run in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy vilitra online <a href=\"https:\/\/greendalept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html\">https:\/\/greendalept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/vilitra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> None of the players Coach Charles Tiu inserted into the game went scoreless.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the younger Taiwanese team, Yung Cheng Wu obtained 15 points, while Kuei Yu Chou and Kuan Chun Li contributed 10 points individually, finishing their run with two wins and six losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sealing the deal and celebrating their victory, the Mighty Sports\u2019 head coach Tiu responded, \u201cWe missed the energy and power of Renaldo but it was a good win for the team, everybody contributed.\u201d Team owner Alex Wongchuking also beamed with pride, stating, \u201cAs they say, it\u2019s sweeter the second time around. The boys really played well. We\u2019re also happy because we gave our kababayans here a real entertainment,\u201d referring to the Philippine crowd present at the international venue.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy abilify online <a href=\"https:\/\/greendalept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/abilify.html\">https:\/\/greendalept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/abilify.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jones Cup began in 1977, with the Philippines winning six championships ever. In 1981 and 1986, Northern Consolidated bagged the title, while the Philippine Centennial team were the champions in 1988. In 2012, the country was represented by the Gilas Pilipinas, who grabbed the title that year. The last time Mighty Sports got the top spot in the tournament prior to this edition was in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mighty Sports also made franchise history by extending their winning streak to 16.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Mighty Sports-Go for Gold Pilipinas has officially claimed the second gold medal for the Philippines in the past three &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":223996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","mauthors-gianna-llanes","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223995"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282338,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223995\/revisions\/282338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}