BARAHONA. The Cibao-North Zone leads the medal table of the X Barahona 2023 National Sports School Games after the first medals were awarded this Wednesday in the disciplines of karate, gymnastics and badminton.
In second place is the Metropolitan Zone, with 10 medals (four gold, two silver and four bronze), while the Metropolitan II representation is third, with 10 metals (three gold, one silver and six bronze).
Higuamo, with three gold medals, one silver and three bronze medals, occupies fourth place overall, with seven medals, and Cibao Sur is in fifth position, with two gold medals, three silver and five bronze medals ( 10), and El Valla is sixth, with six metals, including two silver and four bronze.
Seventh place is occupied by the Northeast, with two silver and three bronze medals, while the eighth place belongs to the Southwest, with one silver and one bronze. The Northwest has not yet entered the general medal table.
Artistic gymnastics
Cibao Sur (La Vega), first place gymnastics School Games
Cibao Sur (La Vega) was crowned champion of the artistic gymnastics tournament of the X School Games held in this city, organized by the National Institute of Physical Education (Inefi).
The representation of Cibao Sur obtained the highest score, with 55.49 points.
Second place went to Cibao Norte, which achieved 55.11 points, and third place went to the Metropolitana 2 team, which obtained a score of 54.76 points.
The artistic gymnastics tournament and the karate tournament delivered the first medals of the multi-sports contest, which takes place in Barahona, as the main venue, and in San Juan de la Maguana, Bahoruco and Azua as sub-venues.
The San Francisco de Macorís team, with 54.4 points, occupied the fourth place, while the Southwest was in fifth place, with 52.74 points.
KARATE AND HANDBALL
Cibao Norte conquers karate
SAN JUAN DE LA MAGUANA.- The Cibao Norte representation conquered the karate discipline, which culminated this Wednesday, corresponding to the celebration of the X Barahona 2023 National Sports School Games.
The Cibao North Zone added five gold medals, four silver and four bronze, for a total of 13 points, in the competitions held at the Ramón Américo Pasián sports center of the San Juan de la Maguana Sports Complex.
In the second step was the Metropolitan Zone I, with five gold, one silver and five bronze medals, for a total of 11 points; while the Higüamo Zone, with five points, was placed in third place, after winning three golds, one silver and one bronze.
In fourth place came Metropolitan Zone II, achieving seven points with one gold and six bronzes; and in fifth place, the Cibao Sur region, with eight points, the product of three silver and five bronze metals.
Kumite individual
In the men’s individual kumite category, the gold medal in the -76 kilograms was won by 16-year-old Kelvin Madera, from the Cibao Norte Zone, who beat Jeremy Candelario, from Cibao Sur, winner of the silver.
Madera, a native of Gurabo in Santiago, expressed that “it was a difficult fight and I worked hard to beat my rival, who gave me a quality fight.” “My people, let them celebrate.”
The bronze went to Fernando Hernández and Luis Ventura, from the Metropolitan I and Northeast zones, respectively.
In the women’s -66 kilos, Disneiry García, from the Higüamo Zone, won the gold medal before Lleska Familia, from the El Valle Zone, won the silver; and the bronze went to Charmerlin Redman, from Cibao Norte, and Mayerlin Reyes, from Metropolitan Zone II.
García, 16 years old and originally from Higüey, in the province of La Altagracia, highlighted that “today (Wednesday) I enjoy this gold medal thanks to my previous preparation coordinated by my coaches Raúl Sosa and Yesenia Pérez.”
“There is an excellent setup in these School Games,” exclaimed the karate fighter García.
In the men’s plus 76 kilograms, Ángel Brito, from the Higüamo Zone, won the gold medal; about the silver winner, Limberling Cabrera, from the Northeast region; and the bronze went to Leodarly González, from the Northern region, and Junior Peña, from Metropolitan Zone I.
In the women’s plus 66 kilos, the gold went to Dawandy Beltrán, from Metropolitan Zone I, with silver to Madeline Payamps, from the Cibao Norte region; and the bronze was won by Elianna Severino, from Metropolitan Zone II, and Alicia García, from the El Valle region.
Kumite team mode
The Metropolitan Zone II won the gold medal in the men’s team kumite modality, while the silver went to the North region, and the bronze was shared by the Cibao Sur and Metropolitan II regions.
Likewise, they took top honors in the women’s kumite modality, with second place for the Cibao Sur region, and bronze for the Cibao Norte and El Valle regions.
Southwest wins in women’s handball
The Southwest region was successful in the women’s handball competitions of the X Barahona 2023 National Sports School Games that will take place until the 17th of this month in the sub-venues of San Juan de la Maguana, Azua and Bahoruco.
The Southwest beat the Metropolitan Zone 18-8 with four goals from Andry Nova and Yadriela Medrano, while Charmín Rodríguez scored five goals for the defeated team.
In addition, there was a tie in the morning session of the women’s branch this Friday between the Cibao Nordeste and El Valle regions, 17-17, in a match played on the municipal handball court of the San Juan de la Maguana Sports Complex.
For Northeast, Juana Solano scored six goals and Karen Veras four, and for El Valle, Yulianna Valera six and Ivanna Perdomo five goals.
women’s basketball
In women’s basketball, which is held at the Barahona Sports Complex, the Southwest team defeated Cibao Nordeste 60-5 this Wednesday in the X National School Sports Games on the second day of the group stage.
Yoraima Pérez scored 22 points for the Southwest, which also had the contribution of Will Marian, with 15 points.
For Cibao Nordeste, Chily Azequiel finished with 5 units.
In another duel, Metropolitana won 60-17 against the El Valle quintet.
In another game, the Metropolitan defeated El Valle 60-17, with the performance of Yarielis Lucas, with 16 points, while Camil Guerrero and Loanna Tolentino scored 12 points each, and Gianny Araujo scored 10.
For El Valle, Altagracia de los Santos obtained 5 units, and Nacauris Soto finished with 4.
In baseball, the Metropolitan Zone won 8 runs to 2 against the El Valle team. Andrés Santana went 2-for-3 with a run scored for the winning cause, while Odey Díaz went 2-for-3 for El Valle.
Metropolitana I, first classified in futsal
AZUA-. The National District became the first to qualify for the futsal semifinals of the X Barahona 2023 National Sports School Games, achieving its third victory this Wednesday in Group B of the event organized by the National Institute of Physical Education (INEFI).
In Group A, the local Azua (Southwest) was placed in an unbeatable position, obtaining its second victory in a great contest that ended 6 goals to 3 goals with its regional neighbor Neyba (South), which for now is 1- 1.
Futsal is played in the indoor sports center of Azua, one of the sub-host cities of the event organized by the INEFI under the direction of Alberto Rodríguez Mella.
Representative of Metropolitan Zone I, the District relied on two goals each from Jean Mella and Geomar Zorrilla to beat Puerto Plata (North) on Wednesday, which is 1-1 in the five-team formation.
Puerto Plata battles for second place with the same record as Jarabacoa (Cibao Sur), which opened the day with a 7-0 win against Monte Plata (Metropolitana II), with four goals from number 10, Roylin Vargas, two from Osvaldo García and one from Anthony Espinal. The defeated have 0-2 and a draw, while El Seibo (Zona Higuamo) has a defeat and a draw.
The victory that put Azua 2-0 was catapulted by Héctor Domini Díaz with three goals and another two by Ángel David Ortiz. Cristian Vólquez scored two for Neyba (1-1. San Francisco de Macorís (Northeast) and Mao (Northwest) succumbed in a single presentation.
Futsal opened on Tuesday with six games with a great advantage, the National District, which came out with its immaculate fence in two matches by beating El Seibo 8-0 and a great 2-0 duel against the tough Jarabacoa.
Also in Group B, Puerto Plata won 4-3 against Monte Plata (Metropolitano II), the last one that tied two goals with El Seibo.
The first match of the opening day corresponded to Group A, with Neyba’s 8-3 victory against San Francisco de Macorís. Azua made up for it with a 7-0 win over Mao.
2023-11-08 22:00:46
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