John Mark Garcia, Author at Tinig ng Plaridel

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Of highs and lows: Rekindling a season like no other for UP

Posted on 6 August 202231 August 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

With a successful campaign in the books for UP, Season 84 proved to be a learning curve that marked a vital step forward for our student-athletes since their competitive hiatus in the pandemic.

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3 min

#AtinNa: UP seizes men’s basketball crown in thrilling finale

Posted on 14 May 202229 August 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

After 36 years, the long wait is over as the University of the Philippines (UP) Fighting Maroons capture the men’s basketball championship over the mighty Ateneo Blue Eagles, 72-69, in Game 3 of the finals at the Mall of Asia Arena on May 13.

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UP enters do-or-die match after loss to DLSU

Posted on 5 May 202229 August 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

Ricci Rivero and Malick Diouf racked up 18 points each in the losing effort, with MVP candidate Zav Lucero adding 17 points. With this loss, UP now moves to the tipping point of a Season 81 finals rematch with the Ateneo Blue Eagles, or a season-ending defeat to DLSU.

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UP reaches Final Four in last-gasp win over DLSU

Posted on 25 April 202225 April 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

With a two-point lead in the last eight seconds, Ricci Rivero split his two free-throws to give the DLSU Green Archers one last chance to tie the game. But the green shirts failed to convert a potential game-winning attempt to hand UP its ninth league win.

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Tamayo leads UP past NU to extend win streak

Posted on 12 April 202212 April 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

The match, which headlined the second round of UAAP Season 84, saw UP retain their second place position in the team standings with a 7-1 record. While a comeback charge looked imminent for NU, UP’s sharp shooters proved to be a pivotal difference.

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UAAP returns after two years. How will it work?

Posted on 27 February 202214 March 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

The league’s first-ever bubble season will open tournaments for cheerdance, chess, poomsae, 3×3 basketball, men’s beach volleyball, men’s basketball and women’s volleyball.

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Top Fil-Am recruit Zav Lucero a UPMBT ‘game-changer’

Posted on 18 February 202220 February 2022
byJohn Mark Garcia

Hailed as one of college basketball’s most sought-after talents, Filipino-American Zavier “Zav” Lucero is the latest addition to the UP Men’s Basketball Team (MBT) in its forthcoming title bid for a prospective University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Season 84 tournament.

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[OPINION] We don’t need another Hidilyn Diaz story

Posted on 25 August 20219 September 2021
byJohn Mark Garcia

UP Diliman’s student-athletes watched as Hidilyn Diaz scored the nation’s first gold. They saw themselves in her triumph, as they know the systemic underfunding and lack of support she had to overcome to get there. Perhaps, they know it a little too well.

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UP alum Cainglet shines as top pick in inaugural WNBL draft

Posted on 14 February 20211 March 2021
byJohn Mark Garcia

Former UP Women’s Basketball Team (UPWBT) prodigy turned doctor Fille Claudine Cainglet led the inaugural draft class of the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) as the first overall pick for the Glutagence Glow Boosters.

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Lady Maroon Pesquera leads 11 UP alumni in inaugural WNBL draft

Posted on 27 October 20201 March 2021
byJohn Mark Garcia

Eleven former members of the UP Women’s Basketball Team (UPWBT) are set to make history in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) — the biggest stage of Philippine women’s basketball and the very first of its kind.

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Lack of remote learning resources haunts UP athletes

Posted on 31 August 20201 March 2021
byJillian Velasco and John Mark Garcia

On top of inadequate training spaces and lack of equipment many student-athletes endure on a regular season, they now brace a new burden as UP proceeds with online learning — the lack of access to technology and resources.

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#Atin82: Reliving UP’s most valiant UAAP season fights by the numbers

Posted on 24 July 20201 March 2021
byJohn Mark Garcia

We break down this rollercoaster of a season for the maroon-and-white with key numbers that defined a season of epic breakthroughs and bitter downfalls.

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