Basketball: close-run first play-off in Chilean national league
Boston College Maipu beat Espanol Talca in a very close Chilean Final. Boston College Maipu narrowly beat Espanol Talca in the first of a best-of-five play-off series in the Movistar National Basketball League (Liga Nacional Basquetbol Movistar) Rodrigo Espinoza and Patricio Arroyo were the top scorers for the winning side, with young Franco Morales picking-up 24 points [...]
College Clash: CD UDECONCE vs U. Católica
Saturday night game between Concepción and Católica marked the last weekend of US American Terrel Taylor for the local team and I was not going to miss it. All eyes were on Terrel as he stepped on the floor for the last time. At 20:00 hrs (GMT -4) CD UDECONCE played against U. de Católica. [...]
CD UDECONCE and Llanquihue are shown RED cards
DIMAYOR’s top team showed what they were made up in the second weekend of the championship. Having only one foreign player per team has given the awaited result, a more competitive league. With few Chilean players going abroad, it makes it easier to scout other teams and close the gap between big market and small [...]
DIMAYOR 2nd week games preview
Upcoming weekend games: Fri 17, 20:00 hrs. Viña del Mar, Everton vs D. Castro. If Posey responds, Castro should get this game, on the locals Argentinian Rasio and J. Holt will need a good night if we want a match. Advantage: D. Castro. Fri 17, 20:00 hrs. San Felipe, Liceo Mixto vs U. Lagos. [...]
DiMayor’s 1st week of activity games review
The only Santiago undefeated team after the first 2-day-game This weekend is Universidad Católica, tied for first along with strong Liceo Mixto and Valdivia. The other Santiago team Boston College lost to rising Deportivo Valdivia 77-80. Boston’s Nigerian-American Jefferson Agba with 20 pts couldn’t surpass the sensational US American Jonathan Heard of Valdivia who managed [...]
DiMayor closing Championship is under way
The Final Four (Super 4) played in Punta Arenas just came to a closure a week ago, and players are already back on the court for the second half of the season and this is always the hardest of the 2 championships since it is played without zones. This means that all teams will face [...]