Beat me to the spot....

I wanted somthin like this... maybe i can just split 'em up since i got the Dragon done. But i also got a Samurai... so hmmmph -_-

Another Tat idea?

As a proud Roman Catholic, I would get a crusader tat. for real ... how would this bad boy look facing my Samurai?

Discipline. Dedication. Deadly.

3rd angle of a pic w/ the squad taking a knee and listening to my instructions, hands down the best coaching pics ever.

SIPAG Juniors '10 ' ICEBURN version.

My SIPAG Juniors' Championship highlights of NABA'10 Junior Division Championship game vs. host JSAG-Jersey Shore.

SIPAG's History of Success

SIPAG's Success and Accomplishments :

Tournaments:

Paulino vs. Albano Memorial Cup (Meadowlands Arena) 1993: Champions

Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1990 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1991 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1992 - Runner Up
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1993 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1994 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1995 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1996 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1997 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1998 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 1999 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2000 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2001 - Runner Up
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2002 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2003 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2004 - Runner Up
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2005 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2006 - Champions
Gerry Rabo Invitational (Host-NYC) 2007 - Runner Up

North American Basketball Inter-City Tournament:

Pre Dynasty Era:
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1988: Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1989: Runner Ups

Dynasty Era:
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1990 - Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1991 - Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1992 - Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1993 - Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1994 - Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1995 - Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1997 (Westchester) - Open Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1998 (Toronto) - Peewee Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1999 (Philadelphia) - Peewee Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1999 (Philadelphia) - Junior Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 1999 (Philadelphia) - Open Division Champions

Post Dynasty:
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2000 (Toronto) - Bantam Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2001 (Glendale Heights) - Peewee Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2001 (Glendale Heights) - Junior Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2002 (Winnipeg) - Junior Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2003 (Detroit) - Peewee Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2003 (Detroit) - Juvenile Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2005 (NYC) - Girls Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2005 (NYC) - Juvenile Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2005 (NYC) - Open Division Champions
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2005 (NYC) - Senior Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2006 (Glendale Heights) - Tykes Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2006 (Glendale Heights) - Peewee Division Runner Up (Official Champions)
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2006 (Glendale Heights) - Bantam Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2006 (Glendale Heights) - Juvenile Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2006 (Glendale Heights) - Girls Division Champion
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2007 (Toronto) - Junior Division Runner Up
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2007 (Toronto) - Girls Division ChampionNABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2008 (Detroit) - Bantam Division Runnerup
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2008 (Detroit) - Ladies Division RunnerupNABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2009 (Scarborough) - Juvenile Division ChampionNABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2009 (Scarborough) - Open Division Champion
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2010 (Jersey Shore) - Peewee Division Champion
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2010 (Jersey Shore) - Junior Division Champion
NABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2010 (Jersey Shore) - Juvenile Division ChampionNABA Labor Day Inter-City Tournament 2010 (Jersey Shore) - Senior Division Champion


AASU's SportsFest Basketball Tournament (St. Peter's College) 2005 - Juvenile Champions
AASU's SportsFest Basketball Tournament (St. Peter's College) 2006 - Juvenile Runner Up
JSAG Tom's River Caden Dudt Summer Invitational Tournament 2006: Tykes Division Champion
JSAG Tom's River Caden Dudt Summer Invitational Tournament 2006: Peewee Division Champion

Leagues:New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1990: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1991: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1992: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1993: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1994: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1995: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1996: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1997: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 1999: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 2000: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 2001: Champions
New York All Asian Basketball League (NYAABL) 2005: Champions

Kinilaw Summer League 1990: Runner Up
Kinilaw Summer League 1991: Champions
Kinilaw Summer League 1992: Champions
Kinilaw Summer League 1993: Champions
Kinilaw Summer League 1994: Runner Up
Kinilaw Summer League 1995: Runner Up


Staten Island Nike Swoosh League 2001 - Peewee Division Champions

I.S. 27 Metro Basketball League 2006 - Split Squad - Champions

Kalahi Summer League 2006 - Junior Division Runner up
Kalahi Summer League 2006 - Bantam Division Champions
Kalahi Summer League 2007 - Bantam Division Champions
Kalahi Summer League 2008 - Junior Disivion Runner Up

Jersey City Kapatiran/Golden Doors 2004: Amatuers Runner Up
Jersey City Kapatiran/Golden Doors 2005: Amatuers Champion

Hoopsville Nutley League: Open Winter 2004 - ChampionsHoopsville Nutley League: Amatuers Spring 2008 - Runner Up (Split Squad)

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Information has been provided by SIPAG players, current and retired, by Coaches and fans that have been apart of SIPAG since its existance.

Any championships or runnerups that are missing, message me and i'll fill them in. If you question any of the championships won, message me and i'll clarify it with the people who gave me the info.

And we wonder why everybody finds the smallest reason to tear us down. We're the best there ever was, the best there is, and the best there ever will be. Nothing like SIPAG. Nothing.

Future Tattoo Idea

I've fallen in love w/ the Yakuza concepts, between short sleeves and also the straps that cover your peck muscles on your chest. I already started w/ the Samurai. I'm aiming to get both of my pecks covered before i'm 30=] Basically like here:



Of course, every tattoo i have has meaning to it, and i plan to continue putting more symbols on my body that i know I wont regret in the future firmly based on the motive i got the tattoo for. Right off the top of my head, i want to incorporate national symbols of the Philippines, a la, national bird (Philppine Eagle), national fish, national flower etc etc. At first i never liked the idea of the Koi fish, which is a symbol of Japan, but after reading that Koi fish have different meanings to it, like its color or the direction/way the Koi is swimming. If i come across a meaning of the Koi that i really love, its goin on my skin. And then, there are the Japanese symbols for Pride and Command that i really want somewhere. I already requested my cousin Bea to help me out w/ that. She's a genius w/ the culture of Japan.

And then of course, i still want to get the Philippine sun & stars. I know, I KNOW its played out but i really want it. I saw this pic online, and i'm gunna try to get somebody to design something like this for me.




I forgot to mention i'm going to duplicate the samurai that i already have on my right peck. Reason i decided to blog about it b/c i wanna jot down my ideas somewhere. If any of u steal my ideas, i'm gunna hurt u =]

try to keep it on the D/L to. Let me know your thoughts. PEACE!

SIPAG Juniors vs. Team Select aka KALAHI

BIG WIN vs. Beast of the East powerhouse team KALAHI. Could this be the turning point of our summer towards NABA ?

Boston MASAE Invitational'10, HOLLA!

My NYCE Ladies ...

New ink much ?

Circuit Update!

Just to give a heads up on whats been going on:

-NYCE Dream eliminated 1st round of Hoopsville playoffs, losing to none other than Hoopsville.
-my BMCC Womens team lost in the conference Championship to Queensborough.

I'll be back to update more.

MARCH 13! PACQUIAO HOLIDAY!

North Jersey Juniors 1st Highlight Vid

Grabbed a few highlights from NABA-Scarborough 2009 vs. North York in our 2nd game. Enjoy!!



heres a link to the vid on youtube;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwohohEN0Ac

RISE OF THE SON SPREADING ...

RISE OF THE SON FEATURED ON BOUNCE ONLINE MAGAZINE ! FORWARD THIS!

http://www.bouncemag.com/2009/08/18/rise-of-the-son/

RISEOFTHESON post: JUVENILE PREVIEW!

The 2nd prized division of the NABA tournament behind the Open division, the division where college recruits from the Motherland (Philippines) come to scout. Few names scouted out of this division who are currently in the Philippines are, Nico DeChavez from Jersey Shore back in 2006, as well as Norman Penola of the Scarborough Falcons, both of whom are playing for Ateneo. The Juvenile division sports the oldest of the youth, where NABA veterans are put to the final test to showcase their skill and talent representing their cities. This year, the division will host the ballers born between years 1990-1992 with some squeezing in with NABA late birthdays.

This year, we take in a division with veteran squads, young battle tested warriors and hungry NABA players who have yet to taste hardware, or championship game. Let’s take a look at some of the favorites as well as notable squads who always make noise at NABA.

In NABA 2007, Glendale Heights repeated the Illinois Juvenile division championship since Chicago had won in 2006. They had a rough outing in 2008, but any players returning from that squad would have 2 year advantage on the younger competition as 3rd Year Juvenile veterans. Many are on the lookout if Danny Trinidad will be acting as Court General for this team as he helped lead the team in 2007 as a 17 yr old to their championship. Danny’s absence was felt in 2008 as they failed to finish in he top 3 of the juvenile division. Glendale Heights will be looking at their size and athleticism to their advantage. In 2008, Scarborough brought their dynasty to the next level winning the Juvenile division with the core of their players at 17 years old. The defending champs will be put to the ultimate test as the loss of Norman Penola calls upon the squad to rally together and play as a team to keep their contention and fight for a 5peat. Their team chemistry as well as deadly touch behind the arc is always a threat to other teams. As a reminder to their competition, this team has been together for almost a decade, and if any team were to have strong chemistry it would be this group.

One of the surprise teams that has performed well in 2007 and 2008 has been Durham. Aside from their strong young squads, their Juvenile teams has proven to be worthy of being legitimate championship contenders. With their 2nd place finish losing to Scarborough, and losing to SIPAG in the 2007 quarter finals. Durham sports high intensity teams, with hardnosed ball players on both ends of the court. Whoever they are matched with their first game will be a good game for teams to scout them. I recommend all teams keep their eye on this team and find out what their weaknesses are in case you play them. One team that has slowly fallen off the grid is the Toronto Empire, Dolce. Their last strong showing came in NABA 2007 when they fell short to Glendale Heights in the Championship. I’m not even sure if Dolce-Toronto sported a team in 2008 let alone a strong contender. One thing for sure is, this age group Dolce-Toronto could feature comes from a line of strong Dolce teams from the past, especially the players born in ’91-’92. Will Dolce make a run this year to redeem themselves? We will see. One other sleeper could be Brampton, a team like the regular Fil-Can teams high intensity and fastbreak oriented squads. I havn’t gotten the chance to really see this team but they have sported some legit younger teams and will always be a team to look out for at NABA.

Onto the other Fil-Ams alongside Glendale Heights. Further east we have the NY-NJ squads. One of the teams from the NY-NJ Tri-state Metro area that teams always look forward to playing is Staten Island’s SIPAG. This team’s got it all, with experienced rookies, to hungry veterans; Athleticism, size, talent and one of the best coaching staffs at NABA. Does anybody remember their NABA 2007 junior team and starting lineup? I recommend the competition to watch their games and catch any weaknesses they have.

Onto the New Jersey squads; Jersey Shore last year gave Glendale Heights a scare, but fell short to them and that loss pretty much set the tone for their tournament as I believed they only played 1 or 2 more games. This year, they are lead by PG, Polo DeLa Costa aka Bruce Lee and Dylan Castellano. They sport an athletic starting 5 but their lack of depth might end up deciding their fate for the tournament. If this team is to perform in the tournament, their bench will have to step it up and really provide productive minutes. They act as a sleeper since many teams will overlook them from their performance in 2008, which could be JSAG’s weapon going into NABA. Central Jersey-Kalahi will be sporting a young but determined squad as well. A guard oriented team, the squad will be looking to the leadership of veterans John Erick Ramos, and Jun Ignacio. Strong contributions from young studs Ace Derecho and Rob Gomulka. Despite of the loss of their most experienced player, CJ Cruz, due to injury, they are also a highly motivated group. The strongest of the NJ teams is North Jersey, bringing back a Juvenile team since their last showing in 2006. None of the players from that 2006 team will be making an appearance, but the young group showing up to this NABA will be an automatic contender. The young core is compiled of players featured on the NABA 2008 Junior division championship team. With that core, as well as a few new major acquisitions, the North Jersey Juveniles could automatically be one of the favorites going into NABA 2009.

Possible NABA 2009 Juvenile sleepers are Detroit, Winnipeg and Washington D.C.

RiseOfTheSon Juvenile Division POWER RANKINGS:

1-Scarborough Falcons

2-Durham

3-North Jersey

4-Glendale Heights

5-SIPAG-NY

6-Dolce Toronto

7-Brampton

Possible sleepers: Detroit, Winipeg, Jersey Shore, Washington D.C., Central Jersey-Kalahi, Vaughn and Mississauga. GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEAMS! NEXT UP… THE BANTAM DIVISION!

[www.RiseOfTheSon.com]

RISEOFTHESON.com LAUNCHED!

Over the past few weeks, i've been developing a website dedicated to recognizing the Asian youth of the U.S. and Canada. Similar to Asianballers.net, we feature a NATIONAL RANKING system that recognizes the best Asian youth organizations in North America.

In cooperation with RiseHoops, robbyRise brings to you WWW.RISEOFTHESON.COM !!!

my other brother?

random, but i was experimenting w/ Picasa and made somethin for me nd my other little brother, CJ-boy =]



can u see the family resemblance ?

SUMMER season//

NYCE Dream:


We're into our 2nd season, with the addition of Alphonse Baja, Kenan Palmares and Corey Skieveski. Only loss came to Jay Baylosis and his Top Gunz group. 3rd overall loss for NYCE.

North Jersey Juniors:


Boston MASAE Invitational - We defeat chinese squad, MARYLAND PISTONS, then Boston Jr. Asian Celtics. After 2 games seedings we got 1st, nd Jr. Celtics got 4th so we played them in the playoffs. Maryland defeated the host, Boston-MASAE nd pitted Championship Matchup between us and Maryland. All the games were similar, we gave our opponents hope the 1st half, then 2nd half we pulled away. Special thanks to our guest players from JSAG, Nikko "The Rhino" Guiaro and Jobert "Jobe" Rosales for making the trip nd running w/ our squad. AJ Pizon was awarded MVP and Julius Rodriguez took Mythical 5 honors.

ROBBYRISE TV WILL BE BACK SOON !!!! Just a quick update. hooray !

SLACKIN`

Yeah yeah,
idk where i been. My computer got busted, getting repaired tomorrow but i was still slackin' anyway.

SQUAD UPDATEs:
NYCE Dream finished 2nd place overall in Amateur division of Hoopsville Spring Season. Now we're in our 2nd season in the Hoopsville Jersey City Amateur league w/ a revamped roster. Released JC Albano and acquired Alphonse Baja from Massive. Put Ryan Jose on the injury list, and extended Kevin Skievaski's contract to 3 more months and also signed his younger brother, restricted import from Florida Corey Skievaski. Dani Kim will also be extending hit commitment contract to the Summer Jersey City/Golden Doors season. And of course, our Big-3 are back, Captains Dustin Ramos and 'General' Justin Antes as well as the Freak of Nature Mike Mayes. Looking to make more noise in Hoopsville !

My North Jersey Juniors are in Kalahi's Junior Division league in Piscataway, currently 3-1, w/ our only loss to my ex-squad, SIPAG. Really, the league is a tryout for my guys and i give playing time to the cats that are making the rotation for NABA to repeat the North Jersey Junior division championship. And i'll be honest, not ready yet. Not at all. Although our guard rotation is proving to be the heart and soul of our squad. I actually believe our guard rotation will push us through to success. Still hunting for big men, and the recruit count pushes to beyond 20. I keep getting messages about kids looking for a team, and i'm doing my best to accommodate all the decent players that i'll be evaluating. I want to build a strong team around reigning Junior divison MVP, AJ Pizon. All he needs is a good supporting cast and we'll have a legit chance. We got Boston comin' up this month, so that will be another chance to expose my new guys to intercity play.

What to expect in the upcoming weeks:
-robbyRise TV update episode. (basically verbally posting wat i just typed up)
-Asian Basketball Classic NYCE 2nd coming Highlights
-RiseOfTheSon.com launch! including updated rankings. {*Warning- the NABA teams dominate)

And if anyone's curious, i spent my July 4th laughing and playing poker. Thats it. hahaa.

PHILIPPINES'10 !!!!

NYCE Dream conclude's 1st REGULAR SEASON !!

NYCE made its Amateur debut and finished 1st place of the West Conference - Hoopsville Amateur Division

(www.hoopsvillebasketball.com)

regular season:

game 1- vs. Brotherhood (58-55) - W (Player of Game: Dustin Ramos)
game 2- vs. Classick (64-49) - W (Player of Game: Mike Mayes)
game 3- vs. Formosa (56-55) - W (Player of Game: Justin Antes)
game 4- vs. Barkada (56-47) - L (Player of Game: Mike Mayes)
game 5- vs. Mama's Boys (78-51) - W (Player of Game: Dustin Ramos)
game 6- vs. Monstars (57-46) - W - (Player of Game: Kevin Skieveski)

Cross Conference Games:
game 7- vs. Scrubs (63-52) - W - (Player of Game: Justin Antes)
game 8- vs. Warriors (66-54) - W - (Player of Game: TBA)


PLAYOFFS WE READY !

COMPUTER'S BACK !

Yes, got my workstation back. Meaning comeback of my posts, and possibly my video blogs which have disappeared.

What to look out for:

-Video Highlights of my NYCE squad's 2nd coming (Asian Basketball Classic)
-NABA commercials

I am also working on developing a website that will rank youth teams similar to AsianBallers.net . A website dedicated to the Asian youth programs in the U.S. and Canada. The website will work as an online magazine. We will feature players, tournament results and rank organizations based off a point system we'll create to rank teams. Should be fun !

i'll be back to post more. be easy.