STRAA Baseball/Softball Winners

The STRAA Baseball and Softball competitions came to an end with predictable champions in the High School division.

Tanauan repeated its championship in High School baseball. They will figure to be one of the hot contenders against Muntinlupa/NCR and Nueva Ecija/Central Luzon in the Palarong Pambansa.

High School softball again went as expected to Rizal Province. Santa Cruz/Laguna, Cavite and Antipolo gave a good fight however. Will this now set the stage for a continuation of the Bacolod versus Rizal battles which yielded three stirring games at the Palaro last year. Veronica Belleza for Rizal and Annalie Benjamin of Bacolod will have another opportunity to renew their rivalry as two of the best young pitchers in the Philippines.

An unexpected result was the win by Agoncillo, Batangas in Elementary baseball. Tanauan had won the last two editions of the STRAA meet. This is a first for Agoncillo which has an excellent program with many up and coming young players.