SECOND generation basketball star Luis Sebastian Locsin led the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA All-Stars of 11 boys and five girls, who were named during the National Training Camp at the SM Mall of Asia Saturday, April 26.
The 13-year-old Locsin is the son of Philippine Basketball Association legend Noli Locsin.
missing an attempted dunk. Escalambre scored six of
his team’s final 11 points as the Red Stars beat the
Blue Stars, 95-88, in the Jr. NBA Presented by Alaska
All-Star Alumni Game at the Mall of Asia Activity
Center on Sunday.
Others who made it were Ernest John Felicilda, Joshua Garing, Robert Alomar Castro, Miguel Luigi Santos, Edrian Custodio, Daniel Anthony Coo, Lloyd Raphael Oliva, Jeffey Mailim and Christian Allen Magno.
Additionally, Santos, a product of the Alaska Basketball Power Camp and a student of Ateneo De Manila University, was named Alaska Ambassador of Goodwill.
The girls who made the Jr. WNBA All-Star team are Nelia Jean David, Kyla Flores and Micaela Denise Pentecostes, who are all from Manila Selection Camp. They will be joined by Luiza Krizelle San Juan from Biñan, Laguna Regional Selection Camp and Heart Pagara from the Alaska Power Camp.
The all-stars were chosen from 50 boys and 24 girls, who were selected after a nationwide search involving children from all over the country.
The finalists of the Jr. NBA/Jr. WNBA Presented by Alaska were selected from Regional Selection Camps, for children 10 to 14 years old, in Puerto Princesa, Biñan, Iloilo, Baguio, Bacolod, Davao and Manila. They also include the best basketball players from the Alaska Basketball Power Camp headed by Philippine Basketball Association legend Jeff Cariaso.
Alaska provides proper nutrition through its Alaska Chocolate Powdered Milk Drink, which contains essential nutrients that help children reach their full growth potential.
Meanwhile, Carlo Escalambre scored six of his team’s final 11 points as the Red Stars beat the Blue Stars, 95-88, in the Jr. NBA Presented by Alaska All-Star Alumni Game held earlier in the day.
In the process Escalambre, who is an incoming rookie of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons, was also honored as the Best Player of the Game.
