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8/8/08: Fil-Am is preparing for NABA 2008! 11/3/07: Our first video has finally been posted. 10/22/07: Our first article has been posted. 9/29/07: NABA 2007 pictures and the Fil-Am 2007 Awards Night pictures have been posted. 9/23/07: Information for Winter League is up. 8/9/07: Pictures for the Asian American Basketball Tournament are up and our terms of use have been posted. 7/22/07: We've just obtained our first platinum sponsor! Special thanks to AHS! 7/5/07: PBAM Independence Day Tournament pictures are up! See all past updates NABA 2008 Tournament Fil-Am Preparing for NABA - 8/8/08 Fil-Am is currently preparing for the 21st Anuual North American Basketball Association (NABA) Tournament. This year in 2008, the NABA tournament will be held in Detroit, Michigan on Ausust 29th, 30th, and 31st. Fil-Am will be bringing along 3 teams, which include Junior, Juvenile, and Open. Please contact us for more information. Good luck to Fil-Am!! Fil-Am's Juvenile Division Wins NABA 2007 Championship - 9/4/07 Congratulations to the Fil-Am Juvenile division for winning the NABA 2007 Championship!!!  Congratulations to the junior division and the Open divisions for a job well done! They did their best, but better luck next time at the NABA tournament in Detroit! A special thanks to our NABA muse of Fil-Am Glendale Heights, Suzanne Abdallah for representing our city. A bountiful gratitude to the coaches, assistant coaches, team managers, parents, and volunteers for their great support and effort for a successful participation in the tournament. And most of all we would like to thank Rudy Quines for his leadership and the other officers for extending their time and talents to make this participation a success! Rambo News wins Asian American Friendship Basketball Tournament Championship - 8/5/07 Congratulations to Rambo News for winning the first Asian American Friendship Basketball Tournament in Glendale Heights!! Congratulations also to the runner-up Philippine Postal-PAPAA! Fil-Am's Juvenile Division Wins PBAM Independence Day Championship - 7/2/07 Congratulations to the Fil-Am Juvenile division for winning the PBAM Independence Day Championship in Michigan!!!  Fil-Am Crossover Got Attitude! - 7/2/07 What can I say about the Men’s Open Division Crossover? They play hurt, outnumbered, and tired but with no excuses! They never give up! The best thing about the team, they are still growing and learning. For sure they need more additions, but getting those new guys, they have to learn how to play the Crossover way; team work, role playing, dedications, camaraderie, and heart. That’s all I can say about Crossover, they have the winning attitude!
-Coach
Site Changes - 6/18/07 Much has been adjusted to the site. We have much planned for our organization and website. There are additional links and pages that might not be quite complete, but they reflect the future. For instance, we plan on opening an online shop in the not-too-distant future. See all past news Fil-Am Basketball of Glendale Heights Hoopsters Win Juvenile Division - 9/14/07 As reported in The Philippine Weekly -By Sylvia Quines Fil-Am NABA Juvenile Division Champions 
TORONTO, Canada-The Fil-Am Basketball of Glendale Heights, Illinois had fielded five teams for the traditional Labor Day weekend of the North American Basketball Association (NABA) Tournament hosted this year by Toronto, but only one came through without a loss to snare the Juvenile Division crown: the Juvenile Five who took on all opponents at the University of Toronto, Mississauga campus in Ontario. Coached by Gino Penaranda, the Juveniles romped over Central Jersey in the opening game Saturday, September 1st with a lopsided score of 52-33; then thumped Staten Island about six hours later with a resounding 45-32 blowout. Early afternoon the following day, Sunday, September 2nd, they barely defeated the strong home team, Toronto with a 47-45 squeaker. They would face the same well-coached squad of Toronto for the championship later that evening before a hostile home crowd, but prevailed anyhow with crisp precision plays, a much higher shooting percentage along with tighter defense which had their three mainstays justifying the honors that would be heaped on them during the awards ceremonies at the conclusion of the tournament. Mike Gonsaga was named "Most Valuable Player"; Marc Andres as "Best Forward" and Jonathan Reyes as "Best Guard" in the Juvenile Division. Coach Pernaranda was quick to point out that teamwork played a vital role in his team's quest for the championship. Also contributing significantly to the team's success was his son, Julian Penaranda, a first stringer who has just been offered a four-year scholarship to play varsity basketball at the Trinity International University in suburban Deerfield. The Fil-Am Glendale Heights fielded teams in the Bantam Division, Juvenile Division, and two Open Divisions. Uniforms for the Juvenile Division were donated by Quality Meat Market of Carol Stream. A total of 17 cities (out of 22 member-cities) in the U.S. and Canada participated in the Sept. 1-2, 2007 NABA Basketball tourney. From Canada: Toronto, Mississauga, North York, York, Scarborough, Durham, Winnipeg, Montreal; From the U.S.; Chicago, Glendale Heights, Detroit, Staten Island, Jersey North, Jersey Shore, Jersey Central, Boston, Ohio, Virginia and Florida. The North American Basketball Association (NABA) is a non-profit organization which coordinates an annual basketball tournament for athletes of Filipino ancestry. This organization was founded in 1986. It is supported by volunteers from various cities throughout the northeast regions of America (U.S. and Canada). Its annual tournament is held during the Labor Day Weekend, in either the U.S. or Canada. According to the host of the 2005 Tournament (SIPAG Basketball in New York), the NABA tournament has been described as Olympics of BAsketball because of its large participation and attendance. This year's 2007 tournament was held in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and hosted by NABA Toronto in cooperation with Dolce, CKaTT Basketball group and the Mississauga Tourism. A total of 17 cities from the United States and Canada fielded 84 teams and 1,260 players in nine age divisions who played a total of 150 games in the 2-days tournament. The next NABA tournament will be held in Detroit during the Labor Day weekend of 2008. Mississauga, Ontario is a growing suburban city in the Greater Toronto area with a population of 700,000 roughly 4 percent of which are of Filipino ancestry. It is Canada's sixth largest city located in the shores of Lake Ontario. Check out the Mississauga Tourism.ca website for more information about this city. Fil-Am Basketball of Glendale Heights is a licensed non-profit sports organization designed to coordinate basketball events and programs for Filipino-American community not only in Glendale Heights but also in nearby cities and suburbs. Through year round basketball tournaments and leagues, Glendale Heights has become the melting pot of all races, uplifting and sharing their own cultural heritage and practices. Fil-Am was formerly known as Chicago, Barangay Lions, then Bloomingdale, which existed since 1986 with the name Phil-Am, an association of Glendale Heights which is run by excellent basketball volunteers and community leaders. As of today, we, the people of Glendale Heights are very proud to have its name "Glendale Heights" back to us, no longer Barangay Lions, Chicago, nor Bloomingdale but Fil-Am Basketball of Glendale Heights. See all past articles |
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