Baguio City hottest in Batang Pinoy

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines — Baguio City is a cinch for a successful title redemption in the 2025 Batang Pinoy here.

The former four-time champion took the lead in the unofficial tally as of yesterday morning pending the uploading and verification of results from final team events with 59 gold, 41 silver and 52 bronze medals for a total of 152.

All results in this year’s national youth games are coursed through its official website compared from the previous years with printed results for each sport as the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) goes digital to adapt to the modern era.

Baguio, the country’s summer capital. waxed hot in combat sports and archery led by quadruple-gold medalist archer Chass Mhavien Colas with four golds for the majority of its medal harvest.

Pasig, which ended Baguio’s reign in Palawan last year, is at second place with 53-37-51 medals while Manila City completes the podium with 39-36-31.

Davao City (38-36-51), also an expert in archery, was in fourth with Sta. Rosa City from Laguna (29-24-22) completing the Top 5 of the biggest BP edition in history featuring 188 Local Government Units (LGUs).