Rene Baterbonia’s unfinished dream: From Talacogon to the big stage

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Before his name reached the national basketball stage, Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia was known in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur as a young man shaped by family, discipline, and the hard courts where many provincial dreams first take form. To his neighbors in Barangay San Nicolas and nearby communities, Baterbonia