The Phinma Southwestern University (SWU) Baby Cobras escape from a neck and neck ball game against the Cebu Eastern College Dragons in Cesafi Season 16, Thursday, August 11 at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Jun Baculio led the Baby Cobras with 23 points, followed by Quijada with 17, and Rosano with 16, to give their team a win opening their 16th season. Final score is 72-64. (READ MORE)
THE University of Cebu Webmasters escapes from a neck to neck ball game against the University of Southern Philippines Foundation Panthers in the Cesafi season 16, on Tuesday, August 9, at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Gileant Delator led the Webmasters with 19 points, followed by Tagudin with 17, Dacalos with 16, and Jabello with 14 to give their team a 1-1 record after losing to the Jaguars in their last outing. Final score is 103-92. (READ MORE)
THE defending champions Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-ADC) Magis Eagles started their 16th Cesafi season with a blowout win against the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) Baby Panthers, Tuesday, August 9, at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Patrick Yu of the Magis Eagles led all scorer with 17 points, followed by Manaytay with 16, and Tuadles with 13, to give their team a 1-0 record to start the season. Final score is 113-80. (READ MORE)
THE Southwestern University (SWU)-Cobras won the season debut game against the defending champions University of San Carlos (USC)-Warriors, 68-54, on Sunday evening, August 7, at the New Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City.
Both teams, with 10 new players in their line-up, battle their way to get the win, but the Cobras, led by the leadership of former two-time Cesafi Most Valuable Player Mark Tallo, nailed the victory. (READ MORE)
ROOKIE gunner Tristan Albina showed he is cut for the league as he led the University of the Visayas Green Lancers to a masterful 69-48 win against the Cebu Institute of Technology-University Wildcats in the collegiate match of the Cesafi Season 16 Basketball Tournament at the Cebu Coliseum last night.
Albina, who joined the Lancers during the pre-season, scattered 13 points including three triples that helped the Lancers ease up a bit when they were playing stiff in the first 10 minutes of the game. (READ MORE)
THE University of Cebu Junior Webmasters nabbed their first win of the season after a double overtime thriller against University of San Jose Recolletos Jaguars, 83-87, Sunday at the Cebu Coliseum.
Luigi Gabisan of Junior Webmasters led the game with a game high 26 points, followed by Gelmart Umpad with 12 points, including his three-pointer and a steal to clinch the win for the Junior Webmasters. (READ MORE)
THE University of Visayas Baby Lancers start their first game of the Cesafi 16th season with a blowout victory against Cebu Institute of technology Baby wildcats, Sunday, at the New Cebu Coliseum.
Jancurck Cabahug of the Baby Lancers led all scorer with 18 points, followed by Jearolan Omandac with 13, to give their team a 1-0 record to start the season. Final score is 41-90. (READ MORE)
IN AN UNPRECEDENTED decision, Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Commissioner Felix Tiukinhoy meted heavy penalties on the players involved in the bench-emptying incident in a Cordova high school pre-season tournament last Sunday.
Tiukinhoy based his decision on the players of both the University of the Visayas (UV) and the Don Bosco Technological Center (DBTC) on the incident report filed by his deputy commissioner Danny Duran and referee Jebrel Calma. (READ MORE)
DEFENDING champions University of San Carlos (USC) Warriors, last year’s runner-up University of the Visayas (UV) Green Lancers and the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) Jaguars are fine-tuning their lineups in the Recoletos Cup on July 14-17 at the Recoletos Coliseum in USJ-R Basak Campus.
The fourth team is last year’s UAAP runner-up University of Sto. Tomas Growling Tigers, who will be working doubly hard to adapt to the system of new coach Boy Sablan. (READ MORE)
I SEE Felix Tiukinhoy so often in Cesafi matches–often without fail–that I sometimes forget the busy businessman is involved in other interests as well as being president and chairman of Virginia Foods Inc. Lately, the Cesafi commissioner was in the news because of another hat he wears, the head of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Cebu, which will send a team for 10 days to come up with linkages with Canada’s businessmen.
I thought, well, the very busy Tiukinhoy will have 10 days away from Cesafi concerns, but then again, I got a light-bulb moment. What if Cesafi hitches a ride to the Canada mission? (READ MORE)
