Cesafi 2017

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  • 5 Cesafi teams join Bogo tourney

    5 Cesafi teams join Bogo tourney

    RESIDENTS of the northern part of Cebu, especially the people of Bogo City, will get the first glance of the teams and players of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) Season 15 set to start on Aug. 1.

    Five of the seven collegiate teams—the University of San Carlos Warriors, University of the Visayas Green Lancers, University of San Jose-Recoletos Jaguars, University of Cebu Webmasters and the comebacking University of Southern Philippines Foundation Panthers—are competing in the Bogo City Mayor’s Cup Cesafi Pre-Season Basketball Tournament, which will start on July 11. (READ MORE)

  • UV stirs up coaching lineup

    UV stirs up coaching lineup

    JUST a few weeks into the start of its title defense bid, the University of the Visayas had to make drastic changes not in its lineup but in its coaching staff.

    UV basketball teams overall manager and Cebu first district Rep. Gerald Anthony “Sam-Sam” Gullas Jr., slapped a one-month suspension on Paserelle coach Jaymart Canoy for conduct unbecoming, effective immediately. (READ MORE)

  • Will UV recover?

    Will UV recover?

    AFTER a woeful performance last year, University of the Visayas Green Lancers new head coach Gary Cortes is upbeat on the chances of the team this year.

    Cortes revealed that the team has now fully adapted to his system which he put in place after the team finished third in the annual Philippine Collegiate Champions League last December.(READ MORE)

  • Cesafi warns: Behave

    Cesafi warns: Behave

    THE Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) opened the 15th season with a coaches’ and team managers’ meeting at the Cebu Coliseum Friday.

    Commmissioner Felix Tiukinhoy Jr., together with the head of the secretariat Rico Navarro, deputy commissioner Danny Duran and screening committee head Dioscoro Himotas, met the coaches and team managers to talk about the tournament that is set to open on Aug. 1. (READ MORE)

  • Cesafi to adjust eligibility in line with K-12 program

    Cesafi to adjust eligibility in line with K-12 program

     

    THE Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) is adjusting its eligibility rule with its the high school players, especially to schools who has adopted the K-12 program.

    Cesafi commissioner Felix Tiukinhoy Jr. told Sun.Star Cebu that he is recommending to the board to update its high school eligibility rule to adjust to the K-12 program in which the University of San Carlos-Basic Education Department and the Don Bosco Technological Center are adopting. (READ MORE)

  • ‘New look pays off’

    ‘New look pays off’

    AFTER two months and two weeks, the 2014 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) is now over, with the crowning of the Southwestern University Cobras as the new kings of Cebu.

    For some, the outcome was expected with the way Cobras overhauled their roster in the off-season. (READ MORE)

  • Cobras rule anew

    Cobras rule anew

    CEBU — The Southwestern University Cobras attacked University of San Carlos Warriors’ weakness – the lack of maturity and experience–to win the deciding Game 5, 64-49, and the 2014 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) College Basketball title in the Cebu Coliseum Sunday night.

    Shoved into the limelight after eliminating the defending champions University of the Visayas Green Lancers and for reaching Game 5, the Warriors were simply out-powered and outhustled in all aspects of the game by the very composed Cobras. (READ MORE)

  • USC forces Game 5

    USC forces Game 5

    THE University of San Carlos Warriors showed their hearts and played smart to beat the Southwestern University Cobras, 56-48 in Game 4 of the best-of-5 championship series in the 2014 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) basketball finals last night at the Cebu Coliseum.

    The series is now tied at 2-2 and both teams will play anew in the deciding Game 5 on Sunday at 6 p.m. (READ MORE)

  • One more to go!

    One more to go!

    INSTEAD of his usual starters, Southwestern University Cobras coach Raul Alcoseba tweaked his starting line-up to gain the momentum early as the small but faster lineup caught the University of San Carlos Warriors, 60-49, to move a win away from clinching the 2014 Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) College basketball title.

    Meanwhile, the University of the Visayas Green Lancers beat the University of San Jose-Recoletos Jaguars, 56-55, win to grab the Vis-Min Qualifier slot to the 2014 Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) Elite Eight on Nov. 13-17 in Cebu City. (READ MORE)

  • Pages: A letter from Boy Tiukinhoy

    Pages: A letter from Boy Tiukinhoy

    I RECEIVED an email at 1:44 p.m. yesterday. The sender? He’s the CEO of Virginia Farms, Inc. But his message did not pertain to The Pork Shop (their retail store) or how VFI can supply us with quality meat; it was all basketball talk.

    Felix Tiukinhoy, Jr. is the commissioner of Cesafi. Spelled in full, that’s the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. Since the league started in 2001, one man has stood on top of the organization, receiving neither large salary nor high praises in this thankless job. In full, I reprint Tiukinhoy’s letter: (READ MORE)

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