Cesafi 2012

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Below is the revised schedule of the CESAFI Basketball finals (high school: SHS-Ateneo de Cebu vs Univ. of the Visayas).
College CESAFI Basketball best of 5 championship schedule is NOT the same as high school schedule.


GAME 1 September 24 (Monday)
5:00 PM – CEC vs. CIT-U - H.S. Game 3 for 3rd Place (if necessary)
6:45 PM/5:30 PM * - UV vs. SHS-ADC H.S.

GAME 2 September 26 (Wednesday)
5:30 PM - SHS-ADC vs. UV

GAME 3 September 28 (Friday)
5:30 PM – UV vs. SHS-ADC

GAME 4 (if necessary)
October 2 (Tuesday)
5:30 PM - SHS-ADC vs. UV – Game 4

Game 5 (if necessary)
October 4 (Thursday)
5:30 PM – UV vs. SHS-ADC

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Tag pila ang ticket ?

students with ID
Gen Ad 20.00
Upper Box 30.00
Lower Box 40.00
Stage with numbered seats 100.00

non-students / fans
Gen Ad 50.00
Upper Box 100.00
Lower Box 150.00
Stage with numbered seats 200.00

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Grabe pud ng CESAFI maka pahimulos basta championship oi bsan pwerte na puno a sa venue mag pa sulod lang ghapon simbako uroy duna sunog mahitabo mag stampede daghan ma angol or worse mamatay mao nga dapat controlon ang manan aw kutob ra sa capacity................

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Baby Lancers, Magis Eagles begin title showdown today
By Gabby G. Malagar (The Freeman) Updated September 24, 2012 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - The University of the Visayas (UV) Baby Lancers and Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) Magis Eagles begin today their best-of-five title duel in the juniors division of the 12th Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) basketball at the Cebu Coliseum.

Gametime is set at 5:30 pm.

Although they are the defending champion, the Baby Lancers will march into the battlefield as the underdogs as they have been beaten by the Magis Eagles twice already in lopsided fashion.

SHS-Ateneo hammered UV, 97-82, during their first meeting last August 30. The Magis Eagles reaffirmed their mastery over the Baby Lancers via a 96-81 decision last September 16.

The odds are really stuck against the Baby Lancers, who even barely made it to the championship round. They advanced only after obtaining the highest quotient following a triple tie with the Cebu Insitute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildkittens and the Cebu Eastern College (CEC) Dragons at the end of the semifinal phase.

For the Magis Eagles, this will be their third straight finals appearance. They have shown a significant improvement every year, making pundits believe that they are now ripe for the picking and eventually wipe out their Cinderella tag.

And with the way they tame their rivals, there seems to be no stopping the Magis Eagles from making history just like what the CEC Dragons did two years ago.

To achieve that goal, the Magis Eagles must squeeze the most from their top gunners in Henric Dawn Ochea, Arc Gabriel Araw-araw and Rendell Thomas Senining. They can also count on the likes of Miguel Competente, Jair Igna, Arnie Padilla, Fletcher Kriss Galvez, Giovanni Laguyo and Felixberto Jaboneta IV.

As usual, reigning juniors MVP Andres Paul Desiderio will be the most lethal weapon in the Baby Lancers' offensive arsenal.

But for the Baby Lancers to clip the wings of the soaring Magis Eagles, Desiderio needs to draw huge support from Gerald Fernandez, Prince Litton Cañete, Ralph Jude Dinolan, Leonard Santillan and Ernesto Limitares. (FREEMAN)

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CIT-U Wildkittens miangkon 3rd place trophy sa 12th CESAFI
Ni Gabby G. Malagar (Banat) Updated September 21, 2012 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - Giihaw sa Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildkittens ang mangtas Cebu Eastern College (CEC) Dragons, 69-63 aron sakmiton ang ikatulong puwesto sa juniors division sa 12th Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) kagabii didto sa Cebu Coliseum.

Human magtabla, 45-all sa third period pinaagi sa buzzer-beater basket ni Mark Kong, kalit lang mipauwan og nuybe puntos ang Wildkittens pinaagi sa singko ni Charles Singson ug tagduha ka puntos gikan nilang Kressner Jabines ug Marl Vincent Laguna aron miposte’g 54-45 nga abante.

Mipaduol unta ang Dragons, 60-64 sa katapusang minuto sa duwa, apan si Jabines mibuhi og three-pointer sa nahabiling 35 segundos nga maoy nakaluwas sa Wildkittens.

Ang Wildkittens kanunay'ng naggukod sa unang duha ka kuwarter ug diha na nila mailog ang bentaha sa halftime, 30-29 human sa buzzer-beater basket ni Kong.

Dali hinuong nailog sa Dragons ang abante pinaagi ni Manuel Grijaldo ug mitubo ang ilang labaw ngadto sa sayes puntos, 36-30 sa tunga-tungang bahin sa third period. Apan hinay-hinay sab nga nahilis ang labaw hangtod nga nakatabla ang Wildkittens, 45-all kortesiya ni Kong paghuman sa third quarter.

Si Kong nga nabalikan sa iyang maayong pulso sa final period maoy nangulo sa Wildkittens nga miposa og 18 puntos, gisundan ni Jabines nga adunay 16 puntos. Silang Singson ug Carl Anthony Patindol mihungit og 11 puntos matag usa sa maong kadaugan.

Ang naparot nga Dragons gipangulohan nilang Edmundo Bayhonan ug Grijaldo sa ilang 13 puntos matag usa, samtang si Michael Lorenzo Balankig miabuno og 11 puntos.

PUNTOS MATAG USA

CIT-U (69) - Kong 18, Jabines 13, Singson 11, Patindol 11, Laguna 3, Empleo 3, Aloto 2, Alinsub 2
CEC (63) - Grijaldo 13, Bayhonan 13, Balankig 11, Bracero 8, Zosa 4, Yap 4, Mangyao 3, Berdera 3, Alvizo 2, Moral 2 (BANAT SPORTS)

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Unburdening the refs
By Rommel C. Manlosa

Sunday, September 23, 2012

TO save its referees from blame, the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) unburdened its game officials from furious coaches and raving fans in the entire series of the 2012 Cesafi College Basketball Finals, starting Tuesday at the Cebu Coliseum.

On his latest trip to Manila last week, commissioner Felix “Boy” Tiukinhoy Jr. accomplished one important decision – that is to seal a covenant with Manila-based referees to come to Cebu and officiate the championship series for the college division title match between the nine-time champions University of the Visayas Green Lancers and last year’s runner-up Southwestern University Cobras.

“We have decided to hire outside officials to protect the Cesafi referees, as no matter what, the losers will always blame the referees. Besides, they see the Cesafi referees day in and day out. Whereas, the Manila referees, they see them only during this championship. And it will be fair to both teams for a fresh batch of referees to officiate the championship,” Tiukinhoy told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday.

However, the Cesafi pool of referees will not be left to the sidelines as they still have the high school championship series, which will start today between the defending champions University of the Visayas Baby Lancers and the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu Magis Eagles at 5:30 p.m., to officiate.

Like last year, the Baby Lancers are the underdogs in this series, owing to its two defeats to the Eagles during the elimination and semifinal rounds.

SHS-AdC is very motivated and determined to win the title after being denied the title twice.

Meantime, these officials that Tiukinhoy hired to officiate the collegiate series have vast experience officiating the PBA D-League and the National Colleges Athletic Association (NCAA) tournaments.

Last year, Cesafi also hired Manila-based officials in the deciding game of the best-of-five championship series between the University of Cebu and the Cobras.

Having Manila-based officials at the start of the series is an apt decision since the warring teams have a long storied rivalry that dates back in the 60s.


Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on September 24, 2012.

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Epic rivalry returns
By Rommel C. Manlosa

Saturday, September 22, 2012

AMERICAN playwright, physician and essayist Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “To brag little, to show well, to crow gently--if in luck; to pay up, to own up, and to shut up – if beaten; are the virtues of a sporting man.”

These virtues that Holmes elaborated also best describe what every man who has donned the University of the Visayas Green Lancers and the Southwestern University Cobras uniform have in common.

Although they were molded to “hate and topple each other and armed to outplay the other” —to the extent that they were tagged as arch-nemesis—yet they left all the fierce competition on the court and never took it personally.

In a hard court rivalry that dates back to the 60s, the sportsmanship of the players, coaches and officials was the harmonizer, even though things got so heated inside the court.

Had the players not abided by the unwritten rules of sportsmanship, there could have been a lot of physical injuries and players of both schools couldn’t have reached the pros.

When UV and SWU collide, friction ignites and fist-fights were common fixtures, at least in the past.

“We had the same brand of basketball and we played a physical game. We had a vast recruitment field. The school invested in basketball and both of us had pride and a tradition to continue. We, as players, were brought up not to lose against SWU and so were they,” said Lancers ’96-’97 team captain Gary Cortes.

The worst of these hardcourt rivalries was in the 1974 Cebu Amateur Athletic Association (CAAA---the predecessor of today’s Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. ) championship game.

“Dili na ko makahinumdom unsay hinungdan ato. Basta ang akong nahinumdoman kay sumbagay na. Bag-o pa gani nagsugod ang duwa lamok-lamok na. Ang mga fans nanulod sa korte nagsumbagay, binunalay. Pwerte gyud gubota,” said Cesafi deputy commissioner Danny Duran, who played for UV during that legendary hardcourt free-for-all.

Crowd loved fights

The game was stopped with just eight minutes past the first half with UV up by two, 16-14.

Old newspaper clippings compiled in the Lancers’ trophy room recall that the melee started between UV’s Hermes Sumalinog and SWU’s Satur Aquino and all hell broke loose.

No champion was declared that year and SWU left CAAA, and returned only after 20 years in 1994.

Before that, UV defeated SWU for the CAAA title in the 1972 finals, but there are no clippings available for that game.

“The competition of both schools and their traditions as well, triggered the physicality of the game. In fact before, kon walay away ang UV-SWU game, bati na nga duwa. People came to watch the talents from both teams, pero mas mo enjoy sila kon magkainitay na ang mga players, kon physical na kaayo ang duwa,” said Sumalinog, who took over the coaching job at UV from 1987 to 1989. “Sukad pa gyud na sauna, hangtud na karon.”

In 1994, SWU returned to the fold of the CAAA and two years later, made the finals against the UV Lancers. And, like Sumalinog said, the rivalry was so heated a fight broke out again. It was in Game 2 of the series—which UV won, 2-1—that another free-for-all was added to the storied UV vs. SWU rivalry.
It was in the middle of the third quarter on Game 2 of the best-of-three series of the CAAA ’96 finals when the fire started.

Five players were thrown out—the Cobras’ Cezar Romero, Roy Vistal, James Laygo and Sanshane Barrita, while only Gabriel Maloloy-on was banished from the UV side.

“We left everything what happened inside the court. Outside, we were all friends. I remembered it was Maloy (Gabby Maloloy-on) who started it. Pero human sa hitabo, murag wala ra man. Ang wife ni Maloy was a volleyball player sa SWU before, unya magsigi man siya og adto sa school wa man nanghilabot niya,” said Danny Aying, the captain ball of the Cobras during the ’96 squad.

Aying, Romero and Ronald Saracho and Christopher Abellana, Rene Alforque and Felix Belano Jr., who is now the head coach of UV, were all part of the 1996 team. After the Cesafi, they were hired to play for the Chowking franchise to the PBL the following year.

Aying, Belano and Alforque made it to the PBA years later.

During the years when the Cobras were absent in the CAAA, their rivalry continued at the Zonals, the regional qualifying tournament for the National Inter-Collegiate championships.

One of the reported instance of their bad-blood was in 1983 Zonals, when Anthony Mendoza of UV and George Bolen of SWU traded punches.

And they even brought their rivalry to the national level.

“Bisan didto sa national grabe gihapon binunalay kon mag-abot na ang UV ug SWU. Murag mga iring ug iro, di gyud magkaduol,” said Bobby Inoferio who once called the shots for the Cobras in the ’80s.

And last year, they had another near free-for-all when UV tried to roughhouse the Cobras during their knockout semifinal encounter. Four players from UV were thrown out and were suspended for the rest of the season. The game was officially called off with 58 seconds left in the clock.

The present generation of the Aznar and Gullas family—the owners of SWU and UV—are proud to be part of a long basketball tradition and are hoping to extend it. Right now, Samsam Gullas, the team manager of the Lancers and Ryan Aznar, the athletic director of SWU, will get a chance to add to the rivalry.

“I can’t speak of what have happened in the past but all I know is that the rivalry between our teams had been there even before my father (Didi) was born. It has been a tradition and I am here to make sure that UV’s winning tradition (over SWU) will continue,” Gullas said.

“It was already there. It was already a rivalry before I was even born. I have no record to show how it started and how it happened. All I can say is that we will fight to continue the tradition,” Aznar said.

On Tuesday, the much awaited Game 1 of the best-of-5 championship series between the Lancers and the Cobras will start with UV carrying a perfect 9-0 record, while the Cobras have two losses—both against UV.

As much as he wants to keep an unbeaten record like when UV won the first Cesafi title in 2001, the young Gullas believes the series could stretch to a fifth game.

Cortes, for his part is bolder, predicting a 3-1 win by the Lancers, while Aying, although a former Cobra, believes that UV could pull the victory also in four games.

Lik Gullas, Sumalinog’s sees a fifth-game win for UV, while Duran isn’t picking any team as he has to stay impartial owing to his being the Cesafi commissioner.

Whoever gets it right in predicting the outcome of this year’s finals, one thing is sure—the two teams will do all they can to make sure they’ll win this year’s title at their rival’s expense.


Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on September 23, 2012.

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Baby Lancers, Magis Eagles begin title showdown today
By Gabby G. Malagar (The Freeman) Updated September 24, 2012 12:00 AM

CEBU, Philippines - The University of the Visayas (UV) Baby Lancers and Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) Magis Eagles begin today their best-of-five title duel in the juniors division of the 12th Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) basketball at the Cebu Coliseum.

Gametime is set at 5:30 pm.

Although they are the defending champion, the Baby Lancers will march into the battlefield as the underdogs as they have been beaten by the Magis Eagles twice already in lopsided fashion.

SHS-Ateneo hammered UV, 97-82, during their first meeting last August 30. The Magis Eagles reaffirmed their mastery over the Baby Lancers via a 96-81 decision last September 16.

The odds are really stuck against the Baby Lancers, who even barely made it to the championship round. They advanced only after obtaining the highest quotient following a triple tie with the Cebu Insitute of Technology-University (CIT-U) Wildkittens and the Cebu Eastern College (CEC) Dragons at the end of the semifinal phase.

For the Magis Eagles, this will be their third straight finals appearance. They have shown a significant improvement every year, making pundits believe that they are now ripe for the picking and eventually wipe out their Cinderella tag.

And with the way they tame their rivals, there seems to be no stopping the Magis Eagles from making history just like what the CEC Dragons did two years ago.

To achieve that goal, the Magis Eagles must squeeze the most from their top gunners in Henric Dawn Ochea, Arc Gabriel Araw-araw and Rendell Thomas Senining. They can also count on the likes of Miguel Competente, Jair Igna, Arnie Padilla, Fletcher Kriss Galvez, Giovanni Laguyo and Felixberto Jaboneta IV.

As usual, reigning juniors MVP Andres Paul Desiderio will be the most lethal weapon in the Baby Lancers' offensive arsenal.

But for the Baby Lancers to clip the wings of the soaring Magis Eagles, Desiderio needs to draw huge support from Gerald Fernandez, Prince Litton Cañete, Ralph Jude Dinolan, Leonard Santillan and Ernesto Limitares. (FREEMAN)

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Sacred Heart School - Ateneo de Cebu MAGIS EAGLES steals game 1 from University of the Visayas Baby Lancers with a come-from-behind victory. 80 - 76.

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