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We are the Champions, my friend! LSM SOL 2002 grabs the Division 1 title; LSQC St. Dominic’90 wins Division 2! MANDALUYONG City. The quest is over! Only two teams raised the trophy of a winner the chalice of victory the 1st PADRE PIO PERPETUAL CUP last April 1, Saturday here at the LSM Gymnasium. Let us review first this conference’s format – SOLGG Basketball Tournament – featuring “PADRE PIO PERPETUAL CUP” The team’s goal of this tournament is to obtain the “Perpetual Cup” per division. The winning team shall have the said trophy displayed in their alumni association office while the team shall receive a replica of the trophy. The trophy shall reside permanently in the alumni association office once a group has won three years consecutively. The Most Valuable Player shall be from the champion team per division of the tournament. The MVP’s shall be based upon statistics points of the crossover semi-finals (60%) and sportsmanship (40%). Well, the first game went through a dozen of lead changes. Both teams were apparently careful in their offensive plays displayed team plays as well as individual basketball skills. Team St. Dominic’90 lost twice to St. Lawrence’92 –the elimination round 78-82 last January 7, 2006 and 83-88 Game 3 of their semifinals encounter last March 25, 2006. St. Dominic’90 came prepared to play with a basketball-focused payback time against Team St. Lawrence’92. St. Dominic’90 applied 3 to 5 kinds of defense and employed with their ‘hearts’ out a full court press in the final quarter to win 80-72 as Division 2 champions. Gerald Cabaluna (#8) of St. Dominic’90 won the Division 2 MVP race. He averaged 29 points per game (ppg) in the semifinals and ended the finals with 27 markers contributed to his winning team. He outclassed St. Lawrence’92’s Chestnut Almario (#8) who was averaging 23.3ppg in the semifinals. Almario had a snag in his offensive efforts and managed to deliver 7 points for his team. Awarding the MVP trophy was LSQCAAI Executive Director Mon Cabigao’79 while presenting the championship trophy was incoming
LSQCAAI President George Escarraga’82. Meanwhile, watching the Division 1 games was reasonably energetic, fast paced and with a never-say-die attitude. SOL 2002 lost to SOL 2000 last January 21, 2006 elimination round meeting, 71-84 and got even with the same team 87-81 in their semifinals game last March 25, 2006. SOL 2002 was leading up to the third quarter of the game. SOL 2000 tasted the lead at 56-55 at the final quarter, and then had lead changes before a first deadlock at 61-all. There was an exchange of steals by SOL 2002 Egonia #12 and blocks by SOL 2000 Earnshaw #3, 19.3ppg in the final 4 minutes of the game. After five more
deadlocks at 63-all, 65-all, 68-all, 70-all, 72-all Fargas SOL 2002 #1, 18ppg split his charities to make it 73-72. A foul on R. Egonia sent him to the free throw line afterward he made sure that he converted both charities 75-72. In the ensuing play, on the dying seconds, M. Martires SOL 2000 #14, 18ppg tried to tie the score with a 3-point shot but muffed it. SOL 2002 replicated a victory over SOL 2000 to become Division 1 champions.
Ralph Lawrence Egonia (#12) of Team SOL 2002 won the Division 1 MVP race. He averaged 22 points per game in the semifinals. Giving
away the MVP and championship trophies was SOLGG –Basketball Mandaluyong’s Commissioner Henry Subido. Now there are two teams, one in each division of the SOLGG Basketball that is now in the Lourdes School alumni sports history! Congratulations Winners!!
Pax et Bonum! The
Scores: Game 1: St. Dominic’90 80 – G. Cabaluna 27, Herrera 20, J. Aquino 14, A. Calaquian 8, Chuegan 8, Espino 2, Uy 1. St. Lawrence’92 72 – Abad 19, Taylan 17, Bravo 14, Almario 7, Cura 5, Salvador 4, Reyes 3, Encarnado 2, Aquino 1. Quarterscores: 16-15, 36-37, 55-53,
80-72 Game 2: SOL 2002 75 – Fargas 15, Dayrit 14, Egonia 13, Badua 8, Umali 8, Sunico 6, De Leon 4, Pascua 3, Manano 2, Bonifacio 1, Taboac 1. SOL 2000 72 – Earnshaw 22, Martires 19, Fuentes 14, Valte 7, Santos 4,
Marquez 4, Icarangal 2. Quarterscores: 18-14, 36-31, 53-49, 75-72
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