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BATCH ’91 Surpass Batch ’83, 74-62
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St. Andrew's School Gym, June 08, 2003 -- Batch ’91 survived a furious late game rally of batch ’83 to carve out an ugly but convincing win, 74-62. Batches ‘91 built a comfortable lead at the start of the second half using its good running (but in need of further fine tuning) fast break attacks. Guards Vince Samoy, Don Sta. Agueda, Francis Estrella and Rani Magayanes took their turns in the breaks to build several 18-point leads in the third quarter. The game saw Jason Minoza, Arnold Enciso and Noel Ison playing their first game for Batch ’91. Michael ‘Slow Mo Superman’ Mendoza played his usual game by scoring inside the paint against batch ’83 big men and getting offensive and defensive rebounds. Slow Mo Superman teamed up with Jason Minoza to corner the rebounds needed to jump-start the Batch ’91 fast breaks. Ronald Pangan, who had his hair colored light brown, sank 3-point baskets in the last 2 minutes to ward off batch '83s rally late in the game. During the first half, dependable guards Sandy Kalugdan and Arnold ‘James Worthy’ Escanilla contributed their share in offense and defense to maintain Batch ’91 leads. Jojo Austria, Arnold Enciso & Noel Ison made valuable contribution on both ends of the floor. Without the help from the bench of Batch ’91 in both offense and defense, the referees would have succeeded in helping batch ’83 win. Team stalwart and crowd favorite Gado ‘The Fresh Prince’ Salvador played like an ordinary mortal for the second game in a row. The injury to his ‘dirty’ finger was still bothering him as he shot 0 out of 36 from the field. During the first half, The Fresh Prince tried to make some nifty move to impress the paying crowd. In one play, he made a stutter stepping ala-Elvis Presley-You-Ain’t-Nothin’-But-A-Hound-Dog-leg-dance fake move which only faked…himself. The Fresh Price almost tore the soles of one of his shoe off during the warm-ups. It seemed the Fresh Prince has a lot of things in his mind. During the warm-ups, the Fresh Prince was noticed to be "lumalande". Unfortuntely, it wasn't determined if the object of his "kalandian" was a female or a male. The win was the third straight for the Batch ‘91, who will try to clinch at least a tie for a semifinal slot with a win on Friday, 13 June, against Batch ‘92. Special mention to Emil Cruz, Manollete Hidalgo, Peter de Leon, Arnold Padiernos, Lechler Valenzuela, Paul Ramirez and Bernard Ramos. They went to the game to provide support to the Batch '91 team. (Pasensya na kung may nakalimutan). by Irani Magayanes |
