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BATCH ’91 Blast Batch ’90, 79-65
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St. Andrew's School Gym, July 13, 2003 -- In this semi-final knock-out game, the people in the SAS gym could sense the desire of the Jakolites of Batch 91 to enter the finals of the 1st SAS Inter-Batch Basketball Tournament. Coming into the game with one thing in mind…to brush aside the only obstacle that stands between them and the finals, the Jakolites banked on defensive hassles and offensive teamwork to dump batch 90, 79-65. Batch 90 never had the lead again after going up, 2-0 first30 seconds of the game. Mike “Black Superman” Mendoza, again, had another fine and steady game. Providing the Jakolites the points (inside and outside) and rebounds necessary put batch 90 in a safe distance, Black Superman stood tall against the batch 90 big men. Forward Vince “Nowitzki” Tabing carried the Jakolites in the first half with booming three- point baskets, blocks and rebounds. He also helped neutralize batch 90’s human tower, the 6’ 5” Raymond Layness. Francis Estrella, Ronald Pangan and Noel Son rotated in defending batch 90 top gun Tupe Villamayor. The fist half finished with the Jakolites ahead by 10 points. In the middle of the third quarter, batch 90 was able to get a momentum and cut the Jakolites’ lead to 6 points. During this stretch, Raymond Layness got some clear baskets inside and Villamayor was able to snatch several three-point plays. But the unrelenting Jakolites regrouped to finally put a stop to batch 90’s rally. Steady guards Vince Samoy, Francis Estrella, Rani Magayanes, Leo Oaper and Don Sta.Agueda worked together to fuel the Jakolite running offense. Together with the Black Superman and Nowitzki, the Jakolites pulled ahead comfortably for good in the fourth quarter. In the other semi final game, batch 85 beat batch 87 to snare the other slot in the finals. With this, the finals will be a best-of-three match between batch 85 and Batch 91. Game one will be on Sunday, July 20, 6:00PM at the SAS Gym. by Irani Magayanes |
