FAMILY JEWELS
By Michelle Dayrit-Soliven (The Philippine Star)
Updated February 21, 2010 12:00 AM
It’s not easy being a basketball mom. There are days when I just want to scoop my only son Vincent into my arms out of that rigorous game to protect him from the anguish of defeat, nerve-wracking tension and excruciating injury.
But since I can’t insulate him on the hardcourt, I just have to remind my son that the game of basketball is like the game of life. There will be good days and not-so-good days. There will be challenges, frustrations, hurts and pains. But there is always hope of the sweetest victory borne of hard work, discipline, determination and that most valuable asset of all: team work. The attainment of this victorious moment becomes the best day of my son’s life as well as his teammates’. No amount of money or material gift can equal this precious triumph.
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by Henry Liao (‘72)
Xavier School downed St. Jude Catholic School, 83-75, Thursday night (February 18), to complete a two-game sweep of the best-of-three Juniors Division finals in the 40th Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament at the Chiang Kai Shek gym in Tondo. In the title-series opener last February 15 at the Jacinto Tiu Competition Court inside the Xavier School campus, the Golden Stallions defeated the Judenites, 82-77. With the twin victories, Xavier School romped away with its third consecutive championship, joining Chiang Kai Shek College (1978-80 and 1990-92) as the only teams in Tiong Lian history to register three straight titles on two occasions.
Xavier School, which won the Juniors title for a seventh time in the past 10 seasons, also topped the tournament from 2001 to 2003 behind the terrific trio of Joseph Yeo, Tyrone (TY) Tang and Chris Tiu.
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by Henry Liao for gameface.ph (02/16/2010)
Powerhouse Xavier School goes for its third consecutive Juniors Division title in the 40th Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament when it clashes with St. Jude Catholic School in Game Two of their best-of-three finals rematch at the Chiang Kai Shek gym in Tondo, Manila.
It won’t be a walk in the park, though, and certainly it won’t be as easy as when the Golden Stallions blew out the Judenites during the 2009 finals with a double-digit winning margin in two straight games.
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by Henry Liao (‘72)
It’s eight straight championships for Xavier School in the Aspirants Division of the Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament. Monday night (February 15), Xavier School downed Chiang Kai Shek College, 76-66, to complete a two-game sweep of the best-of-three Aspirants Division finals held at the Jacinto Tiu Competition Court inside the Xavier School campus.
The game was far closer than the final score indicated as the Golden Stallions were challenged throughout. Xavier School trailed by two points, 17-15, after the first 10-minute quarter and fell behind by as much as 10 points, 34-24, midway through the second quarter before trimming the deficit to three, 36-33, at halftime.
Chiang Kai Shek College was still ahead, 40-33, when Xavier School went on a 10-0 run – eight straight by Vincent Soliven (including a pair of triples) and two free throws by Jarrell Lim – to regain the upperhand, 43-40. The third quarter ended 54-51, in Xavier’s favor. The Blue Dragons trailed by only two, 65-63, with four minutes left when Korea-born Chang Gi Hong went ballistic and struck for eight consecutive markers inside the paint to help Xavier build a 10-point lead, 73-63, with barely a minute remaining.
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by Henry Liao (‘72)
Seven-time defending champion Xavier School goes for the jugular when it takes on Chiang Kai Shek College on Monday, February 15, in Game Two of the best-of-three Aspirants Division finals of the 40th Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament.
The game will be held at the Jacinto Tiu Competition Court inside the Xavier School campus at 2:00 p.m.
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