culled from the Philippine Daily Inquirer Posted date: February 23, 2008 AFTER PUTTING AN END TO THE league’s longest winning streak in memory, Xavier School finally snuffed the life out of Chiang Kai Shek’s championship repeat bid. Jeric Teng and Gabriel Banal, future stars who share a rich basketball pedigree, powered Xavier to a 101-86 rout of bitter [...]
by Henry Liao ‘72, YEHEY! Contributors 23 February 2008, 1:25 AM Hail to the Tiong Lian champions! Twice over. First, it was the Xavier Aspirants who secured their sixth consecutive championship in the Aspirants Division with a two-game finals’ sweep against Chiang Kai Shek. Friday night (Feb. 22) at the Uno gym, it was the turn of their Big Brothers, [...]
by Henry L. Liao ‘72, YEHEY! Contributors There will be a winner-take-all Game 3 in the Juniors Division finals of the 32nd Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament. Wednesday night (Feb. 20) at the Uno gym, defending champion Chiang Kai Shek survived a furious rally by Xavier School to register an 83-77 victory that deadlocked the [...]
by Henry Liao ‘72, YEHEY! Contributors 19 February 2008, 9:08 AM Xavier School scored a come-from-behind 85-83 win over defending champion Chiang Kai Shek Monday night (Feb.18) to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Juniors Division finals of the 32nd Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament at the Uno gym. Xavier overcame an 18-point deficit (49-31) [...]
by Henry Liao ‘72 It took a pair of contrasting victories (101-73 and 69-64) over Chiang Kai Shek in less than 28 hours (Feb. 16/17) for Xavier School to claim its sixth consecutive Aspirants Division title in the 32nd Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament. Saturday noon (Feb. 16) at the Uno gym, the Golden Stallions [...]
