by Henry Liao (‘72) What many expected to be a close encounter between two unbeaten teams turned out to be a horrendous blowout. Two-time defending champion Xavier School stamped its class and demolished St. Jude Catholic School, 91-55, Wednesday night (January 27) in a Juniors Division match-up in the 40th Freego Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball [...]
by Henry Liao (72) The Xavier Juniors will take a 15-match winning streak into the Chiang Kai Shek gym Wednesday night (January 27) when the Golden Stallions clash with St. Jude Catholic School in a battle of unbeaten teams in the Juniors Division of the 40th Freego Metro Manila Tiong Lian Basketball Association tournament. Xavier School, the [...]
by Henry Liao (‘72) Despite a sluggish start, the Stallions won its fourth game over Hope Christian, with a score of 100 to 83, last Jan. 22 at the Jacinto Tiu Competition Court. With the victory, Xavier gained an automatic semifinal ticket with a twice-to-beat advantage. Xavier trailed by as much as 10 points (25-15) late in [...]
by Henry Liao (‘72) Standings: St. Jude Catholic School (3-0), Xavier School (3-0), Hope Christian High School (2-1), Chiang Kai Shek College (2-1), St. Stephen’s High School (1-2), Grace Christian College (0-3) and Uno High School (0-4). St. Stephen’s High School spoiled the return of Uno High School skipper Isaac Lim from a two-game absence with [...]
culled from Manila Bulletin, Jan 17 2010
Xavier School star forward Jeron Teng has indeed a pedigree of a champion. The son of former San Miguel Beer star, Alvin Teng, showed that stuff as he helped the Golden Stallions win their first two games to gain an early share of the lead in the Freego-Metro Manila Tiong [...]
