Mad Dogs hacked out a 5-2 victory via penalty shootout over Hankyu FC to grab the 1st San Roque Summer Football League title yesterday at the San Roque football field.

Both teams figured out in a 1-1 draw in regulation, behind the penalty goals of Joshua Fegidero of Mad Dogs and Hankyu’s Rene Inoc.

In the shoot-out, Eleazar Toledo, who was named as the best scorer in the tournament sneaked in Mad Dog’s first goal while Hayato Ayabe, Mitsu Tsinukuri, and Raunil Colina added more to nail the title.

Inoc scored the lone goal for Hankyu in the shootout after goalkeeper Jesus Singson saved two of the missed attempts.

Mad Dogs also got the most number of awards including the MVP that went to Fegidero, Tsinukuri as best midfield and Albert Nangkil as best defender.

St. Peter’s Square, on the other hand, finished third after beating Don Bosco FC via penalty shoot-out.

St. Peter’s Lemar Baunsit bagged the best striker while Oscar Lemence won the best goalkeeper.

The tournament which is sanctioned by Cebu Football Association was being sponsored by Cebu International School parents, Cathy Darza, Dynamic Casting, Daniela Cases, Mr. and Mrs. Moraza, Chique Miguel and Debbie Go.
(Story by Sona Mae Povadora of The Freeman)

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plus this makes volleyball interesting

Sun*Star Photos by Arni Aclao

There are no updates regarding the football scene for now and the photo below is the reason: Six foot tall, blonde Elisha Galic (the one trying a block) from Australia who is playing at the 5th Asian Under 18 Girls Volleyball Championships. And there are nine teams, with pretty girls in each.

I might just decide to put up a volleyball blog!

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Too bad they are Under 18

THE THREE on the job. Mike’s hung over again

SINCE there is no football news, lately, it’s time we put the limelight on the other people who makes football interesting in Cebu.

Us.

Mike T Limpag. Sun*Star Cebu.
Sona of The Freeman
Marian of Cebu Daily News.

Sona is a 2003 Mass Communications graduate from St Theresa’s College, while Marian finished her degree, in 2002.

Mike? He graduated from the University of San Carlos with an AB Sociology degree (don’t ask why) just this year, 2005, (again don’t ask why)

Sona and Marian are reluctant football writers, but have grown to love watching the game. At first, they were confused with the rules regarding fouls and offside, but have acquired a little amount of understanding of the game. (Given that they have poor tutor who is often hungover)

Here’s how the usual coverage goes.

Mike shows up first, goes to the table, and becomes a usual nuisance to the refs, and gets back to the sidelines.

Sona comes up next and asks, “Asa si marian? Hubog napud ka?”

Marian shows up and asks “unsa score?, hubog napud ka?”, then the three catches up with the game. Sometimes, Marian shows up with food for us. Sona phone rings, and she goes autistic.

“Ngano man to?” Marian asks if someone is called offside. Or sona would say, “ay, ngano di man pwede?”

Or if THE TEAM WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED are around, all three will say, “Asshole alert! asshole alert!”

Or if THE PLAYERWHOMUSTNOTBENAMED shows up with his usual antics, Mike says, “tani mudaybdayb para lingaw ato storya”

Or if THE TEAM WHO MUST NOT BENAMED are playing in the finals, they all root for the opponent.

TOUGH ACTION: Action in the San Roque is tough, as this photo by Sun*Star ace lensman Amper Campaña shows.

JOSHUA Fegidero is dangerous, he needs to be marked all the time. Jan Michael Abellana is dangerous, he’s a wily player.

Don Bosco Alumni FC failed to heed such lessons as they lost a tough 4-3 semi final match against the Mad Dogs FC in the San Roque Summer Football Tournament last Sunday at the San Roque Parish.

The mad dogs, culled from a selection of young kids at the Cebu International School and veteran San Roque habitues like Eleazar Toledo will next face Hankyu FC, who survived a shoot out win over host San Roque FC.

The transplanted Bacolod player Fegidero struck first in the third minute while Hayato Ayabe doubled the lead in the 10th for an early 2-0 Mad Dogs advantage.

Crio Sarchez pulled DB to within one in the 30th for a 2-1 count at the turn.

Then things turned around for the bosconians.

In a two minute span, Warlo Sabella and Ramie Martin turned the 2-1 deficit to a 3-2 advantage as they struck in the 65th and 67th minute while holding their ground against the Mad Dogs offense.

They forgot about the guy from Bacolod. With five minutes left in the match, Fegidero found his mark to level the match and Abellana drove in the clincher in the 87th as the shocked Bosconians settled for a loss.

Meanwhile, after a scoreless regulation, Rene Inoc, Ronnie Agulo, Ranulfo Colina, Limar Baunsit and Niño Zapanta converted their spot kicks for Hankyu FC’s win.

They will face off with Mad Dogs in the finals on May 29 still at the San Roque field.

WHERE’s the grass? The dying if not dead Cebu City Sports Center football field played host to yesterday’s 1st HFC U12 football festival.(pasensya na, wa nakoy laing photo sa Abellana - mike)

KIDS in yesterday’s 1st Hiroshi FC U12 Football Festival at the Cebu City Sports Center showed Harou Iwanaga did the right thing in organizing the one day tourney.

Six teams showed up and played under the menacing heat of the summer sun, and continued until they were drenched in a sudden rainfall during the finals match between Futbolitos A and Cardex A, with the Futbolitos of Luis Arriesgado winning it easily 6-0.

“Boss Harou saw them practice with us daily, and was told that they have no more tournaments, so he decided to put up one,” HFC coach Francis Ramirez said.

On the other hand, the one day festival also showed the emerging gap between football generations as the new kids are picking up the game much earlier.

“They are playing well at this age, I can’t even kick a ball at their age,” HFC keeper and former National U17 team mainstay Frederick Alazas said at the sidelines.

In the finals, tournament best striker Carlito Abadia put the Futbolitos up front in the fourth from a free kick before Jayson Formanes did something to impress the audience.

Running with his back on the ball, the diminutive Formanes one timed the shot off a goal’s kick in a half-turn. Though he missed, his attempt was well applauded.

“Did you see that? He really knows what he’s doing,” veteran coach Eddie Buot said.

The Futbolitos again scored in the final minute of the half to take a 2-0 lead.

In the second Jovan Bacus scored twice while Pedro and John Diao added one a piece to complete their win.

Bacus was also awarded the MVP while Cardex keeper Dan Marnel Villarico was named the best keeper and Joeford Dolino of the Futbolitos earned the Best Defender award.

CEBU IN FINALS: The Cebu FA U17 is in the national finals. Will they win it all? Or will it be just like the U19, where they lost a disappointing finals match.
Sun*Star photo Ruel Rusillo

DESPITE a 7-0 beating from powerhouse Iloilo, the Cebu Football Association Under-17 squad landed in the top two to qualify to the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) U-17 National Championships later this year.

In its opening game, the CebuFA selection defeated host Dumaguete, 3-2, before that fateful encounter with Iloilo.

Iloilo then dealt the hosts a 4-0 defeat to finish first in the Visayas Regional Championships, held last May 18-20.

Only three teams joined the regionals, after Bacolod failed to field a team in the event organized in lieu of the Coke Go-For-Goal U-16 National Championships, which was scrapped last year due to financial reasons.

Though they are already in the finals, the CebuFA selection is still not sure whether there will be a national finals at all.

“During the managers meeting, we were told that there will be a national tournament later this year and this will be held in the Visayas if there are any bids for it,” CebuFA coach Glen Ramos said.

Whether their will be a nationals or not, CebuFA president Jonathan Maximo said the team will be kept intact as they are being groomed to play in other age-group tournaments in the following years.

The team includes Jose Paolo Pascual, Roy Joseph Sembrano and Benedict Luis Arriola of Paref-Springdale, Josephus Bernaldez, James Candido, Ric Ryan Fuentes and Don Francois Noel of Sacred Heart School-Jesuit (SHS-J), Jose Jordan Diao, Jessie Roy Melgo II and Howard Dwight Docino of Abellana National School.

Also in the team are Pomposo Atillo, Gene Manuel Gacayan III, Kyle Vincent Soriano of Don Bosco Technology Center (DBTC), Michael Sharpe of Cebu International School (CIS) and Jonathan Tan of the University of Southern Philippines.

SHOCKED: The 7-0 beating from Ilo-ilo was shock to veteran mentor, Glen Ramos.
Contributed photo by Joel Pascual

A day after embarrassing host Dumaguete, the Cebu Football Association selection got its own dose of humiliation in the second playdate of the Philippine Football Federation Boys U-17 Regional Champion-ships at the Silliman University ball field in Dumaguete City.

The Cebuano booters were at the receiving end of Iloilo City’s fury, 0-7, a defeat that has left them with a lot of things to ponder.

The CebuFA players now hope and pray that Dumaguete will lose to Iloilo City this morrning so that they will clinch the second and last berth into the national finals scheduled to be held in Visayas either in August or October.

“This is the first time in my career that the team I am coaching was dumped without scoring a goal. Admittedly, the Iloilo players are more experienced compared to my boys, but the outcome really caught me by surprise to the point that I want to quit from coaching.,” said CebuFA mentor Glenn Ramos.

One key factors of the rout was the Ilongo booters’ cohesiveness gleaned on their experience playing together since they were still campaigning in 12-under competitions.

The Ilongos were trained under one roof at the Iloilo Football Center for a couple of years now and that strategy worked effectively as they now rose into a formidable football power in the country.

Testament to that, Iloilo City topped the football competition in the recently-concluded 2005 Palarong Pambansa held at its turf via a clean sweep.
(story by Sona Mae Povadora of The Freeman)

FIRST FORAY: In his first action in the U17, Paolo Pascual conceded just two goals to help CebuFA win, 3-2 over hosts Dumaguete in the PFF U17 Regional Championships.
contributed photo by Joel Pascual

PLAYING together in a huge field for the first time, the Cebu Football Association adjusted in time for a 3-2 win over Dumaguete City in the Philippine Football Federation Under-17 Regional Championships at the Silliman University field in Dumaguete.

“The boys had a hard time because the field was huge and one of them suffered from muscle cramps,” coach Glen Ramos said.
Kyle Soriano, fresh from his stint in the Palarong Pambansa, put the visitors up front, 1-0, in the eighth minute before Dumaguete leveled the count 1-all at halftime.

“In the first half, the boys were still adjusting. In the second half, they played a little better,” Ramos said.

Soriano, who plays for Don Bosco Technological Center, again struck early in the second half as he put Cebu up, 2-1, in the 51st minute and Cebu International School striker Michael Sharpe added an insurance goal in the 65th for a 3-1 lead.

“The Dumaguete team has been preparing for the tournament and has played together for a long time. Half of them were in the Thirsty Cup U-17 champion, while our team was formed just a few weeks ago,” Ramos said.

As for goalkeeper Paolo Pascual, the youngest in the team at 14, Ramos said, “I will just give him advice not to be afraid, but he is doing well.”

The CebuFA selection is composed of players from CIS, DBTC, University of Southern Philippines, Springdale, Abellana National School and Sacred Heart School Jesuit. They will next play the dangerous Iloilo squad, the champion in the recent Palarong Pambansa.

“We saw them early this morning (yesterday), and they really are veterans. They have a strong build. We will have to hold our own so we can be the champion here,” Ramos said.

Ramos said the PFF told them that the top two teams will qualify to the national finals to be staged in the Visayas in August or October.

CEBU FA Selection: The best of Cebu with coaches Vincent and Glen Ramos.

TUTORIAL: Former national team mainstay Glen Ramos gives out pointers to the CebuFA U17 selection. They are currently in Dumaguete City for the PFF U17 Regional Championships

YOUNGEST: Teammates watch Paolo Pascual in practice, at 14, Pascual is the youngest member of the team manning the most dangerous position, goal keeper.

Contributed photos by Joel Pascual