Sacred Heart wins Rifa 1997 age group

The team defeated Paref-Southridge, 3-2, in the finals via shootout.

Here are a few pics.

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By Mike Limpag
On January 30, 2007
At 12:21 am
Comments : 5
 

5 Comments for this post

 
Rico Navarro Says: January 30th, 2007 at 7:54 am

Hi Mike!

Thanks for the assist there. If Springdale were also at the RIFA Cup, I’m sure Cebu would’ve won more age groups, if not get the top 2 slots. The SHSJ team was known more as the team from “Cebu” & not Sacred Heart per se up until the awarding ceremonies when they clearly read an announced the full name of the school.

I can send more action pictures if you don’t mind. (I’m at bleachertalk@yahoo.com).

 
 
douglas Says: January 31st, 2007 at 11:27 pm

frankly speaking, the teams playing here in cebu are better than the teams in rifa. if we really want our kids to improve, it is better( and less costly )to play here or in san carlos or in bacolod.

 
 
douglas Says: January 31st, 2007 at 11:32 pm

i didnt mean to downplay the win of sacred heart because there are also good teams there like ateneo or southridge that they defeated.

 
 
Baldur Says: February 5th, 2007 at 1:59 pm

I agree with that assessment. With that being said, exposure outside one’s comfort zone is also a good idea.

 
 
Rico Navarro Says: February 8th, 2007 at 8:06 am

The primary purpose of the Manila trip to play in the RIFA Cup was for “exposure.” The big idea was to give the kids a chance to play in another place against other teams that they usually face in tournaments. Winning the tournament becomes a bonus. Playing and going to Manila (the big city) is also an educational trip on its own especially for us promdis.

SHSJ played in San Carlos last May 2006 & will most likely go back again this year. Now that I’ve said all this….I devoted a whole piece about this “exposure” thing in Bleacher Talk (Freeman, every Sunday – plug with Mike’s permission?) or at http://bleachertalk.blogspot.com.

 

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