CIS ladies take two
FOR the Cebu International School Girls 12 team, it pays to play with the boys. For
CIS' Girls 17 team, it pays to be just plain talented.
Playing for the first time in an all girls tournament, the CIS Under-12 players showed who's the better team as they whipped Bright Academy, 4-0, with Gabby Aboitiz scoring all four goal in the P12 division finals of the 9th Aboitiz Youth Football Festival at the University of San Carlos-Technological Center yesterday.
"Previously they played with the boys in the Players 10 (division) and it's good that now, they get to play against their own," CIS athletic director Brian Bedford said.
In the Girls 17 division, despite CIS splitting up its talent pool into two teams, both still made it to the semifinals against Dumaguete City teams Foundation University and Silliman University.
"I was asked why we didn't make one strong team and a weak one so we can be assured of winning the title. We split the talent - one went into the final and the other has a chance for third. This is better," said Bedford after CIS beat Foundation in the semi, while the other lost to Silliman.
In the championship, CIS scored a 2-1 shootout win against Silliman, while a bungled penalty by Amanda Darza proved costly as CIS lost, 0-1, to FU in the battle for third.
In the Girls P12 division, Aboitiz's strong kick was the biggest headache for the opposition.
Most players take it slow after getting a yellow card, but it worked otherwise for Aboitiz as she scored the first goal a minute after referee Archie Reyes booked her in the fifth.
A quick turn-and-shoot in the eighth had CIS up, 2-0. Aboitiz struck again using her pin point accuracy from a 15-yard free kick to make it 3-0.
CIS keeper Jennika Wannemacher rarely had to work as Christelle Dychangco, who was named the MVP, kept the Bright strikers at bay before Aboitiz capped her four-goal output with a rebound off her own shot in the 13th.
The rest of the team members are Bronwen Hughes, Janine Negrosa and Amanda Booth.
In the Girls P17 championship, the sleeky Mara Reina could have ended the game early but she missed a penalty and a scoreless regulation forced the shoot out, where CIS keeper Czarina Bruce came up with two big stops. Monica Moraza scored the first point and Reina redeemed herself with the game-winning shot.
In the P10 division, the wily Jun Jay Arizabal had two assists and a goal for Don Bosco's 3-0 win over Springdale before Springdale got back with a 3-1 win over Don Bosco in the P8 division.
The Aboitiz Youth Fiesta winds up today with competition in the P6, Boys 12, B14 and B17 still at USC-TC.
CIS' Girls 17 team, it pays to be just plain talented.
Playing for the first time in an all girls tournament, the CIS Under-12 players showed who's the better team as they whipped Bright Academy, 4-0, with Gabby Aboitiz scoring all four goal in the P12 division finals of the 9th Aboitiz Youth Football Festival at the University of San Carlos-Technological Center yesterday.
"Previously they played with the boys in the Players 10 (division) and it's good that now, they get to play against their own," CIS athletic director Brian Bedford said.
In the Girls 17 division, despite CIS splitting up its talent pool into two teams, both still made it to the semifinals against Dumaguete City teams Foundation University and Silliman University.
"I was asked why we didn't make one strong team and a weak one so we can be assured of winning the title. We split the talent - one went into the final and the other has a chance for third. This is better," said Bedford after CIS beat Foundation in the semi, while the other lost to Silliman.
In the championship, CIS scored a 2-1 shootout win against Silliman, while a bungled penalty by Amanda Darza proved costly as CIS lost, 0-1, to FU in the battle for third.
In the Girls P12 division, Aboitiz's strong kick was the biggest headache for the opposition.
Most players take it slow after getting a yellow card, but it worked otherwise for Aboitiz as she scored the first goal a minute after referee Archie Reyes booked her in the fifth.
A quick turn-and-shoot in the eighth had CIS up, 2-0. Aboitiz struck again using her pin point accuracy from a 15-yard free kick to make it 3-0.
CIS keeper Jennika Wannemacher rarely had to work as Christelle Dychangco, who was named the MVP, kept the Bright strikers at bay before Aboitiz capped her four-goal output with a rebound off her own shot in the 13th.
The rest of the team members are Bronwen Hughes, Janine Negrosa and Amanda Booth.
In the Girls P17 championship, the sleeky Mara Reina could have ended the game early but she missed a penalty and a scoreless regulation forced the shoot out, where CIS keeper Czarina Bruce came up with two big stops. Monica Moraza scored the first point and Reina redeemed herself with the game-winning shot.
In the P10 division, the wily Jun Jay Arizabal had two assists and a goal for Don Bosco's 3-0 win over Springdale before Springdale got back with a 3-1 win over Don Bosco in the P8 division.
The Aboitiz Youth Fiesta winds up today with competition in the P6, Boys 12, B14 and B17 still at USC-TC.
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