CIS girls finish second in Alaska Cup
MANILA – The Cebu International School Girls 17 team did what its Boys 15 team couldn't - win a penalty shoot out - as it fished out a runner-up finish in the 10th Alaska Football Cup at the Alabang Golf and Country Club.
The CIS ladies had to survive two straight penalty shoot-outs in the quarterfinals and semifinals to arrange the finals match against De La Salle Zobel, where it lost 0-1.
On the other hand, after topping its group, CIS Boys 15 team lost steam in the quarterfinals, dropping a close 3-2 duel to Del Monte Bukidon.
"Before going to the Alaska, we adopted a hockey technique called the shooter tutor," CIS athletic director Brian Bedford said, "We bought 30 balls, and have a kid shoot them all, then go back,"
It apparently worked wonders for its girls team as Monica Moraza, Mara Reinam Amanda Darza, Stephani Sharpe all scored in its 7-6 win over South Hill in the quarterfinals.
South Hill took a 2-0 lead before Gabi Mercado came up with the heroics to level the match. Mercado re directed Darza's pass and a scored on off a corner in the dying seconds to force the shoot out.
CIS, which topped its group with 10 points on three wins and a draw, next faced Faith Academy, where keeper Danica Ronquillo took over the heroics.
After Darza miss her shot, Ronquillo stopped the next two kickers of Faith before Aboitiz and Sharpe converted their shots for a 4-2 win.
"We had a lot of shoot-outs today, and we missed only one shot, that's not bad," Bedford said.
However, the shoot out wins must have taxed the girls as they run out of steam in the finals. A long shot from half court, got past Ronquillo for a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute and CIS couldn't get back as the defense held them on check.
Darza couldn't find her way in the wing, while Mercado couldn't get past her marker.
CIS got its chance after Moraza got fouled but her free kick from 20 yards sailed high, as they settled for another runner up finish to DLS, which has won the title for three straight years.
Most of the girls will have a shot at redemption today, when they play in the Girls 15 group.
Meanwhile, after a scoreless draw, the Boys 17 quarterfinal also went into shoot out, however, Michael Sharpe hit the bar while a potential equalizer from keeper Miguel Atienza was nowhere near the mark.
Sharpe, Paulo Casa and most of the Boys 17 team will be back on the pitch today for the Boys 15 match, where they will be hoping for better results.
CIS Boys 13 match also missed a quarterfinal shot by just three goals, after finishing with 10 points for a tie with British School Manila. CIS defeated Southville, 10-0, St Francis, 7-0, while losing to Faith Academy, 1-3.
The CIS ladies had to survive two straight penalty shoot-outs in the quarterfinals and semifinals to arrange the finals match against De La Salle Zobel, where it lost 0-1.
On the other hand, after topping its group, CIS Boys 15 team lost steam in the quarterfinals, dropping a close 3-2 duel to Del Monte Bukidon.
"Before going to the Alaska, we adopted a hockey technique called the shooter tutor," CIS athletic director Brian Bedford said, "We bought 30 balls, and have a kid shoot them all, then go back,"
It apparently worked wonders for its girls team as Monica Moraza, Mara Reinam Amanda Darza, Stephani Sharpe all scored in its 7-6 win over South Hill in the quarterfinals.
South Hill took a 2-0 lead before Gabi Mercado came up with the heroics to level the match. Mercado re directed Darza's pass and a scored on off a corner in the dying seconds to force the shoot out.
CIS, which topped its group with 10 points on three wins and a draw, next faced Faith Academy, where keeper Danica Ronquillo took over the heroics.
After Darza miss her shot, Ronquillo stopped the next two kickers of Faith before Aboitiz and Sharpe converted their shots for a 4-2 win.
"We had a lot of shoot-outs today, and we missed only one shot, that's not bad," Bedford said.
However, the shoot out wins must have taxed the girls as they run out of steam in the finals. A long shot from half court, got past Ronquillo for a 1-0 lead in the 9th minute and CIS couldn't get back as the defense held them on check.
Darza couldn't find her way in the wing, while Mercado couldn't get past her marker.
CIS got its chance after Moraza got fouled but her free kick from 20 yards sailed high, as they settled for another runner up finish to DLS, which has won the title for three straight years.
Most of the girls will have a shot at redemption today, when they play in the Girls 15 group.
Meanwhile, after a scoreless draw, the Boys 17 quarterfinal also went into shoot out, however, Michael Sharpe hit the bar while a potential equalizer from keeper Miguel Atienza was nowhere near the mark.
Sharpe, Paulo Casa and most of the Boys 17 team will be back on the pitch today for the Boys 15 match, where they will be hoping for better results.
CIS Boys 13 match also missed a quarterfinal shot by just three goals, after finishing with 10 points for a tie with British School Manila. CIS defeated Southville, 10-0, St Francis, 7-0, while losing to Faith Academy, 1-3.
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been out of the country for over a year and would like to be updated with local football.Unfortunately, i can only access sunstar on-line and only when i'm on port. does your football-assigned reporter cover the whole football scene or does he cover only the rich kids?
hoy anonymous, kinsa man diay ka?
since i and many other football fans depend on the papers for truth and information, it is the paper's and their reporters' social and ethical responsibility to present a broader picture of the games.
first and foremost, i havenot been remiss on reporting any of the games whatsoever...you only have to check on the archives of sunstar to confirm that. check the early eliminations of the aboitiz age group tournament and you will see a lot of don bosco in the headlines.
i wrote about the alaska cup because i was there....ok? the CIS team invited me there...and i cant possibly be also at the aboitiz finals at the same time now can i?
if you think i only write about the rich kids then go ask those who joined hiroshi 12 under cup..they werent exactly drooling with money remember?
if you want to search don bosco in the sunstar websites...go type don bosco and not football..ok?
im the football assigned reporter...and i cover the whole scene ok? most of the times, im the only one in there...watching the games...i dont think each media outlet's coverage is enough that i put up this blog..so i can write more...i invite the tv reporters to come and watch the games.. i do all that sh*t and more......
i also think that it would be unfair to imply that taga-don bosco ang nag reklamo kay wala ang lack of a report sa championship game man ang issue niya, and not coverage of the whole tournament.
however, naa lang koy additional nga issue i-raise. i learned that Bright Academy, also a cebu based team, also entered the alaska cup. why did the reports mentioned only the CIS games. Mike, where you there just to cover CIS ?
jeez..another apology for assuming that it was from don bosco.
in another post on this blog, murang taga don bosco man tingali to ang ni post nga "refreshing na ang reporting" kay equal space na ang tanan, so if sincere ang apology ni mike for assuming nga nang reklamo ang don bosco, then i hope nga that is the end of a possible conflict between don bosco and mr.limpag.
mike, i hope maka-detail pud ka og report sa bright academy kay maayo ra ba na ang ilang u12 nga team, apan dili lang sila maka-field og para 11-a-side.
para nako, 7aside festivals are good for publicity and PR but bad for football development. daghan mo agree or disagree ani but this needs to be threshed out.
mas maayo man tingali if CFA would find ways aron ang mga p12, p14, p15 and junior teams has a longer tournament kay these teams also has the CVIRAA, Red Ribbon (if it is still on) and Palaro games to prepare for. Mo represent ra ba ni sila sa Cebu and not just their schools. as of now, kung swerte ka ma sulod sa finals sa aboitiz cup, the finalist teams would have played a grand total of only 5-6 games, the rest only 3-4games. a CFA member team can only expect 3-6 games from the CFA. murang kuwang ra man dyud kaayo. nindot unta nga mag kita ang tanan rather than dividing them into brackets aron grabe dyud ang dinuwaay. anyway, we are only looking at 7-8 schools nga maka field og 11aside, it shouldnt be that big a cost.
para pud nako, ang mga 7-aside festivals nakahatag og opportunity sa mga football enthusiasts nga dili kaporma og dagko nga teams nga mo-participate og competitive tournaments. so how can this be bad for development? gusto man kaha ta mo-reach out sa grassroots?
these smaller "clubs" daghan kaayo ni sila, pero walay funding or sponsors. so kung walay 7-aside, mag-unsa na man lang ni sila, sige na lang tulo laway? unfair na nga tawagon lang ug publicity or PR.
narrow-minded kaayo ang idea nga basta dili onse-onse, dili football. dapat gani i-encourage ang pagdula ug "sandlot" football (3 on 3, pwede, no need for goal posts) sa communities just like in other countries.
clarify and modify lang nako ang akong stance for 10 below. OK ra para nako nga 7 aside sila (although i never proposed that 11 a side ni sila) basta dili lang festival type. just like last year nga 7 a side but tournament type ang format, 15minutes or 20minutes per half. kung nganong gi-usab na nila, ginoo na lang ang nakahibalo.
sa 12 above, all teams should meet each other and dili na ipa-bracket aron mag-abot dyud ang tanan.
bai, dili man sa narrow minded ta, ato ra mang gi ukay ang policy and priorities sa CFA.
kahinganlan doble paningkamot ang CFA sa pangita para igasto, kay ilaha baya nang responsibility. Mo positively respond man ang mga schools og clubs nila if ma-produce pud nila ang gi pangita sa mga schools og clubs. anha man gud magyagaw kung mo insist ang CFA nga sundon ang ilang policies but dili sila maka fulfill sa expectations sa schools og clubs. kung nganong walay mo hatag nila og kwarta and kung nganong dili makagamit sa ayala og usc fields for the aboitiz cup is a topic nga i will not venture or go deep into but kahinganlan ukayon sab tingali. Mike, maayo tingali makahibalo pud ta ana.
i have no objections if we have to resort to paying a bigger amount for registration if it will result in more games.
clarify and modify lang nako ang akong stance for 10 below. OK ra para nako nga 7 aside sila (although i never proposed that 11 a side ni sila) basta dili lang festival type. just like last year nga 7 a side but tournament type ang format, 15minutes or 20minutes per half. kung nganong gi-usab na nila, ginoo na lang ang nakahibalo.
sa 12 above, all teams should meet each other and dili na ipa-bracket aron mag-abot dyud ang tanan.
bai, dili man sa narrow minded ta, ato ra mang gi ukay ang policy and priorities sa CFA.
kahinganlan doble paningkamot ang CFA sa pangita para igasto, kay ilaha baya nang responsibility. Mo positively respond man ang mga schools og clubs nila if ma-produce pud nila ang gi pangita sa mga schools og clubs. anha man gud magyagaw kung mo insist ang CFA nga sundon ang ilang policies but dili sila maka fulfill sa expectations sa schools og clubs. kung nganong walay mo hatag nila og kwarta and kung nganong dili makagamit sa ayala og usc fields for the aboitiz cup is a topic nga i will not venture or go deep into but kahinganlan ukayon sab tingali. Mike, maayo tingali makahibalo pud ta ana.
i have no objections if we have to resort to paying a bigger amount for registration if it will result in more games.
ang CFA kinhanglan pud ug suporta natong tanan. and i think sakto nga mo-insist ang CFA nga sundon ilang policies, kay kung dili, kinsa may tuhuan sa mga clubs?
if naay expectations nga wala ma-meet, that has to be assessed and remedied. besides, atong tan-awon ang na achieve or wala ma-achieve sa CFA based on long-term or short-term goals. They will be answerable depende sa term.
pero una ning tanan: kinhanglan sundon sa mga clubs ang players ang policies. kinhanglan naay governing body ug balaud, otherwise, bisan kinsa na lang ang mag-buot buot.
it is correct, policies should be followed. but first and foremost, these so called policies should be formulated and agreed on by the whole community so that everybody is on the same page.
i do agree with the last post, everybody needs to get together. however, it is still the CFA's responsibility to gather the people, show leadership and lead. unfortunately, CFA hasn't been able to do so. i do wish that they can soon.
by the way, the views and opinions lately has been invigorating. this blog is better for me bcoz purely cebu football ang discussion. i hope these posters will continue to give out their opinions.
where were you when they first gathered?
do not attack the people asking the questions but focus on the validity of these querries.
simple as that. dont beat around the bush.
anyway, I suggested in other thread for mike to post a new thread specifically for the CFA's programs and policies (if any) aron didto mag discuss and mag post ug concrete suggestions and criticisms.
ok ra na?
just got in the office...was on day off yesterday..give me an hour..or two max...to organize what i know of cfa policies..or maybe what i think are cfa policies...
thanks
as to say that they are too harsh...there are lots of teams who play hard...the difference lies when they play hard for the ball..or play hard for the sake of playing hard...