6-peat for Ateneo booters

THE Ateneo de Davao University (Addu) Blue Knights retained its crown after blanking Gabriel Taborin College of Davao (GTCD), 4-0, in the finals of the Davao Association of Catholic School (Dacs) Sports Festival High School football tournament held at the Tionko field recently. The Dacs title was Addu's sixth straight.

The Alex Adolfocoached Blue Knights, who already have five Davao City Athletic Association (DCAA) Meet titles, are eyeing a six-peat in the city qualifying for the Davao Region Athletic Association (Davraa) Meet 2018.

Miguel Francisco Royo, Antonio Fagel III, Kynan Andrew Dimaandal, Felix Karlo Dagatan, Joshua Jericho De Luna, Enrico Miguel Magno, Martin ROber Antepuesto, Martin Robert Martinito, Joseph Feliciano, Amir Andre Amaikurut, Ariff Aldwin Amaikurut, Nicholas Carlo Chavez, Leonard Michael Navarro, Naz Rafaelle Angelo Pascual, Raphael Cesar Balan, Marvin Carstairs So and Gene Vicente bannered Addu. Ruel Sasuman is assisting Adolfo.

The head coach said they will face tougher teams in the upcoming Dcaa Meet, thus, they have to prepare harder.

"Magdepende gihapon sa preparation sa team. Taas-taas ang preparation sa mga teams na muapil sa Dcaa mao maningkamot nalang ta (It will still depend on the teams preparation. Teams entered in the DCAA meet has a longer preparation, indeed, we will just strive)," Adolfo said in a phone interview with Sun.Star Davao.

He also said that it would be tough for them as only five Palaro players are still with the team while the rest are beginners or lack experience.

Addu's team topped the Davraa Meet 2017 but lost in the quarterfinals of the Palarong Pambansa 2017 held in Antique Province.