SHS-AdC pounces USJ-R in CESAFI football
The Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu annihilated University of San Jose-Recoletos, 12-0, in the secondary division of the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) football tournament at the Cebu City Sports Center yesterday.
After suffering a 0-7 defeat in the hands of Don Bosco Technology College last week, SHSAteneo bounced back with style with a dominating win over USJ-R.
Leo Maquiling led SHS-AdC’s charge with four goals via the 19th, 25th, 28th and 53rd. Ray Barrowo contributed three in the 32nd, 52nd and 80th.
Other SHS-Ateneo de Cebu booters who contributed were John Sambrano scoring in the 44th, Kyle Go in the 64th, Joseph Lumapas in the 71st, Samuel Sistoso in the 82nd and Kian Partosa in the 87th.
Meanwhile, University of Southern Philippines outsmarted the University of San Carlos-BED, 1-0 via penalty kick made by Luis Aguilar in the 6th minute.
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fight overseas and it came against one of South Africa’s best who was also being primed for the big stage. While this win erases doubts about Tepora’s talent, what’s next for him? Will he be rated highly by the WBO in the featherweight division? Will he now campaign as a featherweight or go back down to the junior featherweight division (122 pounds)? This is a “nice” dilemma for Jhack that I’m sure others envy. He’s 21-0 with 16 knockouts and is primed for bigger things up ahead. Looking at the featherweight division, WBO world champion Oscar Valdez just defeated Pinoy Genesis Servania yesterday via unanimous decision. Other big names include Pinoys Mark Magsayo and Albert Pagara, both from the ALA Boxing Gym. In the junior featherweight division, the WBO world champion is Jessie Magdaleno. The Pinoys ranked in the top ten here include former WBO bantamweight world champion Marlon Tapales, Nonito Donaire Jr. (who fights for the WBC Silver featherweight championship today in the US) and Juan Miguel Elorde. Tepora’s handlers must be ecstatic with this accomplishment and can’t wait to work out Jhack’s next fight.
Now that they’ve made headway in their careers, Sultan and Tepora must remember that they need to level up even further and find ways to make themselves better boxers overall. Complacency and laxity shouldn’t be part of their vocabulary as it will get tougher as they go up the ladder and sign up for those big fights up ahead. They can learn from Milan Melindo who lost twice in world title fights but bounced back to become a world champ. They can also learn from the experiences of Cebu Boxing’s Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista, AJ Banal, Rocky Fuentes, Arthur Villanueva, and Albert Pagara who all lost in the biggest fights of their careers. Villanueva and Pagara are now on their second “lives” but still have a long way to go. May the recent wins of Sultan and Tepora also boost the confidence and careers of those other young boxers who are looking for those big breaks in their careers. Kudos to Zorro and El Capitan.