UV eyes to dominate playoff at 16-under, 12-under

SIPS' Vince Bryan Cena (#7)

BANILAD TOWN CENTRE, Cebu City (26 August 2001) — University of the Visayas (UV) is expected to dominate the playoffs at 16-under and 12-under here as the 3rd BTC Cup enters the last weekend tomorrow.

The Junior Lancers who topped Division A at 16-under will clash for one round with the three other division top seeds in the quarterfinals of the tournament presented by Thirsty, Dimsum Break and Nike Athletic Club.

UV's Mark Gerard Malagar

Vince Bryan Cena (in photo above vs. Cebu Bradford School) will lead San Isidro Parish School (SIPS) as the Tamaraws will first clash with the Lancers who are expected to rally around spitfire Mark Gerald Malagar (in photo at left vs. SACS).

UV will then bank on Shawn Vincent Opolentisima as the team deals with Philippine Christian Gospel School (PCGS) that will rely on the shooting prowess of Jayzon Sy (in photo below vs. Cebu Cherish School).

PCGS's Jayzon Sy (left) breaks through 2010 16-under MVP Ogilve Lorence de la Fuente of Cebu Cherish.

Center for International Education (CIE) will put Jun Suk (Dave) Kim to man the low post againts UV’s bull-strong Mark Joseph Basea in their last quarterfinal game.

After the round, the team that will be seeded No. 4 will have to beat the No. 1 team twice to get into the finals. And so would Team No. 3 against Team No. 2 in this 3-on-3 series backed by Robinson’s Supermarket, Nature Spring and Cherifer PGM 10-22 “Tangkad Sagad” Growth Vitamins.

12-under

CIC Blue Angels skipper Christopher Go

The Baby Lancers aim to sweep the CIC Blue Angels and Sotero B. Cabahug (SBC) Forum for Literacy in their brief playoff encounter and grab the slot for the finals.

UV will rally around Lyder Kent Canieso, but they will need to deal with the tendem of Christopher Go (in photo at left)and Zandyll Gomonit at CIC and Ram Danzelle Pepito & Daniel Selpa of SBC Forum.

SBC Forum's Ram Danzylle Pepito (#13) in flight, as Daniel Selpa (#7) prepares to follow through.

The weakest link will have to bid the series goodbye as the top two will battle for the golden BTC Cup to tomorrow, Sunday, Aug. 28.

All the four individual players in each of the four champions teams in each of the four age categories will also receive a golden BTC medal.

The BTC Cup continued  to its third year with Holy Kettle Corn, Tutoring Club, and Optical Adult & Child, , distributor of Lacoste, Oakley, Tag Heuer, Giordano, Levi’s and Silhouette sunglasses.

SACS, PCGS to maximize advantage at 14-under, SPLC at 10-under

BANILAD TOWN CENTRE, Cebu City (25 August 2011) — Saint Alphonsus Catholic School (SACS) and Philippine Christian Gospel School (PCGS) will make use of their twice-to-beat advantage during their playoff at 14-under in the 3rd BTC Cup tomorrow.

And so would St. Paul Learning Center (SPLC) with its two teams that topped the 10-under card in this 3-on-3 tournament at Banilad Town Centre.

Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion (CIC) will count on pointsmaker Paul Christian Go when the Blue Angels attempt to knock out twice the SACS Eagles.

But the Alphonsians are bent on moving up to the finals leaning on Ian Renz Singculan in their quest in the series presented by Thirsty, Dimsum Break and Nike Athletic Club.

The SIPS Tamaraws, on the other hand, will likely set their play on Janus Marc Capuyan in dealing with the PCGS Blue Lions who have Dustin Philip Yao to keep the playoff to just one game.

Trebuchets

Meanwhile, the SPLC Paladins will put Joshua Balankig on another jousting spree with Ray Orville Ybañez firing trebuchets as they clash with smaller but speedy Tamaraws.

Sean Victor Vargas, always noted for his happy disposition on court, enjoying every game, will tackle the knights with Andrew Justine Man one game at a time and aim to beat them twice.

It may not be much of an uphill climb for the young Tamaraws as they bowed only by a hairline to the Paladins, 6-7, during their Aug. 13 encounter in the league backed by Robinson’s Supermarket and Nature Spring.

On the other hand, the only team that survived the eliminations from Sacred Heart School (SHS) Ateneo de Cebu will go on full throttle to redeem the honor of the Magis Eagles against the Paladins’ second squad.

Nicolai Manuel Trinidad and Neal Anthony Peteros will carry the Ateneans cause but it will be like battling a windmill in SPLC-B that they bowed to, 3-8, last Aug. 14.

Prince Evan Sollano and his fellow knights are also geared towards forging a sibling rivalry during the finals of this tournament backed by Cherifer PGM 10-22 “Tangkad Sagad” Growth Vitamins.

The BTC Cup continued  to its third year with Holy Kettle Corn, Tutoring Club, and Optical Adult & Child, distributor of Lacoste, Oakley, Tag Heuer, Giordano, Levi’s and Silhouette sunglasses.