WITH experience, size, and height on their side, the City Hall and Philhealth hoopsters are installed as the early favorite for the basketball title in the ongoing Cagayan de Oro Charter Day Inter-Agency Sportsfest.
Many-time Most Valuable Players Jun Daanoy and Christopher Carretas are in the forefronts of City Hall’s Open Age and 45 and above hoop squads. While the 6-foot-6 behemoth Paul Siarot and former Adamson University stalwart Ramil Tagupa, and Liceo legend Jayson Alfeche will carry the fight for Philheath’s cause.
However, the equally-strong PNP-10 and Misamis Oriental Capitol are deemed to give the favored host a run for the P50,000 top purse in basketball.
The regional police command is teeming with talents, who themselves are battle-scarred in commercial leagues, even as the Capitol assembled little-known but young fresh legs in the exciting rivalry.
During their tune-up game in Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, the Provincial Capitol wards of Gilbert Antigua and assistant coach Zozimo Vicente Tan-gan held the XU-laced Team CDO to a 61-all standoff.
“Dili ilado pero mga batan-on among players sa dinaganay 'mi ini maka-away. Kusog kaayo ang mga kontra pero lingin ang bola,” Tan-gan told Gold Star Daily.
