Streaking City High makes Speed finals

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/sports/2015/09/21/streaking-city-high-makes-speed-finals-431631
• Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (Date Published)

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UNBEATEN Cagayan de Oro National High School (CDO-NHS) lives up to its top-seed billing, overcoming Agusan NHS, 57-52 to advance in the championship round of the 1st Oro Speed Inter-Public School basketball tournament at West City Central School’s covered court.

Second-seed Lapasan NHS, however, turned out as the biggest casualty on Sunday’s semifinal matches.

With only eight players allowed to play for them as a result of its bench-clearing tiff with Kauswagan NHS on Saturday, the undermanned Lapasan team yielded to underdog Cugman by 2 points, 42-44 to its many fans’ great consternation.

“Sayang, kusog ra ba unta ang Lapasan. Wala na control sa officiating ang mga bata mao nga nagsinumbaga,” Ballpals club regular mainstay Bong Mercado told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro.

Milo Janao Jr. and Rey John Macacando led City High with 16 and 8 points each, while Agusan got 16 and 10 markers apiece from Eros Dave Sorizo and Elvin Jhon Librando.

The pair of James Emhada and Christian Miñoza had 12 and 10 points in sending Cugman to the finals. Lapasan got 10 and 9 from Sandy Jamin and Jhon Bradley Jumamoy.

Other semifinal matches, still in progress as of this writing, pit Fr. William Masterson Elementary School against Kauswagan Central School and host West City Central School versus Bulua Central School in elementary and the streaking Indahag NHS against Bulua NHS and Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School opposite City High in secondary girls division.

Tournament director Raul Fuentes said the championship games will be played on Sunday at same venue.