Why are these four schools playing this Sunday, August 21, 2016 in Southern California? What do they have in common? Well if you ask each of them, they all would probably tell you, “NOTHING!”
Do they not really have anything in common? All of them used to be an “All-Boys” school. All of them also used to belong in the NCAA in the Philippines. Basketball rivalry between San Beda Red Lions and Ateneo Blue Eagles in the NCAA faded away when both the De La Salle Green Archers and Ateneo moved to the UAAP. La Salle and Ateneo formed their decades old basketball rivalry in the UAAP with both earning 8 seniors basketball championships since they move to their new league, and San Beda found their new and equal rival in Letran Knights with San Beda leading the NCAA league with 19 seniors basketball championships and NCAA’s current champion Letran very close behind with 17.
Find out their differences and see who’s the best when these 4 schools’ alumni come together again in one basketball gym in “friendly” match-ups. Two games in two basketball courts playing simultaneously. San Beda and Letran playing in one court and Ateneo and La Salle playing in the other. The winners will play for the championship trophy and the losers will play for 3rd place.
Games will be this Sunday, August 21, 2016 and starts at 1pm. It will be held at the Cameron Gym in West Covina. Address: 1305 E. Cameron Ave., West Covina, CA 91790. Tickets are only $10 each and free for 12 years old and under. There will be a food truck and drinks will also be available.
If you can’t make it in person, it will be livestreamed through MyBalitz’s Facebook account at: www.Facebook.com/MyBalitz
THE LINEUPS:
For the De La Salle Green Archers:
Ginno Diaz C/F LSGH ’83
ER Dela Fuente C/F TAFT ’91
Unik Reyes C CSB ’97
Imma Amiscaray G CSB ’05 …
Jong Ledesma F TAFT ’89
Karlo Cruz G LSGH ’04
Mon Dela Fuente C TAFT ’93
Alvin Castro G TAFT ’00
Stephen Austria G ZOBEL ’02
Francis San Diego F DASMA ’93
Mark Dela Torre G TAFT ’02
Nikko Arias F LIPA ’02
Luigi Estrera G TAFT ’10
Yves Dignadice F TAFT ’83
Naning Valenciano F TAFT ’89
Ian Del Prado F TAFT’ 97
Lorenzo San Juan G LSGH ’97
Jaime Abraham G ZOBEL ’08
Dell Ignacio G TAFT’
Froy Rigonan F TAFT ’89
For the Letran Knights:
Lester Anderson
VJ Espiritu
Mark Colcol
Fernando ‘Jojo’ de Guzman
Arvin Garcia
Martin Isidro
Jerick Castro
Earl Lora
Bru Lee
Justin Medina
Billy Moody
Manuel Santos
Jean P Tamondong
Ray Bong Zulueta
Ted McKinney
Rafael Cano
Jojo Pagkalinawan
Neil Sanchez
Randy Valentin
Lucky Delfin
For the San Beda Red Lions:
Raffy Consing Jr / 5’6 / SG
Myk Cruz / 5’8 / PG-SG
Allan Lumidao / 5’8 / G
Rondy Ison / 5’8 / PG-SG
Eric Duterte / 5’9 / G
Dale Dalope / 5’10 / G-SF
Ronnie Bughao / 5’11 / PG-SG
Alex Jacinto / 6’0 / SF-PF
CJ Alviar / 6’0 / F
Francis Dagumboy / 6’0 / F
Fred Razon / 6’0 / PG-SG
Gene Nuevo / 6’0 / PG-F
Dondon Torres / 6’0 / F
Arjun Cordero / 6’2 / F
Jamieson Juco / 6’3 / PF-C
Ricky Calimag / 6’4 / PF-C
Ginno Soliman / 6’1
Kaju Bhullar / 6’2
Julius Armon / 6’3
Raju Bhullar / 6’4
For the Ateneo Blue Eagles:
Nino De Leon
Uriel De Leon
Jumbo Escueta
Andrew Cruz
John Verayo
Brandon Sison
Tonichi Pinzon
James Mercano
Nikole Bautista
Justine Barandia
Rog Uy
Erik Lim
Paul Acain
Moncho Manoloto
Yeg Umali
Carl Llado
John Acain
Farud Alonto
Carlo Aguilar
Jaypee Arandia