MindanaoToday.com | Bulua NHS Girls win CdO Div. Futsal gold
By: Jack Biantan
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Defending champions Bulua National High School Girls Futsal team successfully defended their title in the Cagayan de Oro City Division meet when they swept their opponents Thursday and Friday (Feb. 22-23) at the Agusan gym here in Cagayan de Oro City.
The girls of coach Jun Actub whipped St. Mary’s School of Macasandig 8-1 and Rosevale School 14-0. They met stiff resistance against their chief rival Lumbia National High School before they could settle for a 7-4 win to go home with the gold medal.
The lady Strikers had a scare against the Lumbia NHS girls, trailing 0-2 very early in the match only to rally and then lead at the half 4-2.
The Lumbia NHS girls, manned by players from Lumbia Raptors FC tried to recover and scored two more goals but Bulua scored three more goals to cement their back-to-back gold medal finish.
Lumbia’s prolific striker Precious Exequil scored two early goals for the Lumbia girls in the first half.
The Bulua girls however refused to give up and quickly responded with two goals each from Queency Canaman and Mary Grace Lapinig to take a 4-2 lead at the half.
They then resumed their scoring binge in the second half as Pauleen Louis Labita added two more goals as Lumbia’s defense crumbled like a wall of sand sprayed with water from firemen’s hose to take a 6-2 lead.
The younger Lumbia girls however refused raise the white flag late in the second half as Exequil scored another goal and her scoring partner Kate Albarico added another one to put them on striking distance 4-6.
However, Sophia Nicole Cerdena scored her only goal of the match to cement Bulua’s victory and broke Lumbia’s back to conclude another disappointing campaign for the High Landers. Lumbia also lost to Bulua last year to finish second.
Lumbia won over Rosevale School 6-1, and beat St. Mary’s School of Macasandig 2-0 to settle for a silver finish. Rosevale School defeated SMS, 2-0, to finish with a bronze medal.
The Bulua girls are now preparing for the NMRAA regional meet in Camiguin and will try to finish better than last year’s tournament in Tubud, Lanao del Norte where they had a disappointing 5th place finish among nine teams.
Bulua National High School Futsal team Champion: Cagayan de Oro Division Meet line up: 1. Norjean E. Palatis 2. Mary Grace M. Lapini 3. Allyia B. Surposa 4. Queency Love L. Canaman 5. Pauleen Louis C. Labita 6. Rhea Jane O. Liogan 7. Sophia Nicole P. Cerdena 8. Trisha Jett D. Parojinog 9. Rezel Mae P. Bonifacio 10. Rhyssa Erliz L. Moreno 11. Twinkle B. Paid 12. Gernevie B. Rodrigo Coach: Junieto Actub (jackbiantantambok@gmail.com)
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