Eagels Wins over Archer

Its been almost a week of waiting.. and now the long wait is over..
and i can say that its worth thee wait..

2:00 pm of September 25 i was already in Cubao Gateway to be exact and just waiting for my friends and brothers to arrive. I saw lots of students and people wearing shirts of Ateneo and La Salle primarily because its thee UAAP 71st season game ender.. its a fight between Ateneo blue eagles and long time rival and depending De la salle Green archers.. After waiting for an hour and a half at last, i received an SMS message from my brother that they're already in the entrance of Araneta collesium, i rush in and run to pile of people who's on the same route I'm going. The weather is really not that good because a storm is coming but for me its just like the perfect weather for the day. Its like in the movies when two powerful character are about to give all they got on a fight just like a face off thing, there's lightning, thunder, dark clouds everywhere and cold wind blowing that gives me goosebumps.. Nways back to reality.. We went inside and look for our place, we sat at the left side court corner 2nd line after the lower box.. Then the game started with an explosive all people are yelling and cheering to their bets , well I did bet for Ateneo and sure I won! But I think, Ateneo and San Beda is the greatest rivalry of all ages! the eagle against the lions.. the blue and red! not the green ones... any who... just a comment ^^,

Every Scores that each team makes are like fire that heats us up and bring us to the edge of our seats, it was Ateneo leading in the 3rd quarter with 10 points over La salle, For a moment there, I thought LaSalle will pull through. But when the shots mattered most, they didn’t come. Then two of the most important players in the LaSalle bench, team Captain JV Casio and Rico Maierhofer (who allegedly gave Rabeh the dirty finger) were fouled out on the third and final quarter (ooopsy). my friends are like raising hell when fouls rains for la salle.. Good Job Blue.. (hihihi) I was again just sitting crossing finger while my fellas are screaming at the top of thier lungs thinking La Salle will defy the statistics. Statistics says that in 10 of 14 seasons, the school that got the first game eventually took home the championship. And the Blue Eagles did win the first game, so history and statistics were on their side. Well, La Salle also had its way of making history (like winning last year as comeback champions) and in those ten UAAP seasons, half belonged to the Green Archers.

I am also stunned when Ateneo was shakened by that 10-point comeback of LaSalle in the 3rd quarter, and making it to just a 3 point lead. For a moment, I actually thought LaSalle will win. JV Casio couldn’t stand the constant dumping of points that he had to step up one way or another. And when he rose to the occasion, the rest followed. (aww) It was a great series actually, just to see the DLSU Green Archers vs. the AteneoBlue Eagles in this year’s (2008) UAAP Men’s Basketball finals. I must say This is the best rivalry, it seems in college basketball. But at the end of the day, only one team took the championship.

And this time, it is the Blue Eagles.

To the comfort of the La Sallian community, well at least they put up a great fight. Ateneo was definitely the better team. Match-up wise, they have the better firepower. And give it also to coach Norman Black. This one was dedicated by his players to him, they even wore shirts with the number 24 at one point, a tribute to the number worn by the former PBA import (Black) in his jersey.

The Blue Eagles had arguably the best rookie in Ronjay Buenafe. And they too have the MVP in Al-Hussaini. It was just fitting to be crowned champions.

For the Archers, they’d live to fight another day. After all, they are arguably the most dominant team in recent years. Having claimed several championships in the tutelage of Franz Pumaren.

I was really amazed and overwhelmed, i really love Chris Tiu, Nonoy Baclao, Rabeh Al-Husseini, Ryan Buenafe, Jai Reyes and Yuri Escueta this guys really rocks inside the court they really made my day. (wahaha)

Too bad that during the awarding ceremony La Salle didn't show their sportsmanship for not claiming their medals and trophy as 1st runner up..

Yey.. And because i bet on the right team i got to have a free dinner in tiendesitas hmm.. did i spell it right.. wahahaha.. any who.. GO Blue Team.. to bad its the last Game for Chris.. T_T

Ciao.. jvqfreak