Thursday, October 16, 2008 Falcons, Blue Bird unbeaten in Trading Post cup
THE PNP Falcons and Blue Bird remain unbeaten dumping their rivals in the 2nd La Trinidad Trading Post Basketball Cup.
Blue Bird dumped JJ Movers to secure their third win with no loss Sunday afternoon 68-64 while the Falcons discarded Jayhawks to absorb their second defeat against one win Monday afternoon, 95-75 for a three win-zero loss record.
JJ Movers started the contest with a 12-22 lead against unbeaten Blue bird but later on got their momentum to finally lead in the ball game for good 34-33 at the end of the first half.
The PNP Falcons, on the other hand, was down 18-29 in the first period before erecting a 67-64 lead in the third period.
Defending champion Dianes Angels resumed their winning ways after disposing Buguias Farmers to barge into the win column of the tournament while the latter absorbed its first defeat in the tournament with no win, 67-60 also Sunday afternoon.
The defending champion relied on their defense to thwart a 17-19 lead in the first period then outscored Bugiuas Farmers in the fourth period 24-12 to seal their first victory.
In other games, Hebron Auto Parts also barged into the win column with an 80-70 win against the winless Bounty fresh.
Bounty Fresh started with a 10-20 bang in the opening period before they were limited to only 16 in the second quarter and 14 in the third period for a 59-50 Hebron lead at the end of the third quarter.
The La Trinidad Trading Post League was originally conceptualized to build camaraderie among trading post stakeholders including municipal employees, policemen, and firemen.
Specifically, it was aimed to provide the porters a more productive activity where they could spend their free time instead of spending it on liquor after work.
Thirteen teams are seeing action in the tournament, mainly composed of stakeholders of the vegetable trading post; porters, purchasers; truckers; disposers; booth owners; and those working within the trading post and public market area. (Roderick Osis)
