Monday, August 06, 2007 Parents smell politics in inter-school caging
IS politics rearing its ugly head again in local inter-school basketball?
A nagging question that surfaced after some parents of Xavier University cagers expressed apprehension that Sacred Heart's failure to participate in the ongoing Cosaa Meet basketball tournament at the XU gym may create animosity to the detriment of their hoop-loving children's development.
"Basin man gud wala gi-imbitar ang Sacred Heart sa Cosaa unya madamay ang XU team nga dili sab unya imbitahon sa Milo Best caging," one of the parents of XU's secondary hoopsters, who obviously did not want to be identified, told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro.
Sharing his wild speculations, he figures out that local Milo Best organizer Manoling Bombeo is a dear friend of Sacred Heart junior varsity mentor Boy Dacoco. "Basin unya magbinalosa," was his worry.
Immediately contacted by this writer through text messaging, XU sports director and Cosaa's co-founding head Gerardo "Boboy" Sabal, however, dismissed that "sports politics" has something to do with Sacred Heart's exclusion in the Cagayan de Oro Schools Athletic Association's 3rd season opening of its basketball competition.
"Dili na lang nato hatagan og dautan nga kahulogan. It's plain and simple nga wala sila nakahatag og requirements sa Cosaa thus its non-participation," Sabal said.
Cosaa basketball games resume today, featuring the tertiary battle between STI and Southern Philippine College in the main tiff.
Preliminary action paired Corpus Christi against St. Mary's School in elementary, followed by three matches in secondary level pitting St. Mary's versus Lourdes College, Southern Philippine College against Cagayan de Oro College and Pilgrim Christian College opposite opening day winner Corpus Christi Knights. (LLS)
