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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Cokaliong, Lee and Uy shine
Dreaded marksman Chester Cokaliong of Class ’78 showed no signs of rust from a five-month hiatus as he teamed up with
Joselito Lee to top the 2-ball contest and then settled for first runner-up honors in the 3-point shootout in last Sunday’s 2006 Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association Fun Day at the City Sports Club-Cebu.
While Nelson Uy of Class ’70s also had his share of the spotlight as he ruled the free-throw shooting contest in come-from-behind fashion. Uy barely made it to the finals with only two points in the elimination, but drilled in seven consecutive free throws in the championship round to take home the crown.
It was Uy’s second free-throw shooting title – the first was during the 2003 Friendship Games against the Cebu Tourism
Executives. Rogelio Donayre of Class ’96 copped second place, while Zotico Tan of Class ’67 and defending-champion John Bryan Lo of Class 2000 wound up at third and fourth, respectively.
Cokaliong and Lee almost did not qualify to the championship round as they finished last in the
elimination with 28 points. But they waxed hot in the finals by drilling in 49 points to clinch the title. Joselito’s son Kristopher Lee and Philip Lua of Class 2005 finished second with 37 points, while Dreyfuss Ang and Rex Alinson of Class ’96 wound up
at third with 36 points. At fourth were Anthony Chua and Anwar Satina of Class ’94 with 31 points.
It was Cokaliong’s second 2-ball crown in Cecaba – the first was with Wilty Yap in 2003 – and sixth overall. The rest he won with different partners in the 2003 Inter-Shipping season and in exhibition matches – all last year – against the Sacred Heart Alumni Basketball Association, Punta Princesa Sports Association and Don Bosco Colege Alumni Basketball Association.
In the 3-point shootout, Cokaliong’s 10th title remains elusive as he settled for runner-up honors to Anwar Satina of Class ’94.
Satina only had nine points in the elimination but shot 17 points in the final to frustrate Cokaliong, who equaled his elimination-round output of 12 points in the final to duplicate his first runner-up finish in 2002.
Cokaliong, who has nine 3-point championship titles and six runner-up finishes, was followed by Stephen Lee of Class ’81 with 10 points, while Kristopher Lloyd Miranda Sy of Class 2002 landed at fourth with nine points.
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