Don Bosco bags 3 crowns in Thirsty

HUSTLE. A player from USC goes for the ball against Montevista FC in the Thirsty Football Cup. (SunStar Photo / Allan Cuizon)
HUSTLE. A player from USC goes for the ball against Montevista FC in the Thirsty Football Cup. (SunStar Photo / Allan Cuizon)

THE Don Bosco Technology Center (DBTC) bagged two titles at the Thirsty Football Festival at the Cebu City Sports Center last Feb. 22 and Feb. 23.

DBTC topped the Players 7 and 9 categories on Feb. 23, a day after its alumni team won the Mixed Open division.

DBTC Canlubang started the roll with a 1-0 win over the visiting San Carlos City Tigers via shootout in the Players 7 division with Matthew Empleyo earning the MVP title.

Canlubang blanked another favorite, the University of San Jose-Recoletos Balamban, 2-0, in the semifinals, while San Carlos beat DBTC Paranaque, 2-0, in the other semis match.

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It was a similar story in the Players 9 as DBTC Oreno also beat USJ-R Balamban in the semis before taking the title with a 2-0 win over USIS-IS.

In the Mixed-Open division, DBTC Alumni beat Sore-Eyed Eagle, 1-0, in the semifinals before outlasting the visiting Tacloban FC, 1-0, in the finals. Princess Caparida was named the MVP.

In the Girls 15 division, Jelena Loren Soon towed Sheba FC to the title with a 2-0 win over Bright Academy.

Sheba FC went through an unbeaten run in the group stage, beating Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu twice and earning a draw with Herma FC twice.

In the Girls 17 division, the San Juan Lady booters took the crown over CSTR, 1-0, with Patricia Buencoseco earning the MVP.

The Thirsty Football Cup, Cebu’s biggest football festival, continuous on Feb. 24 with games in the Men’s Open division still at the CCSC. ML

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