The 69th season of the University Athletics Association of the Philippines (UAAP) kicked off yesterday at the Araneta Coliseum with the University of the East strutting their stuffs in the Opening Ceremonies as they are the host of this season.Being a Thomasian for eight years (HS & colllege), I've been one of those excited students who would eagerly watch and root for the UST Tigers. Siyempre proud! Kahit na di impressive ang records nila these past seasons, still I find myself loudly cheering for them everytime may game sila. Minsan nga Paul and I would even watch them live sa venue. Well ganun talaga...I just love everything about my alma mater. All the way ang support kahit graduate na. I remember sarap pag nagcha-champion dahil walang pasok buong university hihi! I miss those glorious days of the Tigers way back early 90's when they bagged four consecutive basketball championships. Gone are the likes of Dennis Espino, Edmund Reyes, Bal David, Estong Ballesteros, Chot Tangquincen, Richard Yee, Henry Ong, Gerard Francisco, etc. I remember they even had a victory parade around the campus and I was able to have the 3-pointer Henry Ong sign my araneta coliseum ticket. I was in second year HS then nung nanood ako ng championship game against La Salle at kahit bleachers pa, pinagtiyagaan ko. That was the time din when there were exchanges of foul banner captions from both schools. One La Sallian banner says.."tuition niyo baon ko lang". Oh well, keber! Siyempre di maiiwasan minsan na maging over excited mga fans at pati such remarks nagagawa. Anyway, champions kami noon kaya sorry sila. :) (Ngapala, we won't be seeing action from the La Salle Green Archers this season as they are suspended for allegedly faking the eligibilities of 2 players the other season).
The Tigers may be in the lower bracket of the last season's team standing, UST still came out as the Overall Champion of the 68th season last year. And take note, UST holds the record for having the most number of Overall Championship trophies (33)..iba dun naka-display sa gym entrance hehe!
The Tigers may be in the lower bracket of the last season's team standing, UST still came out as the Overall Champion of the 68th season last year. And take note, UST holds the record for having the most number of Overall Championship trophies (33)..iba dun naka-display sa gym entrance hehe!
The tigers played their first game of the season this afternoon and it was a heartbreaking 2-pt deficit loss against the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons (92-94). At siyempre pa, the Iskolars ng Bayan are rejoicing over their victory.
While the Tigers did make good plays on offense as they got 2 really good offensive rookies, pumalpak sila sa defense and they allowed several 3-point shots from 2 same Maroon players. Hay! It really was a tight ball game though I could say na maswerte lang sa 3-points ang mga Maroons. Oh well, today might be their day..I'm sure the Tigers will come back with a vengeance as they face-off on the second round. As Paul would say, di araw-araw ay pasko. Hehe!
The UAAP season kicking off means the UAAP cheering squads preparing their stuffs for the upcoming 2006 Cheerdance Competition. With the duel of the Maroons and Tigers this afternoon, buhay na naman ang cheering mania especially to the two rival squads UST and UP in the Nestle Cheerdance Competition being held every after first season of the UAAP. Kanya-kanyang pasiklaban na naman kanina at halftime which made me reminisce of the UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe's winning perfomance last year..watch it here and comment about it:
Astig noh? Hanep ang choreography and mga cartwheels, pyramids, flying stunts and everything di ba? The whole package is fantabulous and indeed a champion material, isn't it? Siyempre naman, tulad sa general UAAP championships, the Salinggawi Dance Troupe holds the most number of 1st placer trophies. They are the current defending champion and holds 7 out of 11 titles since it started in 1995. UP is the closest rival with 3 championship trophies in tow. Click here for the complete tally.
Here is the Tigers' game schedule for the season:
Can't wait for the Tigers' next games and for the Cheerdance Competition...go uste!
**Photos grabbed from http://www.ubelt.com. More pics of the action on their site.
18 comments:
my papa harvs is from UST too and a big uaap fan. naku, sobra kameng mag-away nyan pag ust-lasalle game. madalas nga, hiwalay pa kame ng seats sa araneta.
di ko alam kung good or bad for me na wala lasalle sa uaap ngayon, hehe. kasi for sure, wala kameng asaran ni harvs :)
gracita: ah oo nga pala..forgot to mention na wala pala ang la salle this season. haha! i can imagine yung debates and asaran niyo ni papa harvs haha! pero ang sarap talaga manood ng uaap noh?? hehe!
May "Tsismis" na hindi daw sasali UP sa cheerdance ngayun ah! ewan ko, tsismis lang siguro. ... haaay... SEASON 69! wahihi ano naman kaya gagawin ng cheerleadrs jan! whhaha sayang natalo uste kanina! ahuhuhu
hi mai. thanks for sharing the video. brings back 'loads' of memories. naaalala ko pa ung mga 'tv exposures' namin, saya saya. hay, those were the days. sayang, they can't replicate their reign in the 90's.
everybodu's sooo ENGROSSED with UAAP. even i, as a high school student; was also engrossed in it. i want Ateneo to win!
woo!!! ewan ko ba. basta, ATENEO!!
hehe. anyway, talo ang USTE kahapon diba? goodluck na lang sa susunod na laban *go blue and white. one big fight!*
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Hirap naman magcomment dito! Nasa iba kasi ang suporta ko eh! LOL! Pero I must admit. Very energetic and fun yung choreography ng UST! Plus, they do have the trophies to show how good they are.
Goodluck nalang sa lahat on the game and the cheers! LOL! :)
naku mai! naalala ko bigla ang mga moments na yan. pati yung banner na yun ah. may pansagot kami dun kaya lang di ko na lalagay baka may mga lasallian na magreact. hehe! pero pramis, ang saya nga nung mga moments na yun. crush na crush ko pa si siot tangquincen non, pero di na ngayon. hehe!
Gener: Hmmm..naku bakit naman kaya sila di sasali if ever. Oh well, let's see na lang sa cheerdance competition. pero in fairness, impressive din naman ang mga taga-UP sa cheerdance and they deserve the awards naman pero still mas magaling pa rin ang mga Thomasians haha!
qt che: korek! how i wish din maibalik mga glorious days talaga ng the growling tigers. Pero manalo matalo, sarap magcheer for your alma mater.
vinkz: hehe! ateneo pala gusto mo..manonood kami ni hubby ng live ateneo-ust match up sa araneta on aug 5. hehe!
jigs: hmm..sinong team ang niche-cheer mo?
dionne: oo, gwapo nun ni tangquincen eh..ate ko crush na crush siya noon. hehe!
hindi obvious na proud thomasian ka. hehehe :)
go uste! go uste! go go go! thomasian here too! hahahaha
tin: ay di masyadong obvious noh? hehe! oh well, ganyan talaga..8 years ka ba namang confined sa espana-p.noval-dapitan-lacson boundaries. Loyalista ito! Daming memories and sentiments. Have I mentioned na sa UST kami nagmeet ni hubby and that we even considered to get wed at the UST Church? Di lang natuloy kasi we had a difficulty time hunting for a reception venue near UST.
yuri: girl! Thomasian ka din pala! go uste talaga! Tourism grad ka ba?
nope. from faculty of pharmacy.. medtech me.
layo ng course mo yuri ha. hehe. have read nga sa isa mong entry na you met sa ust. dapat sa ust church kayo nagpakasal. tapos reception, sa jollibee or kung saan man yung lagi nyong kinakainan. hehehe :)
yuri: oo nga ang layo ata ng course mo sa current work mo. what batch ka pala? i have plenty of hs classmates na nagmedtech and marami sa kanila nasa med school ngayon.
tin: jollibee?? niyay! bakit naman yun? haha! oh well, favorite namin ni hubby nun kainan after classes was sa KFC..dun sa nagtahan. haha!
really? batch 2003 ako hahahaha ;).. tin ikaw ha.. naks u read my blog talaga. touch ako. lol
yuri: batch 2002 kami...hmm anyway baka kilala mo sila dennis carbonell, ron sison and ronald cabral? friends ko din sina jordan espiritu, ode ramos, tin arranz, annie simbulan at marami pa.. :D
hi mai! musta na? kakatuwa naman yung video mo ng salinggawi. galing galing! regards to paul...
o nga, wala la salle ngayon =( pero oks lang, good luck sa ust this season.
btw, sa ust din po naggraduate si boypren, kaya ayaw din kami dati pag ust-la salle game hehe =)
sayang lagi pa naman po ako nanood ng uaap na live games. as in wala akong pinapalampas na la salle game. pero ngayon, tv na lang po muna ako hehe =)
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