December 9 - Friday

The Lion Is Not King

[Ateneo Outrebounds San Beda 37 to 21]

December 9, Friday

Arena, San Juan

[Eagles - 76     Lions - 63]

Greg Slaughter [above] along with Nico Salva [below] combine to haul down

a total of 16 boards, only 5 shy of the Bedans game total of 21.

Slaughter topscores with 20.

Kiefer Ravena nets 18 markers.

Salva follows suit with 17 of his own.

Justin Chua puts in 6 points.

Here, he intimidates Bedan Baser Amer.

 Tonito "Zags" Gonzaga escapes with 5 points.

Lion-heart Jessmar Villahermosa challenges the Eagles with 

21 points and 4 assists of his own.

 [above and below]

 - but by and large [pun intended], Lim's Lions are not able 

to solve the problem that is Greg Slaughter.

[next 3 photos]

As far as the Red Lions are concerned, offensively, Greg is headache, defensively, he is a nightmare - the boys from Mendiola can't seem to get their offensive rythm going while the Katipuneros in Blue and White find a way to get good looks more often than not.  Ateneo hits 59% while San Beda manages only 42% from the field

- Hex Man -

Michole Solera hands off to Baser Amer as the Lions try to get
 something good going, while Norman Black [in the background]
appears to be putting a hex on Amer.

- Off To The Races -

Justin Chua is a step ahead of anyone as the Eagles eye to start a break.

- Rebound ! -

- Never Give Up On The Ball -

 - Salva vs Solera -

Kirk vs Rome
[2 photos]

 Roaring Red Lion Rome de la Rosa converts on 6 of his 8
2-point field goal attempts.  He scores 2 free throws to total 14 in the game.
And like Villahermosa, dishes out 4 assists.

- - - In the early part of the match - - -

 Even with the absence of Garvo Lanete, Black and his Boys in Blue know that the NCAA Champion Red Lions are still very much capable of beating them.

Some anxious moments here:

[next 8 photos]

 Greg

Kiefer

Kirk

A Blue Eagle fan -

[Notice how she unconsciously twirls her sweater in anxiety]

In the end the Blue & White soars to victory.

 - Salva's Slam - Signed, Sealed, Delivered -

 - Happy Fan -

- Happy Man -
Greg  flashes a great big smile while being interviewed by

- Blue-teed Beaut Bea Coronel -

Who's next for the Blue Eagles ? - the deadly Golden Stags,
who have twice-to-beat advantage.

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Feats 2 Follow

Dec.10 ->Air Force Pheonix vs Meralco Sparks UFL Championship Match

Dec.11 ->UAAP Ladies Volleyball Matches

Dec.11 ->PBA Twinbill

Dec.12 ->San Beda vs University of Cebu

Dec.12 ->Ateneo  vs San Sebastian 
Dec.14 ->UAAP Ladies' Volleyball Matches

Dec.14 ->PBA Twinbill

Dec.15 ->Ateneo vs San Sebastian

Dec.18 ->UAAP Ladies' Volleyball Matches

Dec.18 ->Powerade vs B-Meg Knockout Game 
           -> + Random Postings of Portraits Between Sports Feats

Random 101

Plucking Images [and memories]
At Random From My Hard Drives

Why Not ?

  

- Ready Or Not, Here I Come -

I photographed a football match between Arirang [a Korean team] 

and Army at the Ateneo High School Field sometime late 2008.

 

- Badminton at the Mall -

Shooting badminton for the first time, ever, I positioned myself several floors 

above the Mega Mall Atrium to compose this photo.

[Summer, 2008]

- Green Day -

The FEU Tamaraws won the 2010 UAAP Football Crown on March of that year.

I waited for the right moment for the FEU banner to unfurl, 

against the green backdrop of the acacia trees - then clicked.

- Finesse Move -

Rachel Anne Daquis of the then Defending Champions FEU Lady Tamaraws

tries to outsmart Lady Archer Stephanie Mercado [back turned]

during the UAAP Ladies' Volley Finals last Marchof 2009. 

The Archers lost Game #1 but won Games #2 , and #3 

to dethrone the Lady Tamaraws.

- I'm Back -

 James Martinez drives against Golden Stag Ian Sangalang during a 

2010 Fil-Oil Pre-Season Basketball League match [at the Arena in San Juan].

James Martinez had to miss the entire UAAP Men's Basketball Tournament a year before [2009] due to an ACL injury.  The Blue Eagles {led by the likes of Rabeh Al-Husseini, Nonoy Baclao, and Jai Reyes} successfully defended their 2008 Crown [to achieve a repeat] against the challenge mounted by the Red Warriors {led by Elmer Espiritu, Paul Lee, Ivan Acuna, and Paul Zamar}.  If Martinez were 100% healthy at that period and did play, maybe, things could have turned out differently - Guess we'll never know.

[Remember that UE beat Ateneo by 20 points in Game 2 of that Best-of-Three]

- Agatha -
I took this wide-angle shot [hence the distortion of the shoulders]
inside a Journalism 101 Class at the Ateneo sometime early 2011.

- Gabe, Rayo, and Pio -
These are the"Village Idiots" er, I mean,
my pals from South Bay Gardens, Sucat, where I stay.
 Kidding aside ->Gabe is now a HSchool senior at DLS Greenhills,
Rayo- I don't know where he studies,
Pio [who lives just 2 houses away] is now enrolled at UST, taking PT.
Took this snap during the Holidays sometime December of last year.
I do miss playing basketball with Gabe and Pio - Yup, those were the days -
Now, everybody's just too busy.

- Gotcha !-

This one of a few UAAP softball photos I took at the UST Field

in the early part of 2010. UST dethroned Adamson in February of that year.

- Tune Up -
Sam Bo-ot of the Ateneo Lady Eagles tries to cross the mid-court line
during a [May, 2011] tune-up match against the RP Ladies Team
at the Moro Lorenzo Gym in Ateneo.
The RP Team beat the Lady Eagles by a wide margin.
[That's Cassy Tioseco {#13} on the left]

- Kamiko, from Korea -

I used a cotton backdrop and studio lighting to craft this portrait.

She is the neice of an American friend of mine, Beth M,

from Dasma, Makati, where we had the shoot.  Years ago, Kamiko visited Manila and I had the pleasure of dating her a couple of times.

She's back in the US of A now. 

[She is a classical violinist, a damn good one]

[BTW, I used FUJI 35mm Color Negative Film for this photo - 

had a print done, then scanned it]

- Black On Black -
This is from an 4-5 hours long photo shoot where I used
35mm KODAK Tri-X Black & White Film AND 35mm FUJI Color Negative Film.
[The photo above was taken with color film]
It was shot on the front doorway entrance of a house in Magallanes, Makati.
I had my friend wear an all-black blouse and used available light.

She is the same girl featured in MY FIRST EVER POST in this blog [albeit a different photo from the same photo shoot], when I started it last June 13. The title of the post is "God's Light". She came out in another entry too, titled "The One" - and BOTH posts Black & White portraits of the same girl were used.

Fact is the, the B & W portrait featured in the FIRST posting won me an award in a Canon Asia Photo Competition.-- Years Ago.

- So much for memories -

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December 8 - Thursday

PBA Twinbill

December 8, Thursday

Araneta Coliseum

[B-Meg - 86     Shopinas - 74]

Leading scorer for B-Meg - Joe De Vance - 18 points

 Here, De Vance is being defended by JR Sena, the leading scorer for Shopinas.

Sena contributes 20.

Elmer Espiritu [in aqua] chips in 16 for his team.

Along with Sena, Elmer takes turns in trying to contain De Vance.

 Former Tamaraw vs former Knight 

Mark "Andy" Barroca tries to get past RJ 'So Cool" Azul.

 The Clickers almost lose the ball to the Llamados in this play.

Roger Yap tries to steal from Jojo Duncil.

 

Ren Ren Ritualo defends P.J. Simon.

.

 Roger Yap is blindsided by Ritualo.

 Panis !

P.J., Simon, momentarily free, takes it.

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[Ginebra - 88     Barako Bull - 83]

Pure Hustle
Mike Cortez finds a way to save the ball.

Mike Cortez drills in 5 of his 8 rainbow attempts for a 62% clip.

Ka-boom ! 
It is no surprise that Mike Cortez is one of the leaders 
in the 3-point shooting department.

Willie Miller, again, leading Barako Bull in scoring, drills in 18.
He hauls down 9 boards too. 

Danny Seigle slams 2 of the 8 points he puts in for Barako Bull.

It is in the rebounding department where the Gin Kings 

beat the Barako Bull by a wide margin [58 against 39].

Willie Wilson controls 11 to lead all rebounders.



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