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Inspiration of the Volleyball nation

Aga and Gretchen

Volleyball is on the rise in our country and one thing that made the sport’s sudden popularity is the Ateneo Lady Eagles which is easily the most popular Women’s team in the country. One can argue that the DLSU Lady Spikers are more popular but remember, they have been in the finals the past four years and it was only when the Lady Eagles became a contender that the San juan arena eventually played to a packed audience which eventually led to games at the MOA Arena and Big dome and in those games the Ateneo Lady Eagles were the main draw.

 

Gretchen with Coach Philip S.

If the Lady Eagles are the most popular team in Volleyball, you can credit half of that to their most popular player – Gretchen Ho.  Gretchen has recently been getting so much attention and giving the Sport of Volleyball a new face. Were you able to see her Safeguard commercial? Watch out for her because there will definitely be a lot more coming.

 The Lady Olympians with G.

 

That is why when the most popular spiker says Yes to an invitation join the team lunch of the STI College Olympians Men’s and Women’s Volleyball team, it is definitely something to be thankful about. I just don’t know if she knows how much she has inspired the guys who were there to have lunch with her.  Our team may not be the best or even far from being one, but one thing that these Olympians are is that they love the sport of volleyball. That is why Gretchen’s presence and the opportunity to talk to her gave these young volleyball lovers something to be happy about.

  The Men's team with G

 

As we bid Gretchen good luck to her career, we just hope that there will be chances to watch her play volleyball again. I just can’t imagine the UAAP without her.  Thanks for joining us and we pray that you inspire more kids to play volleyball with the same passion you had when you once played it. 

Wacky mode

STI College Santa Rosa wins 4th straight

Four straight for STI College Santa Rosa

Champions are not born overnight, they are usually a product of a lot of hardwork. That was what STI College Santa Rosa showed yesterday as they beat the upset conscious STI College Malolos team 69 -47 to win their fourth straight STI basketball Showdown title.  STI College Santa Rosa has lost three MVPs to graduation but this year a new MVP rose to the occassion as Mark Arzola showed the way for the Laguna based Santa Rosa cagers.  Arzola finished the game with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 steals which was enough to give him the MVP which was based on the tournament statistics.

Detubio scores

The Laguna based Santa Rosa cagers started out like a house on fire as they pressured the Bulacan based STI College Malolos team from the opening tip. The result was an 8 – 0 start for the three time defending champions.  The Santa Rosa team came prepared, pumped up and was more energetic than their counterparts.  The result was a 27 – 9 first quarter lead that eventually ended at 38 – 19 at the end of the first half as the Malolos squad came back with better defense and better ball handling in the second quarter.

MVP Mark Arzola sizzles for two

The Santa Rosa cagers also limited the high scoring mythical five selectee Alvin Detubio who averaged 26 points in his last three games with two of those against last year’s runner – up and their sister team, STI College Balagtas. Detubio always had a two Santa Rosa guards guarding him and had to bleed for the 18 points he produced.  Also contained was another Mythical 5 selectee, Guard Carlo Jimenez who was also instrumental in their final four run, Jimenez lead all players in assists this year.  The Santa Rosa guard rotation of Reb Maunahan, Ken Batiquin, Robert Salazar and Raul Guerrero took turns in pressuring the Malolos guards.

Carlo Jimenez of STI College Malolos

drives to the hoop

The game was never close as team Santa Rosa quelled every rally made by their malolos counterparts. This is the first time that the Santa Rosa team has won the title via a rout. Going back in their three clinching victories, Team Santa Rosa won by four, one and two points in the three years they reigned and now a possiblity of tying De Los Santos STI which won 5 straight is the next target of the hard fighting Laguna based STI College Santa Rosa team.

undergoal action

Voted to the Mythical 5 are Detubio and Jimenez of STI College Malolos, Paolo Andres of STI College Balagtas, Guerrero and Arzola of STI College Santa Rosa with Arzola getting the MVP plum. With the balanced scoring of team Santa Rosa, the organizers had a hard time selecting the MVP since there wasn’t a single cager who was head over heels over the others, everyong contributed their share with Arzola coming out as the most consistent in the whole tournament. Congratulations to STI College Santa Rosa.

STI COLLEGE SANTA ROSA (69)

Guerero 14, Salazar 14, Arzola 13, Ferrer 6, Maunahan 5, Caraan 5, Batiquin 4, Mamaed 4, del Rosario 2, Capacete 2, Sayao 0, Lizen 0, Fudotan 0, Almoro 0, Romero 0,

STI COLLEGE MALOLOS (47)

Detubio 18,  Jimenez 9, Sumeracruz 8, Cruz 4, Pineda 4, Marcelo 3, Victoria 1, Ecleo 0, Hernandez 0,

Quarter scores: 27 – 9, 38 – 19, 57 – 39, 69 - 47

18th NYC - Its fun to be in Davao City

Rounding up the southern Mindanao trip for the STI 18th National Youth Convention here are the highlights of the event that was held at the CAP Development Center.

STI College Davao's Allan Gonzalez 

welcomes all the delegates. 

 Mr. Rommel Gestopa 

hosted the festivities

ABS-CBN's Head of Social & Mobile Media 

Arlene Burgos  talked about conscientiousness

ABS-CBN's Southern Mindanao Anchor 

Paul Palacio invites students to become BMPM student patrollers

Ricky Bunag breaks the silence

 with his presentation

 The ever energetic Jet Nera 

unleashes the STIers X-Factors

ABS-CBN supports the STI 18th NYC

STI's long time media partner, the ABS-CBN Network supported the 18th STI  National Youth Convention which was held at the SMX Convention Center from February 6 - 8, 2013. Taking on the topic "Extreme Definition: Exercise your beliefs." ABS-CBN reporters were on hand to share their different experiences. Below are some of the reporters who were there to support the event.

Jeff Canoy shares his experiences 

Chiara Zambrano on the house

Bayan Mo Patrol Mo Head Inday Varona

 talks about conscientiousness 

Jing Castaneda brings 

STI students to the extreme 

 Ms. Nina Corpus on 

unleashing your X-Factors

ANC's Tony Velasquez 

shows them how

STI College Malolos and Global City win

Pineda on the attack

STI College Malolos turned to its running game to stymie the returning STI College Munoz-EDSA 102 – 65.  Abram Pineda anchored the Malolos cagers fastbreak run as he scored 32 big points with most of them coming in the first and third quarter to spark their run and give them more distance against their opponents.  The Bulacan based cagers scored 28 first quarter points, 27 2nd quarter points  and another 29 in the third canto to showcase the offensive power of Malolos team which is seeking to improve on its third place finish last year. 

Arvin Detubio - smooth as silk

Former Junior Olympians Arvin Detubio and Carlo Jimenez were also instrumental in giving STI College Malolos a good run as Detubio scored 16 points while Jimenez added six points but dished out nine assists which were mostly lead passes to Pineda and Detubio.  Leading the comebacking STI College Munoz-Edsa team is Rizaldy Binibini who scored 15 points while Mark Bolaolao and Frederick Cruz added 14 and 12 points respectively.

In the lone close game of the day, the STI College Global City squad leaned on the clutch shooting of Michael de Belen to escape with an 81 – 77 win over another comebacking team, STI College Las Piñas.  After seeing the first three games end in routs, the Global City squad raced to several double digit leads and went into the fourth quarter with a nine point lead and threatening to put the game beyond recall.

 Lontoc scores

Just when everyone thought that the Global City squad was about to pull away, STI College Las Pinas through Cris John Jutie and Kristian Dimaano orchestrated an amazing comeback as the duo combined for 25 fourth quarter points to turn to turn a  49 – 58 deficit into a 67 – 62 lead with three minutes remaining in the game.  After calling a time out, the Global City team turned to Junior Olympian Jim Lontoc who sank a three pointer while de Belen added another one to give them the upperhand once again 68 - 67.  While Jutie and Dimaano had their way once again while rookie Jeremy Bungar scored on two clutch hits this time.  

Jutie scored 14 4th qtr pts

Then both teams refused to wilt under pressure as Jutie scored four points and Dimaano five points as he gave the elad once again to the Las Pinas team  76 – 74 with a three pointer over de Belen.  Not to be intimidated, Global City guard  Jeremy Bungar scored four points when Lontoc and De Belen were covered well by the Las pinas defense to give them a one point lead 77 - 76.  De Belen then iced the game with three free throws as Jutie missed one to give the Global City team their first victory this year.

3rd Game

MALOLOS (102)

Pineda 32, Detubio 16, Sumeracruz 12, Marcelo 8, Victoria 8, Catahan 6, Hernandez 6, Jimenez 6, Managat 4, Ecleo 2, Cruz 2

MUNOZ-EDSA (65)

Binibini 15, Baloaloa 14, Cruz 12, Honrubia 8, Lopez 5, Clavero 4, Rojas 3, Blanco 2, Rialubin 2, Pangan 0

Quarterscores:

28 – 14, 55 – 33, 84 – 48, 102 – 65

4th Game

GLOBAL CITY (81)

Lontoc 19, de Belen 13, Epa 11, Manzano 9, Pangilinan 9, Bungar 8, Sultan 5, Barbero 3, Aquino 2, Norte 2, Lucban 0, Bernal 0, Lagrimas 0,

LAS PIÑAS (77)

Jutie 32, Dimaano 26, Bongabong 10, Rodriguez 4, Limpin 3, Enolpe 2, Acuña 0, Razon 0, Rocha 0, Sanchez 0

Quarterscores:

 15 – 14, 41 – 28, 58 – 49, 81 - 77

STI College Santa Rosa & Balagtas win opener

Del Rosario scores

Three time defending champion STI College Santa Rosa was rusty in the first three minutes but eventually fended off the tight stand of STI College Caloocan to come out with a masterful 104 – 57 win at the start of the 13th season of the STI Basketball Showdown.  Leading the three time defending champs is Aldrin Del Rosario who scored the tournament’s first three points. He would later score another three pointer to lead all scorers with 12 points in a balanced performance by the Santa Rosa dribblers.

Espiritu floats

All fifteen players sent in by Coach Leo Callado of STI College Santa Rosa scored with veterans Mark Arzola and Kenneth Batiquin adding 10 points each for a balanced Santa Rosa attack.  Reb Maunahan, Dean Fudotan and Addis Lizen on the other hand combined each dished out four assists each to show the unselfishness of the Laguna based champions. Reenan Sayao on the other blocked three shots. On the other hand, Kevin Bautista scored 9 points to lead the Caloocan dribblers who has improved from their last year’s performance.

Andres for two

Likewise winning by a mile and showing that they are again on a collission course with the defending champs is last year’s 1st Runner up STI College Balagtas. The bulacan based cagers used their superb defense to fend off a spirited stand by the vastly improved STI College Novaliches team to beat them 89 - 68.  Rookie Andres topscored for the Balagtas cagers as he scored a game high 24 together with 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. The Novaliches team was led by former junior Olympian Charlon Untalan who scored 22 points.

 Untalan on the drive

FIRST GAME:

SANTA ROSA (104)

Del Rosario 12, Arzola 10, Batiquin 10, Almoro 9, Maunahan 8, Sayao 8, Salazar 7, Romero 7, Ferrer 6, Fudotan 6, Guerrero 6, Caraan 5, Almodovar 4, Lizen 4, Mamaed 2,

CALOOCAN (57)

Bautista 9, Dantis 8, Inocencio 8, Carcueva 6, Espiritu 6, Abin 4, Lansang 4, Sergioa 4, Alonzo 3, Argamosa 2, Diaz 2, Buenaflor 1, Roldan 0, Evangelista 0

Quarterscores:

26 - 18, 60 - 26, 80 - 39, 104 – 57

2nd Game:

BALAGTAS (89)

Andres 24, Miranda 12, Libastida 10, Guhiting 10, Hernandez 8, Asuncion 8, Dipasupil 6, San Pedro 5, Macapagal 4, Gumatay 2,

NOVALICHES (68)

Untalan 22, Ariola 13, Turingan 9, Cuenca 6, Manara 5, Abuel 4, Mallari 4, Dagondong 3, Artigulo 2, Shearer 0, Yco 0

Quarter scores:

21 – 21, 45 – 35, 67 – 47,  89 – 68

Loose ball action

13th STI Basketball Showdown opens

Opening Prayer

The STI College Basketball showdown opened its 13th season this year with eight teams joining the league.  After two tumultuous years that saw membership go down, the league is back to eight teams once again with three time defending champion STI College Santa Rosa leading the field. Other teams that joined are STI College Balagtas, STI College Global City, STI College Caloocan, STI College Novaliches, last year’s surprise team STI College Malolos and returnees STI College Munoz-Edsa and STI College Las Piñas.

Here are some highlights of the STI Basketball showdown opening ceremonies.

STI College Caloocan 

 STI College Global City

 STI College Las Piñas

 STI College Muñoz-Edsa

 STI College Novaliches

STI College Santa Rosa

Providing inspiration were the  STI Muses

The best muse goes to Ms. Jamaiza Paz , 
1st year Tourism student from STI College Global City

The oath of Sportsmanship

 The Singing of the STI Hymn

Happy 2013

Happy New Year 

to all my loyal readers!!!

STI - ESG Christmas Party

Me as Big Momma

It was a red carpet premiere and just like in Hollywood, the employees of the STI Education Services group came up with Hollywood stars and local stars for the STI - ESG Christmas party most aptly dubbed as Hollywood stars meet Pinoys. Not much has changed since the formula for a successful STI party has always been good food, good booze and all night dancing which has been a staple in almost all STI Parties. Here are some notable costumes during the Christmas party.

Alwina with the Gurls 

Psy with Easy A and Mano Po Star RJ 

The Flintstones 

Wendy, Peter Pan and the fairies 

Russel from the movie UP with the girls 

Captain Jack Sparrow 

Lara Crofts with the gurls