CENTERPHIL Montessori Silver Knights-Janiuay advanced to the semifinal round of the 3rd Iloilo Congressional District Sports Association Meet 2018 secondary basketball after a pair of wins on Monday at the Guadalupe Gym in Janiuay, Iloilo.
CenterPhil opened its campaign with an 82-30 domination over Badiangan. Lester Valn Paraico led the winning team with 30 markers, mostly from outside shots.
The Silver Knights clinched the semifinals seat after finishing Bracket A with a 2-0 card when they clobbered Bingawan National High School 116-65. Paraico topped the scoring anew with 23.
CenterPhil was still playing its semifinal matches as of this writing Tuesday against the No. 2 seed in Bracket B. The championship match was also slated later that day.
A seven-time 3rd Iloilo CDSA Meet secondary basketball champion, CenterPhil was hoping to retain its title to make a return trip to the Iloilo Schools Sports Council Meet.
“This is a good start for us,” said CenterPhil owner Mark Plagata Palabrica. “But we still need two more wins – in the semifinals and, possibly, in the finals – to achieve our goal in this tournament.”/PN
