DACS Sportsfest 2014 officially begins

Participants from the different colleges and universities in the city will try to edge each other out again as they compete for supremacy in this year’s edition of the Davao Association of Catholic Schools (DACS) Sports Fest which opened last Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Holy Cross of Davao College Gym.

The event is being staged in host school Holy Cross College of Davao (HCDC) until the first week of October with the theme, “Waging Peace, Forging Solidarity in Mindanao through Culture and Sports”.

This year’s sporting events will include Chess, Badminton, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Swimming, Volleyball, and Basketball. The various events will take place in different venues, with the basketball, taekwondo, and chess games to be played at the HCDC Sta. Ana Campus. Volleyball events will be held at the Philippine Women’s College (PWC) Campus in Matina, while Badminton events will take place at Wheels and More in Bajada. DMMA Colelge of Southern Philippines will be hosting the swimming events, while Table Tennis events will be held at Spin Davao in Torres.

When asked how he felt after winning a match between the PWC in the elimination round, Coach Howard Delgado of St. John Paul II College of Davao Saints was glad about the game result.

“I feel great. [But we are still in] the elimination round. We need to win the games [laban] sa mga remaining teams namin sa elimination in order to qualify in the semi-finals,” he said.

Delgado also stated that they are eyeing to defend their title of being the champion from last year’s tournament.

“We have our daily practice. Nag-paid off yung daily practice namin. At the same time, we’re the defending champion of this league, so I told my players na kung pwede, kunin pa kung kaya kunin,” he added.

In an interview on how they give their focus on winning the games, Team Captain Michael Cañete of the Saints stated that good communication is a must in their strategy.

“For the tournament, in the first game kailangan na makuha ang panalo kasi sa laro, merong talo, merong panalo. Di masasabi [kung ano ang kalalabasan ng mga laro]. Kaya sa first game, kalangan natin kunin ang panalo. [We make] our play simple and communicative to each other,” he said.

According to Frederick Yahya, a player of Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) Blue Knights, their team’s take on winning included heavy weekday trainings.

“Practice lang ug taman tapos naga-ready na mi sa mga kalaban. Naga-practice na mi’g play. Ginahandaan namu ang games kay gusto jud mi mudaog,” he said.

Game events will take place every Saturday and Sunday throughout the month of September, with the basketball semifinals and finals matches extending through October 4 and 11, respectively.

View the full schedule of games here:
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This article was published by Atenews, the official student publication of the Ateneo de Davao University, under the same author. For more university news updates, go to Atenews.

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