SAFE HANDS. CAGAYAN DE ORO TEAM IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH THESE TWO TOP GOALKEEPERS CHAVONNE JOELLE T. UY (left) AND ELLALIENE MICABALO MANNING THE POSTS IN THE BATANG PINOY MINDANAO CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TAGUM CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE.
By Jack Biantan
CAGAYAN de Oro’s top goalkeepers, Chavonne Joelle T. Uy of St. Mary’s School in Macasandig and Ellaliene Micabalo of Lumbia National High School will lead the Cagayan de Oro girls futsal team in the Mindanao Leg of the 2019 Philippine National Youth Games-Batang Pinoy which will kick off on Sunday in Tagum City Davao, del Norte.
COACH DON LAZO GIVES INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS TEAM
Uy is a member of Oro’s top youth football club HIgala FC which have been dominating local girls competition while Micabalo also once in a while plays for Higala FC but considers Lumbia Raptors FC as her mother club.
Micabalo led, Lumbia Raptors FC, to a third place finish in the Girls U19 category of the 14th Rosevale Football Cup. She was awarded best goalkeeper in the Cagayan de Oro Futsal Championships Girls 14 category last year,
UY WITH TEAMMATES MIKAELA LAZO AND MALAIKA CHAVES
Uy, the niece of Cagayan de Oro Vice-Mayor Kikang Uy, won the Best Goalkeeper Award in the Girls U19 division of the 14th Rosevale Football Cup and led Higala FC to a championship finish.
Competing the line-up of the Oro girls futsal team are players from Bulua National High School, St. Mary’s Academy-Carmen, Pagatpat National High School, St. Mary’s School Macasandig, and Xavier University.
ROSEVALE SCHOOL PLAYERS JUSTINE FATIMA ARCADIO AND KHALISTA KYAN KAAMINO.
Team coach Niño Lazo of Xavier University is confident they will give a decent showing against top teams from Mindanao in this elimination tournament for athletes 14 years old and under.
“It is difficult to gather all these players from different schools for practices but we will try our best to compete,’’ said Lazo, the most successful futsal coach in Cagayan de Oro.
Lazo and his Xavier University girls team has been representing Region 10 in the Palarong Pambansa for the past four years now.
ACE STRIKER LIEZEL ANN CATAMCO OF BULUA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (In Blue jersey) IN ACTION DURING TRAINING.
Aside from futsal, Cagayan de Oro is participating in boys and girls basketball (25), indoor volleyball boys and girls (24), arnis (19), karatedo (17), softball girls (14), table tennis and futsal (12 each), boxing and athletics (9 apiece), badminton (8), chess (7), and beach volleyball (4). They are sending a total of 249 persons including coaches and team officials.
The Visayas qualifying leg will be hosted by Iloilo City starting Feb. 23 to March 2, while the Luzon qualifying on March 16 to 23 to be held in Ilagan, Isabela.
Tagbilaran City in Bohol and Ormoc City in Leyte are still in a tug-of-war to become the host of national finals
MIKAELA ANN LAZO (left) IN ACTION WITH GAIL LOKING (left photo). CATAMCO AND LOKING GUARD EACH OTHER.
CAGAYAN DE ORO FUTSAL TEAM
Liezel Ann C. Catamco (Bulua), Jewel May Actub (SMA), Mae Frances Clyde Sebial (Bulua), Norijean Palatis (Pagatpat NHS) Gail Leanne N. Loking (SMS)Teofila Isabel Mejia (SMS), Mikaela Ann Lazo (XU), Chavonne Joelle T. Uy, SMS, Malaika Ingrid Chaves (Rosevale School), Khalista Kyan Kaamino (Rosevale School), Justine Fatima Arcadio (Rosevale School), Ellaliene Micabalo (Lumbia National High School), Niño Lazo (Head Coach), Jersey John Maico (Assistant Coach), Ivan C. Caiña (Assistant Coach). (l.biantan@gmil.com)
