Born-2017 football team wins two championships in two weeks
24 Jan 2024
Composed of kinder and grade 1 student athletes, the Ateneo de Manila Grade School Midgets H/Born-2017 football team recently won two championships! On November 19, 2023, the team emerged as 8U champion of the Saint Ignatius Cup, where Hugo Daquigan (1-Malinis) was also named MVP! Two weeks later, on December 3, the same team of Blue Eagles also won the Xavier Cup.
Rostered in Midgets H are Pocholo Castro (1-Magalang), Vito Castro (1-Maginoo), Cristiano Corpus (1-Matipid), Hugo Daquigan (1-Malinis), Josiah Dizon (1-Mapagmahal), Pio Flameño (1-Maginoo), Levi Laiz (Kinder-Garing), Kian Molina (1-Malusog), Aloysius Osite (1-Malinis), Lucas Rosanes (1-Maginoo), Alessandro Timbol (1-Malinis), and Rocco Verzosa (1-Malinis). They were coached by Mark Ayuson and Vince Agapito.
The Saint Ignatius Cup was held in the Ateneo de Manila University campus on November 12 & 19, 2023. It was organized by Joseph Del Valle and Bob Manlulo, who heads the Ateneo de Manila University Football Program. Among the schools which participated were Ateneo de Manila, Claret School of Quezon City, and Colegio San Agustin.
The Xavier Cup was held in the football field of Xavier School in San Juan City on December 2 & 3, 2023. It attracted teams from Ateneo de Manila Grade School and Xavier School San Juan, the Makati FC, and Marcelo FC.