Capturing the championship is a tough task, and doing it via sweep stamps some class into it. That’s what the UHR-KRAFT team accomplished this season.
Uhr-Kraft edged out Kopinando 65-64 in their thrilling knockout championship game held last March 13, 2009. Uhr-Kraft reached the finals by sweeping all of its 10 games during the elimination and quarterfinal assignments while Kopinando went through the step ladder format disposing Snowbird to reach the finals.
Uhr-kraft start off hot leading by ten points after the first quarter with Mythical Selection first team member Avelino Lim joined hands with Season and Finals MVP Jerry Ong scoring a combined 14pts out of their team’s 19 first quarter points. Kopinando fought valiantly with Caper Ngo and Jeff Kwa scoring 10 of their 13 team points in the second quarter.
Emmanuel Chua made his presence felt inside the paint scoring clutch baskets with young hotshot JV Ong scoring a 3-pt play driving towards the basket to maintain a 5pt lead after the 3rd quarter. Kenneth Kwa making 3 out of 5 3-pointers kept the game close with the help of Christopher Tiu’s play making. The usually reliable Angelo Lim struggled all game making only 4 out of 12FG attempt.
With time down to 1:02 and Uhr-kraft up 64-62, Jerry Ong missed his 2-FT attempts but JV ong snatched the offensive rebound to the cheers of Uhr-kraft supporters. But a steal by Ronald Limsin and a basket by Christopher Tiu tied the ballgame at 64-all 44secs left.
Coach Philip Lim calls time out and set up a game winning play. But again, Uhr-kraft turned the ball over with Jeff Kwa and Christopher Tiu leading a fastbreak attack which resulted to a foul and two freethrows for Jeff Kwa 12secs left in the game. Jeff Kwa missed his two freethrows that lead to an Uhr-kraft fastbreak attack with Jerry Ong driving strong towards the basket but fouled by Johnson Ching 3.49secs. Jerry Ong made his first free throw giving Uhr-kraft a 1-pt lead, he missed his second shot and Kopinando did not have enough time to make a basket as time expired. Kopinando’s bull strong Ronald Limsin scored only 7pts but pulled down 11rebounds while Uhr-kraft center Edwin Yap had a double-double performance with 11pts and 13rebs.
In the Youth Division Championship game held last December, Cityland Batch 2007 with the help of Finals Co-MVP Stanley Co and Patrick Ang won over defending champions GCC Varsity Team. The Cityland Batch 2007 with two-time youth division champion coach Nino Sia used a relentless trapping defense with Geoffrey Chua, Angelo So, Jasper Gotia and Dino Lee working hard on defense and Tam Go hitting timely baskets. The GCC Varsity team was led by Christian So and L.A. Chua but had a hard time breaking the defense of Cityland Batch 2007 with Jason Tan and Kerwin Tiu absent during the championship game.
Awards were given to teams & participants who have excelled this season:
Youth Division
3rd place – Old Chinatown Kopitiam Batch 2006
2nd Place – Grace Christian College Varsity Team
1st Place – Cityland Batch 2007
Mythical Selection
Guard Grace Christian College Varsity CHRISTIAN SO
Guard Old Chinatown Kopitiam Batch 2006 GEOFFREY SUMAGUE
Forward Cityland Batch 2007 TAM RAYMOND GO
Forward Grace Christian College Varsity L.A. CHUA
Center Cityland Batch 2007 PATRICK ANG
Season Most Valuable Player:
Grace Christian College Varsity CHRISTIAN SO
Finals Most Valuable Player/s:
Cityland Batch 2007 PATRICK ANG & STANLEY CO
FELLOWSHIP DIVISION
3rd place – Snowbird Sandobags
2nd Place – Kopinando
1st Place – UHR-KRAFT
Mythical Selection – First Team
Guard Snowbird Brian Bernabe
Guard UHR-KRAFT AVELINO LIM
Forward Kopinando ANGELO LIM
Forward UHR-KRAFT JERRY ONG
Center Wishcraft ANDY NELSON TAN
Mythical Selection – Second Team
Guard Wishcraft Jonathan Yu
Guard Kanzai JIET SEE
Forward Kopinando RONALD LIMSIN
Forward Snowbird DAYLE ROBIN NG
Center UHR-KRAFT EDWIN LIM
Defensive Team
Guard Snowbird CHINO GUASA
Guard Alex Shoes JOHNSON TAN
Forward Kopinando ANGELO LIM
Forward Snowbird DAYLE ROBIN NG
Center Gerry’s Grill DARRYL TAN
Season Most Valuable Player:
UHR-KRAFT JERRY ONG
Finals Most Valuable Player:
UHR-KRAFT JERRY ONG