Consolacion Mayor's Cup hoop unfurls today

CEBU, Philippines - The 3rd Consolacion Mayor's Cup Fiesta Basketball Tournament gets underway with a simple ceremony today at the Consolaction Sports Complex.

A total of 21 barangays will take part in the month-tilt, which is among the highlights of Consolacion's annual fiesta celebration in honor of its beloved patron San Narciso on October 29.

Seeing action under category A are barangays Polog, Panas, Panoypoy, Lanipga, Garing, Sacsac, Tilhaong, and Tolotolo. Comprising category B are barangays Poblacion Oriental, Poblacion Occidental, Cansaga, Pulpugan, Danlag, Casili, Tugbungan, Nangka, Pitogo, Lamac, Tayud, and Jugan.

The tournament follows a double elimination for category A, while entries in category B will be pooled into two brackets. They will also play a double elimination with the top two teams advancing into the crossover semifinals. The tops seed will enjoy twice-to-beat incentives over the No.2 qualifies in each bracket. The winners will then clash for the championship in a best-of-three series.

For the SK category, the participants will be bracketed into four. They will figure in a double elimination wherein the top two in each bracket will proceed into the quarterfinal round. The top qualifier will gain twice-to-beat edge. The winners will then barge into the knockout semis wherein the survivors will slug it out for the coveted title also in a race-to-2 affair.

The annual event is fully supported by Concolacion Mayor Teresa P. Alegado, Vice Mayor Rey Damole, and members of the Sannguniang Bayan.

The working committee is composed of sports chairman Boy Tibon assisted Ben Ermac, BC President Marilou Casul and SK Federation President Rolito Villo as co-chairpersons. The games will be supervised by league commissioner Paul Alelu Q. Flores, a former star player of the Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws during his UAAP days.  (FREEMAN)