San Mateo leads Cebuana girls’ softball

MANILA, Philippines - Former champion San Mateo, Rizal is on track to regain the crown it last held in 2012 in the ongoing Cebuana Lhuillier National Girls’ Inter-secondary Softball Championships after posting back to back wins over San Miguel, Bulacan, 11-0, and Pasig, 2-1, to lead Group A after two days at the Sto. Niño softball field in Marikina.

Organized by ASAPHIL, headed by sportsman-businessman Jean Henri Lhuillier to expand the base of women’s softball and provide opportunities to provincial players to get the needed exposure and gain recognition as future national players, the tournament, hosted by Marikina Mayor Del de Guzman, attracted 11 teams led by defending champion Manila in the week-long tournament.

Other game results saw Sta. Maria, Bulacan demolishing Valenzuela, 24-0, in an abbreviated game to lead Group B, while De La Salle-Zobel, San Francisco High School-Q.C. and San Miguel-Bulacan, tied with similar 1-1 win-loss records. La Salle-Zobel battered San Francisco HS, 10-3, but lost to San Miguel, 6-18, while San Francisco HS evened out its record after edging out Marikina, 12-11.

The tournament is also sponsored by Cebuana Pera Padala, Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions, Le Soleil de Boracay, Phiten, and Just Jewels. The tournament ends this Sunday.