Warriors take down Knights in takraw battle By Caroline Joy R. Go
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venging a 2-0 loss in last year’s final, the Warriors took the throne from the Knights, by the same score as they once again clashed in Sepak Takraw at the XU covered courts last September 20. Knight Phillip Parojinog led the Knights’ charge with accurate and daring kick flips, but it was Warrior Arlox Piquero’s counters and the regu’s teamwork that landed them the huge advantage throughout the 34-minute game, with a 21-17 and 21-10 for the respective sets. Warrior team captain Adrian Mainit states “Kami giyapon nagbangga. Last year, kami ang nazerohan... so pasalamat karun nagbawi mi, go Engineering!” as the team celebrated. While the Knights stepped down at second, the Wizards, proving that the new college wasn’t to be taken lightly, bagged third, and the Pythons followed in fourth place.
ATHLETICISM. Warrior combines skill and timing to make the perfect kick.
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Gogo, Adubal crowned first Mr. and Ms. Intramurals By Bianca Nathalie Y. Llamis
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that won’t be kicked. After the hilarity died down, it was time for the audience to gape in awe and whistle appreciatively as the contestants r a m p e d down in their Sophie RED AND BLUE. Tiger Gogo and Python Adubal smile (R. AVELLANA) Martin attire. for the camera after winning Mr. and Ms. Intramurals 2011. S o p h i e Martin, an international brand of fashion Santos, and Wizard Carl Manere and Eagle apparel, is one of the main sponsors of the Kathlyn Denise Villanueva, respectively. event. In this competition, the Sophie Martin The Mr. and Ms. Sophie Martin award and staff chose the male and female contestant modelling contract were also won by Tubeo who worn their Sophie attire best, and and Santos. awarded them a Sophie Martin modelling The Mr. and Ms. Photogenic were contract. Manere and Villanueva, while Mr. and Ms. The pageant had no Q&A portion, and Congeniality went to Tubeo and Adubal. went right on to the awarding. Boardwalk Gogo and Santos won Best in Casual Attire. and Redfern Spa each sponsored an award, Gogo and fellow Tiger Kathlene Ann Co granting a modelling contract to Python took home the sash for both Best in Sports Jessie James Tubeo and Phoenix Lorraine Wear and Best in Sports Presentation. www.thecrusaderpublication.com
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Design by Jose Alfonso Sendaydiego and Arsenio Meneses III
eptember 20—Eryk Kay Gogo of the Tigers and Louise Caroline Adubal of the Pythons took home the title in the first-ever Mr. and Ms. Intramurals 2011 pageant organized by the Central Student Government. The XU Gym rang with cheers, applause, and raucous laughter as the contestants, one pair from each of the colleges, strutted across the floor for the competition’s three categories: the casual wear, the sportswear and presentation, and the Sophie line. The casual attire category had the contestants dancing to Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” in their Ateneo shirt and shorts, before they came forward to introduce themselves. The highlight of the evening, however, was the sportswear and presentation category. Wearing their sports attires, each college pair simultaneously showed their prowess in their chosen sport. The audience gasped in astonishment as the contestants executed cheerdance moves, taekwondo kicks, and badminton exhibitions that went on a little too long. What brought on their raucous laughter, though, was the Frisbee that flew away, the basketball that got stuck beside the basket and was taken down by the soccer ball, and the soccer ball