Vaunted marksman Chester Cokaliong plunges back into hoop action to lead the Cebu Eastern College Alumni Basketball Association (Cecaba) All-Stars in a goodwill encounter against the Newsmen Basketball Association of Cebu (NBAC) selection at 8 a.m. Sunday at the City Sports Club-Cebu gym.
Cokaliong of Class ’78, a 14-time All-Star MVP awardee and 22-time 3-point shootout champion, will showcase his skills alongside his trusted comrades from different batches, with Zotico Tan from Class ’67 as the oldest and Mark Eugene Bukiron from Class ’99 as the youngest.
Under the tutelage of coach Jojo Romarate, the rest of the Cecaba roster includes Chester’s younger brother Christopher Cokaliong (1983), Joel Chan (1985), Joseph James Yu (1995), Mark Ryan Babor (1996), Shaun Christopher Wang (1996), Dean Dy Teves (1995), Samuel Sia (1984), and Richard Yu (1988).
The Easternians will go up against a strong force of hardcourt warriors from the print, radio and broadcast media led by multi-MVP awardee Jun Solon and the versatile Gabriel Bonjoc, both from GMA-7.
They will play alongside, Renante Quiñones, Godfrey Rillen, and Bruce Labastida also of GMA-7, Cris Ligan, Rodel Quimod, and Zardo del Corro of CCTN-47, Philip Cerojano, Efren Lonzon and Allan Defensor of Sun.Star, Johnrey Bayking of Bombo Radyo, Calvin Cordova, Jonas Panerio, and Peter Romanillos of Cebu Daily News, and Manny Villaruel, Lemuel Maglinte, Edwin Melecio, and Rico Navarro of The Freeman. /pr
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