Baybay Senior High is OCCCI D-League HS champion
Baybay Senior High School’s Virgel Anthony Agravante drives to the basket against Saint Joseph College of Maasin. | Photo from OCCCI D-League.
CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Baybay Senior High School are the kings of the high school division of the OCCCI D-League Inter-School Basketball Tournament’s South of Leyte Division.
This after Baybay defeated Saint Joseph College of Maasin, 67-51, in the championship match on Sunday evening, March 5, 2023, at the Immaculate Conception (FCIC) Gymnasium Baybay City, Leyte.
Baybay Senior High School finished the elimination round with a clean 3-0 (win-loss) slate to advance to the finals, while Saint Joseph finished with a 2-1 card.
Eventual Most Valuable Player (MVP) Virgel Anthony Agravante led Baybay Senior High School with 16 points, three rebounds, and three steals.
The victory earned Baybay a P10,000 purse and a slot at the grand finals happening later this year.
Saint Joseph didn’t go home empty-handed as it received a P7,000 runners-up purse.
Meanwhile, the visiting Western Leyte College (WLC) Mustangs of Ormoc City and St. Joseph College forged a winner-take-all championship match in the college division to be played this weekend.
St. Joseph finished the elimination round with an unbeaten 5-0 record after defeating the Mustangs in their final elimination round match, 81-76, also on Sunday evening.
The Mustangs, which topped the pre-season tournament last month in Ormoc City, have a 4-1 record for the No. 2 spot after the eliminations.
The elementary division will still play its remaining elimination games.
Baybay 1 District Central School is at the top spot with a 4-1 card, followed by San Juan Elementary School and Libas Elementary School both 2-1 records.
/bmjo
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