XAVIER School San Juan bagged its first overall title in the Inter-School tournament following a strong showing in all categories during the final two rounds at the Mimosa Plus Golf Course in Clarkfield, Pampanga.
Xavier captured the Lower School title as the team of Kenzo Tan, Kenji Yamada, Jesus Yambao, Matteo Yazon and Scott Dee combined for 289 points, besting Homeschool Global (255) and Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) Green Hills in San Juan (248).
See Xavier, La Salle-Zobel, Ateneo share honors in JGFP Inter-School tourney
Rico See, Jacob Chua, Jet Ang, Sebastian Arenas and Emilio Carpio saw action for Xavier in Senior High, along with Geoffrey Tan, Gabriel See, Rafa See, Enzo Andre Cham and Seth Koa in Junior High, and Mico Ungco, Cade Santos, Rafael Cody Hernandez, Nathan de Leon and Perry Joshua Bucay in Middle School.
Xavier had two runner-up finishes, placing second overall in Senior High and in Junior High both behind La Salle Zobel.
In the Middle School division, Xavier placed third behind Ateneo and La Salle Zobel. Under the Inter-School rules, the school or teams with the most finishes in the top three per category takes home the overall championship. Xavier finished in the top three in all four divisions, while La Salle Zobel had only three.
“We really planned out the development of the varsity team this year,” said Duane Tan, who heads the Xavier School golf program. "We did a lot of training programs for both the developmental and championship divisions. June-July we formed the team already and started to conduct the training,” added Tan.
The members of the teams were presented recently by Tan and Xavier VP for sports and JGFP president Oliver Gan to Xavier officials.
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