The Springdale Titans started slow and trailed the CIE Lions, 18-8, owing to the strong showing of Akeem Amistad. However, the Titans was able to recover in the second quarter with Zach Go, Ace Gochuan, Carlo Diola and Tonyo Carcel combining for 14 points to cut the lead to 24-22.

After a give-and-go battle in the third quarter, the Titans banked on Go, Gochuan, Carcel and Dional for their fourth quarter run as they delivered 16 points for their close six-point win.

In the other games, Cebu Cherish School defeated St. Louis School of Mandaue, 54-35, while Mt. Olives Christian Academy routed St. Francis of Assisi School, 63-33.

In the elementary division, Springdale made it 2-0 for the Titans with a 28-23 win over the San Isidro Parish School.

Tournament director Marlove Alquizar said they organized this tournament to give a chance to private schools with small populations to compete in basketball.

The secondary divisions, which attracted eight teams, will have a single round robin, while the three-team elementary division will have a double-round robin play.

The tournament, which will have games every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, will run until March 3.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on February 05, 2012. By Iste S. Leopoldo Saturday, February 4, 2012

The outreach on January 2, 2012 was organized by Dream Foundation led by PAREF Springdale Alumnus & Philippine Azkal Player, Paolo Pascual, and Miss Earth Philippines-Water 2011, Murielle Adrienne Orais. Some alumni of PAREF Springdale Batch 2008 and 2007, and friends joined them. 

It doesn't come as a surprise why Bonbon was chosen as the venue. It's because Paolo's high school batch of 2008 pioneered the outreach in Bonbon Elementary School during their senior year. Since then, Bonbon Elementary School officially became an adopted-school of PAREF Springdale School with already three work missions organized by subsequent batches.

At exactly 10:40 AM, the activity started with a short introduction of the team members. Fun games were played that broke the ice and created a bonding between the kids and the Dream Foundation Team; filling the school with loud cheers and laughter. The pupils were then treated to lunch and gifts. 

Notwithstanding the celebrity status of Muriel and Paolo, the short program was without any press.

They’ve both implied that the children’s smiles and their simple “thank you’s” are in themselves PRICELESS! Their example reminds one of a proverbial phrase, “But when you are giving in charity, let not your left hand perceive what your right hand is doing.”

Text by Choy Tura

Christante Veloso, a Grade 6 PAREF Springdale Titan and one of the members of the Cebu City swimming team, contributed two Golds and a few other medals on the following events:

Gold, Boys 4 x 100 Meter Free Relay

Gold, Boys 4 x 50 Meter Free Relay

Silver, 50 Meter Backstroke

Silver, 100 Meter Backstroke

Bronze, 50 Meter Backstroke

In the Secondary and Elementary Football Competitions, two more PAREF Springdale Titans, namely, Nico Villacin (2HS) and Ryan James Haosen (G7) were also mentioned in the Inquirer News Sports article, as follows:

“The secondary Niños topped their bracket with a spectacular 18-0 routing of Talisay City.

Lyon Valenzuela (4HS) was the other Springdale Titan who was drafted to the Secondary Football Niños.

(Contributed Photo)

After the visit, he wrote a note on his Facebook account. And this is what he says:

"I had a short but great visit today in my high school alma mater.

I look back, and realize that I've learned a lot throughout my past years in this school, especially in the field of wanting to become successful.

It's not just the skill that makes an individual successful, but it is also one's character.

All the virtues that I have learned to improve my character have contributed so much that it has made me grow into a better person.

I am, and always will be, proud to have served the country and reaped the international honors as a certified Springdale gentleman."

Surprisingly, one of his classmates wished him to be "the next Bruce Lee" in their Batch 2008 yearbook.

OJ's yearbook motto goes, "In life we experience failure: but the thought of failure should not bring us down because failure is one of the keys to success."

Photo by Gyl Rosal

The 15-year-old Carcel made a good comeback in the national scene and was supposed to race in Clark, Pampanga earlier this month but the event was cancelled due to bad weather.

So that his preparations won't go to waste, Carcel decided to return to Kartzone after three years of missing in action.

Carcel readily made an impact by lording it over in the formula SL experts class.

Peterson Lim came in second followed by Daniel Miranda, Jette Calderon and Panpan Reroma.

“I found it fun that I came back to Kartzone, the track that I grew up in. I started racing here when I was only 10 years old.

This track will forever be in my heart, I will never forget it,” Carcel ended.

(Contributed Photo)

Published in the Freeman on November 15, 2011.

The Bethany Christian School and PAREF Springdale swept wins during the elementary eliminations of the 2nd BTC Knowledge Challenge on Sept. 10.

The teams from grade 3 to grade 6 dominated the first round of the inter-school quiz bee at the Banilad Town Centre (BTC) and will compete in the finals on Sept. 24.

St. Theresa’s College and Acedemia del Christifidelis also had three teams going into the finals as well as Cebu Bradford School with two teams.

A team each from Cebu Eastern College, Childlink Learning Center, Marie Ernestine School and St. Paul Learning Center also made it to the finals.

Each team has three students. The eliminations for the secondary division will be held today, Sept. 17 at the second floor lobby of the BTC main building.

While 11 schools competed in the elementary division, 10 schools have registered teams to compete from first to fourth year levels.

Other than the schools mentioned, the Don Bosco Technology Center and Harvest Christian School also competed in the high school division.

Jiggy Junior of Y101-FM is quiz master. Now in its second year, the Knowledge Challenge is in collaboration with the Department of Education that reviewed the quiz items and provided the judges.

The winners will receive golden BTC medals and gifts from BTC tenants, while the school with the most number of winning teams will get a trophy as overall champion.

Published in the Inquirer News on September 17, 2011.

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(L-R) PAREF Springdale School Team, Southwestern University Team, University of Cebu Team, and Christian Learning Center Team

Special thanks to ASAP – Advertising Services and Promotions for the sponsorship, Mrs. Perl Jacalan, and PAREF Springdale Student Body Organization Officers. 

This period film, set in the Spanish Civil War, is directed by Mr. Roland Joffe, the same director of award winning films “The Mission” and “The Killing Fields”.

The special premiere showing of “There Be Dragons” will be at 9:00AM and 11:00AM of Sunday, the 16th of October 2011, in Cinema 2 of Ayala Center Cebu. Ticket prices are at P250 and P300 respectively.

The funds that will be raised on this project will jumpstart the five-year expansion and professionalization plans of Educhild. Don’t miss out on this epic portrayal of faith, forgiveness and redemption.

For more information about the special movie premiere, you may contact Ms. Hara Vian See at 232-8518, or email your inquiries to hara@asapcebu.com

Published in the PhilStar.com on October 11, 2011.

MOVIE PREMIER on October 16 (Sunday)

09:00 A.M.  Ayala Cinema 2

11:00  A.M.  Ayala Cinema 2

For ticket inquiries, please contact: 0922-3304307 or 09177200728

To download a copy of PAREF Springdale Varisity Manual, please do the following instructions:

1. Click >>> here to open Google docs. This is a high resolution PDF file and downloading will take a while, please wait.

2. At the left upper side of Google docs, Go to File> click Download original. See the image below, click to Enlarge.

3. If you are using Google Chrome, "varsity manual.pdf" will appear at the lower left bottom of your browser as indication that you are now downloading the file.

4. Done!

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To download a copy of PAREF Springdale Student Handbook, please do the following instructions:

1. Click >>> here to open Google docs. This is a high resolution PDF file and downloading will take a while, please wait.

2. At the left upper side of Google docs, Go to File> click Download original. See the image below, click to Enlarge.

3. If you are using Google Chrome, "StudentHandbook07.pdf" will appear at the lower left bottom of your browser as indication that you are now downloading the file.

4. Done!

Despite his absence, he remains on top of his game, as he defeated Auto Racing teammates John Castellar and Kim Lagman for the title.

Carcel, who left karting for a while to focus on his studies, said he missed the adrenaline rush when he is behind the wheel. “It feels so good to be back after a long time. I missed it so much because I've been concentrating on my studies,” said Carcel in an e-mail.

Tonyo grew up to be one of the best junior karters of Cebu. But he decided to lie low a few months back and missed important races to focus on his studies. During that time, he also ventured into other sports like football. However, the young daredevil could not seem to shake off his passion for speed. And it seemed like he never left, even joining in two events.

He also raced in the ROK Junior division last weekend but bombed out after an engine failure in the pre-final race.

“This was one of the best races of my career. the race was so intense, there were so many overtaking, dicing all the way, we were pushing and pushing to get back with the main group after making mistakes or during after a collision, and the adrenaline rush was just wicked,” he said.

Carcel’s sister Kali saw some action last weekend as she competed in the novice category of the Yamaha Cup and finished fourth to Sacha Feliciano, Jaz Monzones and Basti Escalante.

Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on September 28, 2011.