Zobel Junior Archers

Zobel Junior Archers
De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School
League	University Athletic Association of the Philippines, WNCAA
Joined	1986
Location	University Avenue, Ayala Alabang Village, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila
Team colors	Green, gold, and white
Women's team	Lady Junior Archers
Juniors' general championships
UAAP: none WNCAA: 9 (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2004-05)

The Zobel Junior Archers (officially the De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers) is the varsity team of De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School and is the Juniors' team of De La Salle University's De La Salle Green Archers in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Its girls' team, the Lady Junior Archers, is De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde's Junior's team to the Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association.

History

De La Salle-Santiago Zobel's varsity team was first officially known as the "Green Bengals," with its mascot being the Battlin' Bengal. This identity was designed and proposed by Brother Raymond Bronowicz FSC, who was the first Brother-Director of the school at that time. He decided that the school should adopt its own unique identity per the practice of the different De La Salle schools at that time: La Salle Green Hills were the Rangers and De La Salle Lipa were the Dragons then the Stallions. The adoption of a new mascot was not welcomed by the studentry since a majority came from the grade school in the main campus in Manila and they were used to having an Archer moniker as the former, now defunct, De La Salle College High School's De La Salle Greenies was.

In 1997, the Board of Trustees of the school, led by its then President-Mr. Lamberto de Ocampo, elected to officially call De La Salle Zobel's varsity team as the Junior Archers.

History with the UAAP

The Junior Archers, together with the De La Salle Green Archers, joined the University Athletic Association of the Philippines in 1986, when De La Salle University picked De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School to be its representative in the Junior (High School) division. De La Salle Zobel was chosen, in spite of La Salle Green Hills being DLSU's junior representative in the NCAA from 1968 to 1981, because the NCAA rejected LSGH's entry due to riots sparked in the past.

From the time that the Junior Archers joined the UAAP in 1986 until it won its very first basketball championship in Season 68 (2005-06), the Junior Archers' achievements was considered to be moderate at best.^[1] The team never finished last, but outside of 1993, when the Junior Archers made it to the finals, but it never finished in the top two as well.

During UAAP Season 68 (2005-06), the Junior Archers won its first UAAP Junior Basketball title when it swept the UPIS Junior Maroons, 2-0. It was also De La Salle's first Junior title in either the NCAA or the UAAP since 1955, when the De La Salle Greenies of the then existing De La Salle College High School in Taft Avenue, Manila led by De La Salle basketball great—Kurt Bachmann, won 1955 NCAA Junior Basketball championship.

After its year-long suspension in UAAP Season 69 (2006-07) due to the ineligibility scandal that rocked the whole Lasallian community, the Junior Archers, together with their seniors counterparts the De La Salle Green Archers, won the "double championship" in men's basketball the next season. The Junior Archers swept the defending champions Ateneo de Manila Blue Eaglets to claim their second juniors basketball title in three years.

In the Season 71 of the UAAP, the Junior Archers were the favorites to win their third straight UAAP Juniors Basketball Championship. DLSZ finished second in the standings behind the Ateneo de Manila Blue Eaglets and gained a twice-to-beat advantage and to face the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws. Unfortunately, the Baby Tamaraws surprised and swept the two-time defending champions eliminating them as they failed to defend their crown.

The Junior Archers would return to the finals in Season 72, finishing atop the team standings with a 12-2 record and then avenged last year's final four loss to the Baby Tamaraws. However, in the finals, they fell in a hard-fought three-game series to the defending champions Ateneo Blue Eaglets.

Despite having a young roster for Season 73, the Junior Archers still overachieved with a 7-7 record, finishing in a tie for fourth. They would defeat the FEU-FERN Baby Tamaraws in the fourth-place playoff to qualify for the step-ladder phase (the Blue Eaglets finished the season undefeated after 14 games). They then upset the NU Bullpups in a low-scoring affair before bowing to the UST Tiger Cubs in the second step-ladder phase.

In the spirit of De La Salle Philippines's "One La Salle"(all 18-La Salle campuses in the Philippines are under De La Salle Philippines. Inc. headed by Brother Armin Luistro FSC who is also concurrently the President of De La Salle University-Manila), the La Salle Greenies are currently CSB's junior reps in the NCAA while the Zobel Junior Archers are DLSU's junior reps in the UAAP.

DLSZ Juniors current team roster (UAAP Season 74)

#	Last Name	First Name	Eligibility	Position
4	Joven	Rodel	4th year	Forward
5	Boo	John	4th year	Guard/Forward
6	Angeles	Charles	4th year	Center
7	Velhagen	Kristian	4th year	Forward
8	Subido	Henry	2nd Year	Guard
9	Reyes	Gabriel (Co-Captain)	4th year	Guard/Forward
11	Yu	Von	4th Year	Center/Forward
12	Lim	Isaac	4th Year	Guard
14	Torres	Alexander	4th year	Guard/Forward
15	Sajulga	Alfred	2nd Year	Guard/Forward
16	Moran	Justin	4th Year	Center
17	Tempongko	Joseph	4th Year	Guard/Forward
18	Betia	Martin (Captain)	4th year	Forward
19	Salvador	David	4th Year	Forward
20	Bederi	Darwish	4th year	Center
21	Concepcion	Luis	4th Year	Guard

Junior Archers Games

Current Record 7-1

History with the WNCAA

The De La Salle Lady Junior Archers have been the WNCAA Junior Division Champions for eight straight years, from 1993 to 2000 and again in 2004. In contrast to their men's junior counterparts, DLSZ represents College of St. Benilde in the WNCAA since the NCAA didn't have women's basketball in their scheme.^[2]

DLSZ Junior Lady Archers Current Team Roster (WNCAA season 42)

#	Last Name	First Name	Eligibility	Position
xx4	Arguelles	Nicole Samantha	4th year	Guard/Forward
7	Caldo	Maria Angelica	3rd Year	Guard
8	Roxas	Jaime Marie	2nd Year	Center
9	Razon	Sam	3rd Year	Guard
x10	Razon	Annette	4th Year	Guard
11	Morillo	Bernadette	1st year	Guard
12	Morillo	Bernice	3rd year	Guard/Forward
13	Borda	Maria Ruela	1st year	Forward/Center
14	Nuñez	Kathleen Therese	3rd year	Guard
15	Jajurie	Jodie	2nd year	Forward/Center
16	Menchaca	Isabel	4th Year	Center
17	Teo	Kristine	1st year	Forward/Center
18	Nonato	Margaux	1st year	Guard
19	Medina	Tatjana	4th year	Guard/Forward/Center

xx - Captain x - Co-Captain

Varsity teams

Teams of the following sports currently carry the moniker of Junior Archers or Lady Junior Archers:

• Badminton
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Chess
• Football
• Futsal
• Lawn Tennis
• Softball
• Table Tennis
• Taekwondo
• Track and Field
• Volleyball
• Mixed Martial Arts

References

1. ^ Athletic Mind: When History is Made UBelt.com Accessed August 8, 2006
2. ^ Daily Bulletin Online dailybulletin.zobel.dlsu.edu.ph Accessed August 8, 2006