Davao Football - Team Montevista shines in 1st Upsilon Cup Football

Montevista “B” of Compostela Valley beat Malaybalay City FC (2-0) to win the 1st Upsilon Cup held at the UP Mindanao Football Field in Mintal, Davao City, which is a 7 a-side tournament exclusively for high school students.

Montevista “A” beat Digos City National High School, via penalty shoot-out (3-2) to garner third place.

Ten teams are bracketed into two groups. Group A consists of Holy Child “Red”, Montevista “B”, Island Garden City of Samal National High School, CMU Laboratory High School (Musuan, Bukidnon), and Digos City National High School. Group B is composed of Malayabalay, St. Paul ’s Pasig – Davao , Holy Child “Black”, Montevista “A”, and Holy Cross College of Calinan High School.

The top two teams in each group (Group A – Montevista “B” and Digos City NHS; Group B- Malaybalay and Montevista “B”) qualified for the cross over semi finals.

The top three teams received trophies from the Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association.

During the opening ceremony, Upsilon Sigma Phi Alumni Association – Davao City Chapter president Rico Villareal thanked the participants for coming and encouraged the players to balance playing football with studying hard as this is important to getting a good college education.


Mindanao Daily Mirror