Favorites Don Bosco Technical Center stayed undefeated in the high school division while the University of San Carlos and the University of San Jose-Recoletos split the point to stay within each other in the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. football event at the Cebu City Sports Center.
Earl Rey Amistad II scored a hat trick in the 12th, 35th and 46th minute to earn Player of the Game honors as DBTC blanked UP Cebu, 5-0, for their third straight win in the high school division.
Ray Agustine Abuzo got the first goal just five minutes in, while Yuki John Ceniza made it 2-0 in the sixth as DBTC stayed on front with a 3-0 record, while UP Cebu dropped to 0-2.
On the other hand, Sacred Heart School Ateneo de Cebu finally registered its first win after blanking San Carlos School of Cebu, 2-0, with John James Santos scoring both goals in the 50th and 59th minute to improve to 1-1 for the season. SCSC suffered its second straight loss.
In the college division, UP Cebu scored a late game winner against a game University of Southern Philippines Foundation, with Jabye Abasolo connecting in the fourth minute of stoppage time to open their season with an exciting win.
In the second game, 10-time defending champion USC and seven-time winner USJ-R settled to a 2-2 draw. Khalel Benabaye got USJ-R the lead in the 44th, before Kyle Marlon Giganto equalized for USC a minute after the break.
ALlister Louis Manlosa gave USJ-R the lead again in the 54th minute but Ludwig Ryan Badayos canceled it out in the 82nd minute.