San Beda NCAA Champions 2006

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NCAA 2006

The RED LIONS are back.
And we rocked Mendiola once again... in NCAA 2006

We are the NCAA 2006 Champions !!!

Batch HS'82 was there for the NCAA RED LIONS on the 82nd Season. And we won again after 28 years.
by Gus Gastrock

     Ending with a roar instead of a whimper, San Beda finally buried the ghost of the past as the Red Lions bag the 2006 NCAA Men’s basketball championship, on the 82nd season. The Red Lions ended a 28-year-old title drought that dates back to 1978 when a team bannered by former pro-players Chito Loyzaga, Jayvee Yango, and Frankie Lim led their team into the championship. It was sweet to recall that San Beda is back on the limelight, 28 years ended on the 82nd season. Just like in the 1978 championship, it was a 1-point game. And finally we are winners again. The Red Lions gave a well-deserved victory ride for rookie coach Koy Banal, who set a record of sorts with this historic triumph. "This victory is for the whole San Beda community." as Coach "Koy" Banal would put it. Confetti then fell from the roof signaling the end of San Beda’s long title drought. Followed by the famous "Bedan Hymn" sung out by a sea of RED Bedans in the Big Dome.

    Bedans from different generations and campuses banded together to put into practice the legendary Bedan fellowship that we gloriously declare to be of no equal. No school can even come close... Our school spirit was never built over a stack of cards, nor a championship crown, nor about pomp/pageantry and class discrimination, and not even intellectual elitism. The Bedan spirit is an authentic expression of camaraderie, fellowship and family... It is an expression of our humanity as shaped by the conditions, realities and contradictions inside and outside San Beda grounds...

     Let us be reminded constantly that all glory is fleeting... Cherish the intangibles... We are all doing a great job in different fronts! Once again, We reunite, Go San Beda Fight! - Congratulations to all. We all deserve it.

      Beda7882 (Silver Jubilarians) will be back in Mendiola grounds on February 2007 to celebrate this long-awaited victory. We invite All Bedan Alumni to Come and Join Us on this glorious homecoming event.

       What a timely event for High School Batch '82 to rekindle friendships after 25 years, with a sweet comeback of the RED LION as the champion of the NCAA 82nd season. Now, is that a coincidence or what ? THIS WE RECKON IS THE HOMECOMING OF THE CENTURY !!!

"Buo na naman ang pula, sa Mendiola kita-kita... 2007"