Hiroshi nails third straight win

Men’s Open defending champions Hiroshi Football Club ended its elimination campaign in the 12th Cebu Interclub Football Cup with nine points after winning three of its four matches.

Hiroshi FC clinched its third straight win with a 2-0 blanking of Hijos Del Pueblo yesterday at the football field of the University of San Carlos Technological Center.

Scorers for Hiroshi were Ryan Bordalba and John Paul Arranguez. Both players found the back of the net in the first half of the match.

Hiroshi will have to wait for the rest of the teams to finish their elimination matches to know who will be advancing to the crossover semifinals.

The other match in the category had ERCO FC-PTT posting a 3-1 thrashing of Camella FC.

In the 40 Above, Hiroshi FC hit a snag after its match against ERCO FC ended in a scoreless draw.

San Roque Football Club, on the other hand, gave Queen City United A its second loss in the tournament via a 2-0 outsmarting.

In bracket A of the boys 17, FCIC finally barged into the win column with a 2-1 edging of University of San Carlos North Campus.

In bracket B, Abellana National School (ANS) Pomeroy stretched its win to three with a 2-0 demolition of S.C. Warriors.

ANS Pomeroy currently heads bracket B after winning all three of its matches so far.

In the other match, the Cebu Team routed Mandaue Technical Institute (MTI), 3-0.

Both teams now hold two wins, however, MTI have already lost two matches while Cebu Team still has two games to play.