'Four-peat' champ San Beda scraps street party in deference to ‘Yolanda’ victims | Inquirer Sports

‘Four-peat’ champ San Beda scraps street party in deference to ‘Yolanda’ victims

/ 11:11 PM November 16, 2013

The San Beda Red Lions bagged the NCAA crown for the fourth straight year, defeating the Letran Knights, 60-56, at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. Video by INQUIRER.net’s Ryan Leagogo

MANILA, Philippines — Forget the anticipated street party in Mendiola.

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Photo by Ryan Leagogo/INQUIRER.net

NCAA champion San Beda will only have a solemn and simple celebration of its newest feat in the league in deference to the victims of the typhoon “Yolanda.”

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There won’t be a lavish festivity this year like what has come to be an annual street party — where part of Mendiola is usually closed down.

“Not this time. We couldn’t celebrate,” team manager Jude Roque told reporters after San Beda’s title-clinching 60-56 win on Saturday.

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A celebratory bonfire lighting has been scheduled on November 22 at the San Beda campus in Manila, Roque said, followed by relief operations.

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The Red Lions edged Letran in three games to win their seventh title in the last eight years.

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