The Gold Cup stayed at home: Linares Colleges won the Basketball League crown after defeating Halcones de Talca 79-73 in a heart-stopping final
-There was a great level where 52 games were played
It was a match worthy of a final, where there were very even forces. In the first duel the team from Linares had won, so the Piducanos had to win to go to a third game. A match that was played with intensity, with tremendous dedication from both quintets. The duel was so even that in the first quarter they ended up equalizing 20-20. In the second set there was a slight superiority of the locals 44-30. While in the third 61 to 47 , to pave the victory by 79 against 73 , unleashing madness in the fans of Linares Colleges , who celebrated with everything obtaining the gold cup in this first version of the Basketball League of linares
President
Pedro Ortiz is currently the president of the Linares Basketball League. In this regard, he said that “we met expectations. The final had a superlative level, it is undoubtedly a League that promises and we are thinking of a new 2023 version with the support of the private company of the municipality. We have had the opportunity to make this League a reality, we agree that a little more support is needed, but the objective, which was to activate basketball in Maule Sur, was achieved and it was demonstrated with the participation of the great teams. An audience that responded to expectations”.
The coach of the winning team Luis “pollo” Castro said: “we started working with this club in 2014, last year we were champions of LIBMAULE, which is more difficult than this League. This year we finished second, we couldn’t beat the Halcones de Talca team, so we said this is the occasion and we won to keep the title. We do not want to talk only about volleyball in Linares, we are going to raise this sport, basketball, which in the past was the best thing the city had, that is why we have to continue working so that the joys of this sport discipline return”.
mayor
Mario Meza Vásquez, mayor of the Linares commune, who is a fan of this sport added “Nice League for those of us who like “orange” which is the color of the basketball. Very happy because personally I feel that we had an outstanding debt with this sports discipline, we put together a League with Pedro Ortiz, where there were more than 52 games with teams from various parts of the Maule region, with excellent public attendance every Friday. The task in the second version is to increase the participation of Maule Norte, second to increase the number of games, this should start in the first or second semester so that there is a great participation and increase the level to go professional, we always have to go less Furthermore, that is why we are the regional capital of sports in its multiple disciplines. A tremendous League that next year should be better than this one”.
The league selection
The quintet of the Linares Basketball League, where awards were given to the best players in the competition: Sebastián Salamanca (CD Provincial Linares); Carlos Ordenes (CD Halcones Centro Sur Talca); Jorge Luis Soto (CD Longaví Snake); Sergio Diaz (CD Longaví Snake) and Cristóbal Urrea (Linares Colleges).
individual awards
Best Player: Carlos Ordenes Halcones; Scorer, Cristóbal Urrea, Linares Colleges; Triple player, Antonio Cofré, Falcons; Promising Player, Sebastián Mejías, Halcones.
Location Silver Cup
1.- Hussars of Cauquenes
2.- Colbún Machicura
3.- Colbún Governors
4.- Saint Xavier
gold Cup
1.- Linares Colleges
2.- Falcons
3.- Longaví Snakes
4.- Provincial
Gerardo Dominguez A
Sports Writer
