2nd Seaoil High School All-Star Game scheduled this March

On March 3 at the Ynares Center in Pasig City, 32 of the best high school seniors in the country get to strut their stuff against each other in the second-ever staging of The Seaoil High School All-Star Game. To be held at the Ynares Center in Pasig on March 3, this is one of the highlights of the National Basketball Traning Center (NBTC) Finals.

NBTC Training Director Alex Compton notes the Seaoil High School All-Star Game as the premiere event to showcase the top high school basketball talent in the Philippines. He is excited to be seeing the best of the best competing against each other on a national stage, as not everyone is aware of their talent and thus, the Seaoil High School All-Star Game will become their stage.

To cite that point, it was at this event that the coaching staff of the University of the Philippines discovered then-Sacred Heart of Cebu standout Henry Asilum, whom they eventually recruited and was a major contributing element for the Maroons' campaign on this past 75th Season of the UAAP.

Patterned after the McDonald's All-Americans High School Game, the 1st-ever Seaoil High School All-Star Game had the likes of Jeron Teng (Xavier HS), Tomas Ramos (Ateneo HS), Thomas Torres (La Salle Greenhills) JJ Alejandro (Mapua HS) and Daryl Nazareno, Francis Abarcar, Van Abatayo, Gideon Babilonia, and Antonio Bonsubre (San Beda HS). The first MVP trophy went to Ace Basas (Mapua), as the currently Ateneo "Glory Be" member scored a game-high 24 points for Team White in a 87-81 victory over Team Blue.

The second-ever staging of the event will have the likes of Jerie Pingoy (FEU), Ralph Atangan (NU), Ranbill Tongco (San Beda HS) and Nicko Bahia (UST). Provincial standouts like current La Salle commit Kib Montalbo (St. John's Institute), as well as John Luna (Cagayan de Oro National High School) and Paul Desiderio (University of Visayas) will also make their presence felt in this game.

The game will provide the backdrop for the upcoming NBTC Finals, which is scheduled to also take place on March 3.

The NBTC Finals is a culmination of the competition to determine the best high school team in the country, with 200 schools taking part all across the islands.16 different high schools will make their way to Manila and in the first three days of March, that sixteen will eventually be whittled down to one.