De La Salle Junior Archers

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De La Salle Junior Archers
De La Salle-Santiago Zobel

League

UAAP, WNCAA

Joined

1986

Juniors' general championships

UAAP: none
WNCAA: 9 (1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2004-05)

Location

Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa

Team colors

Green, gold, and white

Women's team

Lady Junior Archers

Staple cheer

Animo Lasalle!

The De La Salle Junior Archers is the varsity team of De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School and is the Juniors' team of the De La Salle Green Archers in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. Its girls' team, the Lady Junior Archers is Zobel's varsity team to the Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association.

1 History
2 History with the UAAP
3 History with the WNCAA
4 Varsity teams
5 References

[edit] History

De La Salle-Santiago Zobel's varsity team was first officially known as the "Green Bengals," with its mascot being the Battlin' Bengal. This identity was designed and proposed by Brother Raymond Bronowicz FSC, who was the first Brother-Director of the school at that time. He decided that the school should adopt its own unique identity per the practice of the different De La Salle schools at that time: La Salle Green Hills were the Rangers and De La Salle Lipa were the Dragons then the Stallions. The adoption of a new mascot was not welcomed by the studentry since a majority came from the grade school in the main campus in Manila and they were used to being referred to as the "Junior Archers."

In 1997, the Board of Trustees of the school elected to officially call Zobel's varsity team as the Junior Archers.

[edit] History with the UAAP

The Junior Archers, together with the De La Salle Green Archers, joined the UAAP in 1986, when De La Salle University-Manila (DLSU) picked De La Salle Zobel to be its representative to the junior division. Zobel was chosen, in spite of La Salle Green Hills being DLSU's junior representative in the NCAA for the prior 12 years, because Zobel can trace its lineage directly to the grade school and high school departments of DLSU.

From the time that the Junior Archers joined the UAAP until it won its very first basketball championship in Season 68 (2005-06), the Junior Archers' achievements was considered to be moderate at best.^[1] The team never finished last, but outside of 1993, when the Junior Archers made it to the finals, but it never finished in the top two as well.

During UAAP Season 68(2005-06), the Junior Archers won its first UAAP title when it swept the UPIS Junior Maroons, 2-0. It was also De La Salle's first Junior title in either the NCAA or the UAAP since 1955 when the De La Salle Greenies led by La Salle great-Kurt Bachmann of then De La Salle College High School in Taft won the 1955 NCAA Junior Basketball championship.

[edit] History with the WNCAA

The De La Salle Lady Junior Archers have been the WNCAA Junior Division Champions for eight straight years, from 1993 to 2000 and again in 2004.^[2]

[edit] Varsity teams

Teams of the following sports currently carry the monicker of Junior Archers or Lady Junior Archers:

[edit] References

^ Athletic Mind: When History is Made UBelt.com Accessed August 8, 2006
^ Daily Bulletin Online dailybulletin.zobel.dlsu.edu.ph Accessed August 8, 2006

	De La Salle Philippines
Luzon	Antipolo • Araneta • Canlubang • College of Saint Benilde • Dasmariñas • Green Hills • Health Sciences Campus Jaime Hilario Integrated School • Lipa • Manila • Professional Schools, Inc. • Santiago Zobel School
Visayas	Andres Soriano Memorial College • University of St. La Salle • Saint Joseph School
Mindanao	Iligan • Ozamiz • John Bosco College
Sports	De La Salle Green Archers • De La Salle Junior Archers • St. Benilde Blazers