La Salle Greenies

Philippine collegiate team
name=La Salle Green Hills Greenies
color1=#FFFFFF
color2=#008000
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schoolname=La Salle Green Hills
teamlogo=LS Greenies logo.png|350pxleague=NCAA
founded=1998
1975-1981 with DLSU-Manila
jtitles=NCAA
jtotal=11
(1971-72, 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76,1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81)
- with DLSU-Manila
(2003-04, 2004-05, 2007-08)
-with DLS-CSB
location=343 Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, Mandaluyong City
colors=Green, White and Black
senior=St. Benilde Blazers
cheer=Animo Benilde/La Salle!
Rektikano!
Go Benilde/La Salle!
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The La Salle Green Hills Greenies (officially the CSB-LSGH Greenies, although sometimes incorrectly called the La Salle Green Hills Baby Blazers, or the La Salle Green Hills Junior Archers) is the varsity team representing La Salle Green Hills located in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines, and is the junior affiliate team of the St. Benilde Blazers in the NCAA of the Philippines.

Since LSGH is an all-boys school, the Greenies do not have a girls' team.

History

La Salle Green Hills' varsity team started as the La Salle Green Hills Rangers from the opening of the school in 1959 until it entered the NCAA as the juniors team representing De La Salle University-Manila in 1968, thus renaming them the La Salle Green Hills Greenies. The Greenies enjoyed the spotlight as the NCAA juniors team of the then De La Salle College in Manila (the High School in DLSC was phased out effective 1968 and all its grade school graduates went to La Salle Green Hills High School), winning 8 general championships along the way, until both DLSU and LSGH simultaneously formally withdrew from the NCAA in a press conference on September 1980 effective after the then ongoing 1980-81 NCAA Season. [ [http://greenarcher.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13510 Blast from the Past] [http://www.greenarcher.net/ Greenarcher.net] . April 8, 2006] .

With De La Salle University-Manila

The Greenies entered the NCAA as the Junior Reps of then De La Salle College in 1968. LSGH took over the slot of the phased out De La Salle College High School which also had the same monikers-the Greenies. That initial NCAA stint of the LSGH Greenies lasted until school year 1980-81 when both DLSU and LSGH formally and simultaneously withdrew from the NCAA. Within that 13-year NCAA period, the Greenies won 8 NCAA General Championships. [The La Sallian. October 1972 issue.] DLSU together with LSGH withdrew from the NCAA due to several brawls between LSGH and main rivals Ateneo de Manila High School, and between DLSU and main rival school Letran. [ La Salle-Letran rivalry " [http://thelance.letran.edu/ The LANCE] ". September 1980 issue] And when DLSU applied for the UAAP in 1981, a number of schools (mainly UST and Ateneo de Manila, because they stated that La Salle's entry would spark the infamous rivalry and thus start riots once more) rejected La Salle's application.Fact|date=March 2008 But after a thorough review by the then UAAP board, they finally accepted La Salle as the eighth member.Fact|date=March 2008 Ateneo de Manila also rejected LSGH's application after LSGH's athletes were involved in various riots with some Ateneo Blue Eaglets while they were in the NCAA, this delayed DLSU's spot in the UAAP, thus forcing DLSU to choose the newly established De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School, the direct counterpart of DLSU in GS and HS. Fact|date=March 2008

But in the annual Fil-Oil/ Flying V Homegrown Invitational which started in 2005, the LSGH Greenies were selected to be the juniors team of the De La Salle Green Archers, thus being the first time the Greenies played alongside the Green Archers since 1981.

In the spirit of "One La Salle"Fact|date=March 2008 (all 18-La Salle campuses in the Philippines are under De La Salle Philippines. Inc. headed by Brother Armin Luistro FSC who is also concurrently the President of De La Salle University-Manila), the La Salle Green Hills Greenies is currently Saint Benilde's junior reps in the NCAA while the De La Salle Zobel Junior Archers is La Salle's junior reps in the UAAP.

With De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde

When DLSU and DLSZ entered the UAAP in 1986, La Salle Green Hills was left without a membership in either the UAAP or the NCAA, thus starting a 17-year drought in a major collegiate league since its formal withdrawal from the NCAA in 1981. La Salle Green Hills however continued participating in several major grade school and high school leagues like the PAYA, Nike, RIFA Football League, Baseball Pony League,PRADA,MMBL,Fr. Martin's Cup etc. where a lot of athletes excelled and brought honor to LSGH and went on to play in the UAAP and the PBA.

De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, a brother-college of De La Salle University-Manila, applied for admission to the NCAA thru the efforts of then De La Salle University-Manila President Brother Andrew Gonzalez FSC and the La Salle Green Hills President Brother Bernard Oca FSC, who selected the Greenies to be the juniors team. Both De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and La Salle Green Hills were admitted to the NCAA in 1998. Although the team name of La Salle Green Hills is Greenies, the school mascot is the Green Archer.Fact|date=March 2008

Since then they have won 3 General Championships and championships in various events, particularly football, where they are current 5 peat champions; lawn tennis, track & field, and swimming with a number of championships. The basketball team has also had a fair share of luck, but the closest they have gotten to the Championship was 3rd overall in 1999 and 2004-05. La Salle Green Hills is the rightful team to be the Junior Archers of DLSU. Fact|date=March 2008

Current roster

"Correct as of July 19, 2008. " [ [http://www.ncaa.org.ph/gamestat_august31.htm NCAA Philippines || Soaring High And Free At 83] ncaa.org.ph. Accessed September 3, 2007.]

Notable LSGH Greenies

Basketball

NCAA Juniors - 1968 to 1980

* Mike Bilbao
* Jay Gervasio
* Celso Villegas
* Tony Atayde
* Virgil Villavicencio
* Edward "Sonny" Dizon
* Joel Uichico
* Kenneth Yap
* Gabby Liwag
* Mar Ong
* Greg Bichara
* Yeng Guiao (Red Bull Coach)
* Joseph Uichico(Ginebra San Miguel coach)
* Poch Juinio (HS '91)
* Aljun Garcia (HS '91)
* Chris Tan (HS '92)
* Hubert de los Santos (HS '93)
* JR Langit (HS '93)
* Iñaki del Rosario (HS '93)
* Dec del Rosario (HS '93)
* Dante Tangco (HS '93)
* Jojo Ramirez (HS '93)
* Marc Casal (HS '93)
* Dominic Uy (HS '94)
* Martin Grau (HS '94)
* Francis Zamora (HS '94)
* Peter Fabie (HS '94)
* Jason Rodrigo (HS '97)
* Louie Abaa (HS '97)
* Jacq Marquez (HS '97)
* Adrian Bermudez (HS '97)
* James Candelaria (HS '98)
* Marvin Bienvenida (HS '98)
* Paul Bagos
* James Ilagan
* Paul Artadi
* Eunice Teko
* Mika Vainio
* Michael Gavino
* Marko Batricevic (currently playing for the Green Archers)
* Ferdinand (currently playing for the Green Archers)
* Martin Reyes (current team captain of the Greenies)
* Jorge Nicolas
* Titus Mendoza
* Gino Ferrer
* Marco Yulo

NCAA Juniors- 1998 to Present

* Marko Batricevic (currently playing for the Green Archers)
* Ferdinand (currently playing for the Green Archers)
* Martin Reyes (not to be confused with the current UP and former DLSZ standout).
* Jorge Nicolas (the NR)
* Michael Gavino (currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association)
* Titus Mendoza
* Christian De La Paz (2007 Most Improved Player, currently playing for the CSB Blazers)
* Mika Vainio
* Paul Artadi (currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association)
* Gino Ferrer
* Marco Yulo
* Benjamin Bolivar (the player)
* Maxie Barredo
* Justcolme Alarcon
* Migo Malinao
* Kevin Tesorero

References