ILOCOS NORTE – Very like a blooming rose, Western Visayas rising guard Luke Rose turned heads in his explosive displaying on the 2025 Palarong Pambansa secondary boys basketball.
And he’s hoping his Palaro debut marketing campaign is sufficient to appeal to consideration from scouts all around the nation as he seems to achieve extra expertise in his younger hoops profession.
“Sobrang laki po (para sa profession ko itong Palarong Pambansa) kasi dati po pangarap ko lang po ito tapos nag-trabaho lang po nang maigi para makuha ko po itong pangarap ‘to,” Rose instructed GMA Information On-line.
“Dream ko po talaga itong Palaro and sana po makabalik pa kami ulit. Sana rin po makatulong sa profession ko po ito.”
The 15-year-old courtroom normal was a revelation for Western Visayas, which pulled off a pair of upset victories on the best way to establishing a finals date with Davao area.
Rose led Iloilo’s comeback victory over Region IV-A (CALABARZON), erasing an 18-point deficit with the shifty guard scoring 16 factors, together with a buzzer-beating triple to finish the third interval, of their 19-15 closing run to eke out a decent 80-73 victory within the semifinals.
Earlier than that, Rose additionally performed a key function of their 76-67 stunning victory over defending champion NCR in the quarterfinals.
Western Visayas, represented by St. Robert’s Worldwide Faculty, nonetheless, fell to Davao within the finals after the latter staged a second half surge en path to a 67-51 blowout.
Nonetheless, Rose was pleased with how his staff put collectively a battle in opposition to the Eagles, stressing they are going to come again stronger subsequent yr.
“Ang masasabi ko lang po ay sobrang proud ako sa staff namin kasi ginawa naman po namin ‘yung finest namin, ‘yun nga lang hindi namin nakuha ‘yung championship. Pero subsequent yr, babawi po kami,” he mentioned.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information