The ongoing 2004 UFO-San Miguel Cup semifinals was finally set for intense action yesterday with all four slots filled after FASA-CNC Inc. pounded SMF-Seabridge last Friday, but all hopes of taking the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium hard court were hampered by the strong winds and dangers imposed from Typhoon Chaba. <\/p>\n
Left with no choice, league officials announced that both semifinal matches were to be rescheduled and played at a later date. <\/p>\n
With the win, FASA earned the right to play Visminda-Country in the semis. FASA has a shot at not only advancing to the season finale, but also avenging their loss to Visminda a week ago. <\/p>\n
The other half of the semifinals feature RP Cabalen-Transamerica\/ECC Comm. taking on SIP-Verizon. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Inter Restaurant Basketball League semifinal bout between pennant champion Cappricciosa and Jollibee originally scheduled to be played tonight has been postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to league officials, Wednesday\u2019s originally scheduled bout between Angel Wings and Country House will be played on Friday.<\/p>\n
Chaba was said to have maximum sustained winds of 105 mph with gusts to 125 mph was expected to intensify as it closed in on the Marianas yesterday. <\/p>\n
The storm was 135 miles southeast of Saipan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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