THE Central Visayas Athletic Association came and went without occurrence and the Department of Education is actually certain that for the next Palarong Pambansa, they will be delivering a better set of athletes-especially in the basketball competitions.

“Last year, we had to deal with a lot of conflicts that led us to sending a so-so squad, especially in basketball. This past year, we sent a token team and even before the event started, we were already sure that we will not win.

“For the next Palarong Pambansa, it will likely be different. We have a strong team going and we realize that we will be in contention,” said Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Director Recaredo Borgonia.

Last year, DepEd got in a disagreement with a local school league, which did not allow its strongest teams to join due to the conflict in schedule. This resulted to having sent a team, which is not part of the champ team.

During the Cviraa in Tagbilaran last week, Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Corporation. finalists University of the Visayas as well as reinforcement from Cebu Eastern University and Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu battled it out in the Cviraa last.