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KENWORTH OF MARIKINA

(This article was reprinted in the Totidulay Blog managed by the CDM Foundation)

The Kenworth Basketball Team of San Roque, Marikina City, Philippines was born in 1976. The homecourt of the team is in Isabelo Mendoza St. formerly known as Callejon and was formerly part of Sta. Elena. Walking along the old, short and narrow street of I. Mendoza, you will pass through the Shoe Museum, Teatro Marikina,the ancestral house of the Dulay Clan, the office of the Hacienda Tuazon, the nearby Nuestra Senora de los Desamparados Church, the nearby Kapitan Moy residence, the old ice plant, the old gas station, the heart clinic of the Dy family, the office of the war veterans which was used to the old municipio, the Butiki park and the Women’s park. The street aside from being known as Callejon is also known as “Daang Kalabaw” because in the olden days, farming carabaos pass there on their way to the river. The street is the subject of a territorial dispute between Marikina’s capital Sta. Elena and a politically strong barrio, San Roque. It is one of the most historical streets in Marikina with lots of love stories and legends. It starts from an old railroad track known locally as Daang Bakal, to the river and extends to the original settlement of Lakan Dula descendant right at the opposite bank of the river known as the “ibayo” where the oldest church of Marikina is found, passing through the old Spanish municipio, and the old Spanish jail.

The street has only few houses because it has more historical landmarks on it than residential houses. Among the residents of the street are the Guevara, Mendoza, De Guzman, Dulay, Gomez, Javier, Dy, Fulgencio, Flores, Eugenio, Bautista, Ocampo, Nepomuceno and Salud.

Among the legends popular in the street is the “Kapre” in an old acacia tree beside the old Spanish jail, the Love Story of Ariel and Joan, and the Japanese gold buried secretly under one of the old houses leading to the river.

The Kenworth Basketball Team was named after an old dilapidated Kenworth truck abandoned at the back of Spanish jail. The jail was later converted into rice granary, much later ice plant and presently, the Shoe Museum. A basketball court stands near the truck and it served as the home court of the Kenworth Basketball Team. When the court was demolished by the municipal government, the team starts to practice in the compound of the Dulay Ancestral house or in the court found in the church yard.

Everyone who grew up in I.Mendoza street have been involved in one way or another with the Kenworth Basketball Team, either as players, muse, cheer members, meron, spectators or supporters.

The golden year of the Kenworth Basketball Team was in 2005 when they almost won the championship in a barrio league had it not for a controversial shot of Batang M.Roxas. Kenworth, aside from the runner up finished, won the best coach, best muse, and best uniform. Their crowd prepared video recordings of the game, dance numbers, flags, banners, cheer numbers, they have a dance party, videokee sessions, pustahan and glitters… appearing as more victorious than the champion.

The Kenworth Basketball Team was managed by Atong Eugenio and later by the Dulay family. During Christmas, the team does street dancing with former team members and former residents of the street as visitors.Its coaches were Danny Justo, a city hall employee and Junie Basco, a businessman. Its muses were Beng Penaflor, Julie Eugenio and the “mysterious pretty visitor” from the province.