(UPDATE) WHO would have thought a bunch of boys from the municipality of Umingan who've virtually never tasted the tough and rough action in the big city would emerge champions of the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Under-18 Championships Sunday at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum?

And who would readily agree to the fact that their coach didn't even get to play competitive volleyball at all — although he ran the 100, 200 and 400 meters of athletics in his elementary and high school days representing the Pangasinan town that sits on the border with Nueva Ecija?