By Roselyn B. Monroyo
Variety News Staff

PENNANT champion Department of Community and Cultural Affairs I and the Department of Labor took easy routes to the semifinals of the men’s division of the 2006 Inter-gov’t Softball Leagues after pounding their respective foes at the Miguel “Tan Ge’ Basa Pangelinan Ballfield last Tuesday.
Labor grabbed the third semis ticket joining No Zone and the Ports Police in the Final Four after whipping Customs, 18-4.
Tim Wesley went 4-for-4, while three other teammates were also perfect from the field to lift Labor to a 14-point win.
Wesley had two runs, three singles and an RBI.
Roy Tanope, Mitch Aguon and Ton Pangelinan went 3-for-3. Tanope also had three runs and two RBIs, while Aguon scored three runs, one double, one homerun and four RBIs. Pangelinan made three runs and had two RBIs.
Chris Alepuyo also did his share in Labor’s victory going 1-of-2 with three RBIs.
DCCA I completed the semis cast when it routed the Legislature in the second game, 36-1.
DCCA pitcher Chi pitched in no relief for five innings allowing only one homerun, which was scored by the Legislature’s Andy S. at the top of the fourth.
A majority of DCCA I’s batters were on target in their playoff match against the Legislature.
First baseman Ton Camacho was 5-for-5 and scored four runs and had eight RBIs.
Mario Sablan went 4-of-6 with four runs and two RBIs. Joey Dela Cruz and Benjie Tagabuel both went 4-of-5 with the former scoring three runs, one double, two homeruns and six RBIs and the latter posting one double, one homerun and two RBIs.
James Fleming was also perfect on the field going 5-for-5 with five runs, one triple, one homerun and three RBIs, while Mel Sakisat went 4-of-5 and had three singles, one homerun and three RBIs.
Jun Saralu, Jake Celes and Chi had two runs apiece.
DCCA was playing No Zone for the first finals berth last night, but the results of the match were unavailable at press time.
No Zone advanced to the semis after beating the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., 17-7, last Monday.
The second semis game featured Labor battling the Ports Police. They were also playing last night. The Ports Police gained a semis entry after clobbering Procurement and Supply, 13-0.
The DCCA-Public School System semis tiff in the women’s division last Tuesday was called off due to haze and was being played last night.
The winner of the second semis game in the women’s division will meet CUC in a best-of-three title series, which will start tonight.
CUC advanced to the finals after a 6-5 upset over pennant champion Finance.