25/07/2026
BACK TO ZERO.
The bronze medals are still new in the trophy case.
Last May in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, the Davao City National High School Boys Volleyball Team — wearing Davao Region Eagles — fought its way to a historic bronze in the Palarong Pambansa 2026 secondary boys volleyball. NCR and CALABARZON played for gold, but it was City High that stood on the podium, helping power Davao City to its best national finish as the 5th best SDO out of 220 nationwide.
Then the team graduated. Just like that.
This SY 2026-2027, DCNHS is back to zero.
Walk into the campus gym and you’ll hear it immediately. It’s the same gym, but a different team. Raw. Still developing. Shanks, mistimed quicks, serves in the net.
But the hallmarks are still there.
That’s City High volleyball: first ball is life. Low, stubborn defense. Relentless floor coverage. You have to kill them three times to score. That DNA won the bronze in Agusan, and it’s the only thing Coach made non-negotiable for the rebuild.
Everything else is new.
New captain. The energetic guy from last year’s bench, but reliable. He watched the Palaro mostly from the sidelines last May. Now he has to lead the huddle.
New setters. Both Palaro setters graduated. That’s losing your brain. The connection isn’t there yet. Every day is a negotiation of tempo.
New big-time players. Previously bench and role players from the Palaro 2026 Team now ready to step in and step up in the role.
They know what people will say: REBUILDING YEAR
They don’t see it that way. Last year’s team defended a legacy. This team is forging an identity. There’s nothing to defend, only something to build.
The bronze belongs to history. This team is 0-0.
