Fair Play: The awesome girls of STC
OVER the years in covering the sports scene, I realized there are some schools you can readily assume to be successful in sports and some that just don’t do sports.
It’s a pity really, since students can get a diploma through an athletic scholarship and considering the values a student-athlete gets from being a player, sports should be one of the priorities of a school.
St. Theresa’s College used to be one of those schools.
A real pity since schools that excel in sports these days get the lion’s share of the limelight thanks to girls from STC.
Heck, if you happen to read your name or your school’s name in the papers, chances are someone from STC wrote it.
But, thanks to a rag-tag group of maverick footballers, STC is slowly trying to get its share of the sport scene.
A football title in the Milo Little Olympics does that.
I remember seeing this team in last year’s Milo Little Olympics and one thing that really struck me most was not their skills, but their enthusiasm for the game.
And I know first-hand that sometimes, it’s all that matters. When nobody believes in you, your belief in yourself can and will overcome the odds.
I think that’s the essence of sports and STC is living it.
Overcoming all those odds, not to win, but because you simply believe you can beat the odds.
The success stories that abound in running are proof of that.
The STC girls, too, had to overcome long odds.
STC had no sports program. But these girls managed to find a coach, train in an open patch of ground—to call it a football field would be a stretch. They even bought their first set of uniforms, that’s how determined they were.
But one of the greatest obstacles was convincing the school admin to let them play.
And judging from the stories I hear of STC grads, that is no easy feat.
How did they change that? Like I said, they’re a determined bunch.
“The support of the parents and the girls’ determination convinced the school to allow them to play,” teacher Ella Rose Averilla told Sun.Star Cebu.
That determination led to their 2-1 win in the secondary girls’ football finals last Saturday against the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu, a school with a strong football background.
Darn, I wish I saw that game. It isn’t everyday that you get to live stories like this.
Aiko Manaloto probably felt she won the lotto when she scored the winning goal.
Scoring that goal made all the things the team had to go through, worth it.
“After three tries, we finally won. This is nothing short of awesome. This year has been great because we now have the support of the sisters,” she said.
She’s right. It is nothing short of awesome.
By the way, the sisters she mentioned are not members of some club or a term she calls her friends.
It refers to the people who run their school who have finally learned the value of sports.
Their participation has paved the way for STC to get active in sports. (Aside from football, STC also joined other events).
Last Saturday’s win, according to Arevilla, may also prod the school to formally have a sports program.
Way to go sisters! (This time, I mean all the STC people.)
The STC girls’ success in football happened because a bunch of girls refused to believe that they can’t do it.
They pursued their dream, worked hard and pushed on. They got the support of their parents, and eventually, their school.
And that is awesome!
It’s a pity really, since students can get a diploma through an athletic scholarship and considering the values a student-athlete gets from being a player, sports should be one of the priorities of a school.
St. Theresa’s College used to be one of those schools.
A real pity since schools that excel in sports these days get the lion’s share of the limelight thanks to girls from STC.
Heck, if you happen to read your name or your school’s name in the papers, chances are someone from STC wrote it.
But, thanks to a rag-tag group of maverick footballers, STC is slowly trying to get its share of the sport scene.
A football title in the Milo Little Olympics does that.
I remember seeing this team in last year’s Milo Little Olympics and one thing that really struck me most was not their skills, but their enthusiasm for the game.
And I know first-hand that sometimes, it’s all that matters. When nobody believes in you, your belief in yourself can and will overcome the odds.
I think that’s the essence of sports and STC is living it.
Overcoming all those odds, not to win, but because you simply believe you can beat the odds.
The success stories that abound in running are proof of that.
The STC girls, too, had to overcome long odds.
STC had no sports program. But these girls managed to find a coach, train in an open patch of ground—to call it a football field would be a stretch. They even bought their first set of uniforms, that’s how determined they were.
But one of the greatest obstacles was convincing the school admin to let them play.
And judging from the stories I hear of STC grads, that is no easy feat.
How did they change that? Like I said, they’re a determined bunch.
“The support of the parents and the girls’ determination convinced the school to allow them to play,” teacher Ella Rose Averilla told Sun.Star Cebu.
That determination led to their 2-1 win in the secondary girls’ football finals last Saturday against the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu, a school with a strong football background.
Darn, I wish I saw that game. It isn’t everyday that you get to live stories like this.
Aiko Manaloto probably felt she won the lotto when she scored the winning goal.
Scoring that goal made all the things the team had to go through, worth it.
“After three tries, we finally won. This is nothing short of awesome. This year has been great because we now have the support of the sisters,” she said.
She’s right. It is nothing short of awesome.
By the way, the sisters she mentioned are not members of some club or a term she calls her friends.
It refers to the people who run their school who have finally learned the value of sports.
Their participation has paved the way for STC to get active in sports. (Aside from football, STC also joined other events).
Last Saturday’s win, according to Arevilla, may also prod the school to formally have a sports program.
Way to go sisters! (This time, I mean all the STC people.)
The STC girls’ success in football happened because a bunch of girls refused to believe that they can’t do it.
They pursued their dream, worked hard and pushed on. They got the support of their parents, and eventually, their school.
And that is awesome!
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