ViCtOrY! ViCtOrY! ViCtOrY!

Who says it is impossible to win over someone who is older than you? For me, I don't believe this. Why? I am going to tell you a story.

Month of November 2006. First day of our Intramurals celebration. Pressure and excitement is surrounding the atmosphere especialy to us, the Softball team of the Sophies. If only you know about our sad experience last year. But all right, I am going to tell you.

It was our first time to play Softball with the other years but unfortunately, we weren't able to bring home the bacon.It was really a sad experience. That is why we practiced hard so that it won't happen again.

Our first game was against the Seniors. As always expected, we were defeated. But did you know what happened? A big miracle happened! It was at that time that I realized that if we just persevere enough, everything is possible. The Seniors were shocked that we had a strong defense. They never knew that we could be that strong. Even I myself could not believe that we are much professional than before. I never knew that our defense began to rock! I just knew that we practiced hard. At first we were nervous because Karen, our pitcher, throws the ball at the wrong direction causing a freewalk. I was stationed behind her as the center fielder. I keep on telling her to stay calm and the words:"don't be too nervous. We can do it". As the game goes on, our team became stronger but we were defeated again.

Our second game was against the Freshies and luckily we won! We weren't expecting this because the Freshies also had a good defense but I think they lack something. I think they lack confidence. Because I notice that if their score is too low,their fighting spirits suddenly vanish. But we, even though we knew that we are going to loose or our score is too low, we just smile and lighten our spirits. There is always a chance. And the next time we teach and practice the lower years, we will never forget to tell them to always have a fighting spirit.

As I was saying, after the game with the Freshies, our next game was against the Juniors. Our team has been waiting for this time to come. Why? After Our defeat against them, when we were still in our first year, we promised to persevere, work and practice hard. And now the time has come to show to them how prepared we are.

Morning at the last day of our Intamurals at the back of the Cultural Building this moment happened. The winner in this competition will face the Seniors in the finals. One reason why we really want to be in the finals is that we will be able to accept our banner as a team on the stage.

When it was time to start the game, we chose defense so that if ever the Juniors are in lead, there is still a possibility that we can take the lead because the first team who chose defense will be the last to bat. The Juniors started the game with their first bat. Then we had our turn.The bad thing is that they were in lead so we have to do more. When it was our last time to bat, we prayed and told ourselves that if it is His will that we will be defeated, we will just have to accept it but we should try our best. And when it was time, we never knew that we will be able to take the lead. The game ended with our victory. Beating the Juniors was such a great honor. But this doesn't end here. We still have to practice again and again to be able to reach our true VICTORY....