Girls AASCA Basketball Tournament 2008

During October 2008, EIS received teams from all of Central America. There about five schools participating. Each school had male and female representatives. It was a very difficult and competitive tournament. Teams demonstrated their capacity and how hard they had worked during two long months to conquer the first place trophy. Definitely the best teams in the tournament were from Honduras; both the American School of Tegucigalpa (AST) and Escuela Internacional Sampedrana (EIS) did an excellent job throughout the games. But only one could go home as the AASCA champions. The entire EIS student body was able to see the first game that he girls played. The girls’ team did an amazing job. They played great game and as a result they won with a big difference against the visiting team. We were all very excited because it seemed that this was going to be the year in which EIS was going to achieve another first place trophy in the female section. That same say the girls’ team had another game in the afternoon against our sports nemesis: The American School of Tegucigalpa. You could feel the tension in the air; the anxiety grew as the time for the game got closer. The players seemed confident but somewhat nervous. The time for the game had come. Unfortunately the team could not defeat the AST girls’ team. Honestly every time one of our teams looses against this schools we all feel really down. But it was only one game if the girls won the rest of the games they still had a chance to go to the finals.The girls’ team did ever thing to get to the final; which they did. The thrill of being on a final was transmitted from student-to-student. Everyone was really excited and, I guess, we all thought that we had the championship in our hands, but we forgot that we had to play again against AST. It was a Saturday afternoon and the girls’ final was about to begin. The Cafetorium transformed completely and it was full of cheerful students. The student body showed a lot of school spirit and they cheered for the girls all throughout the game. It was an intense and hard game. Since the beginning of the game AST demonstrated that they wanted to win, but the EIS girls showed the same emotion and they were having a great game. At the end it was not enough for our team. AST had won once again. Although the girls’ showed enthusiasm and they wanted to win the other team made more baskets and the time ran out. We have all seen that this basketball team has a great future ahead of them. They are a young team and with some more practice they can do a lot for the school. We are all proud of them and we care for the them and hope that someday they will become the AASCA champions and also the national champions.
-Carolina Tosta