Blue-Violet winsACT Olympics Basketball Championships

Glued Grip. Alyassa Usop of the Blue-Violet team
courageously made an attempt to steal the ball from
the even more steadfast Zeth Castillon of the Green-

Yellow team.

Photo by Triziah Jo Bondoc

July 16, 2016 –The blue and violet team won the basketball championships during the ACT Olympics which was organized by the ACT Supreme Student Council (SSC).

The blue and violet team was proclaimed the champion because of their 22-point lead gained mostly by their point guard, Phil John Quimada, who scored 18 more points after. Their opponent, the yellow and green team, on the other hand, had scored 30 points.

Halfway through the basketball championships, the game was heating up. The players were competitively trying their best to earn a score for their team, regardless of the injuries sustained in the process.

The yellow and green team was desperately trying to catch up with the blue and violet team’s score. With the teamwork and skills showed by ZethCastillion and Arfiel Ray Manigbas, they were able to gain the upper hand in the last quarter and gave their team a score of 33 points.

On the second half of the basketball games, Manigbas had serious cramps on both of his legs which caused him to stop playing. “The game was great but tiring. I didn’t get a time to rest, thus causing me these cramps,” Manigbas said.

The bright and sunny day had really increased the intensity of the ball games where junior high school students were randomly grouped regardless of their level –to extend their profile to other Asianistas and work together to finish tasks and obstacles. The team building activities were great ways to know other people more and learn how to work with them.

Although there were injuries and defeats that day, the game was still great.

- Dominic Ceballos