student athletes of SLSPI qualified for SRAA 12 Polomolok vanquishes Sto. Niño kickers; Dumio tops goal records

Coolness over hotness!

Polomolok Futsal team composed of Junior High Schoolers of St. Lorenzo School of Polomolok, Inc. demolished the taller and bigger ball attackers of the Sto. Niño municipality in the former’s first game during the Provincial Meet of South Cotabato, March 31.

Depicting the place’s original coolness, Polomolok kickers displayed intensified composure to let the rivals feel that the name of their town did not intimidate them to be threatened with the El Niño’s effect, valid enough to tally 8-3 record.

Delivering the goods, Sto. Niño caught Polomolok off guard in the second minute with a goal that surprised them despite in full focus and locked in with adrenaline from excitement and pride, considering Saints’ futsal never trailed in prior competitions.

Just in an instant, Saints’ Futsal responded quickly thru Grade 10 phenom Danity Dumio who sailed through the field to even the score in an effort to stop the bleeding and tied things up and marked the beginning of the end.

What started as a tight and intense match turned the tide for the Sto. Niño players as Polomolok’s strikers came up storming scoring five consecutive goals courtesy of senior Nikki Auguis and Grade 10 hopefuls Wexelsen Tabiling and Danity Dumio.

The favored team began to dominate and subjugate their opponents, leaving them like philosophers without an explanation.

Polomolok’s futsal club was already playing with a ball that has strings on their feet in the remainder of the game time and with a score of 6-3, things were looking well.

“That first goal was all we needed, it increased our confidence, and started to play well and the rest was history”, Wexelsen Marie Tabiling stated in an interview.

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Coach Sir Dave Marion Villacampa said, “Their experience and discipline is a crucial component, those are one of the primary keys to our early success.”

He further pointed out that they began the game with a bang and, more importantly, a mark in the victory column. They finished the game with another set of two goals to put the cherry on top.

Proving her prowess in tremendous tempos of scoring goals, Danity Dumio was declared the top scorer among the Futsal players of the province and awarded ‘Golden Boot’ of the tournament

She successfully pounded the pavement in cracking the defense of the opponents’ goal

“I really did not expect for it because I didn’t know it was part of the recognition. It gave me mixed emotions receiving it. Overwhelmed might be the exact word to describe how I felt at that time.”, she stated.

She added that she couldn’t get it without the support of her team mates, Coach Gil who mentored them, Sir Dave and Maam Yvonne who coached and chaperoned the team.

By the end of the tournament the Saints Defenders (team’s name) ranked third in the over-