Soccer teams at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School make history with championship win

The soccer teams at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School are bringing the Cristo Rey Cup back home to Takoma Park Maryland for the fourth year in a row The four-peat is something that means a lot to the seniors on the guys and girls soccer teams at Don Bosco Cristo Rey It was something really special for me declared high school senior Martin Ferrufino He notified WTOP that he felt sad walking off the field for the last time I got a little emotional commented Ferrufino When sought if he had tears the high school senior announced just one Like Ferrufino fellow senior Sophia Lopez won the Cristo Rey Cup which is the largest athletic tournament among the Cristo Rey grid of schools every single year of her high school career It felt amazing Lopez mentioned When demanded why her unit was so flourishing Lopez with tongue firmly in cheek replied because of our talent The girls company had a new assistant soccer coach this year and McKayla Joaquim believes she knows why the company is a quadruple champion They just bring really positive awesome vigor that shows on the field and they all believe in each other mentioned Joaquim Just how dominant are the Lady Wolfpack No band was able to outcome one goal on them during the tournament In the finals we won four to zero commented Joaquim The school s president Mark Shriver is thrilled that both teams won again this year While he points to their achievements in the classroom and at work The students work one day a week which helps to subsidize their tuition along with grants and donations The school s population is Hispanic and African American and Shriver commented the kids are inspiring People ought to come out and see us because the young people will inspire you declared Shriver We all need hope and they re giving us hope every day The example Shriver pointed to was the boy s company s freshman manager who fell and broke his shin before the first event of the tournament After the club won the first place they went was to the hospital to visit the freshman so he could hold the cup I don t know about you but when I went to high school the seniors didn t know I existed freshman year reported Shriver That speaks to the type of kid we have here Shiver smiled as he looked at a picture of the soccer club still in their kit standing around their injured freshman manager as he held the cup I m more proud of that than I am of winning the cup again commented Shriver Source