The Joy of Intramurals

By Addy Tan

Sports plays quite an important role within the Dalat community; students and parents are actively involved with after school sports. The recent re-introduction of intramural sports has sparked joy within the Dalat students; the ability to stay after school to play your favorite sport brings people together as a team once again. Randomized teammates give us a chance to connect with the younger grades and make new friends. 

“I was excited because it was the first organized sport in a while and we could actually play full court basketball instead of half court scrims,” said Soo Wei Goh (11). 

After almost two long years without sports, almost everyone has been panting like a tired puppy trying to chase the ball. The sweat on their faces brings the joy of playing the sport everyone loves; the pain lasts a second while the memories last forever. Seeing the smiles after winning a game or the frowns after losing gives a sense of ordinary, it is as if Covid never happened. Students are working hard to not miss any chances that may interfere with their ability to participate in the after-school intramurals, working hard to stay off the NFL and keeping up with their classes. 

The foundation of sports is trusting your teammates and their judgements, and you can see the participants take the spare 50 minutes before their games to talk about strategies and do some warm up activities brings the team together. You can see the happy smiles while playing before the games, but as soon as they step on court, that friendship turns into motivation to win the game and advance through to the next round. 

“Have an open mind and not be afraid to ask for the pass, play as a team and not as a singular student,” said Dylan Chew (12). Work on what your plan is as a team and trust one another, and most importantly, just have fun!