Can Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School get a 4-peat in the Cristo Rey Cup?

Sophia Lopez left and Martin Ferrufino hold up last year's Cristo Rey soccer tournament trophy WTOP Jimmy Alexander Sophia Lopez left and Martin Ferrufino hold up last year's Cristo Rey soccer tournament trophy WTOP Jimmy Alexander When athletes achieve a four-peat they breathe the same rarefied air as teams like the New York Islanders - the Houston Comets - and largest part in the last few days the University of Oklahoma Softball crew - The men and ladies soccer teams at Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School hope to join that particular list this weekend at the fourth annual Cristo Rey Cup This is the largest athletic tournament among the Cristo Rey arrangement of schools bringing students from Philadelphia Baltimore and two local schools from D C and College Park Maryland The round-robin tournament takes place at Northwest Branch Recreation Park on Saturday and the championships are Sunday at Catholic University Since the start of the tournament the boys and girls Wolf Packs have won each year and this year s seniors don t want the winning streak to end on their watch Sophia Lopez described WTOP that she s not nervous at all I m really confident I think our squad for sure will bring back the cup she announced The Hyattsville native did not love soccer when she first started playing at the age of four I hated it My mom tells me stories about how I would inevitably run into the goal and hide Lopez noted I genuinely was forced into the sport Lopez eventually learned to love the sport and by age six was the only girl on her gang Another senior with his eye on the prize is Martin Ferrufino Four wins in a row is what we re hoping for Ferrufino noted More local stories The Inn at Little Washington s chef celebrates th birthday DC region could be doing more to attract retain teachers for preponderance vulnerable students analysis finds Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in cabinet shutdown All of the students within the Cristo Rey arrangement of college preparatory high schools are part of the corporate work-study undertaking Thanks to the project s sponsors and donations families with an annual income of pay roughly for the year tuition to attend the Takoma Park school led by its president Mark Shriver Brian Kohler the school s director of progress and communications noted the students work once a week as part of the corporate work-study plan We are super excited to promotion over students from the D C area to have a really solid and top-quality Catholic tuition that combines both internships and work-study options with a solid educational experience Kohler reported The jobs Kohler announced could be at anything from a law or communication office to a hospital The school was established in and now has over students made mostly up of Hispanic and Latino students and African American students A majority of the students have a GPA or higher When Lopez graduates she hopes to go to college for sports medicine For Ferrufino it s about engineering or possibly architecture as well Source