Campus Recreation is back in full swing this week with the first round of intramural sports. It looks to be an exciting season for the fall sports as softball, flag football and soccer begin. The leagues are looking as competitive as ever, and teams are determined to take home the coveted intramural champion T-shirts.
Softball is back in action with games in both the co-recreational competitive and men’s competitive leagues as front-runners begin to make themselves known. There were some dominating victories and some close matchups in the first week of competitive play. In the co-rec competitive league, I’d Hit That proved themselves as a force to be reckoned with, with overwhelming victories over The Raccoon Rampage (15-0) and Dingers and Dongs (9-3). Also capturing a victory this week was I Am 12 with a 17-2 win over the One Hit Wonders. In a much closer game, Dingers and Dongs bounced back from their loss to I’d Hit That with a win over The Raccoon Rampage (12-8). In the closest co-rec competitive game of the week, WTOP-10 managed to win by one point over Dingers and Dongs (5-4).
In our men’s competitive league, the competition is looking fierce. Yup fought their way to the top of the leaderboard this week with two big victories over Master Batters (6-2) and Sheesh! (19-2). Yup looks to be one of the teams to watch this season. How’s That Fair? also managed to snag a victory over Sheesh! in a game with a final score of 11-4. In the final game of the week, The Bueller Boys defeated Hit It and Quit It in a final score of 10-3.
Looking forward to the next sport, soccer stats coming from the men’s competitive, men’s recreational and the co-rec leagues are promising. There were some close matchups this week with Real Saucy taking on Young Boys (2-1). After a hard-fought game by both sides, Real Saucy walked away with their first victory of the season. In another close game, C’Mon Phil defeated Oxford United (5-4) and were able to secure themselves a victory.
In the final men’s competitive game of the week, 1926ers took down Young Boys in a final score of 4-2. In the men’s recreational league, there were some very exciting games. In the first game of the week, Halls & Balls and Heifers Handsomes fought valiantly, but were only able to tie (2-2). Later in the week, Los Pollos Lokos handed Heifers Handsomes their first loss in a dominating victory of 4-0, while Halls & Balls walked away with a win over Kung Fu Kenny’s Dojo (4-0). SAE FC captured their first victory in a close game and final score of 1-0.
In the co-rec league, 2 Goals 1 Cup dominated with two victories over Obtuse rubber goose (3-0) and CG 2.0 (5-3). Kick My Balls managed to secure their first win over Rooney Toons by two points (4-2). The final two games of the week ended with the same final score (3-2), but handed victories to two teams. Let’s Get Messi defeated Scott’s Tots (3-2) while Off Sliders II took down Namaste in Bed (3-2).
From the flag football 7 vs. 7 competition, there was an exciting first week of play. In the men’s competitive league, THE-D-BUS defeated the Metards in arguably the closest game of the week. In a nail-biter finish, THE-D-BUS walked away with the victory in a final score of 22-21.
In a larger margin of victory, FumbleThis defeated Big Ballers in a final score of 53-6. In the men’s recreational league, there was only one scored game this week. Sheesh! defeated Halls & Balls in a final score of 37-6.
Campus recreation is looking forward to watching these seasons progress and to eventually crown victors in these leagues. Also, coming up are registration deadlines for the broomball, badminton, pickleball, floor hockey and basketball leagues.
