On September 11, the intramural season kicked off with four softball games on Williams Field. These games signaled the start of a long-time college tradition, intramural athletics.
According to senior Jeremy ?Bugs? Hartke, Director of Intramurals,? there will be a host of sports offered this year. This semester will include football, softball, ping-pong, powderpuff football, dodgeball and disc golf. There is also a video game tournament in the works.
Intramurals are open for any MidAmerica Nazarne University student or staff member, and the sports will take place on various nights throughout the week. Softball will be played on Sundays and Mondays, while powderpuff teams will compete on Wednesday nights. The flag football teams will battle on Thursday nights throughout the fall semester.
Senior Jake Isbell plays on the softball team ?The Double Entendre? and enjoys the softball competition.
?Even though I?m not very good at it. I?ve been on the same team since I was a freshman, and it?s a blast.?
When asked why he plays intramural sports, Isbell replied, ?It?s a way to continue to have fun with your friends outside of class, and compete. I love it.?
Senior Kelly Neiderheiser, a competitor on the powderpuff team ?The Heisman Hunnies,? says she plays intramurals because, ?I like being on a team and making new friendships and having fun.?
?It?s fun competition between you and your friends,? Hartke said. ?It?s a way to get involved in the school. And you get a cool shirt if you win a championship.?
When asked about the championship t-shirt, Hartke said, ?I can?t describe the t-shirts. You have to see them to experience it.?
Hartke is the current Director of Intramurals, a position on the Associated Student Government Executive Council. This is his first year in the position.
?I love to play sports and I wanted to see some new things added to intramurals and I figured there was no better way [to change things] than to run for the position,? he said.
Registration for softball, football and powderpuff? is currently closed.
By Brett Stillman
Source: http://trailblazer.mnubox.com/2011/09/19/intramural-season-kicks-off-with-softball-flag-football/
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