Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Flag Football kicks off...

Flag Football kicked off on Monday, October 29 with the Padres and The Wall clashing in the first game. The Padres, led by Joe Gunter and Matt Pace, eeked out a victory in a last second play of the game to beat The Wall by a score of 24-20.

Tuesday's matchups see AJ Bennett's team, Go Hard or Go Home, meet up with Fire Escape, captained by Robby Bates in the 5pm game on the Intramural Field. The 6pm game will see the Padres go head to head with the Benchwarmers, lead by the Intramural Cup leader Christian Lockhart and company.

Games continue through Thursday of this week, and will resume again on Monday of next week. Check back for updates, or better yet, come watch the exciting games down at the Intramural Field.

Seniors take Powder Puff


Under the lights of Scotland Yard, the Seniors took the Powder Puff title, thus dashing the hopes of Sophomores and Juniors of a 3-way tie. In the first game of the night, the Seniors beat the Juniors by a score of 19-12. The second game saw the Sophomores shut out by the Juniors by a score of 12-0. The finale saw the Seniors beat the Sophomores by a score of 13-6.

For more highlights check out the current issue of the Highland Echo for pictures and a post-game wrap-up.


Monday, October 22, 2007

Tennis wraps up....

Tennis wrapped up last week with Kim Trevathan dominating in tennis, as most students predicted. Christian Lockhart finished second in singles play, continuing his quest for the Intramurals Cup.

The doubles team of Jack Casteel and Matt Murrill finished strong with a win over Laurel Strozier and Emily Brewer on Wednesday to take first place in the doubles category.

A spring tennis tournament is planned so check back here for dates and times! And a big THANK YOU to the MC tennis team and coaches for allowing Intramurals to play on the courts last week!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Classes vie for bragging rights

Next week is Homecoming Week 2007....and you know what that means....the big game!

No, not the one on Saturday afternoon. The biggest game on campus is the Powder Puff games on Thursday night! This year, thanks to the Head Baseball Coach, Powder Puff will be played under the lights at Scotland Yard. Games will kickoff at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 25.

If you are signed up to play, please turn in your medical consent forms and liability waivers to your coaches. The Coaches meeting is set for Monday, October 22 at 7 p.m. in Bartlett 223. One coach from each team is required to be at this meeting.

Tennis in full swing

Tennis had kicked off this week. The weather is finally cooperating and the singles and doubles players are enjoying great competition.

Faculty member Kim Trevathan won his first match against Brandon Todd Monday afternoon. Christian Lockhart, who is vying to win the Intramural Cup at the end of the year, beat Reed Carringer on court 3 during the 4pm matches as well.

Angelica Kehayes defeated Nicole Cashen in the women's singles division at 5 p.m., while Jack Casteel and Matt Murrill knocked of the doubles team of Reed Carringer and Christian Lockhart in the nightcap match at 6 p.m.

Play continues through Wednesday, October 17 at the tennis courts located behind the football practice facility.

GCO dominates World Cup of Soccer

Congratulations to GCO #1 on winning every game of the World Cup of Soccer to become the champions. Masa Toda led GCO #1 to a 2-0 victory in the championship game over Matt Murrill's Blue Angels who fought back from losing their first game of the tournament to win out in the loser's bracket. Unfortunately GCO #1 was too much for them on Wednesday, October 17.

GCO #1 consisted of: Captain Masa Toda, Keita Yamada, Sungwoon Hwang, Matt Tubbs, Mona Ahlhauser, Sam Howell, Ashley Bell, Maria Chocin, Ransford Sarfo, Whitney Prince, and Laurel Strozier.