Intramurals raises money for Haiti

With Dodgeball registration this year, teams were asked to pitch in five dollars towards the campus-wide campaign to raise $10K for Haiti relief. Any additional dollar over that amount the team member donating money could earn an additional 100 points for the I-Cup. This incentive allowed several students who were high ranking in the standings to catch up a little on Chaz Elrod's secure hold on the number one spot. All total the initiative raised over $110 to go towards campus efforts. A huge thanks to Donald Rucker's team for bringing in the most money.

Games began on Tuesday night in Cooper and will run throughout the month of February, with the playoffs concluding the season.

Kickball Champs

Keita Yamada's team beat the all-freshmen team of Monstars to win the Kickball tournament championship on January 28.

Intramurals in on relief work

Kickball is still going on in Cooper, but in Bartlett the Intramurals staff is hard at work planning the spring semester's lineup of events. Dodgeball will be the first event to kick off the next semester. However, instead of canned food collection for this event, Intramurals has decided to do a monetary buy-in for the event. The money collected will not only get your team registered, but for every dollar your team donates we'll exponentially increase your points throughout the event. All of the money raised will go towards Haitian relief efforts through Partners in Health. The student body has set a goal of $10,000 to raise between now and May. So help support this great effort and be a part of something bigger than just Intramurals!

New J-Term Intramural Event

The Intramurals staff has added a new Intramural event to J-Term this year! Co-Ed Kickball will begin on Tuesday, January 12 in Cooper. You need to register by Friday at 2pm to participate. And remember, it's co-ed so make sure you've got some people from the opposite sex on your team! We hope to see you in Cooper next week!

Three Point Shootout finds new life

The three-point shootout competition normally draws a select group of students with the talents to shoot, under pressure, and come up big. This year saw that expanded with a large group of men participating and a larger than normal ladies group. When all the shots were taken and points tallied, Alyse Ray and Eddie Rivera were left standing as champions. Alyse was on the championship powder puff team, while Eddie just came off a soccer championship two weeks ago. Both are consistent participants in Intramurals and took their skills to Randy Lamber Court on Wednesday night to compete against Moriah Gross and Jimbo Paul from Carson Newman. Each year the Intramurals champions from both schools compete at halftime of the rivalry game to see who can come out on top. It was a split decision again this year with Alyse bringing the championship back to Maryville, while Jimbo won by one basket to steal the title from Eddie. Intramurals now takes a break during finals and the holidays. We'll see you all in J-Term!

Dodgeball Tournament Draws Crowd, New Champions

The mini-Dodgeball tournament held before Thanksgiving break garnered quite the participation from both the men's and women's teams this year. Over 20 teams signed on to play and earn those highly coveted champions t-shirts. Derek Hunt's team took home the championship on the men's side while Ashley Sullivan's team dominated the pack yet again in the ladies pool. The smaller tournament-style offering was added at the urging of spring sports athletes so they can take advantage of competing against all of the fall sport athletes who just completed their seasons. This also afforded all non-athletes a chance to warm up to the larger Dodgeball season which is held in February.

Soccer Tournament Champions

Joga Bonito pulled the upset in the Draw Soccer Tournament against Global Fighters. By the final score of 4 to 1, Andrew Huddleston's team secured a come-from-behind victory from the loser's bracket to win.