Rec Clubs: Intramural leagues wrap up their seasons

As the spring term comes to an end, so does another round of Campus Rec’s intramural leagues. This term, the intramurals program organized outdoor soccer and flag football competitions, as well as an indoor basketball league.

The football league is an eight-man flag football tournament that began with a round of exhibition games, which were followed by a regular season and postseason games. The postseason championship game is scheduled for Sunday, June 6 and will feature the league’s top-two teams, the Kala Roots and the Wanna Brees.

Intramurals coordinator Rusty Vineyard said the eight-person, co-ed flag football tournament was a new offering in the intramurals program. “We offered full-field, eight-man competition with contact,” he said. “This allowed players to block downfield and block on the line of scrimmage.”

“For a first-time event, we were very happy with the turnout and feedback we have received thus far,” Vineyard said. “We will surely offer the sport again in the future.”

Another intramural league that saw a successful response was this term’s basketball league, which featured 16 co-ed teams. The season began in mid-April and the postseason schedule began Thursday and will continue to the championship game at 8:30 p.m. on June 3 at the ASRC.

“Basketball was a surprise this season,” Vineyard said. “We offered it for the first time as a league this spring.  We had a league that was set up for 12 teams, but soon became a 16-team league due to the overwhelming response.”

According to Vineyard, hosting the games at the new ASRC instead of the old Stott Center held its own advantages. “The ASRC surface is new,” he said. “But the primary thing that sets it apart from the Stott Center is the amount of time we now have to program our leagues, tournaments, and special events.”

The Presidents Cup soccer tournament is a six-person co-ed competition with no goalkeepers, and games are held at the Stott Field. There are no calls for offsides, and penalty kicks are uncontested and taken from midfield. The postseason games began on Wednesday and will culminate with the final match, which is scheduled for June 2.

“I think our staff and officials have done an outstanding job this soccer season,” Vineyard said. “Our officials that we utilize are students here at PSU. All of our student officials receive two to three days of training, covering things such as rules, mechanics, positioning and game management.”

For the winter term, the intramurals program hosted basketball, volleyball and indoor soccer leagues—all of which were played at the newly opened ASRC.

The intramural leagues are scheduled to return in the fall with indoor soccer, basketball and volleyball.