Intramural Sports

Steve Buonfiglio Guest Writer

Intramurals in 2006. It seems a lot like IMs in 2005, and is strikingly similar to IMs in 2004, but it’s not, not at all. This is 2006—we in the IM Office live in the here and now.

IM Soccer kicked off last week. And what a mighty kick-off it was, as Raymond trounced (Is 6-2 a trouncing? I think it might be.) Project Santino. Now, if any mothers of Project Santino players are reading this, it was a valiant effort by your sons and daughters. It was a moral victory, which epitomized sportsmanship and all that is right in the world. For you Raymond fans, well, you know the truth.

Rob “the Heart Throb of Soccer Fans” Voigt ’08 and Julia “Don’t Let her Fool Ya With the Cross-over” Pujo ’09 starred as the pride of Raymond.
The recreational story of the week, however, was that Team Gay Sex succumbed to the very same Project Santino on Feb. 12—by a 6-1 score—worse than a trouncing! Team Gay Sex, how the mighty have fallen. Santino was led by Eric “The Cool” Theriault ’06 and Lisa “Soccer Feaster” Strumwasser ’07.

In the competitive league, the action began on Feb. 12 and the squad of the evening without a doubt was Team Bolognious, who won two close matches: 4-3 over the defending champs, The Replacements and 2-1 over The Rookies. The star of the night was Matthew “Jelly In The” Belli ’09. In other Comp action, Rufio and the Lost Boys, led by James “Iron Toe” Ricci ’06, upended Sundance Express by a 2-1 count.

3v3 basketball is underway as well. The team of infamy is Boom Bow Surprise (also known as Eugene “The Machine” Izrayelit ’06 and Joe Barkan “At the Moon” ’06), who missed the entry deadline but snuck in due to seeing me in the College Center before I made the schedule. Then, on Feb. 12, they choose to ignore the schedule and played a team who was in the gym, but not their opponent. Boom Bow Surprise for me, I guess. Team Anarchy is more like it. It’s madness! If everyone did this sort of thing, well on Sunday evenings, I might as well stay home and…hmm, I heard that Desperate Housewives show is all right. From now on, everyone ignore the schedule. See you at graduation.

Teams that did observe the rites and rituals of IM society included Trey Land who defeated Range Out of the Gym. Unfortunately, we did play in the gym. Trey Land was led by the Six Million Dollar Man of IM’s—Awesome Austin Brookner ’07. Rec action was highlighted by WKYA’s win over G’ed Up from the Feet Up. The former were led by Richard Bi ’06, whose J was like a dagger through the heart to the G-team.

Which leaves volleyball. Team Balls is off to a flying 2-0 start, led by “Crossing” Jordan Campbell ’06. Team Balls downed both Rufio and the Lost Boys and Team Boot ’n Rally to take command of the Rec League. It was the best thing in the Athletic Center since Wyclef.
In comp action, Team Gay Sex, having recovered from the soccer debacle, won a tight match over the vaunted Gimps, 2-1.

A monument is being constructed of Tye Schulke ’08 to commemorate his efforts in this match. Maybe.