Alcalá 1986

One of the fastest growing and most exciting aspects of college life at the University of San Diego is the intramural spans program. Intramural spcrts used to mean men's ba ketball, men's soft– ball, and men's flag football. This year, students will have had the opportunity to participate in over twenty different leagues, tournaments, and special events. In addition, competition is now held for men's, women·s, and co-rec teams. However, intramural spcrts is more than JUSt athletic competition. Over the years, the intramural program has helped foster many friendships for the students, faculty. and staff of the University. Ic has served as a rallying paint for fraternities, sororities, residence halls, clubs, and commuters. There is always a standing room only crowd when two fraternity teams take to the field. students will remember the comraderie, competition, and good times associated with their intramural participation. The thoughts of after-game parties celebrating an– other victory will linger long after graduation day. Winning is not everything however, as anyone who attended an off-campus intramural C'Vent will attest. Midnight bowling, Friday night golf, and the beach volleyball tournament may have pro– vided the most enjoyable times of all.

Winning does however have it rewards, and many students made a full-time JOb out of trying to procure that elusive champion hip t- hirt. Of such hope wa many a dynasty born. In men' softball it was The Kerns who were JUSt last y.::ar replaced by Uncle Wiggley·s Travelling All-Star . The King is dead. Long live the King. In cor-rec oftball, the eymbol of excellence has been passed from Chutzpah to Better Buy the Case to queeze Play. While who's Poltz (who caresn dominates the volleyball scene. the BAMF own the flag football world, and Thursday Night at the pigot is the ba ketball team everyone want to beat ( but can't), there is till one sport without a dyna ty. Floor hockey. the fastest growing sport of them all, has yet to have a repeat champion. There would be no champions in any sport were it not for the intramural official. Without excep– tion, the intramural official is the key man (or woman) in ins.iring that games are fair and that all players have a good time. In return the official receives many reward including: an hourly wage that would cau e a bus boy to go on strike, more verbal abuse than a bar room bouncer. and about as much re pect as a junior high substitute teacher. In addition, the official mu t be a trained boxing and/or wrestling referee even though neither are intramural perts. It is truly amazing that there i such a thing as a returning official. Yet there are many. Thi is just another ign that intramural pirit is alive and well at the University of an Diego. 'port 123