With a new spring semester comes a new season for Oswego Campus Recreation Intramural Sports.
The men’s basketball tournament began Jan. 30. In the opening game, No Gimmicks lost to Straight 5’s, 63-28. The OWRFCIMBTCWNJ downed Kappa Sigma by 11 points. Free Agents also dropped the ball against United Nations 49-43. Ballers beat TKE by 24 points. On Thursday, United Nations picked up their second win against Oswego Ballaz. OVO beat Straight 5’s 66-55, while Size Don’t Matter 2.5 won their first game against The OWRFCIMBTCWNJ.
Playoff games continued this week as Days In The East Vol. 1 downed PDS 52-46. The Caucasian Invasion beat Daddy Dutchmen by eight and the Troy Aikey’s beat Oz Godz to win their second game.
After a full season of broomball last semester, Campus Recreation gave teams the opportunity to play again. The spring broomball tournament began Jan. 29 with the first men’s game as Snowflakes defeated Twerk Team 3-2 to move on. Play continued Jan. 31, as the Metards battled The Legion of Broom. The Legion of Broom gave up the only goal scored on a shorthanded breakaway, as Zach Butler shot it between the goalie’s legs to nab the game winner. Dump and Chase defeated Teenage Turpin’ Squirtles 3-0. The Tallmans lost a close game to Snowflakes 1-0. The Devin Smiths also moved on after getting a shutout win over The Shooting Seamen, as Matthew Glasgow was perfect in net.
In the CoRec bracket, the East Mafia beat The Unsweepables 1–0. The Ice Pack moved on to the next round from a forfeit, but in the quarterfinals the Average Joes were unstoppable, shutting them out 6-0. The Average Joes will take on Special Cay in the semifinals, after Special Cay beat Menopause Pt.2 in a tough battle, 2-1.
The indoor soccer season has kicked off this past week as well. In the CoRec recreational league, the Average Joe’s beat Game of Throw Ins 6-3. Timmy Mascia scored four goals, as Leander Manning and Courtney Wingerden also showed up on the scoreboard. DJ Gonzalez, Liam Krug and Jake Sauter all had goals for Game of Throw Ins. Also in CoRec recreational, PJ & Friends took on Curry Countdown. Curry Countdown had three goals from Alexander Biefeld, Drew Garen and Emily Gunn, but it wasn’t enough as Devin Durner and Erin Johnson totaled five goals. PJ & Friends went on to win. In the CoRec Competitve league, Off Sliders beat Ambassadors in a tight game 2-1. Madison Bush and Berhan Meghezzi each scored for the Off Sliders, as Collin Campbell scored for Ambassadors.
ZBT fought hard against United Nations in the men’s recreational soccer league. Zachary Leo had an early goal in the game for ZBT. Samuel Cope also received a pass from Andrew Perrella and scored around eight minutes into the game. United Nations were not done yet though and came back scoring four goals in a row. Ji Un Kim passed it through the middle to Alotaibi, who was able to bury it. Quentin Lamb also had two goals. ZBT’s Ian Coscuik scored off a cross. ZBT scored another goal late in the game, but United Nations held on to win, 5-4.
