In­tra­mural Up­dates: Suc­cesses of the Sea­son

MISHAWAKA— In­tra­mu­rals bring many stu­dents to­gether whether they are par­tic­i­pat­ing or com­ing out to sup­port. This year for in­tra­mu­rals, Nick Geever, Res­i­dent Di­rec­tor of Oak­wood and Di­rec­tor of In­tra­mu­rals, said it has been nice to get back to some nor­malcy since com­ing out of COVID-19. 

Last year, many events had to be can­celed or re­formed due to the pan­demic. Geever said there were not many ex­pec­ta­tions to con­form to, which gave some free­dom and op­por­tu­nity for new ideas.

“Know­ing that there is al­ways some­thing avail­able for the stu­dents is re­ally what we are ex­cited to have back,” Geever said. 

This in­tra­mural sea­son opened with vol­ley­ball, which is the sport that Bethel’s cam­pus ral­lies hard for. Over 100 peo­ple signed up for this sea­son and there was huge stu­dent sup­port turnout the first and last weeks of games. 

“[It’s re­ally ex­cit­ing] just be­ing in­volved with each other and see­ing com­mu­nity again,” Geever said. 

A va­ri­ety of games have al­ready hap­pened this year. The 3v3 bas­ket­ball sea­son is wrap­ping up and the last game will be right be­fore Thanks­giv­ing break. The Manges vs Oak­wood foot­ball game was back in ac­tion this year, as it did not take place last year. In ad­di­tion, dur­ing the GO2BU week­end, de­spite the bad rainy weather, there was a disc golf tour­na­ment. About 30 peo­ple came and par­tic­i­pated. Be­tween funds pro­vided by ad­mis­sions and in­tra­mu­rals, al­most every­one that par­tic­i­pated re­ceived a gift card or prize of some kind.

“[It’s] def­i­nitely fun just to see some of those tra­di­tions come back,” Geever said”

Geever said there have been a few in­juries over the course of the se­mes­ter but that does not over­rule the fun that is had by stu­dents. 

“In spite of those in­juries, we were re­ally im­pressed with just how well the teams pre­sented spirit for them­selves, but also re­spect for the other team,” Geever said. 

For next se­mes­ter, stu­dents should ex­pect to see Fut­sal and Spike ball.