Fut­sal In­tra­mu­rals Be­gin

MISHAWAKA--On Mon­day, Jan. 16, fut­sal in­tra­mu­rals will be­gin in Wiekamp. Fut­sal is a game that is sim­i­lar to soc­cer, with a few rule changes due to its in­door na­ture and to let our school soc­cer play­ers join.  

Ac­cord­ing to Nicholas Geever, the res­i­dent di­rec­tor of Oak­wood and di­rec­tor for Bethel cam­pus in­tra­mural sports, there are a few things stu­dents need to know be­fore kick­off. The games will take place every week on Mon­days and Thurs­days at night. It will be five-on-five, sim­i­lar to last se­mes­ter’s bas­ket­ball in­tra­mural. Fut­sal typ­i­cally takes place on in­door turf, but Bethel is im­pro­vis­ing to use the bas­ket­ball courts. The bound­aries are sim­i­lar to those of a bas­ket­ball court, and play­ers will not be able to bounce the ball off the wall to keep it in play. The ball will be dif­fer­ent than nor­mal with it be­ing coated in more rub­ber so it does­n’t fly far.  

When it comes to cre­at­ing teams, there are two spe­cific rules to fol­low.  

“Each team is al­lowed to have a fe­male on their team and on the court, as well as a max­i­mum of three [ju­nior var­sity] or [var­sity play­ers] on your team,” Geever said.  

No team may be com­prised solely of soc­cer play­ers. Pre­sea­son will last for four to five weeks with every­one hav­ing matches against each other in a round robin type fash­ion. At the end of the time pe­riod, every­one will have a win-loss score and will be seeded ac­cord­ingly for the fi­nal tour­na­ment, which will take place the last week be­fore spring break.