2008 Woodie Awards
Intramural Leagues Ready, Waiting For Students
Dario Melendez Staff Reporter
Issue date: 9/22/05 Section: Sports
Sacred Heart is starting the 2005- 2006 school year offering six different intramural leagues. Students are able to satisfy that competitive spirit and at the same time get involved in the SHU community.
"Intramural sports are a great way to meet new people and just have an all around great time," said Assistant Director of Intramural Sports Nick Kasal. "It's an awesome way to have fun exercising and getting fit."
"We have a lot of new and exciting things happening this year," Kasal said. "We added three new intramural sports: dodge ball, ping-pong, and pool. We also are creating our own official website which is going to have schedules, results, upcoming events, and a lot of pictures."
With flag football, volleyball, the 5-on-5 basketball tournament, and the three new additions to this semester's line up, sophomore Joe LaVaca of Long Island, N.Y. is very excited.
"I'm already scouting a team for basketball," LaVaca said. "It's just so much fun meeting new people and making some great friends; I met my two best friends from playing intramural basketball last year."
LaVaca also said that he wanted to take part in other intramural sports but was unable to come up with a team to play with.
"If you don't have a team, don't worry," Corie Caccese, Director of Intramural Athletics and assistant of the Pitt Center, said. "All you have to do is find out when there are games and we will place you on a team."
Outside of the paper work, the intramural program is run mainly by students.
"We have student referees who are at every game," Caccese said. "Whether it be flag football or dodge ball, (the students) are the ones enforcing the rules and making sure that everyone is having a great time."
The intramural program also belongs to a highly accredited organization which only a few other universities, nation wide, belong to.
"NIRSA, National Intramural- Recreational Sports Association, is a very elite organization which we are proud to have been a part of for five years," Caccese said. "Universities that are part of NIRSA are invited to participate in nationally held tournaments, outings and conferences, some being held in Las Vegas, Nev., and Boston, Mass. It's a huge plus.
"Intramural sports are a great way to meet new people and just have an all around great time," said Assistant Director of Intramural Sports Nick Kasal. "It's an awesome way to have fun exercising and getting fit."
"We have a lot of new and exciting things happening this year," Kasal said. "We added three new intramural sports: dodge ball, ping-pong, and pool. We also are creating our own official website which is going to have schedules, results, upcoming events, and a lot of pictures."
With flag football, volleyball, the 5-on-5 basketball tournament, and the three new additions to this semester's line up, sophomore Joe LaVaca of Long Island, N.Y. is very excited.
"I'm already scouting a team for basketball," LaVaca said. "It's just so much fun meeting new people and making some great friends; I met my two best friends from playing intramural basketball last year."
LaVaca also said that he wanted to take part in other intramural sports but was unable to come up with a team to play with.
"If you don't have a team, don't worry," Corie Caccese, Director of Intramural Athletics and assistant of the Pitt Center, said. "All you have to do is find out when there are games and we will place you on a team."
Outside of the paper work, the intramural program is run mainly by students.
"We have student referees who are at every game," Caccese said. "Whether it be flag football or dodge ball, (the students) are the ones enforcing the rules and making sure that everyone is having a great time."
The intramural program also belongs to a highly accredited organization which only a few other universities, nation wide, belong to.
"NIRSA, National Intramural- Recreational Sports Association, is a very elite organization which we are proud to have been a part of for five years," Caccese said. "Universities that are part of NIRSA are invited to participate in nationally held tournaments, outings and conferences, some being held in Las Vegas, Nev., and Boston, Mass. It's a huge plus.