REC Sports and Wellness turns to esports
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
May 1, 2020
With the intramural spring sports seasons being cancelled, Recreational Sports and Wellness turned to a new type of competition for university students. The REC launched its first-ever esports season in the spring semester of 2019. The idea came about due to students having no way to compete against eac...
2020 Spring intramural schedule
Briyana Anderson, Staff Reporter
January 28, 2020
The REC will be hosting several events with Intramural Sports in February. Sports that are included in the lineup for February are basketball, soccer and softball. New sports in this semester’s lineup include doubles racquetball and doubles badminton. Registration is now open for all sports. A new...
Templet elected on executive board of LCIRSA
Briyana Anderson, staff reporter
December 13, 2019
Jason Templet, coordinator of competitive sports, was elected for being on the executive board of the Louisiana Colleges Intramural and Recreational Sports Association this semester. Templet explained his new position that he was elected for. “The position I was elected for was being on the boa...
Women’s rugby looking for interested female student-athletes
Symiah Dorsey, Staff Reporter
November 22, 2019
Women interested in playing rugby have the opportunity to form their own club team and compete against other universities. Interest meetings will be held for females interested in the sport, and the development of the team will be dependent on the number of students who are willing to participate. ...
Flag Football wraps up season with championships
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
October 29, 2019
The 2019 Intramural Flag Football season wrapped up Tuesday night with the championship rounds in Strawberry Stadium. In the first game, Kappa Sigma A team defeated Kappa Sigma B team 24-12 to win the men’s greek league, in the second game Phi Mu Fraternity defeated Alpha Omicron Pi 7-6 to bring h...
Pennington looks to hire fitness instructors
Gerard Borne, Staff Reporter
October 11, 2019
Recreational Sports and Wellness will offer more group fitness courses throughout this semester. With the addition of new courses, there is a also need for more instructors to teach these classes. Seth Thomas, director of Recreational Sports and Wellness, hopes to hire dedicated and passionate...
Intramurals return for Fall 2019
Gabrielle Wood, Staff Reporter
September 22, 2019
Each semester, students have the opportunity to compete against each other by playing intramural sports through the Recreational Sports and Wellness program. The university offers many ways for students to stay active and get involved on campus. The university’s recreational sports program...
Pennington offers ‘Silver Sneakers’ class to community
Gerard borne, Staff Reporter
September 11, 2019
Recreational Sports and Wellness offers multiple group fitness classes six days a week in the Pennington Student Activity Center that is free for students. One of these group fitness classes is “Silver Sneakers” a course designed for elderly men and women to stay active and meet new people while...
Creating a club sport
Johnathan Zeringue, Staff Reporter
March 19, 2019
Starting a club sport requires active engagement between its members and administration in order to produce a successful program. Creating a club sport on campus begins by meeting with the Office for Student Engagement. After discussing the club’s purpose and other details, a new student organization packe...
Greek intramurals provide opportunities for bonding and socialization
Diamond Hollins, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2019
The Greek Cup, which is awarded to the Greek intramural team with the most points in sportsmanship and participation, sets apart Greek and non-Greek intramurals. Jason Templet, coordinator of competitive sports, shared what makes Greek intramurals different from non-Greek intramurals. “The Greeks h...
A racket, a serve and over a century of history
Zachary Araki, Assistant Editor
February 13, 2019
Intramural sports may promote physical activity and student engagement on college campuses, but their introduction also carries on the history of sports like badminton. The sport originates from battledore and shuttlecock, a game that resembles one in ancient Greek drawings. A more modern version of t...
Spring sports filling the rec
Jacob Summerville, Staff Reporter
February 5, 2019
Recreational Sports and Wellness is offering 11 intramural sports leagues for students to participate in, including a tournament at Louisiana Tech University in April. The spring schedule starts with doubles racquetball on Feb. 6 and ends with “Swamp Bowl” on May 2. Jason Templet, coordinator of competitive sp...
