By Maegan Green<\/p>\n
Over 50 students participated in the first three games of the Memorial flag football season on Saturday Sept. 8.<\/p>\n
The competition will be divided between four teams:\u00a0MountN\u2019 Dew Me, The Gang Bang, Team Night-Night, and The Juicers.<\/p>\n
Every Saturday, three games are played, and one team plays twice.\u00a0 For the first round of games, there were five teams.<\/p>\n
Team Unknown disbanded after the first week, and the players were assigned to other teams.\u00a0 The final scores were as follows: Team Night-night over the Juicers 6-5, The Juicers beat Team Unknown 10 \u2013 3, andMountN\u2019 Dew Me defeated Team Unknown 10-9.<\/p>\n
This is the third year Hood has hosted intramural flag football.\u00a0 This Saturday afternoon eventwould not have existed without Kevin Johnson, president of Memorial Hall.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reason we started this is to give people something to do on the weekends and from that it has turned into so much more,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing I am really proud of is all of the support we are getting,\u201d said Johnson. \u201cPresident Volpe was here the other week, and it is nice to see members of the student body watch us every time we play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Each year, more players join the roster, which means more competition.\u00a0 \u201cI think the most exciting thing about this is how serious and competitive everyone is,\u201d said Johnson.<\/p>\n
There is a lot of excitement, and controversy heading into this season. Previously, people who lived in the area and former Hood students participated. Now, anyone who is not currently enrolled at Hood cannot participate.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s stupid that people who don\u2019t go here are not allowed to play,\u201d said Flenner Hoagland of Team Night-Night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see it both ways,\u201d said Christopher Carmichael of the Gang Bang.\u00a0 \u201cI think that people who don\u2019t go here should be allowed to play and that Hood wants to avoid liabilities, but why can\u2019t they just have players sign waivers?\u201d<\/p>\n
Ryan Scheckells had nine receptions and two touchdowns for Mount N\u2019DewMe.\u00a0 Kevin Johnson threw six touchdowns with 26 completions for the Gang Bang.<\/p>\n
Tyler Fairley had 30 completions, and threw five touchdown passes for Team Night-Night.\u00a0 Dom Cetrone had 18 completions and threw six touchdown passes for the Juicers.<\/p>\n
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