This fall all enrolled VSU students have a chance to show their skills, determination, and teamwork in 16 different intramural sports.

Seven sports have begun play since the start of this semester. The intramural schedule ranges from physical sports like 7-on-7 flag football, the new 1-pitch softball, and tennis singles to more knowledge based activities like college football pick‘em and fantasy football.

Most of the sports are broken into leagues that try to match players with others of the same ability. The bigger sports such as 7-on-7 flag football, which hit the 100 team mark for the first time this semester, are split up into women’s and men’s A and B leagues, co-ed leagues, fraternity and sorority leagues, and the newly added residence hall leagues.

Intramural sports even have the dominant teams that bring their A games each and every season. The defending champions of men’s A league flag football, the Delivery Boys, have kept up their winning ways for years and are looking better than ever so far this year.

There are still nine more sports this fall semester that students can start preparing for. Indoor volleyball, indoor soccer, table tennis and 2-person golf scramble are all available for registration from Sept. 19 to Sept. 28.

“I like the competition that all the college students bring to the field,” Ryan Fitch, a senior exercise physiology major, said. “It makes it fun and interesting as well as a challenge.”

Even the staff that runs the intramural leagues enjoys the competition and fun that these sports bring.

“My favorite intramural sport to play is flag football,” Mallory Price, assistant director of intramural and club sports, said. “It’s a great team sport with a lot of strategy and skill involved. I love that the teams get very competitive and I can be outside.”

The intramural sports leagues also provide students with job opportunities. For just about every sport an open try-out is held for students who are interested in refereeing these sports. The auditions are generally three days long and the interested individuals are taught the rules and how to make the calls.

“It’s a lot more exciting that most jobs,” Ellis Spratlin, a junior exercise physiology major, said. “You get to move around and interact with people your own age. Plus it really looks good on a job application.”

Students interested in playing or working with the intramural sports program can visit Campus Recreation to learn more about these great opportunities.