Intramural Sports

Not only are there Division III sports here at Elizabethtown College, but there are also intramural sports! Each season has different sports.

During the fall the intramural season is started off with Soccer. This is a co-ed league and is more for fun rather than the harder spring version. Fields and teams are shorten and rules regulate how many people (boys and girls) must be on the field at all times. These games normally take place on the turf field later in the evening under the lights.

Later in the season comes intramural volleyball. This, again is a co-ed sport. These games consists of 6 team members, 2 of which must be girls, on the floor. You can play with less than that, but you must have 2 girls.

The next sport down the list is Flag Football. This is the fall sport that everyone waits for. The rules and regulations were renovated in the Fall '07 to make a more competitive atmosphere. There are now 8 people on the field, 2 of which must be girls. the new addition to this year's rules are that there must be 3 down lineman when the play starts. Another new rule is the no kick return rule. This makes the game based merely upon marching down the field to score rather than seeing who can ran the fastest on a kick-off. Overall, this is the most played sport and can become very competitive. It normally lasts from October all the way until finals week for playoffs. Be careful out there in the cold!

The next sports is intramural basketball. This is the first spring sport and starts about 3 weeks into the new year. This is a non-co-ed sport here at Etown. Boys and Girls leagues are separate. This makes for some entertaining games on both sides of the ball. There are scoreboards for each team and everything! Games are played on weekends, and late nights because scheduling gym time can be tough with guys and girls varsity basketball as well as varsity baseball and the varsity softball teams all trying to practice.

The next spring sport is soccer. This is the same as the fall sport only a little bit harder because the soccer players can play in the league this time. Watch out!

The last sport in the spring is Softball. This is a co-ed league with a minimum of 3 girls on the field at all times. It is played like softball with 10 people on the field. It is very fun and played in the afternoon and late evenings on the fields next to the turf.

Overall, Elizabethtown offers a wide variety of intramural sports to keep you active and healthy. It is a good way to make some new friends and play some sports that you love, but might not have enough skill to make the school team.