University College has wasted no time in beginning the second installment of last year’s first intramural football tournament. The University College Football League, which held its first games of the season a week ago, has once again began to set the bar for intramural sports on Prairie View’s campus. University College LCM Braxton Bennett who replaced Perry Holmes, has taken over the duties of overseeing the UCFL’s operations. “I just started where Mr. Holmes left off. He set very high goals for the tournament last year, and he achieved them, so no adjustments…if any, needed to be made.”
Six teams were set to face off in a tripleheader, Monday, Sept. 19. By the end of the night over a hundred students were gathered along the sideline to watch the fierce competition.
The first game was played between the ladies of buildings 45 vs. 41. Building 45, which is the women’s favorite, and expected to win the tournament, was coached by Adrian Jones. The game started, seemingly with an even playing field, but 41 wasted no time in scoring the first touchdown, making the score 7-0.
Before the end of the half building 35 managed to score a touchdown but failed to convert on the extra point, paving the way for a second half comeback.
In the second half, 35 came back ready to play. They scored on another touchdown and converted on an extra two points, taking the lead 14-7. 35’s defense began to let loose as they held building 41 to 7 points throughout the rest of the game.
Game two was home to the only men’s game of the night, building 43 vs. 47. When the clock started, an eager 43 began to dominate the field behind the energized coaching of Tristan Hardeman, who was forced to watch the game from the stands in the second half.
The coaching of Sam Robinson was not enough as building 43 won, 43-12.
The finale was women’s teams building 40 vs. 37. The game got off to a slow start with a lot of penalties being called, but the action began to pick-up in the second half. Building 40 pulled away a few minutes before the end of the game and scored a touchdown, winning the game 8-0.
When asked how the games went and about the players’ conduct, game official Derrick Lindsay stated, “There was a lot of emotion and spirit flying about on the field, the students showed great athleticism while balancing the medium of showing extraordinary sportsmanlike conduct.