Students play basketball at WCC in winter 2019. Winter sports can help students stay active during the cold season. Voice file photo
By Brian Babcock
Staff Writer
Michigan winters can be a blessing and a curse; they can offer many enjoyable outdoor activities such as ice skating, skiing, or sledding. However, they can also keep many people trapped indoors due to the rainy, snowy weather.
In the winter semester, WCC students will have the opportunity to get involved in a variety of intramural sports and activities. Bowling, tennis, ballroom dancing, dodgeball, March Madness brackets and guessing Superbowl scores will all take place indoors, safe from the snow.
Intramurals are a great option for students who don’t want the commitment of joining a club sport and going to practices, said Matt Lucas, who is the Supervisor of Sports at WCC. Lucas described intramurals as being an all-around more flexible option for students looking to get active. Another appeal of intramural sports is that students, as well as staff and faculty can participate, said Lucas.
When it comes to the friendly competition of guessing Superbowl scores and making March Madness brackets, it is more of a game-night environment that falls in the realm of sports. The Superbowl score guessing activity involves seeing who can guess the closest final score for this year’s Superbowl game. For March Madness, the sports office will be passing around paper brackets for submission.
“Alpha, our mascot, will pick a bracket, and then we tie that to the challenge of having people beat Alpha’s bracket,” Lucas said.
In order to participate in intramural activities such as tennis, bowling, ballroom dancing, and dodgeball, students must be taking at least three credits at WCC, have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher and fill out an online waiver through Campus Connect.
Owen Read, a second-year student at the college, has enjoyed participating in intramural dodgeball during the 2019 winter semester.
“It was just a really good way to burn off some extra energy, and compete against other people on campus,” said Read. “The dodgeball especially was really fun.”
Students with questions about either intramural sports or club sports are encouraged to visit the WCC Sports Office at SC 116 or swing by the WCC Sports Winter Recruiting Days table in the Student Center on Jan. 14 and 15. For more information about where and when intramural sports will be held, login to WCC’s Campus Connect Page and go to Intramural Sports under Organizations.
