Category: Sports

Photos by Jonathan Garcia/Foghorn Timothy Gonzalez eager to keep the ball from landing on the ground to score points for his team. The intramural volleyball league ended Oct. 13 with the Benchwarmers beating the Digglets in the championship game. The volleyball league started on Sept. 25 and culminated with a tournament. Eric Trevino reaches high to spike the volleyball while having fun in the process. INTRAMURAL SCHEDULE Oct. 21-22: 3v3 Basketball Tourney Oct. 29: Halloween 5K Nov. 3: Texas Hold ’Em Nov. 9-24: Flag Football League Nov. 21: Tennis Singles Dec. 5: Racquetball Tourney Ongoing: 100-Mile Challenge View registration details…

    The Houston Texans have gotten off to a shaky start this season after having playoff aspirations in the preseason. Their troubles have been highlighted by an ongoing quarterback shuffle between Brian Hoyer and Ryan Mallett. Hoyer was the opening day starter, but was benched in favor of Mallett after just three quarters of play. Mallett then started the next four games, but was benched in the second quarter of the Week 5 loss to Indianapolis in favor of Hoyer. Hoyer was set to be the starter again in Week 6 versus the Jaguars and coach Bill O’Brien claims…

    The Dallas Cowboys are in big trouble right now with all the injuries they have suffered and it’s clearly affecting the team. Tony Romo broke his clavicle in his non-throwing shoulder and will miss another seven to 10 games and their other star player, Dez Bryant, has another week or two before he comes back. The Cowboys are 2-0 with them and without them so far they are 0-3. Brandon Weeden is not the answer at QB as he lacks confidence to throw the ball down field and instead elects to throw it to the check down, and…

  Samantha Douty Managing editor One of the more interesting raves among larger universities is the incorporation of quidditch, the Harry Potter series sport, now being played by students. Students are using the sport as a fun and unique way to get together with friends to be competitive against other students at different universities. Del Mar College’s intramural sports program should follow the example of the larger schools and create a quidditch team. Quidditch at Del Mar will bring more students to campus to play with friends. This, as a result, will create more loyalty and involvement with the school.…

John Muguerza Reporter Every year when the NFL draft comes around fans from every team begin the off-season with some kind of renewed optimism. Whether it’s a run at a Super Bowl title or selecting a player that is deemed the savior for a struggling franchise, this is the time of year where hope springs eternal. Well, maybe not eternal but for at least till the start of the preseason. But over the last 20 years some of the biggest busts in NFL draft history have been selected, setting back and affecting franchises in every negative way imaginable. Every franchise…

  Vivien Sanchez Editor-in-chief The good news: The 100 Mile Challenge is in full swing. The not-so-good news: We’ve proven that journalists and math aren’t the best off friends, as we grossly miscalculated our goal for this semester in our last issue. As a team we would love to entertain the idea of completing 15,000 miles, but realistically, some of us want to survive to see graduation in May. After redoing the math, we are relieved to be aiming for a more practical goal of 1,500 miles. With 15 people originally intending to take part in the challenge, each would…

Diglets take championship after tough game Carlos E. Gonzalez / Reporter SHORT! GOT IT! UP! SPIKE! These were words that were being shouted during the championship round of the Viking volleyball tournament. The tournament started Oct. 21 with seven teams playing their hearts out. One team came in exceptionally strong, and Diglets played to prove that they were meant to be champions. “We knew we were the team to beat from the beginning” said Bogart Lagunes, captain of the Diglets, who had gone undefeated in the tournament. What the Diglets weren’t ready for was the play tactics the Volleybabes brought with…

Carr dominates his opponents in table tennis Carlos E. Gonzalez / Reporter Everyone was moving back and forth, switching between their left and right hands, standing on the tips of their toes hoping to come out victorious. Twelve players participated in the double-elimination pingpong tournament that took place in gym on Oct. 23. Each match was played best of three with the first player to reach 11 or win by 2 the victor. The roster was filled with many familiar faces as well as a few fresh faces who have recently participated in intramurals activites. In the past most of the…