Category: Sports

Health, Sports

5K run around campus

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The 5K Fun Run that took place in front of the gym on Tuesday had few participants but high spirits. Intramural workers cheered racers on as they ran. The race involved going around the out- side edge of the campus twice in order to reach the distance of 5 kilometers. Photos by Colby Farr/Foghorn Angel Gonzales finished in first place ahead of the other racers. Angel Gonzales was the first to finish with the time, 21:05. Aaron Enriquez finished second with the time 23:21. Kristy Urbick finished third with 25:25. Laura Flores finished fourth with the time 44:36. Angel Gonzales,…

Sports

Students dig deep for intramurals

Gabriel Myers

There is an ongoing intramural volleyball league at Del Mar College. The games take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Kinesiology building in the gym. The games are at 3 and 4 o’clock in the afternoon, with each game being decided by who wins two sets out of three. The first two sets are played to 25, and if the teams split the first two sets they play a winner-take-all third set that goes up to 15. The league will be ending on the Tuesday after Spring Break, March 22. Gabriel Myers/Foghorn Aaron Combs and Irene Trevino play spikeball…

Sports

Jenga, the game of epic proportions

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Kristy Urbick, the director of intramural sports, hosted Giant Jenga on Feb. 17 at the Kinesiology building in the gym. Photos by Colby Farr/Foghorn Sara Torres (from left), Kristy Urbick and Belinda Hernandez pick up the pieces after a failed attempt to stack the blocks. Six people attended to see how tall they could build the tower of blocks before it fell. It was an afternoon of high tension as participants held their breath in anticipation for whatever would happen next. Every time the blocks fell, a loud crash followed, rattling the table. At the end of the day, the participants found…

Campus, Sports

East bests West in Viking Bowl

Gabriel Myers

East Campus came out victorious at this year’s Viking Bowl, a flag football game between the staff at Del Mar College’s East and West campuses. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen your “well-respected” professors get in each other’s face over rule changes during a flag football game, and that happened often at the Nov. 20 game, played on West Campus. There were festivities leading up to the game such as the punt, pass and kick competition, and the two campuses faced off in a game of tug of war at halftime. The game started out with no scoring from either…

Book Review, Entertainment, Sports

Biography on Michael Jordan an intriguing read

Gabriel Myers

“Michael Jordan The Life” may be one of the most interesting and in-depth biographies ever written. Author Roland Lazenby goes to great lengths to be as detailed and thorough as possible. This isn’t just a book about Michael Jordan’s stats or accomplishments, because you don’t even have to know basketball to know that Jordan is widely regarded as the greatest to ever play the game of basketball. This book takes a look at the making of Jordan and offers readers a look into why Jordan is who he is. You get a look into the psyche of Jordan, the intense…

Campus, Sports

DMC intramural flag football kick off

Gabriel Myers

C. Robert Gonzalez/Foghorn Clay on the Free Agents dives to catch the football. The tournament will be continuing through Dec. 2. This will be the last intramural event until next semester. While Del Mar College employees showed off their flag football skills at the Viking Bowl on Nov. 20, DMC students also have been tak- ing part in a flag football tournament of their own. The intramural flag football league has been going on here at Del Mar, and it seems to have been the most competitive of the intramural sports this semester. The league began on Nov. 16 and will…

Entertainment, Movies, Sports, TV

‘Trojan War’ a deep look at USC football team

Gabriel Myers

“Trojan War” is an ESPN 30 for 30 about the Pete Carroll-led USC Trojans football team from 2000-06. The documentary, directed by Aaron Rashaan Thomas, begins by explaining the history of USC football and the success they had enjoyed from 1960s into the 1980s before falling from national prominence. Thomas then goes into the struggles that USC faced in the 1990s and how the hiring of Pete Carroll in 2000 was faced with much criticism from the media because he was a failed NFL coach who had never coached college. The documentary then begins to focus on three players, Matt…

Community, Sports

Flour Bluff football season a lackluster one

Gabriel Myers

Friday night lights came to an end Nov. 6. No, I don’t mean the movie or TV series. I’m talking about the Friday night lights that took place every Friday at Flour Bluff High School this football season. The Flour Bluff Hornets needed to win, and they needed a loss by either the Victoria East Titans or the Gregory Portland Wildcats. Flour Bluff beat the Alice Coyotes 27-21, but they didn’t get the loss they needed so their season end- ed in disappointment. Gabriel Myers/Foghorn The Flour Bluff Hornets rush onto the field to kick off their game against the…

Campus, Sports

DMC basketball tournament ends with a big bang

Gabriel Myers

Photos by Gabriel Myers/Foghorn Blaze Farrow (right) grabs the rebound in the 3-on-3 intramural basketball tournament, which took place in the East Campus Gymnasium on Nov. 4-5. The 3-on-3 intramural basketball tournament took place Nov. 4-5 and ended up with the Toon Squad coming out on top over the Vikings. The tournament started with eight teams, and the format was that to advance you had to win a best of three series. It was double elimination, and it was scored by ones and twos. The Toon Squad was undefeated going into the championship round, and the Vikings’ only loss was…

Campus, Sports

Spirit Day sets up campus showdown

Maria Lara

Calling all Vikings to come out and show your school spirit and your school colors. The East Campus versus the West Campus soon will meet in a faculty showdown. Spirit Day will be the kickoff to the infamous Viking Bowl on Nov. 20. The faculty will compete for the win and bragging rights in flag football. At 12:30 p.m. Oct. 30 in the Gymnasium on East Campus will be the official kickoff for Del Mar’s campaign. The campaign helps raise money for scholarships. Contributed photo Robert Muilenburg (left), assistant professor of journalism, blocks for assistant instructor David Longnecker at a…