Sports
September 27,1991 page five
The Rise and Fall of Brent Road
Intramural
Football
Going Strong
by Hannah Simonds
This year’s intramural flag
football competition is composed
of sixteen teams that are akeady
proving to be very competitive.
One interesting note about this
year’s competition is that seven of
the sixteen teams are freshman
halls, while only one senior hall is
participating.
Even though tackling is not per
mitted in flag football, there is
still plenty of spirit and activity.
Each player wears a belt around
her waist with two flags attached,
one on each hip. Instead of tack
ling, the opponent pulls off the
flag. In addition, warnings are
given if any unsportman-like ac
tivity occurs. All in all, this re
sults in a high energy, grueling
battle with the danger of injury or
in some cases, insult Each touch
down is wortli six points and the
touchback option is utilized due
to the lack of field goals. Two
halves consisting of fifteen min
utes each and a ten minute half
time make up each game, and
only six players per team are al
lowed on the field at a time. On
Tuesdays and Thursdays, games
are held at 4:00 pm and 5:W pm.
On Mondays and Wednesdays,
games are held at 4:00 pm, 4:50
pm, and 5:30 pm.
Currentiy, only three teams have
progressed to me quarter finals.
Second Poteat-International
House, first Brewer and third
Stringfield, whose teams has
twenty-five players, are the quar-
ter-finalists so far. However, tihe
games continue. Competition
began on September 11, and by
October 1, the quarter-finals will
have been completed. The semi
finals are set for October 2. The
“Superbowr is scheduled for
October 16 at 5:00, and WRAL
TV-5 is expected to cover the
game.
If you have any questions
about game times or getting on
your halPs team, ask the intra
mural representative from your
hall or check with MRA. Hope
you make it to the field!
Tennis Team
in Tournament
by Hannah Simonds
Meredith College’s 1991-
1992 tennis team has already hit
the courts and met some tough
and challenging play. Our
Meredith Angels have already
faced Randolph Macon and
Longwood. Meredith was suc
cessful with Randolph Macon,
winning six matches and drop
ping thr^. However, as expect^,
Longwood was very tough and
Meredith came away with added
experience but no victories. But
after having played two matches
this week, the tennis team is gear
ing up for a tournament at Hollins
College this weekend.
This year’s tennis team is a
young one with only one senior,
Lisa Howey, four juniors, Jean
Dailey, Libbie Farmer, B.A.
Eagles and Heather Beard, three
sophomores, Jennifer Williams,
Ashley Cooper, and Rachael
Gilley, and four fireshmen. Amber
Revelle, Mandy Ellis, Kim Collier,
and Debbie Brown. Coach
Massey has each player ranked
and the ^ six of the twelve com
pete in singles play. However, the
team has their own challenge
matches in which members play
one another. It is in winning a
challenge match that a player has
an opportunity to advance in the
team rankings. But for doubles
play. Coach Massey picks three
teams that work well together and
does not base their coupling on
team rankings. But Coach Massey
also stresses that there is great
opportunity for advancement in
team rank and the 5,6,7, and 8
positions rotate and shift fre
quently.
Games are preceded by a 30
minute warm-up and most games
are played with No-add scoring,
which means that the next point
after deuce wins. Coach Massey
feels that this method of scoring
allows for quicker games.
This week, the Meredith
tennis team will be facing Mt.
Olive at home on October 2 at
2:30 pm and will be traveling to
Queens College on Friday,
October 4 and to Wingate
College on Saturday. October
5.
by JeanneStancil
In three short years, my neigh
borhood has changed from a place
I was proud of, a place that felt
like home - quiet, neat, filled with
sane people - to a place that re
sembles the aftermath of a street
war in a third world country. I
used to look out my window and
see a few neat townhomes pro
tected by a patch of woods at the
end of the street, woods that of
fered serenity and served as a
buffer against the busy thorough
fare beyond. The lawns were neat
and lush with green grass the year
round. Mailbox posts were
decorated with vines that bore
lavender and white flowers in the
summer, and as the seasons
changed the vines were replaced
by miniature mums that hugged
the base of the posts and displayed
autumn colors of bronze and yel
low. Window boxes were filled
with red geraniums, marigolds,
and herbs. Cars were parked only
in driveways, and people came
and went in an orderly manner.
All was cozy and well on my little
street.
But then one day the little patch
of woods was gone, soon to be
replaced by still more townhomes
crammed uncomfortably close to
our own. Then my neighbors
began to move, and one by one
were replaced by people who must
have been rejects from neighbor-,
ing towns. They came in flocks; {
where there used to be three peo|^e \
living in a house, now there were
six! The street that used to be
wide is barely passable, for cars
are now parked nose to nose up
and down both sides of the street.
People no longer come and go at
normal hours - a party is likely to
erupt at any moment. The regu
larly scheduled parties on the
weekend are so large that people
spill into the streets; and stereos,
along with couches and chairs,
are placed in the yard for the oc
casion. The noise is so loud I
cannot hear my own TV - even
with the windows closed! My
morning ritual must now include
time to pick up the empty beer
cans and cartons, broken whiskey
bottles, and empty Hardee’s bags
that have been thoughtlessly
thrown into my yard. I usually
can open the mailbox and find not
just mail but a half filled beer can
abandoned from the night before.
The colorful flowers are gone too;
the only colors the lawns show
now come from the red and blue
logo on an empty Domino’s Pizza
box. This picture is completed by
numerous white dots - pieces of
paper left in the yard to be rained
on and then baked by the sun into
a globby white paste. I feel as if
Brent Road has been invaded and
that I am the last holdout in the
fort. I’ve come to the conclusion
that I must abandon the fort Now,
along with the pizza boxes, beer
bottles, and pieces of paper, I have
placed a FOR SALE sign in my
yard.
AJlAot/gA this article was
written approximately four
years ago. Ms. StauciJsti/J
i'esi(ies on Brent Road be
cause she was unahle to seJI
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