UTRGV University Recreation in Edinburg and the Texas Southmost College Recreation Center in Brownsville have intramural sports opportunities available for the 2020 spring semester.
“It’s a good way to relieve a little stress,” said Arturo Cabrera, UREC Coordinator for Competitive Sports & Camps. “A lot of these players, especially the ones straight out of high school … still want to compete. They have that competitive edge in them, and they just want to try to continue their active lifestyle.”
Both facilities have different procedures to sign up, schedules for registration and playtimes.
Edinburg
Intramural events are open to all UTRGV students. It is also open to faculty, staff and alumni with a UREC membership on the Edinburg campus.
The recreation center in Edinburg will offer registration for session two beginning today through March 26. It will host a captain’s meeting Friday March 27 at 5 p.m. in the UREC second floor conference room.
For the second session, sports available are 6×6 volleyball, softball, 5×5 flag football and tennis, which will be offered for play starting March 30 through April 23.
UREC will also host tournaments for racquetball, kickball, badminton and a rock-climbing competition.
Brownsville
Intramural events are open to UTRGV students enrolled in at least one credit hour in Brownsville and all TSC students. UTRGV and TSC faculty, staff and alumni with a Rec Center membership can also register.
The recreation center in Brownsville has league registration open for handball and volleyball until March 26.
Registration is also open for tournaments such as racquetball until April 1 and flag football until April 15.
Agnelia Tiffany Hernandez, TSC Recreation Center’s coordinator of Intramural Sports, said UTRGV and TSC are involved in extramural sports.
“We are part of the South Texas Championship Series, which is a committee where Texas Southmost College, UTRGV, [Texas State Technical College] and [South Texas College] … we’re in this committee, and we host several extramural tournaments throughout the academic year,” Hernandez said.
Students can register for play by creating an account on IMLeagues.com and then signing up for an intramural or extramural sport of choice.
Once signed up, students can form their own team or declare as a free agent to be selected by a team.
For more information about the UREC, go to utrgv.edu/urec. For more information on the TSC Recreation Center visit tsc.edu/index.php/recreation-center.html.
