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Students show off their skills with intramurals

Basketball enthusiasts of all skill levels formed teams for the 2010 intramural season to take part in friendly competition and fun."We just have a groupof friends who like to play ball together and it's fun to get out here and have the rules enforced with the referees and such," said senior Zach McKinnon of Mighty Whitey II.Mighty Whitey II, the 2009 men's basketball intramural champions, played The Church of Fratterday Saints Tuesday, but the game was called early in the second half due to the 30-point mercy rule.After the Saints left, a couple of Auburn Football players, including sophomores Darvin Adams, Eric Smith and freshmen Philip Pierre-Louis and Tyrik Rollison took to the court to play Mighty Whitey II.

The State Press

Rugby is a mad sport

By Bethany Donaldson / WRITER | February 4

Fans braved the cold weather as the Auburn rugby club team took the ice-laden intramural field Sunday to battle Alabama in the Rugby Iron Bowl.The game ended in a muddy draw with both teams scoring five points.In the first 40-minute half, Auburn junior Joey Palazzolo scored a try.A try is similar to a touchdown in football, but the ball carrier has to place the ball on the ground after crossing the goal line.Alabama matched the score in the second half.Sophomore Cullen Hanly suffered the only injury of the game, a broken finger, but was back on the field after a quick wrap."We haven't had an Iron Bowl game in the four years I've been playing," said senior Michael Gay.

The Auburn Plainsman

Tigers win thriller against Tide, look forward to Hogs

By Blake Hamilton / ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | February 4

The final Iron Bowl in Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum proved a fitting send-off as the Auburn Men's Basketball team sunk the Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday afternoon 58-57.The Tigers put up one of their best defensive efforts this season, holding Alabama to no points in the last 2:22 of the game.Offensively, Auburn senior guard Tay Waller scored a game-high 20 points, nine of which came from behind the 3-point line."This is one of my best overall games," Waller said.

Crocker proves a success

By Jennifer Beckett / WRITER | February 4

Much like any other day, the smell of chlorine wafted through the air in the James E. Martin Aquatic Center Sunday.Young swimmers clad in spandex suits, swim caps and goggles wove through the crowd to line up behind the diving blocks.Parents, some taking notes on their heat sheets, others snapping pictures or video footage, watched eagerly from the bleachers as their children swam in the Olympic-sized pool below.It was the last day of the Ralph Crocker Invitational, marking the three-year anniversary of the death of former Auburn head coach Ralph Crocker."Ralph was one of my best friends," said Jeff Dellinger, Auburn Aquatics head coach.

The Auburn Plainsman

Brown out of the pool

By Helen Northcutt/ GRAPHICS EDITOR | February 4

For his first season competing with the Auburn team, Adam Brown, sophomore from Cambridge, England, has set his expectations high."He is very gifted athletically," said head coach Brett Hawke.

The Auburn Plainsman

Gymnastics pulls historic win

By Blake Hamilton / ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR | February 3

The Auburn Gymnastics team made its mark last Friday night as it beat the Georgia Gym Dogs 195.225-194.00 for the first time in the history of the program."I'm really speechless," said senior Krissy Voss. "A historic win of this magnitude made the results just a bit more meaningful on this night; our night."

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