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Ezra Stiles
The fall and winter have come and gone, and the Ezra Stiles Intramural Machine forges on. On an inspirational note, this winter saw one of the Moose's finer seasons over the past few years as many teams finished with exemplary records. Women's volleyball and basketball cruised toward their respective championships, mowing down victim after victim that dared to stand in their path. Men's hockey, bolstered by the ingenious recruitment of a few Canadians, had one of the more successful seasons in recent memory as our Seven Iron Men ground out shift after shift. The three men's basketball teams also improved on last year's records. After finishing with only one win last year, B-hoops finished the season over .500 and was awarded Stiles MVT (Most Valuable Team) for its stirring, stunning turnaround.On a darker note, Stiles still fell over 100 points behind Morse thanks to another end- of-season skewing in the ranking. Stiles effectively fell 90 points off the lead from two nights of swimming alone. Does anyone else see a problem in almost 10 percent of total Tyng points being handed out in under three hours? Hmmm.
Despite our position, let there be no doubt that with continued effort, Stiles can get right back in the race with the Ugly Cosmetics College this spring. There are plenty of points to go around and we'll be winning the majority of them.
And besides, remember that children's story about the moose and hare that your parents read to you growing up? The moose lets the hare spring out to an early lead, instilling him with false confidence. Then, at the last second, the moose catches the hare and eats him for dinner.
I think we all know by now what that all-so-important allegory was trying to teach us. So, without further ado, let's get on the fields so we can catch that hare and cook him up in our shiny new Tyng Cup.
(Compiled by someone who hates water.)
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