TKE pounds Sigma Chi; Sigma Phi Epsilon shuts out Phi Sigma Kappa

FIUSM Sports Staff

Tau Kappa Epsilon showed up to the FIU intramural football fields with their caravan of fans, ready to show everyone exactly why they made it to the championship last year. They ran all around Sigma Chi and played great defense, finishing the game with dominance in a 39-0 victory on Sept. 17.

Proving that speed kills, TKE burned Sigma Chi with their speed at the wide receiver position. John Marin blew open the first half with two receiving touchdowns of 20 and 40 yards. Marin’s swiftness was key to TKE’s strategy for winning.

“It’s a game about speed and I am going to outrun them and we are going to throw it over the top and score,” Marin said.

Back-up quarterback Junior Villegas exploited the defense, running often and scoring twice. TKE showed great defensive play, racking up four sacks and two interceptions, one of which was returned for a touchdown.

Sigma Chi was not only stopped by the suffocating TKE defense, but by their own disorganization on offense. They committed five false start penalties, three of which came consecutively when they were trying to punt away after failing to convert a first down.

The breakout player of the game didn’t emerge until the second half. Second-string quarterback George Landis, who started this game, shredded the defense and led TKE on three consecutive scoring drives.

He did it all on the field, finishing the game with four touchdowns, including an interception return for a touchdown on defense. Landis’s ability to step up and dominate the game, and TKE’s starting quarterback injured, proved vital to the team’s success.

“My arm feels great; it’s my first day of playing quarterback and it’s good, I like it.”

-Oscar Baldizon

With a game plagued with interceptions, the Sigma Phi Epsilon flag football team was able to walk away with a 21-0 victory over Phi Sigma Kappa on Sept. 19 in the FIU intramural fields.

Phi Sigma Kappa opened with an impressive first drive led by quarterback Danny Arguello. He drove the offense down the field, converting on three straight third downs.

The sloppy plays did not take long to surface as three interceptions were thrown in the first half.

With less than two minutes remaining in the half, Sigma Phi Epsilon quarterback Jared Rok led his team down the field. Starting from their own 18-yard line, Rok drove his team down the field in a hurry-up offense.

With 35 seconds remaining in the half, Rok capped the drive by finding Christian Maribal in the end zone. After converting the extra point, it was 7-0 Sigma Phi Epsilon.

“I came in worrying about what kind of rush Phi Sigma Kappa was going to send at me, so we were focusing our offensive plan around what their defense was showing us,” Rok said.

In the second half, Sigma Phi Epsilon had all the momentum after their scoring drive.

On the opening possession, Rok found Marinal who made an impressive one-handed diving catch.

Rok eventually capped off the opening drive with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Javier Diaz and an extra point to Eric Mendez, putting Sigma Phi Epsilon up 14-0.

Phi Sigma Kappa’s first drive of the second half resulted in another Arguello interception.

Jared Rok, like in the first half returned the favor, throwing his second interception of the game.

On the very next play new quarterback Andres Martinez threw the fourth Phi Sigma Kappa interception of the game.

But Rok would make up for his interception by taking his team down the field capping off an impressive drive with a two-yard touchdown pass to Jonathan Ocampo.

After Rok rushed in the extra point, making the game 21-0 with two minutes left, the referees called the game due to mercy rule.

Following the loss, Phi Sigma Kappa captain Allan Cabrera kept his head up.

“It was a rough game, but look out for us next week we’re coming strong. We will learn from our mistakes.”

-Michael Gray

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