Intramural Bowl

Rec 'n' Crew beats the punks 39-21in co-ed intramural final

By Joshua D.Scroggin

Jeff Arroyo’s nickname should be groceries—because he was getting sacked.

Rec ‘n’ Crew disrupted the Punks’ offense to win 39-21 in the co-ed intramural flag-football final Thursday afternoon at Intramural Field.

“ I didn’t do as well as I could have,” said Punks quarterback Jeff Arroyo. “The rush was just insane.”

Arroyo was 12 of 17 for 92 yards and three touchdowns, but was sacked three times, rushing for minus-10 yards.

“ Once our defense was able to key on what they were trying to do, we shut them out,” said Crew center Shane Bradley.

Bradley finished the game with three catches for 35 yards before leaving the game with a finger injury in the second half.

Bradley said he was going to Clovis Community Hospital for X-rays after two collisions with Arroyo.

Defense won the championship for the Crew, which held the Punks to 100 yards, but the Crew’s offense was equally impressive.

Crew quarterback Justin Butchert threw for 176 yards and three touchdowns.

Butchert carved up the Punks’ defense like a honey-baked ham, spreading the ball around to eight different receivers. Ricky Norbutas led the Crew with 4 catches for 90 yards.

Butchert led the Crew offense with expert proficiency, completing 19 of 24 passes while sidestepping the Punks pass rush. But Butchert couldn’t avoid a game-halting controversy late in the second half with the Crew leading 20-15.

With 4 minutes 37 seconds left in the game, it was discovered Butchert had not checked in with the scorekeeper before the game.

The wrongdoing was exposed after Crew receiver John Crosley caught a pass a few plays earlier. Punks defenders could not pull Crosley’s flag because he wasn’t wearing one.

When the scorekeeper noticed the Crew had 11 players and only 10 flags, the game was stopped and the referees convened.

The Crew received a 10-yard penalty and continued it’s third-consecutive scoring drive, putting the game out of reach with a 12-yard touchdown catch by Lerin Mundell.

“ It’s just another thing,” Arroyo said referring to Butchert and the Crew’s 50 penalty yards accrued on six rule violations. “It wouldn’t have made a difference anyway.”

When the referees weren’t reaching into their pockets to flag the Crew, they were holding them up in the air to signal Mundell’s touchdowns.

She chalked up a game-high three scores—one rushing, one receiving and one on a lateral from Norbutas after a 27-yard reception on the first drive of the game.

The Crew never trailed, and the Punks were playing catch-up the entire game, but the lopsided final score was a surprise to Butchert.

“ We’ve played four games before this game, and all the games were separated by one point,” Butchert said.