high school spring rugby

Match of the Week:

Division-1 East High Angels, Regis Jesuit High for 'The Boot"

Cherry Creek (in white) prepares to launch a "pick-and-go" image: vande

Eastern Rockies Rugby Football Union

Prep View 3.16.13

On a fairly spectacular Colorado Spring evening with a bit of a breeze, East and Regis contested the pill at the

"8th annual East/Regis Jesuit Rugby Boot Bowl". A pair of pipers led the Angels onto the pitch to the heavenly

strains of "Scotland the Brave", and the pipes' skirl and windswirl well set the scene for the action that

followed.

The travelers ran out to an 8-nil lead midway through the first twenty minutes, and held an 11-10 advantage

at the break, but the second period saw scoring from only one side for the victory.

Regis went on the attack early with short, banging probes out of the loose pieces by its forwards and jagging

spurts by its inside backs. The Jesuits were to realize initial joy with 8-man, Jon Weis, snatching the ball from

the breakdown short meters from goal and crossing for the grounding in the corner and a 5-nil Regis lead after

12 minutes.

East were pinged by referee Tim Luscombe for infringement about the ruck, and fullback Charlie Sabin

boomed a sticksplitter over and through from 32 meters and the Jesuit led by eight after 20.

The Angels came alive toward the final portion of the first half, the defense absorbing the visitors' forward

rushes and capitalizing on Regis handling errors to bring play into Jesuit territory. Swiftly recycled ball had the

Jesuit on its rear leg in its own business district when tighthead prop, Duncan Frost scooped ball from the

loose piece and crossed-and-dotted the angels first points in the 24th minute: Regis 8, East 5.

A final touch down before the halftime blow: East banging away once more in Regis' business zone, ball spun

wide found #15 Tahj Willingham at pace filling space perfectly. The fullback darted through a stretched

defense to ground in the corner for an 11-10 Jesuit lead at the midpoint.

The hosts roared right out from halftime instruction, setting up shop inside the Regis 22 for multi-phase work

by the forwards in rolling mauls and settled rucks. Clearance by Regis found, not touch, but East #15 at his

own ten meter line and Willingham's stuttering, jinking maneuvers created his own space twice to see him

into the Promised Land and touching down for flyhalf Jackson Bock's conversion: East 17, Regis 11, eight

minutes into the second stanza.

Willingham closed out a fine personal tryple with a blinder from midfield, jinking and drifting through fifty with

frightening grace to ground for Bock's completion and it became 24-11, 13 minutes into the second half.

Creek's Gravina looks for the gap, East defense sez… image: vande

East got another from goose-stepping, long-running center Bennett Rodriguez and a last by its loosehead CJ

Cade – Cade's converted – and held a 36-11 margin, when the Jesuit mustered a splendid bit of work by the

pack to turnover and stabilize at the East 22; Regis blindside Jake Gravina, who'd been around the ball all

night, claimed the pill from the breakdown 20 meters from East line, and jetted past a surprised defense to

dot for Sabin's conversion, and a final of 36-18 went into the books ensuring the Boot Trophy will remain in

the Angels high-flying closet for another year

Scoring

East – Try: Frost, Willingham (3), Rodriguez, Cade; Con: Pollock (3)

Regis - Try: Weis; Pen: Sabin (2)

Match Official: Tim Luscombe

D-1 League Results

East 36 – Regis 18;

East B 26 – Regis B 36;

Chaparral 0 – Cherry Creek 34;

Aurora 36 – Littleton 5

D-1 Table and Upcomers

Club GP W L T Pts

East High Angels 3 3 0 15

Aurora Saracens 2 2 0 9

Cherry Creek Bruins 1 1 1 5

Littleton Eagles 1 1 1 5

Regis Jesuit Raiders 3 0 3 2

Chaparral Wolverines 2 0 2 0

Colorado Springs Grizzlies 0 0 0 0

Featured match = Aurora v East at Aurora Sports Park (Allianz West) for the top of the table, though East will

remain at the numeric helm even with a loss due to their points accumulation thus far thus [sic] season

Upcomers: 3.20.13

Aurora v East, 5pm@ASP;

Littleton v Grizzlies, 5pm@Littleton;

Regis v Creek, 6:30pm@Regis;

Division-2 Table and Upcomers

D-2 League Results

PAC 43 – Harlequins 5 Castle Rock 62 - Pikes Peak Stormers 7 Fort Collins 73 – SWARM 0

Division-3 Table and Upcomers

Club GP W L T PTS

Jr. Griffins 1 0 5

Titans Rugby 1 0 5

Northside Vikings 1 0 4

Ridge View Academy 1 0 4

East HS Red 0 2 0

Glendale Raptors 0 2 0

Club GP W L T PTS

PAC RFC 3 3 0

15

Fort Collins 2 2 0

10

Castle Rock 1 1 0

5

Harlequins RFC 3 1 2

5

Jr. Gents 1 1 0

4

Pikes Peak Stormers 3 0 3

0

SWARM RFC 2 0 2

0

Warriors RFC 1 0 1

0

Boulder Lions 0 0 0

0

Tigers RFC 0 0 0

0

Upcomers: 3.16.13

Warriors v Tigers, 11am@Sheridan Park;

Castle Rock v Aurora, 11am@Sports

Authority Field-friendly;

Boulder v Jr Gents, 1pm@PleasantView

UCs: 3.20.13 - all kicks 5pm

SWARM v Castle Rock;

Tigers v PAC;

Pikes Peak v Boulder;

Upcomers - 3.16.13

Griffins v Vikings, 1pm@ Dixon Field;

Titans v RidgeView, 5pm@ Sports

Authority Field;

3.20.13 – all kicks at 5pm

Northside v East Red@Northwest Open

Space;

Pikes Peak v Boulder;

Titans v Glendale@ Sports Authority;