Lancers vs Motherlode
Under the lights at Oak Ridge High, the Lancers faced up against the undefeated Motherlode Rugby Club. The Motherlode team used some fierce forward play to score a try and put up the first points of the game to take a 5-0 lead. A short time later, Motherlode added another try increasing their lead to 10-0. The Lancers fought back with some excellent forward movement and Jon Vasquez dove in for a short try to cut the lead to 10-5. A bad pass out of the scrum in Lancer territory left the Lancers on their heels. Motherlode used the mistake to add another try before halftime. At halftime, Motherlode was up 15-5. Mistakes were costly as two Lancer players had a high kick drop between them and Motherlode capitalized with another try and conversion to add to their lead, 22-5. The Lancers weren’t going to give up as Dusty Strahanathan added three points from a penalty kick to cut the lead to 22-8. A short while later, the Lancers hit pay dirt again as Jordin Farrell scored a try, making the score 22-13. The Lancers had another chance to score as the Motherlode team was penalized at their goal line, but a dropped pass turned the ball back to Motherlode. Motherlode scored one more try and the game ended 27-13. Notable players in the match were Brad Whiting, Anthony Sanchez, Tyler Farnsworth and Henry Maleafou. The JV team played well as a team in the second match of the night. Freshmen Nick Smith, in only his second game, played amazingly well at scrumhalf. The Lancers were only able to put one try up by Nick Preddy in a lopsided 29-5 loss. Players to note in the JV match were: Drea Charles, Robin Lawton, Ben Parsons, Brodie Christ, Joe Huppert, Andrew Huppert, Gabe Edmondson, Greg Will and Adam Flippo.
