Whitemore Captains First Match of the Season
Tigers Rugby Football Club opened the 2010 season against the State Champion Denver East HS Angels on a snowy East HS field. The East A side dominated the Tigers 22-0 with quick, and ultimately lethal backline players that reset like a whip, overloading the Tigers repeatedly. Tigers Rugby Captains Albert Whitemore and Patrick O’Connor led the powerful pack including Early College HS’s Daniel Sargeant; Jake Gossman, Walker Prieb, Jake Boselli, Oliver Smith, Sam Quinn, Matt McLean, and Rob Nees from Holy Family HS, and Andrew Hutchinson and Jared Riemer of Standley Lake HS.
Pomona HS’s 5-A Runner-up Football players, Warren Wood, Daijon Tyler Jimmy Higden, AJ Shannon; Ralston Valley HS’s Ryan Rockwood; Holy Family’s Alec Walters and Anthony Puglise; and Zach Underwood of Standley Lake HS regrouped to tie the potent East HS B side by a score of 5-5 on a try by AJ Shannon.
The Tigers novice players made of of primarily Freshman and Sophomores were led by Andrew Hutchinson and Nick Dorwort (Pomona HS), Sam Quinn and Luke Rockwood, in an upset of the well trained Denver East C-side by the score of 5-0. Standley Lake’s Andrew Hutchinson ran 30 meters to ground the ball for the first try of his career.
Charlie Elwood, Michael Figundo, Dany Fiorino, Robert Kaniecki, and Marcus Pattiluga of Holy Family HS were integral parts of the momentum that the club gained throughout the day, wining their first rugby match on record.
