Chicago, IL — Taft Fresh/Sophs got off to a great start with a 43-22 victory over Neuqua Valley Rugby. The first half was tight. Taft pushed over two tries, I believe Alajandro and Dax got those and Demitri made one conversion. In the second half, Taft's size really came to play. Alejandro, Alyas, Dax and Dominick wore them down with many big carries. Dominick made the second half and set up the run that happened. Navin, Alyas, Alex and Alejandro I believe all got score over in the second half and Demitri added a couple of conversions. It really was a great to see the conditioning and excitement the kids put forth in the second half. The backline was let by Victor and Alex who had some great runs and huge tackles. Freshmen backs Demetri and Sebastian both had moments to shine and Phi Lip keeps having amazing runs.