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.

Chicago, IL — The boys started the season with victories in league play! The fresh/sophs played a beautiful game winning 30-22. James Grealy at 10 and George Roman at 9 made some great decisions through out the first half to get the early lead. Power runs by Dax Hutchinson, Richie Marzano and Alyas Ivery punished the opposition. Start of the second half Chesterton made a run to bring the score with-in two but the boys were able to pull away the end and get the bonus point victory. Varsity battled back and forth with a 5-5 tie at 1/2 Several offside penalties by Taft and lots of knock-ons by both sides made this a challenging game. In the end the boys were able to seal the win in the final few minutes. Tremendous tackling was on display all game.