Chicago, IL — Taft girls got off to a hot start using the foot of fly-half Leah Cahill! Leah used her foot to put pressure on the Lions/Cobra mixed club! Her kicks resulted in two beautiful tries, one by Josie O’Donnell and one by Jackie Hoffman! The opposition had some great offensive firepower but Layla And Grace made numerous great tackles on the wing! The wings also contributed on offense! Layla made an amazing offload to set up a second try by Josie and Grace took one 60 meters to dot it down between the posts! Forwards had great games as well. Julie G was all over the place and put the pressure on the fly half consistently! Making their debut Karla and Rim had numerous big carrys. Karla even earned Scottie Pippen from Coach Jamie. Lots to still work on but great to get a victory off the start!

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.