Lancer Rugby Blog

Lancers vs Motherlode

2008-03-04T02:59:20Z

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.

Lancers vs Islanders 2-22-08

2008-02-23T17:26:42Z

On a mud puddle filled field at Burbank High School , the Lancers knew that the game was going to be a battle. From the kickoff, both teams fought to keep their footing and move the ball without losing control. The Lancers held off an early push by the Islanders with a couple goal line stands. Working their way into the Islanders half, the Lancers used a penalty and some nice ball handling to get down to the goal line. On the ensuing lineout, the Lancers were given a free kick and Caleb Short took a quick tap and ran 10 yard and drove several Islanders over the line to score the games first try. With the conversion kick, the Lancers held a 7-0 lead into half. In the second half, the Lancers couldn’t get anything going and possession of the ball went back and forth. With time running out, the Islanders used physical play from their forwards to get back into the game. With about 15 minutes left and light diminishing, the Islanders worked down the Lancer sideline and drove in for their first try, bringing the score to 7-5. Mistakes and missed tackles would cost the Lancers as the Islanders came right back and scored again. Now, the Islanders held a 10-7 lead. In trying to get back into the game, the Lancers kicked off out of bounds and gave the Islanders the ball at midfield with a scrum. The Islanders would capitalize once again on some nice back moves and more Lancer mistakes extending their lead and the final score to 15-7. Some excellent play was given from Danny Koi, Tyler Farnsworth, Kiso Afoa and Forrest Palmquist.

Lancers vs Cougars

2008-02-20T18:07:18Z

In a defensive battle, the Lancers took a 5-0 lead over the Cougars midway into the first half when Jon Vasquez carried defenders over the try line for the games first score. Like a ping pong match, the Lancers and Cougars traded possession and field position throughout the first half. At halftime, the Lancers held the lead by a narrow margin of 5-0. Shortly into the second half, the cougars pulled out their only score of the day. They scored a try in the corner of the end zone, and with an unsuccessful conversion, tied the match at 5-5. However, the Lancers would not be held down for long. They tightened their defense and opened up their offense. Jordin Farrell took a short pass on the outside and outraced the defense to the end zone for a try. The successful conversion gave the Lancers a 12-5 lead. A few minutes later, Jordin Farrell raced through the center of the field and with some shifty running made several defenders miss and scored a try under the post. The Lancer lead increased to 19-5 with the conversion. With time running out, the Lancers would score once more when Jordin Farrell took another pass in the center of the field and mimicked his second try scoring once more under the post. The Lancers finished the game with an impressive 26-5 win over the Cougars. Notable players in the game were Caleb Short, Anthony Sanchez, Brad Whiting, Danny Koi, Zack Shiflet and Kiso Afoa.
In the JV match with only 25 minutes of light, the Lancer JV lost 10-0 to the Cougar JV.

Lancers vs Del Oro

2008-02-20T17:59:21Z

The Lancer Rugby Club started their 2008 league season off in great fashion with a 27-20 win over the visiting Golden Eagle Rugby Club out of Del Oro. The lancers started the scoring off first on a short try by Caleb Short. At halftime, the Lancers lead 15-8. Del Oro made a comeback in the second half and took the lead 20-15. The lead was short lived for Del Oro as the Lancers came right back with a push over try by Jon Vasquez. With the conversion, the Lancers went back up 22-20. Jordin Farrell scooped up a long kick behind the defense and ran 10 yards to score the final try with no time left in the game. Caleb Short scored 2 tries, Jon Vasquez had 2 tries and Jordin Farrell added 1. The Lancer JV had a 12-10 loss to Del Oro on Wednesday.

Season Starting

2007-11-28T14:00:59Z

Well everyone, the 2008 Lancer Rugby Season is upon us. Strap on your boots, get out the cold and wet weather gear and prepare for the great upcoming season. Over the Summer months, we have put a lot of effort into fund raising. We want to thank all players, parents and friends of rugby for their wonderful efforts. We actually have several players who, through fund raising efforts, have paid their 2008 dues off and others who have paid off a percentage. Great job!!! We will be working on more fundraisers in the future. Keep checking the website and be prepared for these upcoming events. Some new equipment that has been purchased through fundraising includes; new balls, 6 new tackle suits and 3 pop up tents for players, parents and coaches to stay dry, on the sidelines, under during wet weather games. Also, we are looking into tackle bags and Lancer Rugby goal post pads. We have acquired seveal sponsors over the last few years. Give thanks by showing your patronage to all of them. Mountain Mikes Pizza on Folsom Blvd has been our biggest contributor so far. Go in and say thanks to Mike and Cher next time you are ordering a pizza. This season, we have a new sponsor coming on board. 180 Energy Drink....They will be providing us product to use for fundraising and also promotional product which will be given to players. Thanks again to all coaches, players, parents and friends of rugby for helping to make this upcoming 2008 rugby season a great one. GO LANCERS!!!!!

Coach Rose

FUNDRAISERS

Fundraisers can help a player raise funds to help offset the cost of their dues and uniforms.

How the program has been set up: A player, parent or friend can provide time that covers a certain player. Their time and efforts will be rewarded by by a percentage of the fundraiser, up to the player dues owed or uniform needs. After dues and uniforms have been covered, the fundraiser will go to further help the club with their needs.

The percentage breakdown: On events where work is provided for fund raising(i.e. Air Show, State Fair, 4th of July Festival, car washes, etc), 25% of the fundraiser will go towards the players dues, up to the point that dues is paid in full. On fundraisers where something is to be sold (i.e. raffle tickets, fundraiser cards, t-shirts, etc.), 50% of the fundraiser will go toward the players dues, up to the point that dues is paid in full. Once dues and uniform costs are covered, the remaining amount will go to help club needs.

Fundraisers are an easy way to lower your dues or even eliminate it. Get on board and help yourself and your club in the future.

Upcoming Fundraisers: By the end of December, Kick Off Tournament raffle tickets will be available to those who want to sell them. The ticket cost is $5.00. $2.50 from each tick will go to the player and $2.50 will go to the KOT.

24 Hour Fitness packets are available now. The packets are for a month free membership to any 24 Hour Fitness and the cost of the packets are $10.00. $5.00 goes to the player and $5.00 goes to help the club.

Up Coming Season

2007-08-05T05:07:59Z

With the season coming around soon, it is time to start thinking about getting yourself fit and recruiting your friends and classmates out to play rugby. All we ask for is (2) practices..........If you don't like the game, then move on.......but if you like the game, then come out and help the Lancers have a great season. See you all soon. Stay tuned for fundraiser that you or your parents could do to help lower or eliminate your dues. Why help fund raise??? Well, it helps our team gain camaraderie through working together to get a task accomplished, you will get money to help pay the cost of dues and uniforms and you see the benefits every day on the practice fields with the new equipment. Last year, we purchased 10 ruck bags on sale and sold one for a slight profit and then utilized several others in many practices. This year, we will be looking to purchase tackle suits that will be used for tackling practice, as well as, rucking practice. Also, I want to see our goal posts light up with brand new Lancer Rugby goal post covers. I want teams to know that we are for real!!! Hope that everyone has enjoyed their Summer and are preparing to keep their grades up for the upcoming season.

Coach Rose

Fundraisers- Over the Summer months, we have done several fundraiser to help the club be able to buy new equipment and to help players with paying off their dues. Each player or parent that works gets 25% of the earning to go to wards their/their players' dues until it is paid off. Once the dues is paid off, the remain funds will go to build our club. We will have several players that will have paid off their dues and will just be helping to make our club better through new equipment. We started our fund raising venture by tearing down fences at the commencement of the Jazz Festival on Memorial Day. We had 15 people show up to help. They were: Cameron Smith, Anthony Sanchez, James Chase, Tyler Farnsworth, Jeff Farnsworth (Tyler's Dad), Joe Huppert, Andrew Huppert, Herman Huppert (Joe's Dad), Coach Bill Shiflet, Zack Shiflet, Nic Edwards, Josh Rose, Coach Kevin Breen, Coach Terry Gascoigne and Coach Dan Rose. We raised $1500.00 in about 4 hours of light manual labor. The Jazz Festival people were extremely happy to have us help with this event. Next year we will be looking at taking 20-25 people and really show them what we can do. After the the clean up, we were fed sandwiches and sodas for our hard work. Thanks and congratulation to all who helped out. Next, we had the Air Show. The Lancer Rugby Club manned a beer booth with parents and coaches and got a chance to watch some great air show action. It was easy work and exciting to watch. When all was said and done, we raised nearly $1200.00 for our Saturday and Sunday shift. Another job well done!!!! Finally, the Lancer Rugby Club put our hands into helping park cars for the Rancho Cordova 4th of July Festival on Jun 30th and July 3rd and Fourth. This was our second year doing this fundraiser and we invited the Islanders' Club to come and help out our club while helping their club raise funds at the same time. It was a great success and our future in this fund raising event is limitless. Thanks to all who helped in any or all of these fundraisers and remember that a percentage of the work you put in will go directly to help pay for you uniforms (Lancer track suits as well this year) and dues.

Upcoming Fund Raisers- We are going to pour beer at the State Fair again this year. Only this year, we are doing it solely as the Lancer Rugby Club. We have been given every Saturday (two shifts-10:00/4:00 and 4:00/10:00.....6 hour shifts). Also, we have the opportunity of working the first Friday night (Sacramento's own Tesla will be playing that night) and any Sundays that we want (Same shifts as Saturday). Parents sign up and recruit friends to come help. It is alot of fun and before or after your shift you can be in the State Fair for free. Last year, everyones parking was paid through tips. We can expect the same this year. Sign up right away by contacting Suzi Edwards at (635-6956) or Coach Breen at (366-0565).

In late August or early September, we will be looking to do a Lancer Rugby Club Car Wash. Mike, with Mountain Mikes, has offered to let us use his parking lot and is going to give each paying customer a free mini pizza while their car is washed. This will be a great opportunity for all players to come out and take care of some of their dues. We need all the support we can get!!!! Stay tuned for the date and time............

At the present time, these are the fund raisers that we have done and will be upcoming. However, if anyone has a fund raising idea or knows of one that could benefit our club, then feel free to share Suzi Edwards or any of the coaching staff. Look back at the website frequently as news should start coming in more frequently. RUGBY WORLD CUP STARTS SEPTEMBER 8TH!!!!!!! GO EAGLES, ha ha ha!!!!