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Warriors Boys Rugby falls to Mira Costa in hard-fought battle

Though the Fallbrook High School varsity boys' rugby remains winless on the young season, head coach Steve Hernandez is pleased with the way his young team played against Mira Costa High School (from Manhattan Beach) at Fallbrook High Saturday, Jan. 18.

"The varsity game was the best they have played all year," he said. "Even when they were down by 17 points early in the game, once we scored our first try, our spirits lifted and (the team) put in a great effort to get to 26-31 down."

The Warriors clawed their way back into the game with tries from Damian Medrano, Kyle Lindenmayer, Angel Angulo and Thomas McSheehy with Kian Montgomery kicking two conversions and Kenneth Spring converting one more.

Though the game was close with 10 minutes left, Mira Costa added two more tries to the final score to win it 45-26.

"It helped that several JV players were available to play as the JV team had a Friday night game," Hernandez said. "They injected much-needed passion and belief into the team and the varsity players responded with a great performance.

"It was a huge help to the team that we had a very vocal and supportive home crowd that cheered loudly after every Warriors score," he said.

The night before, the junior varsity team traveled to take on San Marcos High School and came away with a big 17-14 win.

The back and forth affair saw several lead changes throughout, but it was the Knights that opened the scoring. The Warriors came right back and scored to make it 7 to 5 on a Kenneth Spring try.

Fallbrook took the lead 12 to 7 on a Thomas McSheehy try and Spring conversion, but San Marcos scored again to make the score 14-12.

With two minutes remaining in the game, John Downey scored a final try for the Warriors and they held on for the 17-14 win.

"Every player contributed to the victory with a passionate and committed defensive effort," Hernandez said. "The boys responded to every score that San Marcos made and had a determined attitude that they were not going to be denied the victory. The last two games they have learned that they need to play with intensity and confidence and the rewards will come."

The Warriors will play next at St. John Bosco High School starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25.

Jeff Pack can be reached by email at [email protected].

 

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