The Mountain Youth Rugby League held its first games of the season this past weekend. Two events were for the under 11(U-11) bracket and the under thirteen (U-13) bracket. The game with the younger kids looked like a bit chaotic from time to time, but they never stopped running and never seemed to run out of energy. There was plenty of scoring with the Wise Improvements Owls coming out on top 55 to 15 over the Rio Rams. Despite the trouncing, the losing team never became discouraged and gave it their all right up to the final whistle.
The older group displayed more rugby discipline having a better grasp of the rules of the game as they advanced the ball by hard running and smart passing. Once again there was plenty of scoring with the Second Street Tigers defeating the Los Alamos Rio Rabbits 50 to 35.
Joe Lewis, the league’s Rugby Development Officer, said there is still time for parents to register their kids into the program. There will be no games this Easter weekend, but play will resume April 14 at the Santa Fe Municipal Recreation Complex. He encourages all parents who think their children might be interested to come out with them and watch the games. They can sign up at that time.