101- 0 ..... When is enough enough...shame!

Copied from the Highland Rugby website.

U-19 v. Dixie

Highlights: The game was over pretty quick against Dixie, who played hard all game but is a first year team with a lot of green players. Tries came early and often by our boys, who had go-forward all day long. It is still early season, so we are playing with some different lineups and seeing who we have where. All 15 starters were pulled at halftime of a runaway game, and although the bench was emptied, there was not much drop off from the starters to the reserves in a 101-0 victory. Great play by John Kacinski, Levi Card, Maika Hafoka, Dion Stevens, Eric Pauni, and Brigham Tukukino, among many others.

Lowlights: Placekicking is still inconsistent, and we need to continue to find a comfort level with each other and function as one…but there were great improvements there form last week.

1: DJ Ferris (Moises Peraza @ half), 2: Levi Card (Iniki Tauveli @ half), 3: Kesni Tausinga (Seni Fauonuku @half), 4: Sam Brookham (Kap Pauni @ half), 5: Matt Jensen (Justin Hill @ half), 6: Aaron Hanson (Nate Fairbanks @ half), 7: John Kacinski (Ara Elkington @ half), 8: Maika Hafoka (Kingston Liavaa @ half), 9: Sean Harwood (Mitch Larsen @ half), 10: Danny Tuai (Kepu Lauti @ half), 11: Eric Pauni (Etu Moli @ half), 12: Dion Stevens (Wini Elkington @ half), 13: Brigham Tukukino (Leva Bloomfield @ half), 14: Josh Anderson (Jace Peterson @ half) 15: Tana Afeaki (Dane Madsen @ half)

Other reserves: Michael Western, Jaxon Phippen, Josh Nilsen, Clyde Reaveley, George Kafalava, Percy Angilau, Tonga Angilau, Tyler Byrge, Sione Folaumoeloa, Isi Manu

Scoring – T: Card, Tausinga, Kacinski(2), Harwood, E. Pauni, Stevens, Tukukino, Anderson, A. Elkington(2), Phippen, L. Bloomfield (2), Madsen, Kafalava, Angilau K: Afeaki 3C, Stevens 3C, Madsen 2C

United Haka

Great high school tournament in St George, Utah

Skyline, Lowland, Springville, Mesa, United, Snow Canyon HS, Dixie and Hurricane fielded teams for 2 days of pre season rugby in sunny St George. This annual event is growing.

The highlight for me was watching the mixed team match between United and Springville. Players from both teams exchanged jerseys to create two evenly matched teams. It was a very competitive game and I don't believe anyone kept score. Players from both teams on each side.

I don't believe I have ever seen young men have so much fun. It was a thrill to watch.

The generally newer and less experienced players from Springville had a blast playing side by side with the more experienced United players. This was about having fun, learning and building the brotherhood of rugby.

Hats off to both coaches the players and the organizers of the tournament.We need much much more of this.