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Friday, May 27, 2005
Prepare for battle royale By Chris Kallan
Spartans and Warriors: a battle royale is in the making.
It’s only fitting that two of the toughest team monikers in high school sports should face off against one another on the rugby pitch for the Capital Region championship. Dartmouth and Halifax West will vy for both boys and girls respective crowns today at the Mainland Common FieldTurf facility in Clayton Park.
“Yeah, those are some pretty tough names, but there’s also two pretty tough teams to back it up,” said Dartmouth boys rugby coach Jason Timmons. “Whoever wins these games will have certainly earned it.”
On the boys side, Dartmouth was unstoppable en route to a perfect 9-0 record, including six shutouts. The Spartans managed only a three-point win over Cole Harbour in regular season action, but every other one of its victories was by 15 points or more, including a 17-0 victory over Halifax West in late April.
“(Scrum half) Justin Moore is a third-year guy and our captain, so he pretty much connects our forwards and our backs together,” said Timmons, whose squad defeated Lockview 53-12 in Wednesday’s semifinal. “But we have a bunch of players who all feed off of each other. They’ve given us a great season so far.”
The Warriors are on a mighty roll after a sluggish start.
Halifax West reeled off seven straight wins to finish up regular season action at 7-1-1 before shutting out Sackville 32-0 in the other semifinal earlier this week.
The girls final should also be a dandy.
Halifax West, which captured last season’s Capital Region title without allowing a try, went 7-0-0 in the eight-team metro league circuit. Jenna Munden scored a team-high six trys, while Erin Rowe and Spencer Mitchell scored five trys apiece. A
7-0 triumph over Dartmouth on
May 5 signals there isn’t much to choose between both schools.
“We’re basically facing ourselves,” said Halifax West’s Lindsay Willow, who co-coaches the Warriors along with Laura Forrest. “Us and Dartmouth are two of the most evenly matched teams you can imagine.”
Dartmouth, which is led by fly half Rebecca Kennedy and her league-best 11 trys, went 6-1-0 in regular season play. Kennedy scored five more trys in last Tuesday’s 57-7 semifinal romp over Prince Andrew.
The Warriors had a tougher time in their 24-17 semifinal win over Lockview. Halifax West never trailed, but a missed kick from the Dragons brought out the good ol’ sports-religion combination from Warriors captain Emily Rowell.
“They (Lockview) had a kick that hit the post which would have given them the lead so we thought maybe it was a message from God ... a warning to pull ourselves together,” said the 18-year-old Grade 12 student, who plays both flanker and second row. “We need to believe in ourselves.”
The girls final is set for 3 p.m., while the boys title tilt is at 4:30 p.m.
The Capital Region champion advances to the four-team provincial championship from June 2 to 4 in Sydney. As host, the Highland Region has two schools in both girls and boys events.
The fourth and final spots will be determined on Tuesday at Mainland Common where the Capital, Northumberland and Western region finalists will face off in a round robin competition.
And for those who don't know yet..
We beat west in the final game mentioned above, we are going to Cape Breton Thursday, Friday and Saturday! 7-5..It was such a movie ending! Fiona Watson is my hero, and is Christine "the best kicker [she] has ever seen in the high school metro legue' Hebert!
The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself..
Prepare for battle royale By Chris Kallan
Spartans and Warriors: a battle royale is in the making.
It’s only fitting that two of the toughest team monikers in high school sports should face off against one another on the rugby pitch for the Capital Region championship. Dartmouth and Halifax West will vy for both boys and girls respective crowns today at the Mainland Common FieldTurf facility in Clayton Park.
“Yeah, those are some pretty tough names, but there’s also two pretty tough teams to back it up,” said Dartmouth boys rugby coach Jason Timmons. “Whoever wins these games will have certainly earned it.”
On the boys side, Dartmouth was unstoppable en route to a perfect 9-0 record, including six shutouts. The Spartans managed only a three-point win over Cole Harbour in regular season action, but every other one of its victories was by 15 points or more, including a 17-0 victory over Halifax West in late April.
“(Scrum half) Justin Moore is a third-year guy and our captain, so he pretty much connects our forwards and our backs together,” said Timmons, whose squad defeated Lockview 53-12 in Wednesday’s semifinal. “But we have a bunch of players who all feed off of each other. They’ve given us a great season so far.”
The Warriors are on a mighty roll after a sluggish start.
Halifax West reeled off seven straight wins to finish up regular season action at 7-1-1 before shutting out Sackville 32-0 in the other semifinal earlier this week.
The girls final should also be a dandy.
Halifax West, which captured last season’s Capital Region title without allowing a try, went 7-0-0 in the eight-team metro league circuit. Jenna Munden scored a team-high six trys, while Erin Rowe and Spencer Mitchell scored five trys apiece. A
7-0 triumph over Dartmouth on
May 5 signals there isn’t much to choose between both schools.
“We’re basically facing ourselves,” said Halifax West’s Lindsay Willow, who co-coaches the Warriors along with Laura Forrest. “Us and Dartmouth are two of the most evenly matched teams you can imagine.”
Dartmouth, which is led by fly half Rebecca Kennedy and her league-best 11 trys, went 6-1-0 in regular season play. Kennedy scored five more trys in last Tuesday’s 57-7 semifinal romp over Prince Andrew.
The Warriors had a tougher time in their 24-17 semifinal win over Lockview. Halifax West never trailed, but a missed kick from the Dragons brought out the good ol’ sports-religion combination from Warriors captain Emily Rowell.
“They (Lockview) had a kick that hit the post which would have given them the lead so we thought maybe it was a message from God ... a warning to pull ourselves together,” said the 18-year-old Grade 12 student, who plays both flanker and second row. “We need to believe in ourselves.”
The girls final is set for 3 p.m., while the boys title tilt is at 4:30 p.m.
The Capital Region champion advances to the four-team provincial championship from June 2 to 4 in Sydney. As host, the Highland Region has two schools in both girls and boys events.
The fourth and final spots will be determined on Tuesday at Mainland Common where the Capital, Northumberland and Western region finalists will face off in a round robin competition.
And for those who don't know yet..
We beat west in the final game mentioned above, we are going to Cape Breton Thursday, Friday and Saturday! 7-5..It was such a movie ending! Fiona Watson is my hero, and is Christine "the best kicker [she] has ever seen in the high school metro legue' Hebert!
The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself..