Women’s Game vs. North Nova (Apr 17) Lost 12-5
Player of the Match Victoria Colbert and Shelby Beals
The Women’s team could not have been happier with the turnout of their game against North Nova. Craig Sherry, the women’s head coach, stated “This is the first time we were able to score on North Nova and the girls kept them under 20(points)”. Emily Seaman was able to capture the team’s first try against the North Nova as the last play of the game. The women’s assistant coach, Drew Hutt, added “an awesome game the girls stepped up incredibly, they really played well as a team and showed they were not afraid to stick their heads in there and tackle”. Danielle Cable really stepped up as the Women’s fullback making several breakaway tackles on North Nova and gaining the team a number of yards throughout the game.
Men’s Game vs. North Nova (Apr 17) Lost 22-10
Player of the Match – Isaac Zinck
A well deserved player of the match went to the men’s flanker Isaac Zinck after he made numerous runs during the game and went on to score the men’s final try of the match. “We had really good offense and strong scrums, but we missed some tackles and they took advantage of that”-Isaac Zinck. Scoring the men’s first try was Jeremy Owens the teams inside centre. The assistant coach noted that they did start to fall apart on defense but they made up for that with breakaway runs from Scott Shive and Isaac Zinck.
Men’s Rothesay Weekend (Apr 14-15)
Going into the tournament the Hants East Rural High Men’s Rugby team were the underdogs. Being moved up a division from last year, due to the teams skill level, the Men’s team was place in the B division thinking they would go to Rothesay and have a few good games. Cole MacDonnell, one of the lead scorers over the weekend helped the team to win their first three games to place them in the Championship game of the B division, where they had a tough loss to Kings Edgehill 26-0. The team really played well together; despite the numerous injuries sustained over the weekend, their coaches were very pleased to see how much they were able to step up on defence.
1st Game vs. Holy Trinity High- won 20-0
Scorers:
- Jesse Miles
- Devon Rose
- Matt MacMinn
- Alex Malay
2nd Game vs. Ontario- won 15-0
Scorers:
- Clay MacDonnell
- Matt MacMinn
- Jesse Miles
3rd Game vs. Rothesay- won 15-7
Scorers:
- Ryan Helpard
- Cole Macdonell
- Devon Rose
Championship Game vs. Kings Edgehill- lost 26-0
Women’s Rothesay Weekend (Apr 14-15)
The Girls set off to Rothesay, NB to play in the women’s B division carrying 11 rookies who all saw time on the pitch. They took on the hosting team in the first game and lost a tough battle 5-7, with the only try that game scored by Brooklyn Greek. The women came back in their second and third games to defeat both the Odyssey (10-0) and Belle Isle(29-12) teams. The girl’s final game of the weekend resulted in a tie that went into double overtime, with no score at the end the ladies lost in penalty kicks 0-1. “Considering this is the first time in four years that we have played in the B division, we did amazing!” Jacy MacNutt a senior on the women’s team stated, “Rothesay went on to win the division and we had a close game with them”.
HERH Girls vs Rothesay Lost 5-7
Scorers
Girls vs Odyssey Won 10-0
Scorers:
- Brooklyn Greek
- Victoria Colbert
Girls vs Belle Isle Won 29-12
Scorers:
- Kayla Helpard
- Danielle Cable
- Shelby Beals
- Alexandra Greek
- Brooklyn Greek
- Jacy McNutt 2 conversions
Girls vs Fundy
No tries. Lost in double ot, in kicks. 0 kicks made. Lost 0-1 kicks
