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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-04-29, Page 28Sports Entertainment Birth & Death Notices Church News Sports Editor - Gerard Creces email:gsssports@bowesnet.com Wednesday, April 29, 2009 on-line: www.goderichsignalstar.com 11 . Photo by Gerard Creces Above, John Rutledge scores the Junior boys first try while at right, Sydney Ryan refuses to be taken down by Mitchell April 24. • • • • Rugby enters its second year on Viking territory O...y..,a Cr.. signal -star staff It's the second year for rugby at God - erica District Collegiate Institute and though there are .no wins to report, the junior boys managed to score their first try against Mitchell last week, courtesy of John Rutledge. "It's ,another step forward for us," said coach Steve Lindstrom. "With our team, we're just working on the funda- mentals so far." Lindstrom coaches both the boys and • girls teams, and said the commitment made by his player's, is starting to show itself on the pitch. Even on the 'sidelines, the commit- ment to the sport is showing. With not enough boys to make a senior team, that translated to more help behind the bench. "Some of the senior boys that were keen for a team are helping to train the junior boys," he said. The sport has taken off with new stu- dents, and Lindstrom said that is due to the action rugby has to offer. "There are a lot of Grade 9s partici- pating," he said. "It's such a fast -paced, exciting game. Kids are eager to sign up." In a sport• where making it the length ,.r the field unscathed is a rarity, Lind- strom is a Lind- strom said the team is currently work- ing on running with support. The tack- ling part, they've picked up on. "We've put the rest of the league on notice with our strong tackling and fear- less offence," he said. "They got around us on the outside a few times... but it was what an experienced team would do against an inexperienced one." The score for the girls' game was 49-0 Mitchell and the boys' were beaten 29-5. However, with the first try under their rugby shirts there is nowhere to go but up. "It takes a lot of courage to do that," paid Lindstrom about taking on older, Lindstrom about on older, more experienced teams. "We're proud of that." As per tradition, the opposing team picked Goderich's players of the game. Forthe boys, it was Chad Austin and Ryan Mcllwain and for the girls, Avery Cyr and Sydney Ryan were voted the two best. Lindstrom expressed the team's thanks to the YMCA, the Rotary Club and especially the IODE for making the season and the team possible. The Vikes were at it again yesterday, April 28. Results were unavailable as of press time.