Spring Valley 17- Greer 5

On Saturdday the Greer Rugby Spartans took to the pitch for the squad's first full game. The Opponent: a very large Spring Valley team, rife with upperclassmen, that consistently competes for the state championship each year.

The Spartans, undersized and out-experienced at every position, made a very good accounting for themselves. Throughout the first half the Greer team used tactical kicking to keep the larger Spring Valley team off-balance. Michael D'onofrio put the team up 5-0 with a try midway through the first half.

During the second half, Spring Valley turned on the heat and put more pressure on the Spartans who were unable to boot the ball deep. As the squad became tired, we began to tackle high and Spring Valley scored three trys to take a 17-5 win.

I spoke with the Spring Vally coach and he offered high praise. Most of their players are returning and all of them were upperclassmen. We have 3-4 seniors,0 junionrs and the rest are 8th and 9th graders. Keep working. Here are some photos of the game.