College Park Rolls to 1st Victory of the Season

College Park secured its first win of the ‘09 season with a 46-3 victory over South Bay (Valley Christian) at Live Oak Highschool. This after its first test, a scrimmage against Santa Clara University’s 2nd side two weeks ago. While the team looked nervous and a bit hesitant against the college kids, they came ready to play against their south bay rivals. Facing a strong win in the first half, they kept the ball in hand and after playing evenly for the first 15 minutes, the team exploded for 3 tries, while surrendering one penalty kick. In the second half, College Park took advantage of the wind at their backs by repeatedly pinning South Bay inside their 22 with tactical kicks from flyhalf Ben Roach ‘10 and fullback Ryan Parrette ‘09. The strategy worked, as the College Park lineout, which was dominating all day (along with their scrums), stole numerous ball and turned them into four tries. With the addition of a penalty kick, and all four conversions, College Park walked away with a 46-3 win. Newcomer Garrett McCoy ‘09 & Damian Daszynski ‘10 earned back and forward man of the match.

The JV team also got a run in Morgan Hill by teaming up with the Live Oak JVs to take on Sacramento power Mother Load. The team from the north walked away with a win, but it was a great experience for the College Park frosh/sophs, and yet another step towards becoming an exciting unit after its great showing against Marin last weekend.

Next week the Varsity team will be leaving San Jose bright and early (7:00am) to travel to Sacramento for the Kickoff Tournament, which includes over 30 teams from Northern California, and also a few from the Northwest and Canada.

Varsity Scoring: Tries- Garrett McCoy, Ben Roach, Timmy Schwarz ’10, Ray Berkeley ‘10, Anson Bigelow ‘09, Stuart Thomas ‘09, Eddie Magana ‘09 Conversions- Garrett McCoy 0 of 2, Ryan Parette 4 of 5, Penalty Kick- Ryan Parrette 1 of 1