College Park Knocked from Playoffs

College Park was knocked from the playoffs by eventual league champions Peninsula Green, 41-26.  College Park cut the lead to 10 points, and had the momentum with 10 minutes remaining, but a late try by Peninsula Green put the game away.  The regular season is now over, but the team still has the Cal Poly trip and the PCIT in the coming weeks.

College Park Makes Playoffs

This weekend, College Park will take on Peninsula Green in a first round playoff matchup.  College Park will be looking to rebound from a loss to this same team three weeks ago.  The game will be held at Woodside Highschool, kickoff time TBD.

Silicon Valley at College Park, Sat. 4/5/08 at LIVE OAK

College Park will try to keep its playoff dreams alive against Silicon Valley at Live Oak Highschool this Saturday at 3pm.  The team has played stiff competition during the past two weeks in anticipation for this game.  Spread the word, and let’s have a good showing for this pivital matchup!  The team will meet at Willow Glen at 12:45, and carpool at 1pm.

College Park Can’t Keep Up With San Mateo

This past weekend, College Park traveled to San Mateo and met a powerful and explosive club that used their superior size and experience to run away with the win.  College Park was able to spin the ball wide and pin the home team in their zone with strategic kicks.  However, San Mateo’s defense was stifling and they were able to keep possesion through a barrage of pick and drives.  College Park competed hard for 80 full minutes and did punch in 2 first half tries by 8-man Will Bordenave ‘10 and flanker/lock Kellan Barker ‘08. 

Man of the match:  Timmy Schwarz ‘10 and Kellan Barker ‘08

College Park falls short against Peninsula Green

College Park fell to a strong Peninsula Green during the past weekend.  The team kept pace with Peninsula Green early, trading two scores in the first 35 minutes, but the visitors took control in the second stanza and pulled out the win 36-15.  Try scorers for College Park included center Ariel Jimenez ‘08, 8-man Will Bordenave ‘10, and scrumhalf Bobby McLean ‘08. 

Man of the Match: Joe Adam ‘08

College Park at San Mateo, Sat. 3/29/08 at San Mateo Highschool

On Saturday, College Park will travel to San Mateo Highschool for an 11am kickoff against league leading San Mateo RFC.  The team will be looking for a win, in order to gain some momentum going into the regular season finale next week.  Players should meet at the San Mateo football field no later that 10am.  A carpool will be leaving from the Willow Glen parking lot at 9:30am.  Good luck to the team this weekend!

College Park to host Peninsula Green, Sat. 3/22/08 at Willow Glen Highschool

College Park will host a pivital league match this Saturday 3/22/08 at Willow Glen Highschool.  The opening kickoff for the first side will be at 10am, with warmups at 9am.  The seconds kickoff at 11:30.  The winner of this game will move closer to sewing up a playoff birth.  It should be a perfect day to play and watch rugby, so make sure everybody is there!

Live Oak Squeeks by College Park

Saturday’s game was a fast, entertaining matchup of two very even teams that came down to a kick with no time remaining.  Unfortunately, the points that would have tied the game sailed wide right and College Park was left to think of what could have been and a 19-17 loss.  The first half saw Live Oak set the tone early with driving crashes and well executed running angles from their backs.  However, College Park stayed with the visitors and had several scoring chances.  College Park came out strong in the second half and seemed to own the majority of possession and field position.  However, just as late in the first half, the home team could not finish, and left needed points off the board.  A missed kick to touch and a turned over ball after an 80 meter run in the last 20 minutes seemed to deflate the crowd at the Willow Glen Highschool football field.  But College Park would not go down without a fight.  A forward pick by Will Bordenave ‘10 was driven into the try zone with no time remaining.  Unfortunately, the angled kick that would have tied the game sailed wide right.  Despite the heartbreaker, the team was in good spirits after the game, knowing that they stood toe to toe with a very talented Live Oak team.

Other Tries by Kellan Barker ‘08 and Tal Yoger ‘08

Man of the Match: Matt Fleming ‘08 and Ben Roach ‘10

College Park to host Live Oak, Sat. 3/8/08 at Willow Glen Highschool

College Park will have their first home game of the year this Saturday 3/8/08 at Willow Glen Highschool.  The opening kickoff for the first side will be at 9am, with the team meeting at 8am.  The seconds side will route on the A side and kickoff at 11am.  See you then!

College Park defeated by East Palo Alto

On Saturday, College Park was downed by a very tough and physical EPA squad.  Although EPA dominated the score board, College Park was able to break the gainline throughout the match and the forwards held their own in the scrums and lineouts.  In the end, EPAs ability to break off long scores was the difference.  Despite the loss, College Park was able to see what they need to improve on, and where their strengths are.  The team will pick it up next week with two games against Live Oak.

Captains: Matt Fleming ‘08 and Nick Kovaleski ‘09

Man of the Match: Matt Collins ‘09 and Bobby McLean ‘08