Spartans win rugby league

Times Reporter    

 

Strathmore High School’s Spartan girls and Highwood High School’s girls were the only two undefeated squads in rugby play so far this season. Whoever won their May 21 matchup at the Calgary Rugby Union would thus take the league title.

“The girls’ game was a much closer game than the score would reveal,” Spartan coach Jerry Flaws said.

Highwood had very strong, fast wings, Flaws mentioned, that caught Strathmore off guard. Strathmore High School was up by five at the half, with Highwood scoring at the start of the second, to grab a two-point lead.  

“Once we made the adjustments to slow down their wings, it was a much better game,” Flaws said. “They just ran wild the first half.”

The Spartans finished with three tries in the last six minutes of the game, winning 52-27. 

“It gives us the number one rank going into zones,” Flaws said of the May 30-31 event. “We’ve beaten all these teams already, but we haven’t beat them by much. I would like to win zones. That’s our goal this year.”

The only squad the Spartans dropped to this year was Vulcan – who will not be at zones, but will likely be at provincials. Vulcan is sitting fifth in the south area zone.

“That’s how strong the south zone is,” Flaws said. “For provincials – we’ll know after zones – but we’ll probably come in at a third or fourth rank.”

Flaws believes the top two teams from the south zone will go first and second at provincials come June 6-7, also at the Calgary Rugby Union.

“We’re fighting for a bronze medal I think,” he said.