On Saturday, May 5th, the McClatchy men’s rugby team went up against Jesuit in the Norcal 15s championship game. Although the Lions went 9-0 in the regular season, the road to the championship was not an easy one. Many of those games came down to the wire, but in the end, the Lions came out on top. McClatchy had already played and beat Jesuit in the regular season in a nail biting game where the Lions won by one try.
In the first half of the game, Jesuit took control immediately, scoring their first try of the game five minutes in. For the rest of the first half, the only offense that happened was Jesuit scoring two more tries. Going into the second half, the Lions came in with a high defensive mindset only allowing Jesuit to one penalty kick. But offense for the Lions was not able to get it done, as they only scored one try a little bit into the first half. Most of the second half was a defensive game with barely any scoring. The final score was 18-5 Jesuit.
Looking at the big picture of the McClatchy rugby season, it was very impressive. The team jumped 6 spots in national ranking, now sitting at an impressive 15th in the nation. With how much the team has improved, the future’s still bright for CKM rugby. Thomas Decker, a junior on B-Side said, “We’ve got a great group of young guys right now that are learning from the vets, so there is no doubt that CKM will be a great squad for some bit of time.”
Other than boys B-Side, the women’s team was able to come out with a controlling win to win the Norcal championship. Now the Lions are looking to go out and dominate the summer 7’s league.