Rattlers Trip to Austin CANCELED!

LATE BREAKING NEWS!
The North Texas Rattlers trip to Austin has been canceled this weekend, May 7.

The head coach sent out the announcement Friday afternoon. This is extremely disappointing news for those players who were invited and had planned on going. Low numbers at Wednesday's practice and low commitment numbers for the weekend, along with Mothers Day, etc., forced this difficult decision.

Those players who committed themselves to this weekend should be recognized. They are Chris Merimon, Christopher Kelly and Lorenzon Marconi. Be assured that none are more disapointed than these three. Other Mavericks were invited to attend the practice and tournament but could not fulfill the commitment.

The next All Star related event is the Texas Camp to be held at Sam Houston State University. See the schedule for dates, etc.

Any event changes will be posted here. Stay tuned!

North Texas Rattlers Practice 5/4

The North Texas Rattlers All-Star Practice will be held this Wednesday, 5/4, from 6-8:00PM at the Las Colinas Polo Club at 600 E. Royal Lane, Irving TX.

Rattlers are the North Texas All Star team. There are 3 teams U19 ( '92 & '93 ), U17 ( '94 and 95 ) and U-15 (96 and younger)

All Rattlers teams – U-19, U-17 and U-15 will be playing in Austin this Saturday 5/7!.

May 7th – Rattlers vs. Stormer's & Cyclones - U19 & 17 & 15 – Burr Field - Austin

North Texas Rattlers Practice

Practice was canceled 4/20 due to weather. Next scheduled practice is scheduled for May 4. Location TBD.

Texas High Performance Camp

The Texas High Performance staff will conduct a U17/U19 try-out camp on Sunday (04-10-11) at Veterans Park ( 3101 Harvey Rd, College Station, Texas 77845) in College Station from 9:00-12:00. All players who are currently involved with their respective academies are invited to attend. In addition, any college age-eligible players are also invited. The age requirements are: U19 (1992-1993 and U17 (1994 and later). Players need to bring their regular practice gear for the assembly. The cost for the assembly is $10.

Details on transportation and to the tournament and possible combining with other teams for the A&M tournament the previous date are still being worked out. Check back here for updates. You will have to have your CIPP paid to participate.

Dates for North Texas Rattlers practices have been updated on the calendar/schedule. Most locations are TBD.

Dates for North Texas Rattlers (All-Star)

The North Texas Rattlers is the All-Star U17 and U19 team for North Texas. If you are interested in pursuing the path to represent Texas, you should try and make the North Texas team. These are dates for upcoming camps and practices.

Sunday March 6th – Rattlers practice
or
Sunday April 3rd – Rattlers practice
Sunday April 10th – Open tryout Texas Youth Rugby Select team – College Station
April 31st - Rattlers practice ( Westerns weekend Austin ) most likely only one team from Texas will be there.
Sat. May 7th – Rattlers vs. Stormers & Cyclones U17 & U19
Sat. & Sun. May 14th – Texas Trials
Sat. & Sun. June 4th – Texas Camp

Chris Kelly Makes Texas U17 All Stars

After being invited to and successfully completing the invitational Texas U17/U19 High Performance Rugby Camp at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Memorial Day weekend, Chris Kelly was selected for the Texas U17 All-Star team. He will represent Texas in Aurora, Colorado, June 19 & 20, playing against other regional and state all-star teams.

Past Maverick Youth representing Texas are David Moser, U17 in 2009, Peter Moser U19 in 2004 and Eugene Irvin, U19 in 2000(?).

High School and U19 Western Regional Championships in Ft Worth May 1-2

Anyone interested in attending the Western Regional Championships at Gateway Park in Ft Worth can find information on the attached link:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tavtMeD3nJPytdqomFytZ1Q&output=html

However if you just want to see the Texas HS teams compete here are their schedules:

Saturday

10:30 Dallas Jesuit(1) vs. Austin Westlake (4) field 2 (Game 5)

12:00 Katy (2) vs. Jenks Oklahoma (3) field 3 (Game 7)

12:00 Woodlands (4) vs. KC Jr Blues (1) field (Game 6)

12:00 Canton HS Oklahoma (2) vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (3) field 2 (Game 8)

Sunday

9:30 Boys HS 3rd Place Loser game 5 vs. Loser game 8 field 1

9:30 Boys U19 3rd Place Loser game 6 vs. Loser game 7 field 3

11:00 Boys HS Championship Winner game 5 vs. Winner game 8 field 1

11:00 Boys U19 Championship Winner game 6 vs. Winner game 7 field 3

Directions and field layouts are on this link: http://www.wrfu.org/2010Competitions/West-2010-Championships-Team-Info-Packet.pdf

Good luck to our Texas teams!

Fantastic Performance at Texas A&M

The Mavericks combined with Allen played their best rugby of the season at the Gareth Jones High School Rugby Tournament in College Station (4/10/2010). They also played the most rugby of the year, with club playing 3 games and the North Texas Rattlers playing 2 and 3 more. Every single Maverick attending the tournament played on the North Texas All-Star team.

The first game of the day was against the perpetually strong St. Thomas of Houston. We lost that one 17-10 on a couple of missed tackles but our strong pack dominated all forward play.

Next was Ray's alma mater, Katy. Defense was superb, pack play remained dominant, and the backs were able to make some long runs after superb mauling and rucking. We still managed to lose that one, but only by 3 points, 7-0.

We finished with a victory over Alamo Heights, an extremely strong team that beat St. Thomas 13-10. We managed victory in the last minute on a sneaky penalty play by Chris Kelly to win 10-5.

Players were selected from the tournament to attend Sunday's Texas High Performance Camp for a shot at the Texas All-Star Team. Given the honor to attend the U17 camp, were Jacob Burke, Chris Kelly, and Mike Hanawacker. James Kelly made it to the U19 camp. After 3 hours of hard running and drills, the selector put in their tallies. Chris and Mike got invited to the next camp at Sam Houston State University in June. Now word on the U19 yet.

Make sure you congratulate these tough durable ruggers for their superb performance and enduring stamina. All parents and coaches were overwhelmingly impressed and extremely proud. The young men had a great time which you will see in their faces when you ask.

Wednesday Game vs Canterbury in Dallas

The Mavericks are playing Canterbury HS, same location (Glencoe) in Dallas, same time. Be there at 4:30 for some pre-game walk throughs and to beat the traffic. See the schedule for the map.

Friday right after school (4:30) we are meeting back at Glencoe for our trip down to Texas A&M. We are combining with Allen for this tournament. Not everyone has confirmed yet and we need to know now. Let Mr. Kelly know tonight at practice or email joekelly9@maverickrugby.com

The selections have been made for the North Texas Rattlers who will be playing at A&M as well.

U17

1 – Chris Tran – Allen, Patrick Boltz ( Hooker/Prop ), Armando Gutierrez – Coppell

2 – Jake Hoffman – Plano, Jeremy Seligsohn ( Prop/Hooker ) - Plano

3 – Andrew Donovan – Jesuit, Colton Granham - Allen

4 – Shane Heil – Plano, Andy Sample - Jesuit

5 – Chance Frank – Plano, Kasey Chappa – GP, Brendan Metcalfe( lock/8 ) – Jesuit, Lakota - Allen

6 – Austin Bush – Plano Collin Woods – Allen, Easton Johnson - Jesuit

7 – Trey Turrentine – Plano, Brian Gorman ( lock/flanker/center ) - Jesuit

8 – Matt Boltz – Jesuit

9 – Danny Ryan – Jesuit, Chris Kelly – GP

10 – Zac Taylor – Alliance, Chad Burke - GP

11 – Derrick McNairy - Jesuit , Adrian Perez - Plano

12 – Johnny Hernandez – Plano Max Fryer – Jesuit

13 – Shane Garza – Alliance Tommy Evans - Jesuit

14 – Ethan Waller – Plano

15 – Nick Price – Plano, Michael Hanawaker - GP

Alternates

Jesuit -

Alternates - Ronnie – Lock Alliance, Jonathan Fisher Prop – Alliance

Canterbury - ?

Allen : Zak Hoyt – Allen ( Not available ), Beau Waskom – Allen ( Mono )

GP – Mason Martinez ( wing )

U19

1 – Thomas Moreno – Plano, DJ Kosorious - Canterbury

2 – Patrick Boltz – Jesuit, Aamer Qureshi - Alliance

3 – Steven Asplin - Jesuit , Andres Baena – Alliance

4 – Dustin Gulizia – Alliance, Canterbury Loose Head when they played Alliance, X

5 – Jim Lewelynn – Plano, Todd Storm - Plano

6 – Matt Freeman – Plano, Mensah Thompson - Allen

7 – James Kelly – GP, Kevin Smith ( Flanker/Hooker ) - Plano

8 – Danny Metcalfe – Jesuit

9 – Dillon Carrion – Plano, Tim Rood - Alliance

10 –Steven Pasbecq – Plano, Jackson Crain ( scrumhalf/flyhalf/Center )– Jesuit

11 – Canterbury ( Played Flyhalf against Alliance ), Canterbury ( orange shoes )

12 – Jacob Doughty - Alliance

13 – Miles Herring – Plano,

14 – Brandon Collins - Alliance, Besspher Mannah – Alliance

15 – Paul Huggins – Alliance, Michael Hever - Jesuit

Alternates –

Canterbury – Jamelle, Daniel and Andrew Martin

Coppell - Casey – Coppell,

Alliance – Devon Cummings 14, Aaron Cloyd 4, Connor Rehmet 5, , Jesse Mooney – Alliance, Paul Poyser – Alliance

Jesuit – Jack Gans 14, Charles Eaton 11

Plano

Allen

Gp

Game Moved to Lake Highlands 11:00 AM

Our match against Plano has been moved to Lake Highlands at 11:00AM. This is good news. Be there dressed and ready to play at 10:00. Directions on the Schedule page.

The location change is good news. This means all our players and coaches will be together. Our players trying out for the North Texas Rattlers, will be at the same field and can join us for the game.

Rattlers still need to be at the field at 8:30 AM.

For the match against Plano, some positions are set already. It looks like Tony will be starting scrum half and Jacob at fly half.

See you at practice tonight - remember it's at the game field at 6:30 and NOT under the lights.

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