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(?).

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!

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.

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

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.

Conflicting schedules with Allen and the North Texas Rattlers has forced us to cancel our game against Alliance at Lake Highlands. Allen has a game scheduled against Plano in Allen at 11:30. Be there at 10:30. Specific directions will be on the schedule soon. Allen is pretty far away so leave early to get your place on the squad. Last time, the late comers had to wait and did not get as much game time. Mr. Kelly will not be there, so you will have to let Coach Munstedt know that you are there, what position you want to play, and that you are ready to go.

If you are trying out for the North Texas Rattlers (All Stars) at Lake Highlands, then the schedule is below. The U17 schedule conflicts with the Allen game. If you are U19 then you can play in Allen and come down to Lake Highlands for an easy work out and ensure your place on the squad.

Rattlers U17

8:45 – dressed and ready

9am – 10:30ish Light training

12:30 Match – Rattlers U17 vs. AAHS ( 3 X 20 minute periods )

Rattlers U19

1:45 – dressed and ready ( tennis shoes )

1:50 – 2:50 light training

As a reminder, Rugby Texas High Performance Coaches will hold a Mini Camp for any players who are interested in trying out for the 2010 Texas Select U17 and U19 teams this spring. It will be a light session with very little to no contact after a Saturday of hard rugby at the Texas A&M Gareth Jones Tournament. Details are listed below:

Date: April 11, 2010

Time: 9:00a – 12:00p

Place: Texas A&M Rugby Fields, College Station, TX

Cost: $10.00 per player

Please pass along to your players that are interested so that they can make arrangements to be there.

There will be some great coaching and we will go over some very high level skills drills.

Mother Nature is not cooperating.

If you know of an indoor facility or turf field we could use for about 3-4 hours on a Sunday afternoon/evening or Wed. night let me know.

I will update later with a reschedule date. Also stay tuned for a Scrum session with A&M Coach Johnny Smith.

We are still looking for a Team Manager, Medical support, Sponsors.

Thanks! Doug "Neuby" Neubauer Alliance Rugby Club (ARC) Head Coach (c) 817-360-5368