April 10, 2004
Saturday’s match saw the Pigs take on a tough but undermanned St. Cloud State side on Easter Weekend. After spotting them a couple of players to fill out the side, the match got underway. A quick kick deep and good defensive coverage led to a penalty and a quick Pigs try through Zac Bauer. Next on the scoresheet was Jeff Zweber with a nice try in the corner off a good pass from Grant Dietrich. More tries followed for a total of seven in the first half. Both our normal goal kickers were absent from this match, however, and kicking duties fell to our trusty scrum half Ponch. Despite his most valiant efforts, however, he could convert only one of seven first half conversions. On the other hand, he was a perfect 1 for 1 on penalties.
The second half saw more of the same with 5 more tries by the Pigs. Ponch’s kicking challenge continued, as he went 1 for 5 in the second half (a nearly 50% improvement!). The defensive highlight of the game came in the second half as Ike Muringai, playing with the Carp, laid a devastating tackle on Mark Lynch running the ball off a ruck. Mark was ok, though, and everyone went home happy.
Special congrats to Nate who played his first game with the Pigs (although not exactly for the Pigs), and to Cros who scored his first 15s try.
Lineup:
No idea who played when, came in for whom, etc., so this is everyone who was there. More or less
Nate Biljan, Mike “Buca” Lundberg, Danny Kieffer, Ernest Wayde, Zac Bauer, Troy Midboe, Luke Utting, Jason “Ponch” Rombalski (Captain), Alan “Cros” Martin, Brett “Pebbles” Carter, Chris “Backseat” Griffith, Steve “Leprechaun” King, Jeff Zweber, Chris Rosenquest, Jake Hodgson, Jamarr “Jammer” Johnson, Grant “HGSM” Dietrich, Joe Huberty, Ben “Kramer” Hanson, Kris “Buckwheat” McCoy, Mike “Cole” Soucheray, Jaffrey Blanks, Grizzly Malchow, Ike Muringai, Mark Lynch. Dave Houle (IR), Jeff “Inspector” Lynch (Coach)
First Half Scoring:
Tries: Johnson, Dietrich, Zweber, Hodgson(2), Bauer, Utting
Conversions: Rombalski (1/7)
Penalty: Rombalski (1/1)
Second Half Scoring:
Tries: Johnson, Huberty, Dietrich, Martin, Kieffer
Conversions: Rombalski (1/5)