State Championship Tournament Weekend Review

The Knightmare High School and Juniors traveled back to La Salle College High School for the PA Rugby 7s Championship Tournament. The Juniors would combine with the Blackthrone Juniors for the tournament.

The four Kngihtmare junior players would played extremely hard their first two matches but would fall to eventual state champions Cumberland Valley and Doylestown. During the third match, the Knightmares/Blackthorne would catch some magic and defeat La Salle College High School Juniors 15-12.

The high school boys would start off the tournament on an extreme high note defeating Central PA rival Carlisle 28-10. Two all-star efforts were given by Senior Barry Ashway (13pts) and Mike Beamsterfer. (15 pts).

The second match would be against Malvern Prep who the Knightmares had played throughout the season and saw back and forth results. During the state tournament, the outcome would be slightly different though as Malvern would capitalize on several mistakes the Knightmares made and the final score woudl be Malvern 34, Knightmares 21.

The final match of the day would match the Knightmares against St. Joeseph Prep, a team the Knightmares had struggeld with all year. Today would be no different, as the Knightmares again played valiantly but too many mistakes plagued the boys. They would drop the final match of the season 33-12.

The Man of the Tournament would be Mike Beamsterfer scoring 6 trys (30pts) on the day.