Team Mom's blog

Running practice
When: Jan 5th-19th, Tues and Thur from 6-7pm
Where: Summerhill Track (722 Ami St SE, Atlanta, GA 30315)

For their first home game of the season, High Country RFC hosted Division II foe Macon RFC at Walker Park. Due to an early kick off time, the weather before the game was brutally cold, an attempt by fate to cool off a very hot High Country team that came into the game with a 5-1 record and a previous week rout of the Atlanta Bucks 120-0. Nevertheless, High Country prevailed and beat the Macon team about 37-22, the score closer than the game actually was.

During the first week of October 2009, High Country RFC traveled to Huntsville, Alabama to take part in the Heart of Dixie Tournament. The team had not traveled to Huntsville since the infamous Fan Brawl of 2007, where Huntsville fans on the sideline attacked High Country players on the pitch. This time around, High Country kept the fighting on the pitch, ending the tournament with one victory and one loss. Each game the team played great, just couldn’t execute down the stretch to win the final one.

On Saturday September 19th, 2009 High Country RFC traveled to Athens, Georgia to play the newly formed Athens Men’s RFC. As coach talked about during the pregame preparations, the lead up to the game was full of distractions and adversity that had to be dealt with. First, the team was without five starters and countless key substitutes that had played important minutes throughout the young season. Second, the weather was rainy causing field delays and messy conditions.

On September 12th for the second Saturday in a row, , High Country RFC took to the pitch against a team that thought they had victory before the opening kick. Once again, High Country proved otherwise in convincing fashion, winning decisively 30-19. In this case, the team took to the road to face an old foe, Division II team Chattanooga RFC. Although the teams had not faced each other in more than a decade, the pitch was the same and the setting a typical day for late summer Tennessee, extremely hot and humid.

Pensacola Slide Show

Renegades 7's Slide Show

Silence of the Lambs - 2009

     On Saturday March 28, 2009 the men of High Country took to the pitch against the Atlanta Bucks. The weather conditions were rainy, making the pitch more of a muddy pool than a rugby field. As a result, extra care would have to be made to insure clean play and a victory. Not only did the conditions make play more difficult, but it also scared away a lot of less dedicated players as there were not enough people to have a full 22 man roster. Nevertheless, High Country was able to prevail with a multi try to one try final score (exact score to follow).

High Country RFC took to the pitch Saturday, March 21st to take on the Birmingham Vulcan’s RFC for a share of the division championship. The team was pumped up after the embarrassing loss in Birmingham and was seeking revenge. Selections were tough as many players showed up to play and practices had been strong that week. The line-up was as follows:

Forwards
1 Andres
2 Bad Mitch
3 Trevor
4 Cheese
5 Karl
6 Harley
7 John Fine
8 Reid
Backs
9 Matt Hernandez
10 Benji
11 Troy