1989 National Rugby Championships

1989 National Rugby Championships
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The 1989 National Rugby Championships were a series of tournaments organized to determine a national champion in several divisions for United States rugby teams. The divisions included Men's/Women's Club, college, high school, Military, Sevens, and Interterritorial.

Men's Club

The 1989 National Club Rugby Championship was sponsored by Steinlager and took place at Englewood High School in Denver, CO from May 13–14.[1] The teams featured in the tournament were the champions of the four sub unions of USARFU. The Old Mission Beach Athletic Club of San Diego, CA won the title for the second time by defeating Philadelphia Whitemarsh in the final.[2][3] The host team, Denver Barbarians who were in their sixth national tournament placed third. Mike Siano of Whitemarsh was Most Valuable Forward and Mike Saunders of OMBAC was Most Valuable Back.

 
Regional SemifinalRegional FinalNational SemifinalNational Final
 
              
 
April 23 - Long Beach, CA
 
 
OMBAC15
 
April 24 - Long Beach, CA
 
Old Blues9
 
OMBAC23
 
April 23 - Long Beach, CA
 
Belmont Shore21
 
Belmont Shore22
 
May 13 - Denver, CO
 
San Jose Seahawks3
 
OMBAC27
 
April 29 - Boulder, CO
 
Milwaukee12
 
Denver Barbarians31
 
April 30 - Boulder, CO
 
Kansas City Blues0
 
Denver Barbarians21
 
April 29 - Boulder, CO
 
Dallas Harlequins9
 
Dallas Harlequins33
 
May 14 - Denver, CO
 
St. Louis Bombers9
 
OMBAC19
 
April 29 - Minneapolis, MN
 
Whitemarsh9
 
Milwaukee6
 
April 30 - Minneapolis, MN
 
Cincinnati Wolfhounds3
 
Milwaukee13
 
April 29 - Minneapolis, MN
 
Eastside Banshees0
 
Eastside Banshees15
 
May 13 - Denver, CO
 
Akron8
 
Whitemarsh18
 
April 22 - Conshohocken, PA
 
Denver Barbarians9 Third place
 
Philadelphia Whitemarsh34
 
April 23 - Conshohocken, PAMay 14 - Denver, CO
 
Providence12
 
Whitemarsh15Denver Barbarians43
 
April 22 - Conshohocken, PA
 
Atlanta Renegades12 Milwaukee12
 
Atlanta Renegades12
 
 
Old White3
 

Semifinals

13 May 1989
OMBAC27–12Milwaukee
Try: Kevin Higgins 71' c
Jon Lee 75' c
Steve Forster c
Con: Steve Forster
Pen: Steve Forster 1', 35'
Drop: Steve Forster 10'		[4]Try: Rich Beckmann 14' c
Con: Simon Bailey (1/1)
Pen: Simon Bailey 50', 59'
Denver, CO
Referee: Kieran Geoghegan
13 May 1989
Philadelphia Whitemarsh18–9Denver Barbarians
Try: Mike Siano 72' c
Marsh Pennington 77' c
Con: Scott Lance (2/2)
Pen: Scott Lance 19', 65'		[5]Pen: Mike DeJong 2H'
Drop: Mike DeJong 9', 2H'
Denver, CO
Referee: Don Reordan

Third place

14 May 1989
Denver Barbarians43–12Milwaukee
Try: Mark Smith c
David Philpott
Greg Lang c
Mark Smith c
Dave Tresemer c
Steve LaPorta c
Con: Mike DeJong (4/5)
David Philpott (1/1)
Pen: Mike DeJong 2
Drop: Mike DeJong 60'		[1]Try: Sean Cummings c
Con: Simon Bailey
Pen: Simon Bailey 1H', 49'
Denver, CO
Referee: Kieran Geoghegan

Final

14 May 1989
OMBAC19–9Philadelphia Whitemarsh
Try: Mike Saunders 33'
Pen: Steve Forster 8', 2H', 76', 80'
Drop: Steve Forster 26'		[1]Try: Mike Siano 47' c
Con: Scott Lance
Pen: Scott Lance 13'
Denver, CO
Referee: Don Reordan

Champions: Old Mission Beach Athletic Club
Staff: Bing Dawson (Coach), Mr. Rolls (Manager)
Captain: Mike Saunders (Scrumhalf)
Roster: Colin Cole (Scrumhalf), Rick Crivellone (Flanker), Pete Deddah (Flanker), Graham Downes (Prop), Steve Forster (Flyhalf), Dennis Gonzalez (Flanker), Kevin Higgins (Center), Ben Hough (Flanker), Mike Johnson (Wing), Peter Kuttel (Flanker), Jon Lee (Wing), Bill Leversee (Lock), Chris Lippert (Prop), Greg Lumping (Center), Duncan Lumsden (Wing), Charlie Montgomery (Fullback), Dennis Panish (Center), Dwayne Parker (Hooker), John Phillips (Flyhalf), Gary Stasco (Prop), Marty Trinkino (Hooker), Sam Vaka (Center), Brian Vizard (#8), Ron Zenker (Lock).

Women's Club

The 1989 Women's National Rugby Championship was a tournament sponsored by Steinlager and was played at Lafreniere Park on May 27–28 in Metairie, LA.[6] The Bay Area Shehawks won the title by defeating Florida State 9–4.[7][8] Beantown took third place.[9] The Shehawks scored the most points with 68 while the individual with the most tries was Mary Sullivan of Minnesota with 7. The MVP back was Shehawk scrumhalf Laura Burr and the MVP forward was Shehawk lock And Morrell.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
 
Bay Area Shehawks43
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
U of Colorado Rainbows0
 
Bay Area Shehawks13
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
Beantown9
 
Beantown8
 
May 28 – Metairie, LA
 
Chicago0
 
Bay Area Shehawks9
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
Florida State4
 
Florida State8
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
U of Minnesota0
 
Florida State26
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
Berkeley All Blues6 Third place
 
Berkeley All Blues12
 
May 28 – Metairie, LA
 
Colorado Old Girls0
 
Beantown20
 
 
Berkeley All Blues15
 

Consolation Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
 
Chicago30
 
May 28 – Metairie, LA
 
U of Colorado Rainbows4
 
Chicago0
 
May 27 – Metairie, LA
 
Minnesota18
 
U of Minnesota29
 
 
Colorado Old Girls0
 
Seventh place
 
 
May 28 – Metairie, LA
 
 
Old Girls12
 
 
Rainbows4

Semifinals

27 May 1989
Shehawks13–9Beantown
Try: Laura Karcher c
Sandy Meredith
Con: Andi Morrell
Pen: Andi Morrell		Try: Jan Rutkowski c
Con: Madge McClure
Pen: Madge McClure
Metairie, LA
27 May 1989
Florida State26–6Berkeley All Blues
Metairie, LA

Final

28 May 1989
Shehawks9–4Florida State
Pen: Andi Morrell 23', 50', 58'[10]Try: Kathy Flores
Metairie, LA
Referee: Ed Browder (NERFU)

Lineups:
Bay Area Shehawks– Kathie Morrison (Coach), Linda Chevalier, Alexander, Jessie Roberts, Andi Morrell, Brenda Trobaugh, Marti Watts, Law, Barbara Bond (Captain), Laura Burr, Annie Misko, Leal, Laura Karcher, Sandy Meredith, Mauldin, Zdarko.
Florida State– Fahey, Sullivan, Hill, Kathy Kojm, Brown, Claire Sup, Morton, Kathy Flores (Captain), Mary Holmes, Alley, Cooper, Patty Jervey, Candi Orsini, Davis, Nicholson.

College

Main article: 1989 National Collegiate Rugby Championship

The 1989 College championship was won by Air Force. Long Beach was runner-up. In the College All–Star tournament at Colorado Springs the Eastern All–Stars came in first, the Western took second and Pacific finished third ahead of the Midwest.

Military

The 1989 National Military Rugby Championship was a tournament that featured sixteen teams in the Club division and six in the Open division. It took place at Wright Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, OH from May 9–14[11] and was won by Camp Lejeune Misfits with a 21–4 win over the Pensacola in the Club Division[12] while the President's XV won the Open Division defeating the Hahn Panthers 28–7.[11] A 'boot competition' was played by teams finishing third in their group and Fort Sill defeated Seymour Johnson 21–3 to win that honor.[11] In the consolation bracket final Fort Sill defeated Seymour–Johnson 18–3. In the Open Division championship the President's XV defeated US Forces Europe 28–7. In the Chairman's Cup competition for kickers Mike Ferguson of the Marine Corps won the drop kicking contest, and Steve Lavoye of Davis–Monthan was the best place kicker.

Path to championship:
Camp Lejeune 6–4 Fort Sill
Camp Lejeune 29–7 F.E. Warren
Camp Legeune 6–0 Wright–Patterson

Path to final:
Pensacola 15–0 Seymour Johnson
Pensacola 15–4 USUHS
Pensacola 13–0 Fort Knox

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
May 14 – Dayton, OH
 
 
Camp Lejeune11
 
May 14 – Dayton, OH
 
Fort Campbell6
 
Camp Lejeune24
 
May 14 – Dayton, OH
 
Fort Bragg3
 
Camp PendletonL
 
May 14 – Dayton, OH
 
Fort BraggW
 
Camp Lejeune21
 
May 14 – Dayton, OH
 
Pensacola4
 
Pensacola8
 
May 14 – Dayton, OH
 
Wright Patterson0
 
Pensacola4
 
May 14 – Dayton, OH
 
Fort Benning0
 
Fort BenningW
 
 
Davis MonthanL
 

Final

14 May 1989
Camp Lejeune Misfits21–4Pensacola
Try: Glenn Graham 20' c
Wally Bugler 50' c
Glenn Graham 65' c
Con: Brett Bowlin (3/3)
Pen: Brett Bowlin 30'		[13]Try: 75'
Dayton, OH
Referee: Ted Serfs (USN)

Lineups:
Camp Lejeune– Castagnero, Bugler, Brown, Phillips, Clapp, Haddad, Greenwood, Mathews, Hittman, Bowlin, Polk, Byzewski (Captain), Graham, Hobbs, Ferguson.
Pensacola– Shield, Sands, Dyer, Parks, Yeager, Kowaleski, Lien (Captain), Schuler, Johansen, Reese, Grahm, Bennett, Miller, Milo, Veazy.

The 1989 Interservice Rugby Championship was held at Fort McNair in Washington D.C. from 9–10 September.[14] The teams involved were select sides of each service branch. From these teams a selection was made to field the Combined Services Rugby team for tours.
Round robin

  • Navy 13-12 Marines
  • Air Force 14–9 Coast Guard
  • Coast Guard 16–12 Marines
  • Army 24–16 Navy
  • Marines 0–18 Air Force
  • Coast Guard 18–13 Army
  • Navy 27–7 Coast Guard
  • Air Force 16–15 Army
  • Army 20–0 Marines
  • Air Force 12–12 Navy

Third place

  • Coast Guard 23–7 Navy

Championship

10 September 1989
Air Force31–0Army
Try: Tom Miller c
Brent VanderPol c
Joe Neely c
Con: Mark Bissel
Pen: Mark Bissell (3)
Drop: Mike Sergeant
Fort McNair, Washington DC
Referee: Binning

1. Air Force (4–0–1) 2. Army (2–3) 3. Coast Guard (3–2) 4. Navy (2–1–1) 5. Marines (0–4)

Sevens

Club
The 1989 National Club Seven–a–side championship, was played at Lee District Park in Alexandria, Virginia on August 26 and 27 in conjunction with the Potomac Ruggerfest.[15] There were eight teams featured which included two representatives from each of the four territorial unions. Akron and QC Irish qualified from the Midwest.[16] Maryland Old Boys and Northern Virginia qualified from the Eastern regional. OMBAC and Old Puget Sound represented the Pacific Coast. Denver Barbarians and New Mexico represented the West. The Maryland Old Boys defeated Northern Virginia to win the championship. Denver Barbarians finished third.[17] The teams played round robins in two groups of four teams each. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
Aug 26 – Alexandria, VA
 
 
MOB18
 
Aug 26 – Alexandria, VA
 
Old Puget Sound10
 
Maryland Old Boys26
 
Aug 26 – Alexandria, VA
 
Northern Virginia12
 
NOVA20
 
 
Denver Barbarians4
 
Third place
 
 
Aug 26 – Alexandria, VA
 
 
Denver Barbarians
 
 
Old Puget Sound

Final

26 August 1989
Maryland Old Boys26–12Northern Virginia
Try: Vince Granger (3)
Chris Petrakes
Will Brewington		Try: David Dean
Mark Gaetjen
Alexandria, VA

Champions: Maryland Old Boys
Roster: Vince Granger, Mark Benson, Shaun Western, Andy Truesdale, John Redmond, Steve Burnham, Brian Gallagher, Mark Miller, Don Lawrence, Chris Petrakes, Will Brewington.[18]

All Star
The 1989 National All-Star Sevens Rugby Tournament was an eight team tournament with two representatives from each territory. Similar to the ITTs, the other purpose of the tournament was to select members for the U.S. Eagles Seven–a–side team. This years tournament took place at Lee District Park in Alexandria, Virginia on August 26 and 27 in conjunction with the Potomac Ruggerfest.[15] The East I team won the final over the Pacific I team.[19] Midwest I came in third.

ITT

The Inter Territorial Tournament involved the four regional rugby unions comprising the United States RFU: Pacific Coast RFU, Western RFU, Midwest RFU, and the Eastern Rugby Union. The region teams are formed with players selected from the sub regional rugby unions. Subsequently, the USA Eagles are selected from the four regional teams after the ITT concludes. In 1989 the tournament, sponsored by Steinlager, took place at Robb Field in San Diego, CA from May 27–29.[20] The East and West tied for first. The MVP was Western #8 Dave Poquette.

Results:

27 May 1989
1:00PM
Western18–12Eastern
Pen: Mike DeJong 3', 28', 46', 60', 2H', 80'[20]Try: Mark Gaetjen 49' c
Kevin Swords c
Con: Hugh O'Neill
San Diego, CA
Referee: Dave Head (SCRFU)
27 May 1989
3:00PM
Pacific Coast31–7Midwest
Try: Barry Daily 22' c
Tony Ridnell 30'
Barry Daily c
Dennis Gonzalez c
Gary Hein c
Con: Chris O'Brien
Pen: Chris O'Brien		[20]Try: Rex Myers 3'
Pen: Dave Horton 26'
San Diego, CA
Referee: Don Morrison (NERFU)
28 May 1989
1:00PM
Eastern16–4Midwest
Try: Tom Sullivan 18' c
Dave Robertson
Con: Paul Sheehy
Pen: Paul Sheehy 12', 25'		[21]Try: Ajax Williamson
San Diego, CA
Referee: Jim Russell (ERRFU)
28 May 1989
3:00PM
Pacific Coast18–23Western
Try: John Knutson 72' c
Don James 75' c
Con: Chris O'Brien
Pen: Chris O'Brien 29', 42'		[21]Try: David Tresemer 36'
Ron Laszewski 55'
Steve LaPorta 63' c
Con: Mike DeJong
Pen: Mike DeJong 20', 1H', 1H'
San Diego, CA
Referee: Kieran Geoghegan (NERFU)
29 May 1989
11:00AM
Western17–21Midwest
Try: Mike Glass 48'
Jim Peters 65'
Pen: Mark Gale (3)		[22]Try: Rich Schurfeld c
Kevin Moylan 75' c
Con: Dave Horton (1)
Tom Croskey (1)
Pen: Dave Horton 18'
Drop: Dave Horton 4', 1H'
San Diego, CA
Referee: Don Reordan (SCRFU)
29 May 1989
3:00PM
Pacific Coast12–28Eastern
Try: Jon Lee c
Con: Chris O'Brien
Pen: Chris O'Brien 9', 27'		[22]Try: Ed Simpson 46' c
Mike Caulder 57'
Ed Simpson 65' c
Joe Burke c
Con: Allen Spriggs
Pen: Allen Spriggs 2', 73'
San Diego, CA
Referee: George Gadjovich (Ontario RU)
Team W L F A
1 Eastern Colonials 2 1 56 34
1 Western Mustangs 2 1 58 51
3 Pacific Coast Grizzlies 1 2 61 58
3 Midwest Thunderbirds 1 2 32 64

Junior ITT
The 1989 Junior ITT tournament took place at Robb Field in San Diego, CA from May 27–29.[20] The Pacific Coast won for the fourth time in six years. Chris Williams of the Pacific Coast Junior Grizzlies was the MVP.

27 May 1989
9:00AM
Eastern13–13Western
Try: Ed Stump
Brian Ketchem
Con: Jamie Sabatier (1)
Pen: Jamie Sabatier		Try: Rob Taute
Kevin Harder
Con: Andrew Seelaus (1)
Pen: Andrew Seelaus
San Diego, CA
Referee: Don Reordan (SCRFU)
27 May 1989
11:00AM
Midwest23–19Pacific Coast
Try: Mike Curtis
Mike Law
Pat Calcagno c
Con: Tony Konczak
Pen: Andrew Pikston (2)
Tony Konczak		Try: Chris Celsi
Chris Williams 46' c
Rich Pearson c
Con: King Holmes (1)
Ian Sherman (1)
Drop: Ian Sherman 76'
San Diego, CA
Referee: Jim Russell (ERRFU)
28 May 1989
9:00AM
Eastern37–0Midwest
Try: Roger Coleman c
John Lamb (2)
Jim Walier
Tom Brewer
Con: Mike Howell (1)
Tim Lucca (3)
Pen: Mike Howell (2)
Tim Lucca (1)
San Diego, CA
Referee: Dave Head (SCRFU)
28 May 1989
11:00AM
Pacific Coast17–13Western
Try: Rodi Quitiquit 60'
Scott Barbour 75'
Pen: Simon Matthews
Drop: Ian Sherman (2)		Try: Lee Cooke 1'
Bill Kirkelie 30' c
Con: Paul King
Pen: Paul King
San Diego, CA
Referee: George Gadjovich (Ontario RU)
29 May 1989
9:00AM
Western22–18Midwest
Try: Shawn Loudenback
Bill Kirkelie
Tim Bohman c
Con: Paul King (2)
Pen: Paul King (2)		Try: Mike Law
Mike Curtis
Ron Bowers
Mike Curtis
Con: Tony Konczak (1)
San Diego, CA
Referee: Kieran Geoghegan (NERFU)
29 May 1989
1:00PM
Pacific Coast25–14Eastern
Try: Chris Williams
Pat Cronin
Rodi Quitiquit c
Chris Williams c
Con: Scott Barbour (3)
Pen: Scott Barbour		Try: Mike Szymanski
Ed Stump
Jim Walier c
Con: Jamie Sabatier
San Diego, CA
Referee: Don Morrison (NERFU)

Champions: Pacific Coast Junior Grizzlies
Staff: Dave Briley (Coach), Hom (Trainer), Figone (Manager), Dr. Brewin (Coach), Dr. Toohey (Coach)
Captain: Rich Pearson–Center (UC Berkeley)
Roster: Scott Barbour-Flanker (Old Blues), Frank Bistrian-Lock (OMBAC), Chris Celsi-Wing (Old Blues), Henry Choi–Prop (Haggis), Pat Cronin-Fullback (CSU Chico), Dave DeMay-Flanker/#8 (Tucson Magpies), Matt Eshoo-Flanker (Santa Rosa), Chris Fiack-Wing (San Jose Seahawks), Doug Giles-#8 (San Francisco), King Holmes-Scrumhalf (Old Puget Sound), Alden Hough-Hooker (UC Santa Cruz), Greg Hulbert-Lock (Old Blues), Ryan Kelly-Flanker (Tucson Magpies), Gerard Lumkong-Center (OMBAC), Scot Marker-Lock (Las Vegas), Simon Matthews-Fullback/FH (U. Arizona), Dwight Pargee-Center (San Francisco), Rodi Quitiquit-Wing (Haggis), Mike Schneck-Hooker (San Jose Seahawks), Ian Sherman-Flyhalf (UC Davis), James Smith-Prop (UC Berkeley), John Velie-Scrumhalf (UC Berkeley), E.J. Wick-Prop (U. Arizona), Chris Williams–Wing (UC Berkeley).

Women's ITT
The third edition of the Women's ITT was played from January 28–29 in Metarie, LA and held in conjunction with the Battle of New Orleans tournament.[23] The tournament ended in a three-way tie.

Round one:

  • Pacific Coast 27–0 West
  • Midwest 7–4 East

Round two:

  • East 20–0 West
  • Pacific Coast 18–6 Midwest

Round three:

  • Midwest 21–0 West
  • East 18–3 Pacific Coast

High School

The 1989 National High School Rugby Championship was an eight team tournament took place 20 May at Cottonwood High School in Salt Lake City, UT.[24] The Highland squad from Utah won the championship by defeating Burlingame of California in the final.[25] Xavier of New York took third.[26]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
 
Highland (Salt Lake)15
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
Druids (St. Louis)0
 
Highland28
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
Whitemarsh3
 
Whitemarsh (Philadelphia)4
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
Overland (Aurora)0
 
Highland14
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
Burlingame6
 
Burlingame (California)22
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
West End (Fairfax)4
 
Burlingame14
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
Xavier12 Third place
 
Xavier (New York)7
 
May 20 – Salt Lake City, UT
 
Liberty (Issaquah)4
 
Xavier16
 
 
Whitemarsh6
 

Consolation
Liberty 22–15 West End
Druids 4–0 Overland

Seventh place

  • West End 11–6 Overland

Fifth place

20 May 1989
Liberty20–4Druids
Try: Brian Karolenko
Brian Treloggen
Brian Adams
Jim Roper (2)		[27]Try: Jeff Albrecht
Salt Lake City, UT

Semifinals

20 May 1989
Highland28–3Whitemarsh
Try: Paul Ellis 2' c
Steve Ebert 13' c
Siope Matakaiongo c
Siope Matakaiongo 50'
Dave Parkin c
Con: Derek Becker		Pen: Michael Dougherty 15'
Salt Lake City, UT
Referee: Herk Koranski (Western RFU)
20 May 1989
Burlingame14–12Xavier
Try: Patrick Stein 32' c
Jon Idiart 34'
Rick Lauese 38' c
Con: Sione Mahoni		Try: Jon Taglieri 6' c
Sean Gillooley 28' c
Con: Sean Lugano
Salt Lake City, UT
Referee: Peter Buckley (PCRFU)

Third place

20 May 1989
Xavier16–6Whitemarsh
Try: Andy Frank
Paul Denver
Joe McCarthy
Con: Sean Lugano (2)		Try: David Breslin c
Con: Michael Dougherty
Salt Lake City, UT

Final

20 May 1989
5:00PM
Highland14–6Burlingame
Try: Paul Ellis 19'
Kurt Hawes 23'
Siope Matakiongo c
Con: Derek Becker		[25]Pen: Totoa Pohahau 5'
Sione Mahoni 39'
Salt Lake City, UT
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Joel Diemer (Western RFU)

Lineups:
Highland– Larry Gelwix (Coach), Mason, Wilcox, Jensen, Goates, Hawes, Parkin, Ebert, Becker (Captain), Berg, Rogers, Ellis, Matakaiongo, Turketo, Adamson, Latu.
Burlingame– Mark Hoffmann (Coach), Sciandri, Bianchini, Benson, Clark, Monroe (Lipman), Quivy, Moli, Niu, Stein (Captain), Tonga (Vete), Fehoko (Bryan), Idiart, Pohahau, Lauese (Frost), Mahoni.

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