Kylie Totten ’24
EE Sports Editor
Time to add rugby to the long list of Trumbull High sports! This spring over 60 THS students, both new and advanced players, came together to form three new rugby teams: Boys Varsity and JV Teams and Girls Varsity Team. In the past couple of months these students have tried out, practiced, and competed, and for a lot of the students this was the start of a whole new experience.
The boys Varsity and JV teams played their first games last Friday (4/1) and the Girls Team played their first game Thursday (4/6). The boys played against Simsbury and the girls played against Staples High School, both of which were more experienced than the Trumbull teams. Every single team came back to Trumbull High with their first ever win in their first ever game.
The boys Varsity team defeated Simsbury 45-20, and were led by captains Corbin Smith, Jeff Adintori, Andre Caraballo, and Anthony Desautels. The MVP of the game was Corbin Smith, who scored three of the teams seven trys (worth 5 points) and all five of the teams’ conversions (2 points). The other trys were scored by Chris Scalise, Jeff Adintori and Andre Caraballo.
The boys JV team also beat Simsbury JV team with a final score of 55-33. The game was led by captain Jonathan Hall, who was also the MVP of the game. Hall scored four of the teams nine tries and four of the teams 5 conversions. The rest of the teams trys were scored by Wesley Dayton, Charlie Keller and Harsimar Singh, and the rest of the conversions were made by Wesley Dayton.
The girls team took on Staples this past Thursday, and captains Devin Campbell, Samantha Agostin and Jasmine Rivera led the team to a 27-5 victory. The 5 trys of the game were made by Samantha Agostin, Hope Platt, Megan Sullivan and Faith Brown. The one conversion of the game was made by Sienna Hoefer.
This is just the start of the players’ season! The boys varsity and JV teams had a home game against Staples Friday (4/8), and and upcoming away game against Ridgefield (5/6) and home game against Fairfield Prep (5/20) in their future. As for the girls, there is an away game against Greenwich (4/14), an away game against Darien (4/21) and a home game against Greenwich (4/29).
Photo courtesy: Sara Desautels