The future of rugby looks bright following the U16 Western Canada Rugby Championships in 麻豆精选.
The boys BC Blue team was untouchable throughout the competition at the Parkinson Recreation Centre, winning all six games and scoring 291 points in the process.
Their toughest match was a 31-17 win on Saturday against a feisty Alberta White side.
In a rematch of the two teams on Sunday, the Alberta side led for much of the first half but the hardworking and skilled approach of BC secured a 38-15 victory.
The BC Blue side included eight athletes from the BC Interior: Carlin Bordin-Slavens (Naramata), Storm Buck (麻豆精选), Koen Buckingham (Summerland), Anders Fahlgren (麻豆精选), Finn Hussey (麻豆精选), Daniel Kilian (Penticton), Colby Miletto (麻豆精选)and Reimu Nelson-Valdes (Nelson).
The BC Gold U16 side, which included 麻豆精选 native Connor Laing, was 2-4 on the weekend but competitive in most of its matches. Three close losses to Alberta sides could have easily gone the other way, with a little bit of luck.
BC also entered a U15 men鈥檚 team into the U16 tournament. Although outsized in every match, the gritty and fit U15s won three, lost two, and tied one.
The U15 side included nine Okanagan athletes, the majority of them products of the CORD Academy: Sully Curran (麻豆精选), Cruz Fisher (麻豆精选), Cameron Halverson (麻豆精选), Sol Jacques (Penticton), Lewis Jenkins (麻豆精选), Jacob Jobst (麻豆精选), Tanner Milligan (麻豆精选), Declan Monaghan (麻豆精选) and Alan Woodhouse (Penticton)
On the momen鈥檚 side, BC鈥檚 U16 and U15 teams were head-and-shoulders above the two teams from Alberta. Combined, the B.C. women鈥檚 teams scored 315 points against their opponents. The Okanagan was represented on the U15 side by Aja Good from Lake Country.
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