FALL 1992
MOUNTAIN CUP
BLACKSBURG, VA.
KNOXVILLE 16 RICHMOND 5
KNOXVILLE 63 RADFORD 0
KNOXVILLE 10 BLACKSBURG 23
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KNOXVILLE 26 HUNTSVILLE 52
KNOXVILLE 17 LEXINGTON 24
KNOXVILLE 89 TENNESSEE TECH 0
TRIES: RICH HOLLAND-4 (REPLACED AT HALF)
MID-SOUTH TOURNAMENT
HUNTSVILLE
KNOXVILLE 10 NASHVILLLE 32 (HALF 3-3)
KNOXVILLE 42 FT. CAMPBELL 0
KNOXVILLE 32 CHATTANOOGA 7
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KNOXVILLE 20 CHATTANOOGA 18
SPRING 1993
KNOXVILLE 33 AUGUSTA O
KNOXVILLE 10 HUNTSVILLE 33
KNOXVILLE B 13 HUNTSVILLE 12
SAVANNAH (BLIZZARD OF '93)
KNOXVILLE 3 NEW YORK DAC 0
KNOXVILLE 7 CAPE FEAR 5
KNOXVILLE 0 OTTAWA 35
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KNOXVILLE 38 BLACKSBURG 0
NASH BASH
KNOXVILLE 46 U. OF MICHIGAN 12
KNOXVILLE 20 U. OF WINDSOR 12
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KNOXVILLE 20 CHATTANOOGA 28
KNOXVILLE 8 CHARLOTTE 20
KNOXVILLE 30 RENEGADES 0
KNOXVILLE 29 CHATTANOOGA 8
KNOXVILLE 24 ASHEVILLE 12
KNOXVILLE 39 QUEEN CITY 10
KNOXVILLE B 38 QUEEN CITY B 5
FALL 1993
4TH ANNUAL MOUNTAIN CUP IN BLACKSBURG
SEPT. 4
KNOXVILLE 58 RICHMOND RATS 0
TWO TRIES APIECE FROM TOM WILSON AND PAT DORWIN IN WHAT WAS ALMOST A POINT-A-MINUTE SHOWING IN THE 60-MINUTE MATCH.
KNOXVILLE 26 ASHEVILLE 7
SEPT. 5
KNOXVILLE 31 BLACKSBURG 10
POSSUMS BROKE AWAY FROM 5-3 LEAD AT THE HALF TO WIN THE FINAL.
SEPT. 11
KNOXVILLE 38 CHATTANOOGA 5
SEPT. 25
KNOXVILLE 5 DAYTON 43
KNOXVILLE B 10 DAYTON 0
SEPT. 26
KNOXVILLE 21 LEXINGTON 23
OCT. 3
KNOXVILLE 50 VANDERBILT 9
KNOXVILLLE B 43 VANDERBILT 0
OCT. 9
KNOXVILLE 24 ASHEVILLE 12
MID-SOUTH TOURNAMENT AT KNOXVILLE
OCT. 16
KNOXVILLE 15 HUNTSVILLE 25
OCT. 17
KNOXVILLE 38 CHATTANOOGA 10
KNOXVILLE 15 JOHNSON CITY 12
OCT. 30
KNOXVILLE 21 JOHNSON CITY 13
NOV. 6
KNOXVILLE 8 AUGUSTA 13
NOV. 13
KNOXVILLE 0 HUNTSVILLE 40
KNOXVILLE B 12 HUNTSVILLE 5
SPRING 1994
KNOXVILLE 11 ASHEVILLE 12
KNOXVILLE B 17 ASHEVILLE 0
KNOXVILLE 3 NASHVILLE 27
KNOXVILLE B 7 NASHVILLE 39
KNOXVILLE 30 BLACKSBURG 8
KNOXVILLE B 16 BLACKSBURG/CHATTANOOGA 19
SAVANNAH (MUCH WARMER)
KNOXVILLE 38 DAYTONA 3
KNOXVILLE 7 MARYLAND EXILES 30-TRY BY GREGG GIDDISH
KNOXVILLE 7 AUGUSTA 12
NASH BASH
KNOXVILLE 15 MEMPHIS OLD #7 20
KNOXVILLLE 14 ST. LOUIS RAMBLERS 32
KNOXVILLE 6 QUEEN CITY 10
KNOXVILLE B 18 QUEEN CITY 5
DOGWOOD TOURNAMENT
KNOXVILLE 12 GREENEVILLE 5
KNOXVILLE JOHNSON CITY
FINAL
KNOXVILLE 26 UT 8
FALL 1994
VS. ASHEVILLE W 46-26; SEPT. 17
TRIES: PAT DORWIN-2, KEVIN BLALOCK, MARTY BRADLEY, SCOTT CALDWELL, DON CLARDY, DOUG POWELL AND ANDY KLAEHN-1 EACH
VS. JOHNSON CITY W 57-0; SEPT. 10
TRIES: RICH HOLLAND-2
AT CHATTANOOGA W 8-7; SEPT. 17 (MARTY HAD REPORTED THIS AS A 5-7 LOSS IN MARSUPIAL MAGAZINE, BUT A CHECK OF THE KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL SHOWED A 1-POINT KNOXVILLE WIN) TRY-DON CLARDY, PENALTY KICK-BRIAN NIEKERK
AT CHATTANOOGA W 23-7; SEPT. 17
TRIES-FRANK BENNETT, GREGG GIDDISH, JODY MUNIZ; CONVERSIONS-BRIAN NIEKERK-2; PENALTY KICK-NIEKERK
AT ROANOKE L 18-19
AT MEMPHIS OLD #7 L 0-22
AT MEMPHIS OLD # 7 B L 0-17
AT MEMPHIS DRY GULCH W 24-14
MIDSOUTH TOURNAMENT
VS. HUNTSVILLE W 41-12
VS. NASHVILLE L 15-35
VS. LEXINGTON W 45-20
AT JOHNSON CITY L 20-32
SPRING 1995
KNOXVILLE 15 CHATTANOOGA 14
KNOXVILLE B 5 CHATTANOOGA 15
KNOXVILLE 53 JOHNSON CITY 0
KNOXVILLE 34 ASHEVILLE 12
TRIES: DON CLARDY-3; SCOTT CALDWELL AND PAT DORWIN-1 EACH; CONVERSIONS: MARTY BRADLEY 3; PENALTY KICK: BRADLEY
KNOXVILLE B 7 ASHEVILLE B 15
NASH BASH
KNOXVILLE 62 GRAND RAPIDS 3
TRIES: TOM WILSON-4, TYLER HUSKEY-3, AND MARK ALTOONIAN AND MARTY BRADLEY-1 EACH; CONVERSIONS: BRADLEY-5, OSCAR DOSTER; PENALTY KICK: BRADLEY
NOTE: WILSON'S FOUR TRIES TIE HIM WITH KEVIN BLALOCK
(POSSUM DEBUT) AND RICH HOLLAND (IN JUST THE
FIRST HALF) FOR
THEMODERN-DAY TRY-SCORING MARKS, ALTHOUGH NASHVILLE'S AJAX WILLIAMSON SCORED SIX AS A KNOXVILLE GUEST PLAYER IN THE DOGWOOD AGAINST BLACKSBURG. PAT DORWIN HAD FOUR VS. WESTERN SUBURBS (WASHINGTON, D.C.)N AT CAPE FEAR, BUT NEVER MANAGED A HAT TRICK 15s. HE BOTCHED ANOTHER FOUR-TRY 7s MATCH IN NASVILLE VS. AUBURN, WHO OPENED THE MATCH KICKING HIGH TO KNOXVILLE'S LEFT. BRIAN NIEKERK EASILY OUTJUMPED THE DEFENDER AND TAPPED IT BACK E
PERFECTLY TO DORWIN. CATCHING ON A GOOD ZIP, HE BLEW PAST ONE DEFENDER AND IMMEDIATELY CHIPPED OVER THE ONCOMING C0VER, SNAGGING A PERFECT BOUNCE TO DOT DOWN 10 SECONDS INTO THE MATCH. LATER HE DROPPED THE EASIEST TRY IN THE WORLD
KNOXVILLE 22 LEXINGTON 0
DOGWOOD TOURNAMENT
KNOXVILLE 22 HUNTSVILLE ?
TRIES: KEVIN BLALOCK-2 AND STEVE CUNNINGHAM; CONVERSIONS: MARTY BRADLEY-2; PENALTY KICK-BRADLEY
KNOXVILLE 22 FINDLAY 23
KNOXVILLE 20 CHATTANOOGA 12 (THIRD PLACE)
TRIES: SCOTT CALDWELL, DON CLARDY, DON HENNESSEY AND MARTY BRADLEY
KNOXVILLE 24 QUEEN CITY 22
KNOXVILLE B 19 QUEEN CITY 5
SPRING 1996
FEB. 24
GREENEVILLE 26-5
KNOXVILLE 24 GREENEVILLE 21
MARCH 2
KNOXVILLE 8 CHATTANOOGA 5
KNOXVILLE 32 UTC 0
MARCH 9
ASHEVILLE CANCELED
MARCH 16
DAYTON 7 KNOXVILLE 0
DAYTON 10 KNOXVILLE 7
MARCH 23-24
WISCONSIN PAGANS 20 KNOXVILLE 15
KNOXVILLE 19 MEMPHIS OLD #7 17
MARCH 30
KNOXVILLE 17 LEXINGTON 17
APRIL 13-14
DOGWOOD TOURNAMENT-
FALL 1996
AUG. 31-SEPT 1
MOUNTAIN CUP
VS. BLACKSBURG L 0-19
VS UNITED (RICHMOND) L 12-15
SEPT. 7
VS. JOHNSON CITY A W 41-10
B (12s) W 23-22
SEPT. 14
VS. LEXINGTON W 34-3
STEVE CUNNINGHAM SCORED A HAT-TRICK
SEPT. 21
VS. GREENEVILLE CANCELED
SEPT. 28
VS. ASHEVILLE W 42-0
THREE TRIES FOR BRIAN NEIKERK
B (10s) W 26-0
OCT. 12-13
MID-SOUTH TOURNEY AT HUNTSVILLE
VS. HUNTSVILLE L 25-32
VS. FORT CAMPBELL L 8-12
OCT. 19
VS. CHATTANOOGA W 33-15
FIRST WIN OVER THEM IN LAST THREE SEASONS
OCT. 26
VS. QUEEN CITY W 76-0
SPRING 1997
FEB. 15
AT NASHVILLE L 10-36
FEB. 22
AT JOHNSON CITY A L 5-7
B SIDE W 19-5
MARCH 8
VS. CHATTANOOGA Bs W GAZILLION-0
MARCH 22
AT CHATTANOOGA L 6-7
APRIL 5-6
DOGWOOD TOURNAMENT
VS. JOHNSON CITY W 34-7
VS. FINDLAY, OHIO W 22-0
CHAMPIONSHIP
VS. GREENEVILLE W 17-16
-----BEGINNING OF A STRONG RIVALRY STARTED WITH DOGWOOD FINAL WIN
APRIL 12
VS ROANOKE W 21-20
-----LUCKY WIN AS PAT DORWIN, PLAYING FULLBACK FOR LIKE-AGED ROANOKE, CHIPPED OVER STEVE CUNNINGHAM AND ANOTHER POSSUM, PICKED UP THE BOUNCE AROUND MID-FIELD AND TOUCHED DOWN
AT THE LEFT POST WITH MINUTES TO GO. UNFORTUNATELY, ROANOKE DID NOT HAVE A KICKER THAT COULD EVEN MAKE THAT KICK AND BRIAN NIEKERK'S LONG-DISTANCE PENALTY WITH SECONDS LEFT WON IT.
FALL 1997
AUG. 12
AT CAPE FEAR W 17-10
SEPT. 6
VS. BLACKSBURG W 28-5
SEPT. 13
AT HIGH COUNTRY L 15-28
SEPT. 20
VS. CHATTANOOGA W 63-7
OCT. 4
AT QUEEN CITY W 53-7
OCT. 5 AT KELTS W 47-10
OCT. 11
VS. GEORGIA W 56-10
OCT. 18
JOHNSON CITY AT MID-SOUTH W 65-5
OCT. 19
U. OF MEMPHIS AT MID-SOUTH W 34-7
NOV. 8
VS. GREENEVILLE L 10-12
SPRING 1998
FEB. 21-22
MARDI GRAS TOURNAMENT
ARLINGTON, TEXAS W 30-10
OZARK LAU SIDE W 15-6
AUSTIN HUNS W 23-3
LSU OLD BOYS L 22-22
LOST 3-1 IN A KICKOFF AFTER 10-MIN. OT
FEB. 28
NASHVILLE L 13-18
QUITE POSSIBLY THE MOST PHYSICAL GAME EVER PLAYED AT THE FORKS
MARCH 7
AT CHATTANOOGA W 27-3
FORWARD-DOMINATED PLAY
MARCH 14 W
10 PLAYERS ON AN ASHEVILLE/JOHNSON CITY COMBO SHOWED
MARCH 21
AT DAYTON L 5-22
A VERY STRONG DIV. II TEAM
APRIL 18
MIDWEST DIVISION III QUARTERFINAL
AT FLINT W 48-5
A BIG, FAT THANK-YOU TO THE MIDWEST RFU FOR ALL THE TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
MIDWEST DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP
SEMIFINAL
MAY 2 AT CHICAGO
VS. KELLOGG W 27-5
SEEMED TO BE A CONFIDENT BUNCH ... UNTIL THE MATCH STARTED
FINAL
MAY 3
VS. BREMER COUNTY, IOWA W 20-12
DIVISION III CHAMPIONS !!!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
CLUB AWARDS
1991
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-FRANK BARBER
MVP NEW PLAYER-STEVE ROADS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-DAVE CHRISTOPHER
WHINEY HINEY-BOB BROWDER/OSCAR DOSTER
1992
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-MARTY BRADLEY
NEW PLAYER-MIKE DULIN
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-GREGG GIDDISH
WHINEY HINEY-TIM CHAMBERS
1993
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-BRIAN NIEKERK
NEW CLUB MEMBER-SCOTT SANDMAN
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-WAYNE CRAVENS
CLUB AWARD-NICKNAME/LOGO OF THE YEAR BY RUGBY MAGAZINE/SENT BY PAT DORWIN
1994
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-BRIAN NIEKERK
NEW CLUB MEMBER-TYLER HUSKEY
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-RICHARD HOLLAND
WHINEY HINEY-JACK GEIBIG
1996
MVP-TYLER HUSKEY
CLUB MEMBER-BRIAN NIEKERK
NEW CLUB MEMBER-BILL McARTHUR, JOHN DAUGHERTY
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-ERIC BOOTH
WHINEY HINEY-TYLER HUSKEY
1997
MVP-JOHN DAUGHERTY
CLUB MEMBER-TYLER HUSKEY
NEW CLUB MEMBER-KENNY CHRISTIAN/MARK SZYDLO
WHINE HINEY-JOHN DAUGHERTY
1998
MVP-JOHN DAUGHERTY
CLUB MEMBER-ED EVERETT
NEW CLUB MEMBER-RON SILVER
WHINEY HINEY-PAUL CURETON
2005
MVP-MATT NOSS
CLUB MEMBER-RYAN MILLER
ROOKIE-COREY CASON
MOST IMPROVED-COREY CASON
WHINEY HINEY-SCOTT ADCOX, ROBERT PEAGLER
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-FRANK BARBER
MVP NEW PLAYER-STEVE ROADS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-DAVE CHRISTOPHER
WHINEY HINEY-BOB BROWDER/OSCAR DOSTER
1992
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-MARTY BRADLEY
NEW PLAYER-MIKE DULIN
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-GREGG GIDDISH
WHINEY HINEY-TIM CHAMBERS
1993
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-BRIAN NIEKERK
NEW CLUB MEMBER-SCOTT SANDMAN
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-WAYNE CRAVENS
CLUB AWARD-NICKNAME/LOGO OF THE YEAR BY RUGBY MAGAZINE/SENT BY PAT DORWIN
1994
MVP-MARTY BRADLEY
CLUB MEMBER-BRIAN NIEKERK
NEW CLUB MEMBER-TYLER HUSKEY
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-RICHARD HOLLAND
WHINEY HINEY-JACK GEIBIG
1996
MVP-TYLER HUSKEY
CLUB MEMBER-BRIAN NIEKERK
NEW CLUB MEMBER-BILL McARTHUR, JOHN DAUGHERTY
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR-ERIC BOOTH
WHINEY HINEY-TYLER HUSKEY
1997
MVP-JOHN DAUGHERTY
CLUB MEMBER-TYLER HUSKEY
NEW CLUB MEMBER-KENNY CHRISTIAN/MARK SZYDLO
WHINE HINEY-JOHN DAUGHERTY
1998
MVP-JOHN DAUGHERTY
CLUB MEMBER-ED EVERETT
NEW CLUB MEMBER-RON SILVER
WHINEY HINEY-PAUL CURETON
2005
MVP-MATT NOSS
CLUB MEMBER-RYAN MILLER
ROOKIE-COREY CASON
MOST IMPROVED-COREY CASON
WHINEY HINEY-SCOTT ADCOX, ROBERT PEAGLER
ALL-TIME BEST QUOTES
FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, MARTY BRADLEY BROUGHT US "MARSUPIAL MAGAZINE," DESCRIBED AS A PERIODICAL DEDICATED TO THE LIFE AND TIMES OF POSSUM RUGBY.
AS MARTY SAID, THE MAGAZINE OFTEN WROTE ITSELF DUE TO OUR OWN ANTICS AND THE RUNNING OF OUR MOUTHS - THE BEST QOUTES FOLLOW.
"SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE."
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP."
"THAT SURE WAS A NICE RADAR DETECTOR."
----VARIOUS THINGS DOUG BROWN SAID TO BOB BROWDER TO TRY AND PISS HIM OFF DURING THEIR SUPPORT IN MILWAUKEE OF THE KARS.
"THIS IS THE LAST ONE OUT OF A 12-PACK AND THE BEER STORE CLOSES IN FIVE MINUTES."
----RUMOR HAS IT THAT THIS IS WHAT STEVE MOORE TOLD THE OFFICER THAT PULLED HIM OVER ON THE 4TH OF JULY FOR DOING 80 IN A 55 MPH ZONE. HE GOT OUT OF THE TICKET.
"HE IS JUST CLEARING THE COB WEBS OUT OF HIS HEAD."
"I HOPE HE BROUGHT A PUSH BROOM."
----A CONVERSATION BETWEEN BRIAN NIEKERK AND STEVE CUNNINGHAM ON WHY TOM WILSON WAS SITTING BY HIMSELF UNDER A TENT AT CAPE FEAR.
"MY KIT BAG SURE IS HEAVY. I DIDN'T THINK I PACKED THAT MUCH."
----MIKE DULIN, NOT REALIZING DOUG BROWN HAD TAKEN ALL HIS CLOTHES OUT OF THE BAG AND FILLED IT WITH SAND FROM WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
"I'M SURPRISED SOMEONE HASN'T SHOT HER FOR HER PELT."
----REX WOLFE, COMMENTING ON THE APPEARANCE OF A GIRL IN THE NEXT CAR ON THE INTERSTATE DURING A TRIP TO CHARLOTTE.
"REX WOLFE IS THE FINEST DAUGHTER THAT MY FATHER EVER RAISED."
----KEN WOLFE, REX'S BROTHER, TO THE KARPS IN FT. WALTON.
"YOU BOYS HERE FOR A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT?"
----BRIAN NIEKERK, TO THE KALAMAZOO SEVENS TEAM THE NIGHT BEFORE THE KARS BEAT THEM IN THE FINALS IN CLEVELAND.
"I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HER BUTT, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE A RUGBY TEAM."
----JOHN GRAHAM, TO THE YOUNG LADY'S BOYFRIEND ON FT. WALTON BEACH AS HE PHOTOGRAPHED HER SHOWERING THE SAND OFF HER BODY.
"I CAN'T STAY AND PLAY IN THE SECOND GAME. I HAVE TO GO HOME AND PUT THAT SECOND COAT OF VARNISH ON THE FLOOR."
"I WHIPPED INTO A PARKING LOT OF A ROADSIDE BAR, RAN BEHIND THE BUILDING AND INTO THE WOODS, THEN FELL ASLEEP ON A ROCK PILE."
"SINCE WE ONLY HAVE 13, IT'S A GOOD THING WE BROUGHT GUYS WHO DON'T PASS ANYWAY."
"FAT, DRUNK AND STUPID IS NO WAY TO GO THROUGH LIFE."
"JUST SAVE ME A SHRED OF DIGNITY."
"I HAVE TO GO RELIEVE THE WIFE."
"I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANYONE KNOCKED DOWN BY A RUGBY BALL BEFORE. THAT BALL REALLY KICKED HIS BUTT!"
-----FEMALE SPECTATOR IN SAVANNAH AFTER WAYNE CRAVENS WAS FLAILED TO THE GROUND WHILE TRYING TO CATCH A ROUTINELY KICKED BALL.
"HE SURE IS HIGH MAINTENANCE. I WISH I HAD HAIR THAT NICE."
-----A GROUP OF GIRLS DURING A SUNNY AFTERNOON AT THE FORKS.
"HE'S SICK TODAY, SO HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND PLAY."
-----SPOUSE OF A PLAYER IN ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING EXCUSES FOR NOT SHOWING UP FOR A MATCH. NEWSFLASH - HURT FEELINGS AND BRUISED EGOS HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ILLNESSES BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
"WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN?"
-----MARTY INTRODUCING HIMSELF TO THE GUY THAT WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE THIRD STITCH BELOW HIS EYE ON A PARK BENCH IN SAVANNAH. SINCE THE GUY HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS FACE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, IT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE LATE TO BE CONCERNED WITH HIS NAME, MEDICAL TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE.
"THE MAN WITH THE BLUE NOSE SPEAKS THE TRUTH."
----AFTER JODY MUNIZ COUGHED UP THE CONDOM IN CINCINNATI, SCOTT SANDMAN PAINTED HIS FACE WITH POOL ROOM CHALK.
"OH MY GOD, THEY KILLED KENNY!"
-HEARD ON THE FIELD MORE TIMES THAN ON COMEDY CENTRAL
"IF YOU DON'T COUNT PAT, OUR AVERAGE AGE ON THIS SIDE IS ABOUT 24."
PLAYER 1-"I AM SO EMBARRASSED TO PLAY FOR THIS TEAM THE WAY YOU GUYS ACTED... "
PLAYER 2 TO PLAYER 3-"WASN'T HE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO START FIGHTING?"
OVERHEARD WHILE WATCHING THE REPLAY OF MATCHES AT THE MID-SOUTH TOURNAMENT....
"I REMEMBER THAT PLAY. THAT'S THE MAUL WHEN I REALLY SMEARED PAT DORWIN."
"I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL THAT A PAT SMEAR THEN WOULDN'T YOU ..."
"@#$% IT. JUST %$#@ IT, I'LL BE SOCIAL CHAIRMAN AGAIN."
"YOU MISQOUTED ME IN THE LAST NEWSLETTER. I NEVER SAID THEY HAD TO BE YOUNG, JUST DRUNK ..."
"WHEN IS THAT THING GOING TO POP, LITTLE MAMA?"
-A VERY UNIQUE WAY OF ASKING A PREGNANT LADY WHEN SHE IS DUE.
"I'M SPENT. THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO SWELL ON ME TONIGHT IS MY KNEE."
"WE ARE LEAVING IN 11 MINUTES."
"THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I EVER MOVED BECAUSE I WANTED TO AND NOT BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME TO."
"I DON'T HAVE TO THROW UP, I JUST WANT TO."
-----JUST ANOTHER IN A LONG LIST OF STRANGE PRE-GAME RITUALS FOR A POSSUM.
"DON'T EVER PLAY THAT MAN IN MY PRESCENCE AGAIN."
-----A COACH OVERHEARD AT THE DOGWOOD OBVIOUSLY DISSATISFIED WITH A PLAYER.
"IF I COULD GET UP, I'D KICK YOU IN THE ASS - WITH MY GOOD LEG, OF COURSE."
"TOM MAY HAVE MOVED, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOMEONE TO CARRY ON THE TRADITION OF WEARING A SPEEDO ON THE BEACH ..."
"SERIOUSLY, THAT WAS THE BEST REFFED GAME THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. BUT, I'VE ONLY SEEN THREE GAMES."
DRUNK PLAYER - "IM NOT GOING, I'M STILL IN MY UNDERWEAR."
SOBER PLAYER - "DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE INVISIBLE."
"I JUST HAD TO HELP AN OLD GAY MAN OUT ..."
"IT'S 40 DEGREES OUTSIDE, FOR GOD'S SAKE WILL SOMEONE TELL HIM TO PUT A SHIRT ON."
"WHAT D'YA MEAN I DON'T SUPPORT YOUR SYSTEM? I GO TO COURT WHEN I HAVE TO ..."
"I SAID I MIGHT GO TO MARDI GRAS ... M-I-T-E!"
RESPONSE NO. 1-FLINT, MICHIGAN
RESPONSE NO. 2- PLAYING RUGBY
RESPONSE NO. 3-SOME GREAT BIG SOBs.....
-------ANSWERS TO QUESTION USED TO EVALUATE A HEAD INJURY TO A FLINT PLAYER. YOU CAN GUESS THE QUESTIONS.
"I'LL WHIP EVERYBODY HERE!"
"MAYBE NOT ..."
-------INTOXICATED PATRON AS HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR OF A LOCAL WATERING HOLE, NOT REALIZING THE BAR WAS FULL OF CELEBRATING POSSUMS.
"WE REALLY HAVE TO STEP UP OUR RECRUITING. I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF EX-FOOTBALL PLAYERS OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST SITTING AROUND WITH NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT BEAT THEIR WIVES ..."
-------STRANGE WAY TO GET A GUY PLAY RUGBY - AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
KARNAK THE MAGNIFICENT
HE KEEPS GOING AND GOING AND GOING ...
-------DESCRIBE TUNA TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
PRIMAL FEAR...
-------WHAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU ARE RIDING IN A CAR WITH KARL BEHIND THE WHEEL.
PREMATURE EJACKULATION...
-------WHAT IT'S CALLED WHEN EVERYBODY THOUGHT JACK GEIBIG WAS GOING TO WIN THE WHINEY HINEY.
SACRILICIOUS...
-------WHAT DO YOU CALL TOM WILSON DROOLING OVER YOUNG CATHOLIC GIRLS.
ART REYNOLDS' FINGER...
-------NAME THE ONLY THING THAT GET'S PULLED MORE OFTEN THAN PAT DORWIN'S HAMSTRING.
"ISN'T IT IRONIC ... FOR THE LONGEST TIME WE HAD A VERY STRONG CLUB BUT STRUGGLED AS A TEAM; NOW, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG TEAM BUT STRUGGLE AS A CLUB."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I DON'T WASH ME FEET? I STAND IN THE SHOWER EVERY MORNING!"
"I WAS GOING TO BUY A COPY OF 'THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING,' AND THEN I THOUGHT: WHAT THE HELL GOOD WOULD THAT DO?"
"SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE, HE PULLED HIS HAMSTRING AGAIN."
"WHINEY EDDIE?"
"NOTHING WILL CUT A TOURNAMENT SHORT LIKE GOING TO JAIL ..."
HEARD AROUND THE BURN BARREL AFTER SANTA CLAUS 7s: "WOMEN ... IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE VAGINAS, WE'D BE THROWIN' ROCKS AT 'EM."
HEARD ON THE SIDELINES DURING AN U23 MATCH: "THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT - WATCHING OUR FUTURE WHILE WE DRINK AWAY OUR PAST."
"ALL THOSE PEOPLE WANT TO DO IS GO TO CHURCH," SCOTT SANDMAN ABOUT WHERE HE LIVES, HEARD ON THE SIDELINES DURING THE 2010 UT OLD BOYS GAME. A FEW MINUTES LATER, BOB HAMPSTEAD WAS SHOWING SCOTT THE 30th ANNIVERSARY BOOK. "IT EVEN HAS FANTASY (RUGBY) IN THE REAR," BOB INFORMED HIM.
"ISN'T THAT WHERE THEY (FANTASIES) ALL ARE?" SCOTT REPLIED.
"STUPID BITCH! SHE GAVE ME DIRECTIONS AND I FORGOT EM'!"
- TOM WILSON - WHEN ASKED BY STEVE LINK WHERE THE NEXT TURN WAS WHILE LOOKING FOR THE POST MATCH PARTY.
"I'VE HAD HER" - DOUG BROWN - WHEN LINK POINTED OUT A BABE AT THE TAP ROOM - DOUG HAD A POLE POSITION FOR ELBOW SEX THAT NIGHT AND AS IT TURNED OUT HIS ELBOW HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED MOST OF THE GIRLS IN THE BAR!
"_________________ FROM HELL!" INSERT ANY SUBJECT MATTER IN THE BLANK - WILDMAN.
"BALLS ON MAD MAN!" - RICK ??? LAST NAME? - WILD MAN HAD THE BALL IN A MAUL AND NO ONE KNEW WHO RICK WAS TALKING ABOUT.
"I CAN TELL YOUR SINGLE - NOTHING IN THE FRIDGE BUT A SIX PACK AND A STICK OF BUTTER" - FRANK BARBER REFERRING TO STEVE LINK'S LACK OF PANTRY AND FRIDGE SNACKS.
"SELDOM GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT, BUT ALWAYS POLITICALLY CORRECT."
AS MARTY SAID, THE MAGAZINE OFTEN WROTE ITSELF DUE TO OUR OWN ANTICS AND THE RUNNING OF OUR MOUTHS - THE BEST QOUTES FOLLOW.
"SHUT YOUR CAKE HOLE."
"I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP."
"THAT SURE WAS A NICE RADAR DETECTOR."
----VARIOUS THINGS DOUG BROWN SAID TO BOB BROWDER TO TRY AND PISS HIM OFF DURING THEIR SUPPORT IN MILWAUKEE OF THE KARS.
"THIS IS THE LAST ONE OUT OF A 12-PACK AND THE BEER STORE CLOSES IN FIVE MINUTES."
----RUMOR HAS IT THAT THIS IS WHAT STEVE MOORE TOLD THE OFFICER THAT PULLED HIM OVER ON THE 4TH OF JULY FOR DOING 80 IN A 55 MPH ZONE. HE GOT OUT OF THE TICKET.
"HE IS JUST CLEARING THE COB WEBS OUT OF HIS HEAD."
"I HOPE HE BROUGHT A PUSH BROOM."
----A CONVERSATION BETWEEN BRIAN NIEKERK AND STEVE CUNNINGHAM ON WHY TOM WILSON WAS SITTING BY HIMSELF UNDER A TENT AT CAPE FEAR.
"MY KIT BAG SURE IS HEAVY. I DIDN'T THINK I PACKED THAT MUCH."
----MIKE DULIN, NOT REALIZING DOUG BROWN HAD TAKEN ALL HIS CLOTHES OUT OF THE BAG AND FILLED IT WITH SAND FROM WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
"I'M SURPRISED SOMEONE HASN'T SHOT HER FOR HER PELT."
----REX WOLFE, COMMENTING ON THE APPEARANCE OF A GIRL IN THE NEXT CAR ON THE INTERSTATE DURING A TRIP TO CHARLOTTE.
"REX WOLFE IS THE FINEST DAUGHTER THAT MY FATHER EVER RAISED."
----KEN WOLFE, REX'S BROTHER, TO THE KARPS IN FT. WALTON.
"YOU BOYS HERE FOR A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT?"
----BRIAN NIEKERK, TO THE KALAMAZOO SEVENS TEAM THE NIGHT BEFORE THE KARS BEAT THEM IN THE FINALS IN CLEVELAND.
"I'M GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF HER BUTT, AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE A RUGBY TEAM."
----JOHN GRAHAM, TO THE YOUNG LADY'S BOYFRIEND ON FT. WALTON BEACH AS HE PHOTOGRAPHED HER SHOWERING THE SAND OFF HER BODY.
"I CAN'T STAY AND PLAY IN THE SECOND GAME. I HAVE TO GO HOME AND PUT THAT SECOND COAT OF VARNISH ON THE FLOOR."
"I WHIPPED INTO A PARKING LOT OF A ROADSIDE BAR, RAN BEHIND THE BUILDING AND INTO THE WOODS, THEN FELL ASLEEP ON A ROCK PILE."
"SINCE WE ONLY HAVE 13, IT'S A GOOD THING WE BROUGHT GUYS WHO DON'T PASS ANYWAY."
"FAT, DRUNK AND STUPID IS NO WAY TO GO THROUGH LIFE."
"JUST SAVE ME A SHRED OF DIGNITY."
"I HAVE TO GO RELIEVE THE WIFE."
"I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANYONE KNOCKED DOWN BY A RUGBY BALL BEFORE. THAT BALL REALLY KICKED HIS BUTT!"
-----FEMALE SPECTATOR IN SAVANNAH AFTER WAYNE CRAVENS WAS FLAILED TO THE GROUND WHILE TRYING TO CATCH A ROUTINELY KICKED BALL.
"HE SURE IS HIGH MAINTENANCE. I WISH I HAD HAIR THAT NICE."
-----A GROUP OF GIRLS DURING A SUNNY AFTERNOON AT THE FORKS.
"HE'S SICK TODAY, SO HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND PLAY."
-----SPOUSE OF A PLAYER IN ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING EXCUSES FOR NOT SHOWING UP FOR A MATCH. NEWSFLASH - HURT FEELINGS AND BRUISED EGOS HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED ILLNESSES BY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
"WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN?"
-----MARTY INTRODUCING HIMSELF TO THE GUY THAT WAS ABOUT TO PUT THE THIRD STITCH BELOW HIS EYE ON A PARK BENCH IN SAVANNAH. SINCE THE GUY HAD BEEN WORKING ON HIS FACE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, IT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE LATE TO BE CONCERNED WITH HIS NAME, MEDICAL TRAINING OR EXPERIENCE.
"THE MAN WITH THE BLUE NOSE SPEAKS THE TRUTH."
----AFTER JODY MUNIZ COUGHED UP THE CONDOM IN CINCINNATI, SCOTT SANDMAN PAINTED HIS FACE WITH POOL ROOM CHALK.
"OH MY GOD, THEY KILLED KENNY!"
-HEARD ON THE FIELD MORE TIMES THAN ON COMEDY CENTRAL
"IF YOU DON'T COUNT PAT, OUR AVERAGE AGE ON THIS SIDE IS ABOUT 24."
PLAYER 1-"I AM SO EMBARRASSED TO PLAY FOR THIS TEAM THE WAY YOU GUYS ACTED... "
PLAYER 2 TO PLAYER 3-"WASN'T HE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO START FIGHTING?"
OVERHEARD WHILE WATCHING THE REPLAY OF MATCHES AT THE MID-SOUTH TOURNAMENT....
"I REMEMBER THAT PLAY. THAT'S THE MAUL WHEN I REALLY SMEARED PAT DORWIN."
"I GUESS YOU WOULD CALL THAT A PAT SMEAR THEN WOULDN'T YOU ..."
"@#$% IT. JUST %$#@ IT, I'LL BE SOCIAL CHAIRMAN AGAIN."
"YOU MISQOUTED ME IN THE LAST NEWSLETTER. I NEVER SAID THEY HAD TO BE YOUNG, JUST DRUNK ..."
"WHEN IS THAT THING GOING TO POP, LITTLE MAMA?"
-A VERY UNIQUE WAY OF ASKING A PREGNANT LADY WHEN SHE IS DUE.
"I'M SPENT. THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO SWELL ON ME TONIGHT IS MY KNEE."
"WE ARE LEAVING IN 11 MINUTES."
"THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I EVER MOVED BECAUSE I WANTED TO AND NOT BECAUSE THEY ASKED ME TO."
"I DON'T HAVE TO THROW UP, I JUST WANT TO."
-----JUST ANOTHER IN A LONG LIST OF STRANGE PRE-GAME RITUALS FOR A POSSUM.
"DON'T EVER PLAY THAT MAN IN MY PRESCENCE AGAIN."
-----A COACH OVERHEARD AT THE DOGWOOD OBVIOUSLY DISSATISFIED WITH A PLAYER.
"IF I COULD GET UP, I'D KICK YOU IN THE ASS - WITH MY GOOD LEG, OF COURSE."
"TOM MAY HAVE MOVED, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOMEONE TO CARRY ON THE TRADITION OF WEARING A SPEEDO ON THE BEACH ..."
"SERIOUSLY, THAT WAS THE BEST REFFED GAME THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. BUT, I'VE ONLY SEEN THREE GAMES."
DRUNK PLAYER - "IM NOT GOING, I'M STILL IN MY UNDERWEAR."
SOBER PLAYER - "DON'T WORRY, YOU'RE INVISIBLE."
"I JUST HAD TO HELP AN OLD GAY MAN OUT ..."
"IT'S 40 DEGREES OUTSIDE, FOR GOD'S SAKE WILL SOMEONE TELL HIM TO PUT A SHIRT ON."
"WHAT D'YA MEAN I DON'T SUPPORT YOUR SYSTEM? I GO TO COURT WHEN I HAVE TO ..."
"I SAID I MIGHT GO TO MARDI GRAS ... M-I-T-E!"
RESPONSE NO. 1-FLINT, MICHIGAN
RESPONSE NO. 2- PLAYING RUGBY
RESPONSE NO. 3-SOME GREAT BIG SOBs.....
-------ANSWERS TO QUESTION USED TO EVALUATE A HEAD INJURY TO A FLINT PLAYER. YOU CAN GUESS THE QUESTIONS.
"I'LL WHIP EVERYBODY HERE!"
"MAYBE NOT ..."
-------INTOXICATED PATRON AS HE WALKED THROUGH THE DOOR OF A LOCAL WATERING HOLE, NOT REALIZING THE BAR WAS FULL OF CELEBRATING POSSUMS.
"WE REALLY HAVE TO STEP UP OUR RECRUITING. I'M SURE THERE ARE A LOT OF EX-FOOTBALL PLAYERS OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST SITTING AROUND WITH NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT BEAT THEIR WIVES ..."
-------STRANGE WAY TO GET A GUY PLAY RUGBY - AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
KARNAK THE MAGNIFICENT
HE KEEPS GOING AND GOING AND GOING ...
-------DESCRIBE TUNA TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET.
PRIMAL FEAR...
-------WHAT YOU FEEL WHEN YOU ARE RIDING IN A CAR WITH KARL BEHIND THE WHEEL.
PREMATURE EJACKULATION...
-------WHAT IT'S CALLED WHEN EVERYBODY THOUGHT JACK GEIBIG WAS GOING TO WIN THE WHINEY HINEY.
SACRILICIOUS...
-------WHAT DO YOU CALL TOM WILSON DROOLING OVER YOUNG CATHOLIC GIRLS.
ART REYNOLDS' FINGER...
-------NAME THE ONLY THING THAT GET'S PULLED MORE OFTEN THAN PAT DORWIN'S HAMSTRING.
"ISN'T IT IRONIC ... FOR THE LONGEST TIME WE HAD A VERY STRONG CLUB BUT STRUGGLED AS A TEAM; NOW, WE HAVE A VERY STRONG TEAM BUT STRUGGLE AS A CLUB."
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN I DON'T WASH ME FEET? I STAND IN THE SHOWER EVERY MORNING!"
"I WAS GOING TO BUY A COPY OF 'THE POWER OF POSITIVE THINKING,' AND THEN I THOUGHT: WHAT THE HELL GOOD WOULD THAT DO?"
"SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE, HE PULLED HIS HAMSTRING AGAIN."
"WHINEY EDDIE?"
"NOTHING WILL CUT A TOURNAMENT SHORT LIKE GOING TO JAIL ..."
HEARD AROUND THE BURN BARREL AFTER SANTA CLAUS 7s: "WOMEN ... IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE VAGINAS, WE'D BE THROWIN' ROCKS AT 'EM."
HEARD ON THE SIDELINES DURING AN U23 MATCH: "THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT - WATCHING OUR FUTURE WHILE WE DRINK AWAY OUR PAST."
"ALL THOSE PEOPLE WANT TO DO IS GO TO CHURCH," SCOTT SANDMAN ABOUT WHERE HE LIVES, HEARD ON THE SIDELINES DURING THE 2010 UT OLD BOYS GAME. A FEW MINUTES LATER, BOB HAMPSTEAD WAS SHOWING SCOTT THE 30th ANNIVERSARY BOOK. "IT EVEN HAS FANTASY (RUGBY) IN THE REAR," BOB INFORMED HIM.
"ISN'T THAT WHERE THEY (FANTASIES) ALL ARE?" SCOTT REPLIED.
"STUPID BITCH! SHE GAVE ME DIRECTIONS AND I FORGOT EM'!"
- TOM WILSON - WHEN ASKED BY STEVE LINK WHERE THE NEXT TURN WAS WHILE LOOKING FOR THE POST MATCH PARTY.
"I'VE HAD HER" - DOUG BROWN - WHEN LINK POINTED OUT A BABE AT THE TAP ROOM - DOUG HAD A POLE POSITION FOR ELBOW SEX THAT NIGHT AND AS IT TURNED OUT HIS ELBOW HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED MOST OF THE GIRLS IN THE BAR!
"_________________ FROM HELL!" INSERT ANY SUBJECT MATTER IN THE BLANK - WILDMAN.
"BALLS ON MAD MAN!" - RICK ??? LAST NAME? - WILD MAN HAD THE BALL IN A MAUL AND NO ONE KNEW WHO RICK WAS TALKING ABOUT.
"I CAN TELL YOUR SINGLE - NOTHING IN THE FRIDGE BUT A SIX PACK AND A STICK OF BUTTER" - FRANK BARBER REFERRING TO STEVE LINK'S LACK OF PANTRY AND FRIDGE SNACKS.
CLUB OFFICERS
1991
PRESIDENT-FRANK BARBER
VP-BOB BROWDER
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-BOB HAMPSTEAD
MATCH SEC.-TIM CHAMBERS
SOCIAL CHAIR-BUCK ROGERS
CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
CO-CAPTAIN-BRIAN NIEKERK
1992
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
MATCH SEC.-HARRISON AMBROSE
SOCIAL CHAIR-FRANK BARBER
CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
CO-CAPTAIB-MIKE DULIN
1993
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
MATCH SEC.-SCOTT SANDMAN
CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
CO-CAPTAIN-SCOTT SANDMAN
1994
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
MATCH SEC.-PAT DORWIN
SOCIAL CHAIR-JODY MUNIZ
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
1995
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-DAVE CHRISTOPHER
MATCH SEC.-PAT DORWIN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
1996
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-ERIC BOOTH
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-RYAN MILLER
MATCH SEC.-DOUG BROWN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-STEVE CUNNINGHAM
1997
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-ERIC BOOTH
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-MARK CLENDENEN
MATCH SEC.-DOUG BROWN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-STEVE CUNNINGHAM
1998
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-GREG BROYLES
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-MARK CLENDENEN
MATCH SEC.-DOUG BROWN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-STEVE CUNNINGHAM
2000
PRESIDENT-ED EVERETT
VP-GREG BROYLES
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-RYAN MILLER
SOCIAL CHAIR-MARK CLENDENEN
MATCH SEC.-PAT DORWIN
CAPTAIN-BILL McARTHUR
CO-CAPTAIN-SCOTT ADCOX
2007
PRESIDENT-SCOTT ADCOX
VP-RYAN MILLER
CAPTAIN-MATT NOSS
TREASURER-JAY McNABB
SOCIAL CHAIR-BRYAN WHITE
SEC.-HEATH HILDRETH
MATCH SEC.-ADAM INGLE
PRESIDENT-FRANK BARBER
VP-BOB BROWDER
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-BOB HAMPSTEAD
MATCH SEC.-TIM CHAMBERS
SOCIAL CHAIR-BUCK ROGERS
CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
CO-CAPTAIN-BRIAN NIEKERK
1992
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
MATCH SEC.-HARRISON AMBROSE
SOCIAL CHAIR-FRANK BARBER
CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
CO-CAPTAIB-MIKE DULIN
1993
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
MATCH SEC.-SCOTT SANDMAN
CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
CO-CAPTAIN-SCOTT SANDMAN
1994
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
MATCH SEC.-PAT DORWIN
SOCIAL CHAIR-JODY MUNIZ
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
1995
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-PAT DORWIN
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-DAVE CHRISTOPHER
MATCH SEC.-PAT DORWIN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-MARTY BRADLEY
1996
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-ERIC BOOTH
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-RYAN MILLER
MATCH SEC.-DOUG BROWN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-STEVE CUNNINGHAM
1997
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-ERIC BOOTH
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-MARK CLENDENEN
MATCH SEC.-DOUG BROWN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-STEVE CUNNINGHAM
1998
PRESIDENT-BRIAN NIEKERK
VP-GREG BROYLES
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-TUNA
SOCIAL CHAIR-MARK CLENDENEN
MATCH SEC.-DOUG BROWN
CAPTAIN-TYLER HUSKEY
CO-CAPTAIN-STEVE CUNNINGHAM
2000
PRESIDENT-ED EVERETT
VP-GREG BROYLES
SEC.-MARTY BRADLEY
TREASURER-RYAN MILLER
SOCIAL CHAIR-MARK CLENDENEN
MATCH SEC.-PAT DORWIN
CAPTAIN-BILL McARTHUR
CO-CAPTAIN-SCOTT ADCOX
2007
PRESIDENT-SCOTT ADCOX
VP-RYAN MILLER
CAPTAIN-MATT NOSS
TREASURER-JAY McNABB
SOCIAL CHAIR-BRYAN WHITE
SEC.-HEATH HILDRETH
MATCH SEC.-ADAM INGLE
Friday, September 4, 2009
POSSUMS 7s HISTORY
FROM THE 1982 WORLD'S FAIR TOURNAMENT, TO HOSTING THE TENNESSEE 7s TOURNAMENT FOR MORE THAN 30 STRAIGHT YEARS, TO CONSECUTIVE APPEARANCES IN THE OPEN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT CAPE FEAR IN THE 1990s, KNOXVILLE HAS ALWAYS FARED WELL IN THE SHORTER VERSION OF RUGBY.
BRIAN NIEKERK FORMED THE KNOXVILLE AREA RUGBY SELECTS (KARS) IN THE EARLY 1990s, LEADING TO A NUMBER OF STRONG TOURNAMENT SHOWINGS. THE KNOXVILLE AREA RUGBY PARTY SELECTS (KARPS) CAME INTO BEING AS WELL.
1992
CHARLOTTE
2-2
FT. WALTON BEACH
3-1 CONSOLATION BRACKET CHAMPS
TENNESSEE 7s
APRIL 18
ELVIS @ THE OPRY BEAT A STRONG UT TEAM IN THE CUP FINAL.
SOUTHEASTERN 7s ATLANTA
KARS WENT 5-1 TO WIN OPEN DIVISION OVER ELDER WHITE, AVENGING ONLY LOSS.
MURFREESBORO
JUNE 20
KARS STARTED 2-0, THEN LOST TO ELVIS @ THE OPRY 13-10 AND 12-10 TO HUNTSVILLE.
NASHVILLE
JULY 11
THE KARS GOT OFF TO A PERFECT START VS. AUBURN WHEN BRIAN NIEKERK TAPPED A SHORT KICKOFF BACK TO A CHARGING PAT DORWIN, WHO CHIPPED OVER THE DEFENSE, CAUGHT HIS KICK AND TOUCHED DOWN. DORWIN FINISHED WITH A HAT TRICK IN THE ROUT, DROPPING A FOURTH TRY IN-GOAL. THE KARS FOLLOWED WITH WINS OVER NASHVILLE II, MOOSEMEN AND UT TO FINISH THIRD WITH THEIR ONLY LOSSES COMING AGAINST THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION (NASHVILLE) AND RUNNER-UP BIRMINGHAM. THAT DID EARN THE KARS AN AT-LARGE INVITATION TO THE MIDWEST RFU TOURNEY JULY 25.
MIDWEST 7s CHAMPIONSHIP
CLEVELAND, JULY 25
AFTER DROPPING GAMES TO THE CLEVELAND ROVERS 12-0 AND PITTSBURGH HARLEQUINS 12-6, IT WAS TWO AND DONE FOR THE KARS. THE WEEKEND WAS COMPLETE WITH POKER, THE WORST HOTEL ROOM EVER AND AN INDIANS GAME IN WHICH THE FIRST 15,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE GATES GOT A COMPLIMENTARY COLLECTIBLE PIN - PAT DORWIN WAS APPARENTLY FAN NO. 15,001.
1993
QUEEN CITY 7s
CHARLOTTE
MAY 22
WE STILL SEEMED LOCKED INTO THE 15s MODE, TYPICAL OF OUR EARLY-SEASON 7s PLAY. WE WENT 2-2, INCLUDING A 24-12 LOSS TO CHARLOTTE, WHO FELL IN THE FINALS TO KANSAS STATE, OUR OTHER LOSS. WE BEAT TRIAD 49-0 AND STOPPED COLUMBIA EASILY AS WELL. PAT DORWIN BROKE HIS THUMB BUT PLAYED ON THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, MOSTLY THEN FOR THE KARPS.
ROVERS 7s
CLEVELAND
JUNE 5
THE ROLLING CASINO VAN GOT IN ABOUT 1 A.M. AND WE STARTED THE DAY SLOWLY, FALLING 17-14 TO CLEVELAND. WE OUTCLASSED BOWLING GREEN 26-5 AND KEVIN BLALOCK'S LATE TRY GAVE US A 12-10 WIN OVER THE CLEVELAND ROVERS.
WE FINISHED SECOND IN OUR POOL AND FACED THE TOP-SEED FROM THE OTHER POOL IN THE SEMIS. THE CLEVELAND CATS JUMPED OUT TO A 15-7 LEAD BUT MIKE DULIN PICKED UP HIS POP KICK AND SCORED FROM 70 METERS OUT, THEN PICKED UP THE BALL FROM BEHIND THEIR SCRUM AND RACED IN FOR THE WINNING TRY. WE STOPPED KALAMAZOO 7-0 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO QUALIFY FOR MILWAUKEE.
STONES RIVER 7s TOURNAMENT
MURFREESBORO
JUNE 19
KARS LOST TO MEMPHIS OLD #7 IN EXTRA TIME IN THE SEMIS, THEN DESTROYED MTSU FOR THIRD PLACE. THE KARPS HAD FUN, AIDED BY TWO BARE-FOOT SOUTH AFRICANS.
CAPE FEAR
JULY 3-4
THE KARS LOST TO ROANOKE IN THE SEMIS SUNDAY TO FINISH 4-1.
TENNESSEE 7s
KNOXVILLE
JULY 10
THE KARS WERE STOPPED BY CAMP LEJUENE IN THE SEMIS OF THE OPEN DIVISION. THE KARPS SWEPT THROUGH THE CONSOLATION DIVISION FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
CLEVELEAND BEAT THE MARINES IN THE OPEN DIVISION FINAL WHILE MTSU TOPPED UT IN THE QUALIFIER DIVISION.
MIDWEST RFU 7s
CHAMPIONSHIP-MILWAUKEE
JULY 24-25
KNOXVILLE 12 STEEL VALLEY 12
KNOXVILLE 14 QUAD CITY 12
KNOXVILLE 12 METRO 21
KNOXVILLE 7 KALAMAZOO 28
1994
THE POSSUMS SCORED ON OF THEIR GREATEST TRIES EVER IN NASHVILLE. OFF A LINEOUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PITCH, FLYHALF PAT DORWIN TOOK A LONG PASS ON THE RUN AND BOOTED LONG AND DEEP TO TOUCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FIELD.
DORWIN HUSTLED ACROSS THE PITCH, TOSSED A LONG LINEOUT, THE BALL WAS WORKED LEFT, THEN BACK RIGHT WITH ALL POSSUMS HAVING A TOUCH. DORWIN SWITCHED WITH KEVIN BLALOCK AND HE CUT BACK LEFT TO THROW A BEHIND THE BACK PASS TO STEVE CUNNINGHAM, WHO DOTTED DOWN.
BRIAN NIEKERK FORMED THE KNOXVILLE AREA RUGBY SELECTS (KARS) IN THE EARLY 1990s, LEADING TO A NUMBER OF STRONG TOURNAMENT SHOWINGS. THE KNOXVILLE AREA RUGBY PARTY SELECTS (KARPS) CAME INTO BEING AS WELL.
1992
CHARLOTTE
2-2
FT. WALTON BEACH
3-1 CONSOLATION BRACKET CHAMPS
TENNESSEE 7s
APRIL 18
ELVIS @ THE OPRY BEAT A STRONG UT TEAM IN THE CUP FINAL.
SOUTHEASTERN 7s ATLANTA
KARS WENT 5-1 TO WIN OPEN DIVISION OVER ELDER WHITE, AVENGING ONLY LOSS.
MURFREESBORO
JUNE 20
KARS STARTED 2-0, THEN LOST TO ELVIS @ THE OPRY 13-10 AND 12-10 TO HUNTSVILLE.
NASHVILLE
JULY 11
THE KARS GOT OFF TO A PERFECT START VS. AUBURN WHEN BRIAN NIEKERK TAPPED A SHORT KICKOFF BACK TO A CHARGING PAT DORWIN, WHO CHIPPED OVER THE DEFENSE, CAUGHT HIS KICK AND TOUCHED DOWN. DORWIN FINISHED WITH A HAT TRICK IN THE ROUT, DROPPING A FOURTH TRY IN-GOAL. THE KARS FOLLOWED WITH WINS OVER NASHVILLE II, MOOSEMEN AND UT TO FINISH THIRD WITH THEIR ONLY LOSSES COMING AGAINST THE TOURNAMENT CHAMPION (NASHVILLE) AND RUNNER-UP BIRMINGHAM. THAT DID EARN THE KARS AN AT-LARGE INVITATION TO THE MIDWEST RFU TOURNEY JULY 25.
MIDWEST 7s CHAMPIONSHIP
CLEVELAND, JULY 25
AFTER DROPPING GAMES TO THE CLEVELAND ROVERS 12-0 AND PITTSBURGH HARLEQUINS 12-6, IT WAS TWO AND DONE FOR THE KARS. THE WEEKEND WAS COMPLETE WITH POKER, THE WORST HOTEL ROOM EVER AND AN INDIANS GAME IN WHICH THE FIRST 15,000 PEOPLE THROUGH THE GATES GOT A COMPLIMENTARY COLLECTIBLE PIN - PAT DORWIN WAS APPARENTLY FAN NO. 15,001.
1993
QUEEN CITY 7s
CHARLOTTE
MAY 22
WE STILL SEEMED LOCKED INTO THE 15s MODE, TYPICAL OF OUR EARLY-SEASON 7s PLAY. WE WENT 2-2, INCLUDING A 24-12 LOSS TO CHARLOTTE, WHO FELL IN THE FINALS TO KANSAS STATE, OUR OTHER LOSS. WE BEAT TRIAD 49-0 AND STOPPED COLUMBIA EASILY AS WELL. PAT DORWIN BROKE HIS THUMB BUT PLAYED ON THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, MOSTLY THEN FOR THE KARPS.
ROVERS 7s
CLEVELAND
JUNE 5
THE ROLLING CASINO VAN GOT IN ABOUT 1 A.M. AND WE STARTED THE DAY SLOWLY, FALLING 17-14 TO CLEVELAND. WE OUTCLASSED BOWLING GREEN 26-5 AND KEVIN BLALOCK'S LATE TRY GAVE US A 12-10 WIN OVER THE CLEVELAND ROVERS.
WE FINISHED SECOND IN OUR POOL AND FACED THE TOP-SEED FROM THE OTHER POOL IN THE SEMIS. THE CLEVELAND CATS JUMPED OUT TO A 15-7 LEAD BUT MIKE DULIN PICKED UP HIS POP KICK AND SCORED FROM 70 METERS OUT, THEN PICKED UP THE BALL FROM BEHIND THEIR SCRUM AND RACED IN FOR THE WINNING TRY. WE STOPPED KALAMAZOO 7-0 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TO QUALIFY FOR MILWAUKEE.
STONES RIVER 7s TOURNAMENT
MURFREESBORO
JUNE 19
KARS LOST TO MEMPHIS OLD #7 IN EXTRA TIME IN THE SEMIS, THEN DESTROYED MTSU FOR THIRD PLACE. THE KARPS HAD FUN, AIDED BY TWO BARE-FOOT SOUTH AFRICANS.
CAPE FEAR
JULY 3-4
THE KARS LOST TO ROANOKE IN THE SEMIS SUNDAY TO FINISH 4-1.
TENNESSEE 7s
KNOXVILLE
JULY 10
THE KARS WERE STOPPED BY CAMP LEJUENE IN THE SEMIS OF THE OPEN DIVISION. THE KARPS SWEPT THROUGH THE CONSOLATION DIVISION FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
CLEVELEAND BEAT THE MARINES IN THE OPEN DIVISION FINAL WHILE MTSU TOPPED UT IN THE QUALIFIER DIVISION.
MIDWEST RFU 7s
CHAMPIONSHIP-MILWAUKEE
JULY 24-25
KNOXVILLE 12 STEEL VALLEY 12
KNOXVILLE 14 QUAD CITY 12
KNOXVILLE 12 METRO 21
KNOXVILLE 7 KALAMAZOO 28
1994
THE POSSUMS SCORED ON OF THEIR GREATEST TRIES EVER IN NASHVILLE. OFF A LINEOUT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PITCH, FLYHALF PAT DORWIN TOOK A LONG PASS ON THE RUN AND BOOTED LONG AND DEEP TO TOUCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE FIELD.
DORWIN HUSTLED ACROSS THE PITCH, TOSSED A LONG LINEOUT, THE BALL WAS WORKED LEFT, THEN BACK RIGHT WITH ALL POSSUMS HAVING A TOUCH. DORWIN SWITCHED WITH KEVIN BLALOCK AND HE CUT BACK LEFT TO THROW A BEHIND THE BACK PASS TO STEVE CUNNINGHAM, WHO DOTTED DOWN.
1995
THE KARS REACHED THEIR PINNACLE WITH A CLUB-DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION WIN OVER THE PHILADELPHIA MAVERICKS.
AFTER AN OPENING 5-0 LOSS TO DAYTON, THE POSSUMS REELED OFF FIVE STRAIGHT VICTORIES, HIGHLIGHTED BY SUNDAY'S SEMIFINAL ROUT OVER NEMESIS LOUISVILLE.
THE POSSUMS OPENED SUNDAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT BY SURPRISING TOP-SEEDED EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY AS EXPERIENCE WON OUT OVER YOUTH.
"IN THE HIGHLIGHT VIDEO, YOU'D OFTEN SEE TWO OR THREE ECU PLAYERS LYING ON THE GROUND AS WE PUNCHED IN ABOUT SIX TRIES," SAID PAT DORWIN, THAT WEEKEND'S SCRUMHALF.
LOUISVILLE WAS UP NEXT.
"THEY WERE TO OUR 7s TEAM WHAT NASHVILLE WAS TO OUR 15s TEAM FOR MANY YEARS," DORWIN SAID. "BUT NOT THAT DAY."
TOM WILSON AND DORWIN EACH SCORED A PAIR OF TRIES AS KNOXVILLE TALLIED A 49-14 ROUT.
"IT WAS THE BEST 7s GAME I WAS EVER INVOLVED WITH THE KARS," SAID DORWIN, WHO COMBINED WITH ANDY CLEARY TO SCORE 11 OF THE POSSUMS' 18 TRIES ON THE WEEKEND.
"TOM WILSON DROP-KICKED CONVERSIONS ON 16 OF THOSE SCORES, SO THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE FACTOR," DORWIN SAID. "WE HAD SIZE IN PROPS BRIAN NIEKERK AND STEVE ROADS, SAVVY WITH HOOKER STEVE CUNNINGHAM AND ANDY, SPEED WITH WING FRANK BENNETT AND MYSELF AND A DO-IT-ALL PLAYER WITH TOM AT CENTER."
KNOXVILLE STOPPED PHILLY 14-10 IN THE FINAL.
1996
THE KARS RETURNED TO THE CLUB DIVISION FINAL THE FOLLOWING YEAR, BUT RAN INTO A STRONG TEAM IN METRO (MINNEAPOLIS), FALLING 26-5 IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
"METRO WAS LED BY FLYHALF THOR BOLSTAD, A 7s AND 15s MIDWEST RFU SELECT SIDE PLAYER FOR MANY YEARS AT THAT POSITION," SAID DORWIN.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
POSSUM CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES
KNOXVILLE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCES
1998 MIDWEST DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIP
CHICAGO
SEMI-FINAL
KNOXVILLE 27 KELLOGG 5
TRIES: JOHN DAUGHERTY (2), MARK SZYDLO (2), BILL McARTHUR; CONVERSION, ED EVERETT
CHAMPIONSHIP
KNOXVILLE 20 BREMER COUNTY 12
TRIES: PAT DORWIN, FRANK BENNETT, ED EVERETT AND DOUG POWELL
Possums take down Dogwood championship
April 7, 1997
April 7, 1997
The trophy stayed home.
Knoxville edged Greenville, S.C., 17-16 in the final of the Dogwood Tournament, held April 5 and 6, 1997.
Six teams competed in the two-pool tourney. In Bracket One, Knoxville stomped Johnson City 34-7 before the Possums shut out Findlay, Ohio, 22-0. In the second pool, Greenville romped Chattanooga 47-0 and beat Toledo 20-13.
Final
Ten minutes into the championship, with the pitch softened by a morning rain, Knoxville center Todd Little scored a try and lock Brian Niekerk converted for a 7-0 Knoxville lead.
Greenville flyhalf Rich Cobb booted two penalties to one by Niekerk to bring the halftime score to 10-6 in Knoxville’s favor.
The second half started with Knoxville prop Tyler Huskey bursting up the middle for a 25-meter try that Niekerk converted to put the Possums in front 17-6.
Cobb was knocked out of the game and wing Greg Blinston moved to flyhalf. He promptly slotted a penalty to bring the Griffins within eight points at 17-9.
A try by Greenville wing Lynn Moore, converted by Blinston, tightened the scoreline to 17-16.
The Griffins pressured late on a scamper by scrumhalf Tom Liddle, but a Knoxville player alertly kicked the ball away when no support arrived for Liddle after he was tackled and set the ball.
Knoxville Greenville
Huskey (C) 1 Little
Miller 2 Courtney
McArthur 3 J. Roberts
Cerne 4 Haywood
Niekerk 5 Speaks
Daugherty 6 Van Evera
Cunningham 7 Lecroix
Powell 8 D. Roberts (C)
Hopson 9 Liddle
Broyles 10 Cobb*
Bennett 11 Moore
Little 12 Howland
Koroa 13 Clardy
Dorwin 14 Blinston
Braswell 15 Quirk
*replaced by Jackson
Ref: Craig Kartiganer
A “Rooster” got kicked in the head – and the Possums ended up dead.
Greenville, S.C., defended its Dogwood Tournament title in bizarre fashion, scoring on the last play of the game when a kicked ball bounced off the face of a Knoxville player into the try zone where Griffin No. 8 Dan Roberts fell on it for the easy game-winning try.
The tourney was held at Forks of the River Park April 13 and 14, 1996.
Prelims
In opening round play, Toledo, Ohio, struck first against Knoxville when former U.S. Eagle Rich Schurfeld slashed in from his fullback position to score a converted try.
The Possums rallied with tries by Frank Bennett and Jack Geibig, coupled with two penalty kicks and a conversion from fullback Kevin Blalock to pull away for an 18-7 win.
In its second match, Knoxville broke away from a 6-6 tie with Columbia, S.C., to run out to a 30-6 win. Doug Powell tallied a pair of tries and Blalock finished with half of the Possums’ points on a try, two penalties and a couple of conversions.
Greenville punished Chattanooga and then handled Findlay, Ohio, in a rematch of the 1995 Dogwood Tourney final to reach Sunday’s championship contest.
Final
Knoxville pressured early and were rewarded when flyhalf Marty Bradley nailed a penalty kick to put the Possums up 3-0. Greenville scrumhalf Butch Setzer followed with a penalty of his own to knot the scores at 3-3.
The Possums had a terrific opportunity to score a try when wing Pat Dorwin tossed a lineout to himself, dummied with trailing flanker Oscar Doster to slow the defense, then passed long to mid-field but a knock-on stymied the sure score.
Bradley then added a penalty but off the restart Geibig was whistled for shepherding and Setzer’s penalty made it 6-6 at the half.
Both teams threatened in the second stanza, but numerous Knoxville penalties nullified territorial gains.
Bradley and Setzer, whose angled conversion gave Greenville a 15-14 win over Findlay in the 1995 Dogwood Tourney, traded penalty kicks as it was 9-9 with just a minute left in the match.
A poor Greenville cross-kick went to Knoxville wing Mike Weldon, who set up a maul. The ball was spun to Bradley, whose clearing kick bounced backward off the face of retreating hooker Ryan “Rooster” Miller.
Roberts, Greenville’s captain, was behind the play but alertly knew there was no offside law to be broken and beat the cover to touch down the carom for the winning try. Setzer added the conversion and the Griffins repeated as Dogwood champions.
Greenville Knoxville
J. Roberts 1 Huskey (C)
Beamann 2 Miller
Speaks 3 Sandman
Atkinson 4 Cerne
Sullivan 5 Booth
Van Evera 6 Daugherty
Phillips 7 Doster 7
D. Roberts (C) 8 Powell
Setzer 9 Broyles
Gerezol 10 Bradley
Bratys 11 Weldon
Howland 12 Niekerk
Clardy 13 Bennett
Moore 14 Dorwin
Cobb 15 Blalock
Ref: Rich Boone, C-2, Mid-South
The Possums beat up some future teammates as Knoxville handled the University of Tennessee 26-8 in the championship of the fifth annual Dogwood Tournament.
The event was held April 16 and 17, 1994 at John Tarleton Park.
In pool play, the Possums stopped Greenville, S.C., 12-5 and Johnson City 31-10. UT was upset in overtime 10-7 by Chattanooga before rebounding to defeat Findlay, Ohio, 25-0 to advance to the championship on Sunday.
Final
Seven minutes into the match, Knoxville center Tom Wilson slotted a 35-meter penalty to give the Possums a 3-0 lead. UT hooker Jason Kallivakos answered with a 30-meter shot to make it 3-3.
With 17 minutes gone, Wilson hit a second penalty (6-3), and shortly thereafter was instrumental in the game’s opening try.
As Knoxville pressured the Tennessee tryline, Wilson drew two defenders and opened up a spot that flyhalf Pat Dorwin dived through, the try giving Knoxville an 11-3 halftime lead.
The Possums continued the pressure in the second stanza and it paid off when No. 8 Brian Neikerk scooped up a loose ball and fed center Steve Cunningham on the burst for the try, 16-3.
Moments later, the 6-foot-4, 250-pound Neikerk collected a poor clearing kick and rambled in for the try. Wilson’s conversion made it 23-3.
The next 20 minutes were a scoreless stalemate until UT wing Chris Dulin called for a weakside feed off a scrum and went in for a try. With eight minutes remaining, Wilson closed out the scoring with a penalty and the match ended 26-8 in Knoxville’s favor.
Knoxvillle UT
Sandman (C) 1 Pledger
Miller 2 Kallivakos
Salansky 3 Huskey (C)
Christopher 4 French
Roads 5 Lawson
Klaehn 6 Jones
Powell 7 Dixon
Niekerk 8 Brown
Muniz 9 Brant
Dorwin 10 Gower
Bennett 11 Sweeten
Cunningham 12 Olson
Wilson 13 Carter
Altoonian 14 Dulin
Blalock 15 Clardy
Ref: Tim Wright
Notes
The versatile Niekerk would lineup at eightman, inside center and lock during his career at Dogwood tournaments. Steve Cunningham was also comfortable at a number of positions – hooker, flanker, scrumhalf, center and wing.
Blalock was named 1994 Dogwood MVP – thanks to his strong defense at flyhalf when he and Dorwin would switch positions when the Possums defended. Dorwin was primarily a wing and fullback, but also saw Dogwood time at scrumhalf and flyhalf.
UT fullback Don Clardy would later play for Knoxville and Greenville in Dogwood tournaments.
Years later, John Tarleton Park became home to the currrent high school league, spearheaded by longtime Knoxville flyhalf Marty Bradley, who was out of town for the 1994 Dogwood tourney.
KNOXVILLE ROLLS TO CAPE FEAR TITLE
THINGS DIDN'T START OUT RIGHT FOR THE POSSUMS ON THE MORNING OF THE 1995 CAPE FEAR 7s.
KICKING OFF ON SOME FARAWAY PITCH AT AN UNGODLY EARLY SATURDAY HOUR DIDN'T HELP. NEITHER DID PLAYING WITH SIX PLAYERS AS A COUPLE COULDN'T FIND THE PITCH AND PAT DORWIN RESTED HIS TIGHT HAMSTRINGS.
DAYTON SLUGGED OUT A 5-0 WIN - BUT THINGS GOT BETTER LATER AND THE KARS (KNOXVILLE AREA RUGBY SELECTS) FINISHED AT 2-1.
THAT PUT THEM AS THE 8TH - AND FINAL SEED - IN THE CLUB DIVISION.
"BRIAN NIEKERK LOBBIED HARD AT THE PARTY TO GET US OUT OF THAT BRACKET," DORWIN SAID. "BUT THE ORGANIZERS IGNORED HIS FRAYED LOGIC AND WE WERE SET TO PLAY THE TOP SEED IN EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY SUNDAY MORNING."
AN EARLY POSSUM TRY GOT ECU'S ATTENTION AND KNOXVILLE STARTED TO FIRE WITH THE SAME LINEUP THEY WOULD USE THE REST OF THE DAY:
1-BRIAN NIEKERK
2-STEVE CUNNINGHAM
3-STEVE ROADS
4-PAT DORWIN
5-ANDY CLEARY
6-TOM WILSON
7-FRANK BENNETT
"THE THREE GAMES SUNDAY WERE SOME OF THE BEST 7s I EVER SAW US PLAY," SAID DORWIN. "WE KEPT POSSESSION AND WE WERE PATIENT, AND WHEN SCORING CHANCES CAME, WE RARELY DIDN'T TOUCH THE BALL DOWN."
TOM WILSON'S BOOT WAS A BIG REASON KNOXVILLE WOULD END UP WINNING FIVE STRAIGHT GAMES.
"TOM WAS 16-OF-18 IN CONVERTING OUR TRIES," DORWIN SAID. "HE WAS REALLY ZONED IN ON HIS DROP-KICKING."
FLYHALF ANDY CLEARY (SIX TRIES) AND SCRUMHALF DORWIN (FIVE SCORES) LED THE OFFENSE FOR THE WEEKEND, WITH WILSON (CENTER) AND BENNETT (WING) PLAYING WELL OUTSIDE THEM.
KNOXVILLLE DESTROYED NEMESIS LOUSIVLLE IN THE SEMI-FINALS, THEN HELD ON TO DEFEAT THE PHILADELPHIA MAVERICKS 14-10 AT THE "STADIUM" IN FRONT OF A LARGE CROWD.
"THE WIN AGAINST LOUISVILLE WAS SWEET," DORWIN SAID. "THEY HAD THE BEST CLUB WE REGULARLY PLAYED IN TOURNAMENTS AND THE GAMES WERE USUALLY OUR TOUGHEST ENCOUNTERS. THEY SPENT THE WEEK AT THE BEACH, THEN CAME OVER AND BEAT US IN THE FINALS OF THE TENNESSEE 7s THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND."
JULY 1995
LOUISVILLE HIT THE TENNESSEE 7s ON ITS RETURN LEG AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH JUST SEVEN PLAYERS.THE OPPONENT: KNOXVILLE, WHICH HAD PUT MORE THAN 40 POINTS ON THE BOARD THE WEEK BEFORE IN THE CLUB DIVISION SEMI-FINALS AT CAPE FEAR, AIDED BY TWO TRIES APIECE FROM PAT DORWIN AND FRANK BENNETT.
THIS TIME IT WAS MOSTLY LOUSIVILLE BEHIND EXPERIENCED FLYHALF ANDREW STEERE AND HIS BROTHER, SCRUMHALF TEVIS STEERE. WITH DORWIN COMING ON AS A SUB, HE SPARKED KNOXVILLE TO A PAIR OF TRIES TO CLOSE THE GAP, PASSING FOR ONE AND SCORING THE OTHER.
"I SLID INTO THE TRYZONE AND PRETENDED I WAS TOUCHING THE BALL DOWN, THEN GOT UP TO CENTER THE BALL," DORWIN SAID. "BUT I HAD MY BACK TO THE REF AND HE DIDN'T SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WRONGLY AWARDED THE TRY WHERE I FIRST SLID IN. THAT KILLED WHAT MOMENTUM WE HAD BUILT UP."
JULY 1996
THE KARS MADE IT TO THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT CAPE FEAR OPEN DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, BET FELL 26-5 TO TO MIDWEST POWER METRO (MINNEAPOLIS). METRO WAS LED BY THOR BOLSTAD, A MIDWEST RFU 7s AND 15s PLAYER.
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