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8th Annual QUICKIE Reno Rugby Rumble November 14 found teams from all over the west convene in Reno to do battle on the rugby court. Some of the teams went by new names, two teams merged into one, and an old face was back on the scene. Friday's first game would be one of the true tests of the weekend with the top-seeded 7 A.M. Crowd (Shadow/Casa) meeting Team All Night (Seattle). 7A.M. was loaded with talent including Troy McGuirk and Dean Maccabe, but All Night was talented as well, with Garret Hickling of the Canadian national team and speedy Gary Kanazawa. The first quarter was a real battle with 7 A.M.'s Dan McCauley scoring the final goal to give them a one goal lead, 9-8. 7 A.M. extended their lead to three at the half, 19-16. In the third, All Night fell behind by four more goals 33-26. Team All Night was only able to lessen the deficit by one in the fourth, falling to a group of outstanding players, 42-36. 7 A.M. was led by Maccabe with 15 goals, McCauley with 11, and McGuirk with 10. Kanazawa scored 20 and Hickling had 14. An old friend returned to Reno where he led us to the Nationals in '93, but this time in the uniform of the Dukes of St. Luke's. Steve Pate came back to rugby after a two year hiatus and could very well help take the Dukes to the national tourney. In their first game, the Dukes beat the Portland Quad Cannibals, 34-19. The Dukes were led by Chad Farrington with 16 goals and Pate with 13. The California Quake 2, who along with Quake 1 are made up of the former San Jose Sting and Quadzilla teams, soundly defeated Reno, 44-18. Quake 2 was led by Ed Olson with 17. Reno's Jeff Koch tallied 7. In a real barn-burner, California Quake I defeated the Utah Extreme 62-46, for a combined score of 108 points. Quake 1 was led by Rick Mason with 21 goals, while Clay Egan had 17 and Wallace Calder had 15 for the Extreme. Saturday's games followed form with all the higher seeded teams winning, until the 2 and 3 seeds went to battle. In a well-played, hard-fought game, the Dukes of St. Luke's jumped out to a 15-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. But, Quake 1 wasn't about to fold up the tents. Led by Enrique Madrinan' they cut their deficit to only one at the half. The third quarter saw the Quake take a one goal lead. They were able to go up by two goals and hold off the Dukes for a 39-37 win. The Quake was led by Madrinan with l9. Chad Farrington had 18 and Pate 16 for the Dukes.The final game of the evening found two vastly improved teams, Portland and Utah, in another close battle. the Cannibals, led by coach Ed Suhr (who heard the words "go west young man"), led by one at the quarter, 9-8. The Extreme grabbed the halftime lead, 23-21, and extended it to 31-26 after three, and a six point win after 32 minutes, 42-38.The Extreme was led by Clay Egan with a "cool'' 30 goals (tourney high scorer-84 goals in 4 games). Portland's Lynn Nelson tallied 19. In placement games, Portland beat the host Reno Crush 37-25 for seventh. Quake 2 got by Utah, 32-28 for fifth. Team All Night took down a weakened Dukes, 42-33 for third. In the championship game, the 7 A.M. Crowd led by Dean Maccabe with 21 goals and Dan Shaw with 12, along win the play-making of Troy McGuirk, defeated Quake 1, led by Rick Mason with 15 and tourney M.V.P. Enrique Madrinan with 12, by a score 54-38. Great thanks to the title sponsor Sunrise Medical-Quickie for their continued support. All Tournament Team .5- Neil Gustafson
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