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7 A.M. Quake shakes Reno
Rumble
Spokane's Dukes had no trouble with Portland in a 34-19 win. San Jose Quake, soon to become the Raiders, brought two squads and both fared well as Quake 2 easily handled the host team from Reno. Quake 1 and Utah engaged in what might be the most offensive game in Rugby history. The two teams combined for a whopping 108 goals with Quake scoring 62 of them. Quake 2 and All Night opened Saturday's schedule. A
strong effort by Quake 2 fell short as they lost 31-39.
The most notable game of the day was between Quake 1 and
the Dukes of St. Lukes Spokane's bench couldn't hold off the Quake as they were able to produce turnovers, goals, and forced the Duke's to use time outs. As Quake closed the gap Pate and Savage were brought back in. Quake was now in groove and breaking the Dukes press. Quake managed to take a 4th period lead as Farrington, who had been in the whole time, showed signs of fatigue as did Pate as time was running out. Quake now had all the momentum as they went up by four with little time left. Class 3.0 Enrique Madrinan and class 2.0 Rick Mason's steady play led the comeback effort. Spokane managed two quick scores to pull within two but time would run out on the Dukes as they fell to Quake 1 by a final of 39-37.
In the 3rd & 4th place game, All Night and Spokane would lock chairs. The first half of action was very close as only two goals separated the two teams, with All Night on top 23-21. Spokane went to their bench at the start of the third period. All Night totally exploited the Dukes without Pate to go on an 8-2 run which put them ahead 31-23. The Dukes never recovered as All Night, who might have been the second best team won, 42-33. The title game outcome was quite predictable as Reno odds makers made 7 A.M. a 15 1/2 goal favorite. They managed to cover that with a half point to spare by defeating Quake 1, 54-38. Quake 2 was happy to make it to the finals with the adversity they were faced with. When tournament MVP, Enrique Madrinan was asked about what it was like to play against former teammate Steve Pate, he replied, "It was fun because he is such a great competitor and a great guy. Its nice to have him back in our sport." Photo's courtesy of Quad Rugby Today Reno Rumble Results Sundays final placing games All Tourney Team
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For
seven years, the Quickie Reno Rumble has been known for
teams going there to have fun and play Rugby. The field
has generally been less competitive than most
tournaments. However, this year was an exception. The
Tournament favorite was the top seeded 7 A.M. team which
was a compilation of Shadow players and Casa Colina's
squad. The southern Californians, who won the tournament
last year easily despite loose curfew rules, took on a
new name of 7 A.M., as in their curfew. Coincidentally,
their first opponent was team All Night, named after A
Seattle-based chair company. All Night was not seeded in
the top four but, with the recent addition of Canadian
star 3.5 Garret Hickling, they became instant contenders.
Seattle featured a line up of Hickling, another high
pointer in Gary Kanazawa 3.0 plus low pointers Clark
Landis .5 and Mike Wagner class 1.0 from the USA team
that competed in the Oceana Zone last summer. 
The game
started with both clubs pressing furiously. 7 A.M. took
an early two goal lead. All Night fought back to tie the
game at 8-8 with only 14 seconds left. 7 A.M. broke the
All Night press as Troy McGuirk hit his Shadow teammate,
Dan McCauley, with a long pass. McCauley went in for the
go ahead goal, leaving only two seconds on the clock.
Team 7 A.M. built a three-goal advantage during the
second period. All Night cut the margin to two with 11.8
seconds left in the half. This was still enough time for
the Southern Californians to score as Dean MacCabe scored
the last goal to lead 18-15 at half time. MacCabe
continued to score the bulk of 7 A.M.'s goal, as he
tallied 11 straight goals before teammate McGuirk scored,
ending the string. 7 A.M. was able to shuffle people in
from the bench as they took a six goal advantage into the
final period. All Night would use the same four players
for the duration of the contest. 7 A.M. went on to defeat
All Night, 42-36, which eliminated them from any
championship hopes since there were no cross-over games.
(Spokane). Quake 1 was without 3.5 Brian
Hansen and had 1.5 player Chet Miller re-classed through
a protest that made him a 2.0. How would they be able to
compete against the likes of behemoth Steve Pate and
rising star, class 2.0 Chad Farrington? They were not
able to keep pace in the beginning as the Dukes took an
early six-goal lead off a relentless press. Spokane
elected to go to their bench to give Pate a breather.
Pate welcomed the rest as he was battling a bout with
bronchitis during the weekend. Class 3.0 Mark Whatson and
2.5 Al Seals came in to relieve Pate and Chet Savage a
new class 2.0. 
The
Utah Extreme won their first game by topping Portland,
42-38, in a game that they controlled the whole way. This
marked the end of pool play and set up Sunday's final
placing games. Portland was able to earn their first win
in the 7th & 8th place game. Class 3.0 Lynn Nelson
led the Quad Cannibals in their victory over the Reno
Crush. Quake 2 and Utah had a close battle but Quake 2
eventually put them away, 32-28, for a fifth place
finish. 