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Black Bears Place 1st in DI Championships
Posted Online: 11/11/08
 
The Midwest Division I Western League Black Bear ended an undefeated fall 2008 season earning them the first place match against the Eastern League Detroit Tradesmen. The tough, hard fought, 11 to 3 win assures the Black Bears from Muscatine, Iowa a #1 seed in the Competitive Region 3 (CR3) play-offs next spring.
According to American Rugby News Men’s Division I playoff action got underway in earnest Saturday, November 8 in different parts of the country as the Midwest and Northeast started to sort things out.

In other matches, Western League Palmer downed Eastern League Buffalo 42-7 and Eastern League Cincinnati edged Western League Metropolis 6-3.

Detroit played Palmer Sunday with the Tradesmen beating Palmer 42 to 7. That match determined the Tradesmen asecond place and Palmer as the third place seeds in the CR3.

Pearl City in Midwest Play-Offs
Posted Online: 11/05/08

Pearl City‘s Black Bears competed their Fall 2008 regular season with a strong win over Metropolis 44 to 15 November 1 in Minneapolis. With that win the Pearl City Black Bears expanded their first place standing in the Midwest Men’s Western League Division I Conference.

November 8, the Black Bears will go head to head with the first place Eastern League Division I winners, Detroit Tradesmen. The winner of Match #1 becomes the number one seed in the Competitive Region 3 Playoffs spring of 2009.

A total of five matches will be played over the weekend between the Eastern and Western clubs. Match #2 on Saturday pits the second place Western, Palmer against Eastern, Buffalo and third place teams Western, Metropolis against Eastern Cincinnati’s Wolfhounds. Sunday’s Match 4 and 5 will determine the Midwest #2 seed and #3 seed in the Competitive Region 3 Playoff.


Bears Adjust Palmer College
 Posted Online: 11/03/08
Photo courtesy of Brent and Torina Hill
 
Palmer College RFC needed a few adjustments after their defeat in a 36 to 17 match against the Bears on October 25 at MHS’s pitch. The Pearl City Black Bears took back the number one position of the Midwest Men’s Division I Rugby Conference Standings.

Pearl City controlled the pitch with six tries ( 5 points each), and three conversions (2 point each), while missing several three point penalty kicks. Palmer’s two tries, two conversions and a penalty kick were not enough to give them any bonus point in the league standing. According to the Midwest Leagues’ website. Scorers were: Ben Mc Gee (5), Keiki Misepeka (10), Ali Miller (5), Ken Knutson (5), and Ryan Buhman (5), and the conversion were booted by Bayden Morrey (4) and Andrew Suniula (2).

This was the last home match of the fall playing season. Next week, November 1 the Black Bears will travel to Minneapolis to battle the Metropolis RFC. And the play offs begin for Division I November 8th.

The Pumas play-off season began on October 25th.
For more information about the Pearl City RFC go to the newly launched and redesigned website www.pearlcityrugby.net.

Pearl City Wins Over Chicago
Pearl City RFC’s Black Bears tromped visiting Chicago Griffins 67- 10 on Saturday, October 11th. The two Division I teams met on the MHS pitch at 7:00 PM under ideal weather conditions. Numerous fans witnessed some hard hitting action and fantastic scoring by the white hot Black Bears coached by Adam Friend.

Even after the winning the match against the Griffins, the Black Bears dropped from first to second place in the Midwest Men’s Division I Conference. Palmer College RFC is now ranked in first place, but the Bears have a good chance of regaining the number one slot before the play-offs when they assemble for the October 25 rematch against Palmer on the MHS pitch. Palmer is the last home match. On November 11 the Bears travel to rematch Metropolis in Minneapolis.
 
However, the Division III Pearl City Pumas lost 26 to 32 in their match Saturday at Waverly against the Bremmer County Bucks which dropped the Pumas down to fifth place and moved the Bucks up to first place in the Division III standings. Pumas will be at home on October 18th against Iowa Falls. The match starts at 1:00 PM at the MHS pitch.

Play-offs begin for the Midwest League Division III teams on October 25th and on November 8th for the Division I team. For more information about the play-offs and about the Pearl City RFC, go to www.midwestrugby or www.pearlcityrugby.net.

Fans are also asked to bring can goods to the home matches for the local food pantries.

 
Black Bears Defeat Wisconsin
On October 4, 2008 the Pearl City RFC’s Division I Black Bears trampled the Wisconsin RFC in Madison 93-12. The Bears are having an outstanding Fall Season. According to the Midwest Rugby Territorial News, the Black Bears are leading in the Men’s Division I Western League folllowed by Palmer College, Metropolis, and Wisconsin in 2nd, 3rd, and 4threspectively. The Pumas are ranked 3rd in the Iowa Leagues Division III men’s teams.

The Bears will be back in Muscatine at the MHS pitch for a match against the Chicago Griffons at 7:00 PM on Saturday, October 11th.

Pumas will play Bremmer County Bucks Rugby on October 11th on their turf in Waverly, Iowa. The match starts at 1:00 PM. The Pumas, Pearl City RFC’s Division III team had a Bye this past weekend.

 
Bears Win, Pumas Defeated
The Division I, Black Bears played at home against the Metropolis RFC hailing from Minneapolis. The evening match started at 7:00 PM at the Muscatine High School pitch. Pearl City Rugby Club’s Black Bears racked up a 59 to 8 score against Metropolis in front enthusiastic fans filling the bleachers and sideline.

It was a different story earlier in the afternoon when the Division III, Pumas traveled to Cedar Rapids in a 1:00PM match against the Headhunters, losing their match 8 to 17.

Next weekend, October 4th, the Black Bears will travel to Madison, Wisconsin to play the Wisconsin Rugby Club at Crossroads Park. The Pumas have a Bye Week.

On October 11, the Black Bears will be back home on the MHS synthetic turf at 7:00 PM in Muscatine for a match against Chicago Griffons. Pumas will engage Bremer County Rugby (Waverly, Iowa) on their home pitch at 1:00PM.

Pearl City RFC is mindful of the fact that the Muscatine Food pantry needs help replenishing its shelves. Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to the home matches. The items will be donated to the Muscatine Food Pantry.