- 5:00pm – Happy hour at Tap-and-Go

- 6:30pm – Dinner served at Pavilion

- Club awards and 2011 HOF inductions shall follow immediately after.

10 for $10 Beer Tickets

$20 per individual or $40 per team
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First Place: Split 20% of the total buy-ins
Second Place: Split 5% of the total buy-ins

All proceeds benefit The Midwest Rugby Development Foundation!

• Off season training at DI- Sessions will start December 6 with sessions at 6am and 6pm (tentatively).  The DI training facility is located in the Beacon Sports Medicine building off of Kemper Rd.  Click HERE for info on DI and see John McCafferty for more information if you are interested but have not signed up.
• Winter Banquet – Saturday, January 28, 2012 at Mt. Adams Pavilion.  More information will be coming out soon regarding this.  Always a great night.
• First Practice – Saturday, February 4, 2012.  Hopefully but most likely not a Brimelow.  More information will be out as we get closer….but remember the day.
• Ft. Lauderdale Ruggerfest – February 24, 25, 26 2012.  It was decided this year that the club goes to Ft. Lauderdale instead of Savannah.  The competition level in Ft. Lauderdale will better prepare us for what is going to be a tough spring.  The hope is that we have the commitment to enter teams in the Premier, Club, and Old Boys side.  Please email Tony Schenke and let him know if you are able to go, would like to go, etc. so we can start planning travel and hotels.
• Midwest Playoffs – Saturday, April 7, 2012.  These will either be in Cincinnati or Detroit.  We will update this as soon as we know for sure.
• Crossover Match – Saturday April 28, 2012.  Crossover game with the South for a spot in the USA Rugby National Championships.
• Sweet 16 – Saturday May, 12, 2012
• Final Four, Saturday, June 2, 2012

And don’t forget most Saturdays there will be the Cincinnati Winter Touch Rugby World Cup Championship Series.  Check your emails for location.  And there’s always Saturday nights at Tap N’ Go.  Cheers.

Coming out of halftime, it seemed to be a new Wolfhound team taking the pitch, with flyhalf Shaun Grobler getting the scoring underway a little over a minute in with a converted try.  Minutes later, Ryan Grote was able to get in for his second try of the day.  After giving up a try to the Indy scrumhalf, in the play of the day to that point, the ball crossed the field from Jordan Kleinhenz to Ferd Schneider to John McCafferty who gave a quick waggle before passing to Tony Schenke on the wing for the converted try.  Fresh onto the pitch, Paul Rettig touched down ten minutes later after a series of quick pick and gos.  The conversion put the score at 41-14.  It was shortly after..in the real play of the day, that Ryan Grote ran down the sideline and scored his third try of the day.  The Hounds gave up another converted try before Piet Swanepol, not to be left out of the scoring, muscled his way in for a try, this time converted by scrumhalf Jason Kleinhenz.  At the final whistle, the Hounds were victorious 53-21.

The win sees the Wolfhounds finish first in the Midwest East Conference for the second year in a row.  With the Midwest’s decision to move the playoffs to the spring (April 7th and 8th or 14th and 15th in Cincinnati or Detroit), the Hounds will have a lot of time to prepare for Palmer, who finished first in the Midwest West Conference.

2 – Jim Pelton 53′

3 – Ferd Schneider 50′

4 – Kyle Merk 58′

5 – Tony Schenke  50′ 75′
6 – Joey Hood 61′

8 – Petrus Swanepoel 78′

9 – Jason Kleinhenz 78′

10 – Shaun Grobler 41′ 50′ , 61′

12 – Robert Deck
13 – Jordan Kleinhenz 67′

14 – Ryan Grote 27′ , 45′ , 64′

15 – Ryan Frentzel 5′ 17′ 17′ , 41′ 64′
16 – Lemeki Betomakita 64′

17- Daniel Schultes75′

18 – Josh Goldsmith 53′
19 – Paul Rettig 58′ 61′

20 – Nicholas McCauley 50′

21 – Nick Deignan 61′

1 – John McCafferty
2 – Josh Goldsmith
3 – Nicholas McCauley 70
4 – Kyle Merk 69′
5 – Tony Schenke 
6 – Daniel Schultes 60′
7 – Richard Columbus
8 – Petrus Swanepoel 9′
9 – Jason Kleinhenz
10 – Shaun Grobler
11 – Lemeki Betomakita
12 – Robert Deck
13 – Jordan Kleinhenz
14 – Ryan Grote 40′
15 – Ryan Frentzel 2′ 40′ 65′ 77′
16 – Joey Hood 60′ 77′
17 – Robert Hite
18 – Ferd Schneider 70′
19 – Paul Rettig 69

The loss keeps the Wolfhounds in first place with Buffalo being the only team that take over.  A win this weekend at Brimelow Fields vs Indianapolis will secure first place going in the Midwest playoff, which has been moved until the spring of 2012.  Come out and cheer on the Wolfhounds in the season finale at Brimelow Fields.
DI Eastern Standings

Place	Team	W	T	L	Points
Last Modified: 10/25/2011		full standings
1st	Cincinnati	5	0	2	27
2nd	Detroit	5	0	3	26
3rd	Buffalo	5	0	2	24
4th	Indianpolis	2	0	5	13
5th	Scioto Valley	1	0	6	7

The Wolfhounds opened scoring early with Luke Pinkston converting his own try at the five
minute mark. A mishandled kick-off gave Lexington an opportunity to quickly respond. They did
so with an unconverted try of their own. At thirty-two minutes the Cincinnati pack drove over the
line and Rick Sodeman touched it down. Pinkston converted the try. Just before the half, big
Jeremy Anderson powered in for another try. The half ended with the score at 19-5, in favor of
Cincinnati.

In the second half, game fitness seemed to give Cincinnati the edge. At 56 minutes, Brandon
Wolfe made amends for an early knock-on in the try zone and scored an unconverted try. Fierce
Wolfhound defense kept the visitors at bay until the 70 minute mark when Lexington scored an
unconverted try. The game ended with the score of CRFC 24, Lexington 10.

The D-1 match saw the Hounds coming out quickly to pressure the Impalas. The first 30
minutes of the match were played entirely within the home team’s territory. Yet despite such
strong field position dominance, Cincinnati could only muster 6 points of two penalty kicks
from Ryan “Pony” Frentzel. Turnovers and penalties for both sides marred the first half, killing
multiple scoring opportunities for the Wolfhounds. The half ended 6-0.

In the second half the Impalas seized the momentum off of the kick-off. At eight minutes they
scored of a quick tap penalty for an unconverted try. Their momentum was short lived, however,
as Johnny Warner gathered up loose ball from the kick-off deep in Indy territory. Within minutes
Kyle Merk powered over for a try. The conversion was narrowly off the mark.

The rest of the second half resembled the first half in terms of field position dominance. This
half, however, scoring opportunities were converted rather than lost in turnovers. The Hounds
scored again very quickly with Meki Betomakita chasing a corner kick down for a try. The
conversion from the touchline was off center. At 25 minutes Shaun Grobler slotted a penalty
kick to extend the lead to 19-5.

Indy did not let the game get too far out of hand. They answered with an unconverted try to
bring the score to 19-12. Shaun Grobler responded with a beautiful drop goal at 30 minutes and
a penalty kick shortly afterwards to put the game away. With almost no time on the clock, Indy
converted a try to make the final score 25-19.

The second match opened with the host team immediately punching in an unconverted try.
The Hounds regrouped and began to stiffen up on defense. Heavy hitting on a scorching hot
afternoon played on a rock-hard field led to many injury minutes. The match ground on with little
advantage gained by either side. Luke Pinkston finally put some points on the board for CRFC
with a penalty kick late in the half.

In the second half the Wolfhounds worked in all the substitutions available to assure that
everyone got playing time. Yet, the pace did not slacken. Midway through the half, Luke
Pinkston slipped through for a try. The conversion was off. Indy responded with a converted try
with only minutes remaining. Ben Cardinal capped the play of the day when a Impala turnover
was kicked ahead and he dribbled the while outracing everyone to dot a try .Luke Pinkston
converted to take the score to the final of CRFC 15, Indy B-side 12.

From the start, it was evident that the heavier pack of the Wolfhounds was going to be a
challenge for XU. An early Wolfhound converted try was set up by strong scrumaging and
rucking with newcomer Kendric “Dingo” Roberts powering into the try zone. However, XU
quickly answered with long, open field running with their own forwards to put in a try and cut the
lead. After a strong run from Patrick Grote, the Hounds finished the half up 12-5.

The second half was wide open, with free substitutions to get everyone playing time. Both
coaching staffs took the opportunity to look at various line-ups and to evaluate newcomers.
After a brief period of time with the lead, XU finally succumbed to the pressure applied by the
Wolfhound pack and back row. After long gashing runs from Dingo off the back of scrums, and
strong counterattacks from the Wolfhounds back three, the scores began to mount. Patrick
Grote dotted again, with Ben Cardinal, Rick Sodeman, and Jessie Kleinhenz adding trys of their
own. Luke Pinkston converted 4 of 6 trys. The final score was CRFC 38, XU 20.

Unhappy with some sloppy play and feeling fortunate to be up 21, the Hounds came out in the second with a renewed intensity.  The Wolfhounds went on the attack early, with the forwards taking several crashes on the try line before flyhalf Ryan Frentzel took things into his own hands and took a quick pick for another 5.  A few minutes later, Richie Columbus added another 5, while 8-man Piet Swanepol, refusing to be left out of the fun, added another shortly after.  With time running out, Ryan Grote added his second of the day with Shaun Grobler converting, taking the score to 46-3 as the final whistle sounded.

WOLFHOUNDS
1. John McCafferty  2. Jim Pelton  3. Nick McCauley  4. Kyle Merk  5. Tony Schenke  6. Richie Columbus  7. Johnny Warner  8. Piet Swanepol  9. Jason Kleinhenz  10. Ryan Frentzel  11. Lemeki Betomakita  12. Bob Deck  13. Jordan Kleinhenz  14. Ryan Grote  15. Shaun Grobler  16. Josh Goldsmith (57′)  17. Jeremy Anderson (72′)  18. Levi Harmon  19. Paul Rettig (75′)  20. Kendric Roberts  21. Jaime Westfall  22. Rob Hite (68′)  23. Zack Fritz

Tries: Lemeki Betomakita (2), Ryan Grote (2), Ryan Frentzel, Richie Columbus, Piet Swanepol
Conversions: Ryan Frentzel (3), Shaun Grobler
Penalty Kicks: Ryan Frentzel

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