The Beating Continues- Old Boys 33, UTRFC 20
April 27, 2002- Using great continuity and support, the Old Boys hammered out a 33-20 victory in the A side match. The UTRFC
B side claimed a hard fought 12-7 victory over the much larger contingent of old boys.

B side- UTRFC B siders claimed their second win in a row in this series that always features a steady rotation of Old Boys (this year- 38) taking turns beating on the young undergrads. This year's format featured five 15-minute periods. After a scoreless first period, the young bucks got on the board with some nifty backline work as center Jason Gruner fed the freshman sensation Omar Tinko who touched it down in the corner. The conversion was badly missed and the young bucks led 5-0. In the third period the Old Boys got on the board with a try of their own and the score was tied 5-5. In the fourth period, the young bucks used a high kick ahead as Todd Van Dyke provided the pressure, and Randall Tonini gathered the loose ball and raced the final 30 meters for the try. The conversion was successful and the young bucks led by the final margin, 12-5. Several items of special note from this match including the second period which pitted father vs. son on the front row with Bill "Yamaha" Peterson matched up against his son, Eric Peterson. Also of note is the fact that the Old Boys went scoreless in the final two periods dispite playing much of it with 16 and 17 players on the field at one time.

Univ of Tennessee B 12
UT Old Boys B 5
Referee: Dave Hooper

A-Side- The Old Boys opened the match with great determination and purpose, scoring two tries in route to a 12-0 lead. Bryan Halfacre and Ed Everett led the way with the early Old Boy heroics. UT answered with Tom Jallo punching one across to close the gap to 12-7. Everett, who also served as the A side captain, got his second try of the half and the Old Boys are back up, 19-5. The Old Boys then sandwiched a try (Brian Silkwood) in between two by UT (Josh Peay and Jeremy Linne) to make the half-time score 26-15.

In the second half, UT came out strong and crisply moved the ball down the field to score a try (Jason Barnes) closing the score to an uncomfortable 26-20 in favor of the old boys. At this point the Old Boy pucker factor was extremely high. At about mid way through the hard fought period, Bryan Halfacre scored his second try of the day and the Old Boys stretched the lead to a more comfortable 33-20.

Univ of Tennessee A 20
UT Old Boys A 33
Referee: Dave Haines

Old Boys
1. Bryan Halfacre
2. Gassan Kassira
3. Tyler Huskey (Michael Towns)
4. Greg Schwartz
5. Steve Cerne (Andrew Wiske)
6. Scott Adcox
7. Rob Farley
8. Mike Merschat
9. Mark Szydlo
10. Chris Gower
11. Scott Spitler
12. Eric Johnson(Lawrence Jones)
13. Ed Everett ©
14. Mike Dulin
15. Brian Silkwood

Young Bucks
1. Kevin Trussell
2. Josh Peay
3. Jason Barnes ©
4. Eric Brown
5. Giancarlo Marucchi
6. Jesse Troxler
7. Tom Jallo
8. Chris Stump
9. Jeremy Linne
10. Brian Melroy
11. Chad Mackens (Todd Van Dyke)
12. Austin Mackens
13. Josh Hawk (Jason Gruner)
14. Todd Van Dyke (Matt Tedford)
15. Brad Colson

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