Fort Hunt found some confidence-boosters in their visit to the Carolina Ruggerfest, and translated this over the past weekend with a close game against Gonzaga.
Of course, Gonzaga was looking to pick themselves up after an opening-week loss to Gregory the Great. As has been the issue for a lot of teams, getting outside in the snow was difficult for Gonzaga, so they might have felt a little like they were playing catchup.
For Fort Hunt, an early loss to Doylestown and then Ruggerfest had them perhaps a bit more game-tested.
Fort Hunt took an early 7-0 lead after a well-structured sequence over the first two-and-a-half minutes, all finished by the forwards. Gonzaga responded with a solid sequence of smart, well-controlled attack and scored off a lineout from a penalty.
Fort Hunt took a penalty goal but Gonzaga was over the tryline twice more—one off a nifty show-and-go and one with the big boys powering ahead—to lead 21-10 at halftime. The Eagles added one more and led 28-10.
But Fort Hunt rallied, making it 33-24 with less than 10 minutes to go.
Then Fort Hunt scrumhalf Drew Peters intercepted a Gonzaga pass and raced 90 meters to score and put his side within a try at 33-29.
