Pendleton defeated Bishop Dwenger as Rugby Indiana action starts to heat up.
The varsity match was back-and-forth early on as both sides lacked recognizable continuity.
Still Pendleton did get on the scoreboard. Center Nick Trout took advantage of a penalty near the five-meter line, tapped, and was immediately tackled by an offside player. That led to a penalty try and a 7-0 Pendleton lead.
Bishop Dwenger immediately answered, scoring right off the restart with senior No. 8 Ashton Skarie going over. Skaire was a major standout for Dwenger and he scored twice more in the first half.
Pendleton's response was with the very active flanker Eli Arthur powering through tackles to score. And then as the half ended Trout punished a Dwenger mistake to go over.
