USA South is into the final of the Rugby Americas North U19 championship after just barely getting through the second round of games Friday in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Panthers had a tough game to start in a round-robin against teams from the opposite pool. They faced defending champs Mexico, who didn't have a great Day One but were still tough.
Mexico controlled a large portion of territory thanks in large part to the work of Emilio Sanchez. And in fact Sanchez scored Mexico's lone try on a tap penalty, and converted for a 7-0 lead. Los Serpientes almost doubled that with a break in the second half but some desperate tackling by the South cover defense kept it 7-0.
The South almost scored a couple of times—Chris Jensvold was over but was adjudged held up.
Then with time winding down center Jason Trevino cut through for the try and Quinn Vorster converted. That made it 7-7 and that's how it ended.
