Griffon RFC News - 03/27/06
March 25th, 2006: With Cooley Law School failing to make the game, we held a club scrimmage instead. Our next game is against Northwest Indiana on April 1st.

Griffon RFC News - 03/20/06
March 18th,2006: Canton, OH 10 Battle Creek 10
A solid first game for the Griffons in Canton. We had a strong wind behind us in the first half, and we controlled possession well. We did not take advantage of the wind by kicking for the corners, and that is something we will have to address in future games; to make sure that we take advantage of the playing conditions.
The first score came with great pressure from Hiram Garcia forcing a Canton player to fumble the ball over his own goal line, and Ken Burdette was there to pounce for the try.
Stephen Ratliff added the conversion for a 7-0 lead at half-time.
The Griffons were performing well in the rucks, and in the lineouts, and holding their own in the scrums. Canton's tactic was to rely on break-away attacks with individual runners, and eventually they scored a try in the corner - the conversion was missed.
They now had the wind at their backs, and used their kicking game to put us defending near our line.
With a strong wind in the Griffons faces , it was difficult to progress up the field, but we did move into the Canton half and were awarded a penalty.
Despite a strong wind against the kicker, Stephen Ratliff kicked a penalty that came just short, and Canton held onto the ball on the ground to give away a penalty close to the posts.
We made the correct decision again to go for posts, and Ratliff kicked to make the score 10-5 for the Griffons.
Canton continued to try to score from individual breakaways, and eventually they were successful with a try to tie the game 10 - 10.
So, it was a solid performance by the Griffons, with some loose play at the end of the game as the fitness gas tanks ran out - we will correct the mistakes at practice.

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