Out of nowhere comes a day finally fit to be called Spring-like, and out of the wilderness comes a Portland side short on playing time but long on enthusiasm. Since their fitful start against Old Gold, Portland has had plenty of time to get down on themselves, but instead they came out and played against Amoskeag this past weekend with an optimism and that had been absent of late. Despite the eventual loss, the lead changed hands several times, with Portland crossing the Amoskeag line on four occasions. Had it not been for Evan’s erm..."bad day at the office" with the place kicks the scoreline might have been even closer.
The game was played at a brisk pace throughout, with Amoskeag’s open, running style of rugby contrasted with Portland’s more conventional set-piece oriented game.
Anyway, I could go on and on about this, but since it's already a week overdue, I'll keep it to just the facts. Scorers were, me, Derrik, Byron and somebody else. Portland played most of the second half a man down due to an unfortunate communications error with the ref.
The B's winning streak was finally broken, going down 17-14. Bubba scored and somebody else there also. Bubba secured MOTM honors for his efforts.
A good day out, and more glass-half-full kind of stuff. Still a poor substitute for winning.
Portland travel to Charles River tomorrow for another crack at it. Be at the Park & Ride at 9:30am if you're interested in taking part.
