April 2, 2004

Willow Glen Ruggers are in season

Willow Glen rugby players are attacking the game of rugby football from a variety of directions, but most uniquely the San Jose Seahawk Mini Rugby Club, represented by Broadway School eight grader Paul Martinez, kneeling right with his father, Tom, a referee and coach. The Mini Seahawks train and play at Canoas Park most Sundays. Among other

Willow Glen inhabitants currently in action are Andrew Trapani for the University of Pacific where he is the team captain. Trapani, a junior at UOP, played high school rugby for Bellarmine’s College Park Rugby Club now represented by Scott Peterson, Phil Albanese, Scott Glicksberg and Luke Council, who all live in Willow Glen. For more on the Seahawks and College Park, call club president Brian McDonald at 994-0157 or e-mail McRugby@earthlink.net. The Northern California Rugby Football Union schedule is available at www.pelicanrtefs.com (click on assignments).
—By Karl Laucher