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Francis Celii

Comeback Win Over Allen Keeps Rugby Unbeaten

3/28/2021 4:31:00 PM

Jesuit came storming back from a first half deficit, remaining unbeaten on the year with a 28-20 win over Allen on Friday at Erickson Middle School. The Rangers complete the season sweep of the Eagles and add a critical bonus point in the district standings as the Blue and Gold head into the home stretch of the regular season.
 
Allen scored 10 unanswered points to start the contest before the Rangers began their comeback run. Senior Sy Mendenhall broke off a long run to score the Rangers' first points of the game before senior Jack Judson found pay dirt off of a line out to give Jesuit its first lead of the game. Allen scored a penalty at the end of the first half, cutting Jesuit's lead to 14-13 at the break, but senior Luke Aldinger scored a try that was aided by the third conversion of the day from Dimitri Papanicolau to give Jesuit an eight-point lead.
 
The Eagles would score with five minutes left to cut the Jesuit Dallas lead to one, but Mendenhall came up clutch with a late score, pushing the lead to eight to make the contest a two-possession game with four minutes remaining to end the Allen comeback.
 
Jesuit will return to action on Apr. 10, when the team travels to take on the Plano Rugby Club at 2 p.m. before returning to Postell Stadium for home games against St. Thomas (Houston) on Apr. 16 and Alliance Rugby Club on Apr. 23.
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