Des Moines Capital City 7s
June 15th, 2019
The 2019 Sevens season officially kicked off last weekend and judging by the results, the sky's the limit for the group this summer! The Blues took 5 sides to Des Moines to compete in the Cap City 7’s Tournament. The coaching staff, consisting of Scott Kram, Markus Valovalo, Darlwin Nelson & Hunt Davis, decided to split the top 3 teams evenly amongst what they felt were their top players. The top 3 teams finished 1st, 2nd & 3rd out of the 10 team field.
Des Moines Capital City 7s Rosters
Blues 1
Kevin Schwartze (C)
Gareth Sanders-Crook
Richard Felton
Nathan Epplett
Danny Apgar
Blake Baty
Rhys Smith
Stephen Lomas
Chandler Owens
Ty Lewis
Blues 2
David McDonough (C)
Isaiah Jones
Cole Tripp
Jason Barnhart
Ahmed Barro
Jabaree Leopold
Jonah Naufahu
Pierre Wansbury
Kyle Renner
Connor McDonough
Blues 4
Jack Thompson (C)
Caleb Baranowski
Caleb Dial
Cedric Keith
Fabrizzio Bortolotti
Forrest Denney
Wyatt Franklin
Jack Gallagher
Joshua Watson
Denver 7's National Qualifier
June 22nd, 2019
Saturday, June 22nd, the lads got their feet wet last weekend, both literally and figuratively, opening up the summer sevens season with a third place finish in Denver. The two other Blues sides in the tournament were both, unfortunately, rained out.
The Blues came out strong on the day, with dominating wins over Peaks (Utah) 33-0 and the Denver Barbarians A 38-14. Utah Haggis proved to be an early favorite to win Nationals, returning the same core players that won it in 2016-17, along with adding the Kansas City Blues own Kenny Scott via the Utah Warriors MLR team. The game was competitive in the first half, but a cherry pick early in the second half of play put the Blues in a deficit they were not able to climb out of, losing 31-17. The Blues finished pool play with a heartbreaking loss on last second try by the Barbarians to go ahead 24-19 at the final whistle.
Results:
KC Blues 33-0 - Peaks 0
KC Blues 38 - Barbarians A’s 14
KC Blues 17 - Utah Haggis 31
KC Blues 19 - Denver Barbarians Premier 24
Denver 7's National Qualifier Rosters
Blues Qualifier
Michael Baska (C)
Blake Baty
Walter Elder
Nick Feakes
Richard Felton
Dalton Humphrey
Drake Humphrey
Jimmy Lillis
Aren Martin
David McDonough
Brendan Nachbar
Jonah Naufahu
Blues Open 1
Jabaree Leopold (C)
Rhys Smith
Danny Apgar
Cole Tripp
Stephen Lomas
Pierre Wansbury
Isaiah Jones
Gareth Sanders-Crook
Kyle Harris
Ty Lewis
Silvanus Johnson
Jason Barnhart
Blues Open 2
Connor Burke (C)
Chandler Owens
Ahmed Barro
Nathan Epplett
Mitchell Wagner
Sam Long
Josh Toy
Josh Watson
Cedric Keith
Ryan Ellison
Jack Thompson
Wyatt Franklin
Alan Bortolotti
Milwaukee Lakefront 7s
June 29th, 2019
The Blues ended up topping the Lakefront 7s results, finishing 1st and 2nd. The Blues cleared out the bracket undefeated until they played each other in the final with Blues 1 beating the Blues 2, 31-7. Also on Saturday in Belleville, IL, the Blues 3 squad got 2nd place at the Bellville 7’s, The combined record & score against outside competition today was 12-2 & 378-116. The program showed great depth today. Congrats to all 3 teams.
Bellville 7's Results: Blues 3
38-0 v Columbia Outlaws
38-5 v Maryville
33-17 v Sunday Morning
22-7 v Sunday Morning - Semi Final
14-34 v Sunday Morning A - Championship
Lakefront 7's
Blues 1
Nick Feakes (C)
Kevin Schwartze
Aren Martin
Cody Weber
Brendan Nachbar
Jimmy Lillis
Richard Felton
Kyle Renner
Jonah Naufahu
Jabaree Leopold
Pierre Wansbury
Blake Baty
Lakefront 7's
Blues 2
David McDounough (C)
Blake Baty
Drake Humphrey
Rhys Smith
Gareth Sanders
Casey Cummings
Danny Apgar
Ty Lewis
Joe D'Agostino
Silas Johnson
Stephen Lomas
Kyle Harris
Bellville 7s
Blues 3
Ryan Ellison (C)
Ahmed Barro
Josh Toy
Fabrizzio Bortolotti
Jack Williams
Mitchell Wagner
Sam Long
Nathan Epplett
Caleb Dial
