New Mexico Tech Grad Named to Rugby All-Stars
By Dave Wheelock
Tech alumnus and former rugby Pygmy Patrick Simons was named to the Western Rugby Football Union's All-star team. View Entire Article »
Tech Ruggers Finish Season with Upset Win
By Dave Wheelock
Six weeks after suffering a 44-0 whitewashing in El Paso at the hands of the Scorpions, the Pygmies controlled play on their own field Saturday to record a memorable 12-7 win in their last autumn match. View Entire Article »
Veteran Ruggers Score Close Victory over Students
By Dave Wheelock
New Mexico Tech?s alumni rugby team, the Ancestors, squeaked out a 12-10 victory over the resident Pygmies Friday evening, Oct. 20, in the annual 49ers Black and Blue Classic. View Entire Article »
Tech Soccer Miners Take Second Place Trophy
By Coach Paul Fuierer
The Mark Underwood Memorial Soccer Tournament on the weekend of Feb. 11 and 12 stirred up memories for the more seasoned members of the NMT Miners soccer squad. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Rugby Club Prepares for Trip to England
By Dave Wheelock
"We do more with less." The unofficial motto of the rugby football club at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is more than tradition. View Entire Article »
NM Tech Rugby Club Tour of England
By Dave Wheelock
While running close twice, the New Mexico Tech Rugby Club nevertheless returned from England without a win in three matches played during their March 9-19 tour. View Entire Article »
Pygmies Drop Season's Last 15-man Match
By Dave Wheelock
After the trauma of the New Mexico State University match the week before, it felt good last Saturday (April 29) to be marking down Pygmy scores in my sideline notebook. View Entire Article »
Turner Captures Rugger of the Year Honors
By Dave Wheelock
Graduating geology senior Phillip Turner has been named Player of the Year by his New Mexico Tech Rugby Club teammates for the 2005 - 2006 term. Turner becomes the third recipient of the Jeremiah Wright Memorial Trophy, named in honor of the former captain who died in a traffic accident in September 2002. View Entire Article »
NMT Rugby Club Opens 1-2 in Santa Fe Tournament
By Dave Wheelock
New Mexico Tech's Rugby Club gave a mixed performance in opening their 2005-2006 campaign, recording one win against two losses at the 34th annual Santa Fe Ten-man team tournament over the Labor Day weekend. The Pygmies finished third in the collegiate division by defeating New Mexico State University's Chiles in their third match. View Entire Article »
Miners Win One, Lose One in Durango
By Coach Paul Fuierer
On September 16, the NMT Miners men's soccer team achieved their first on-the-road victory in four tries over an always skilled Ft. Lewis College (Durango, CO) club team with a score of 2-1. Their only other win over Ft. Lewis came last October at home in Socorro, with an identical score. View Entire Article »
Pygmies Fall to Brujos; Fledgling Queens Host Scrimmage
By Dave Wheelock
The New Mexico Tech Pygmies fell short in their home match on Saturday, Sept. 23, with the Brujos Rugby Football Club of Albuquerque, losing 19-11. Prior to the one o' clock men's game, seven new members of the resurgent Pygmy Queens RFC mixed in with Atomic Sisters Women's Rugby Club from Albuquerque in a women's rugby clinic and scrimmage. View Entire Article »
Pygmies in El Paso
By Dave Wheelock
In El Paso last Saturday, Sept. 30, the New Mexico Tech Rugby Club dominated ball possession in the set scrums, convincingly won the majority of the inbounds throws (lineouts), and had a slight advantage in retaining possession after tackles (rucks and mauls). They also lost to the El Paso Scorpions, 44-0. View Entire Article »
New Mexico Tech Ruggers Second in Arizona
By Dave Wheelock
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 11, 2006 -- New Mexico Tech's men's rugby club played closer to their potential than they have all season at the Northern Arizona Tens tournament in Flagstaff, losing Sunday's [Oct. 8] championship match to Arizona State University 32-10. NMT climbed into the final by winning two of three games Saturday and their semifinal match Sunday morning. View Entire Article »
