Mom (the little one) and daughter,
"for the love", with RFK Triborough Bridge in the background
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Well, that headline is not exactly
true; Emily Henrich, just turned 15, has been selected to play for
Atlantis' first-ever U-16 girls’ team at the Las Vegas
Invitational Sevens in February 2015 but that hasn't happened yet.
Her mother, 44-year old Lisa Huff Henrich, Atlantis #331 (and just
#36 chronologically among the Atlantis women), represented
Atlantis in the 1996 New York Sevens, and the 1998 Cape Fear
Sevens.In 1996 Lisa
was on Atlantis 2, who knocked off Guelph - who had beaten
Atlantis 1 - in the final.In
the 1998 Cape Fear Sevens, Atlantis was a finalist, losing to the
Maryland Stingers in the final. Emily will be somewhere in the
vicinity of Atlantis #1100 when she plays in Las Vegas.
Olde Love has traditionally been a team of mostly New York Rugby
Club alumnae, but this year there were several players brought
from other places including standout Samoan Tiffany Faaee - and
mom and daughter Henrich, from the Buffalo area.
And just to add a bit more connection with the family, I also
coached Emily's father Chris Henrich when I did a stint as an
Assistant Coach to George Betzler at Philadelphia-Whitemarsh in
the 1990s. Although I was primarily responsible for the
backs, I'm sure I said at least a couple of wise things to the
forwards, where Chris was toiling in the front row.
Lisa (FH) and Emily (C) were the midfield combo for Olde Love and
between them they scored more than 80 of Olde Love's 137 points.
Emily led the pair with 10 tries and 2 conversions, with Mom
holding those numbers in reverse order with 2 tries and 10
conversions.
Lisa (FH) and
Emily (C) wait to attack from the scrum
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Playing in the Women's Social Division, Olde Love began with 2
shutout victories over RCM II and the Savvy Scrummers, 19-0 and
39-0. Following a 31-7 victory over Brooklyn in the quarterfinal,
they finished up with two victories over Toronto area teams, the
Markham Irish (24-7) and Les Felines, the women of Toronto Rugby
Club. The final was another shutout, 24-0.
Atlantis congratulates one of its Olde Girls, and looks forward to
welcoming one of its youngest ever.
Emily Henrich and Lisa Huff
Henrich, Olde Love midfielders
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