The DIII Hudson Valley Rebels defeated the upper DII Village Lions this past Saturday with a score of 27 ~ 10. This is the first Rebel victory over the long-standing Lions since the club was established almost a decade ago.

The Rebels would score first as the forwards fought their way through the Lions. Rob Palmer of Montgomery and Joe Dabritz of Margaretville orchestrated the mauling and rolling attack that would result in Palmer's first try of the year and put the Rebels up 5 ~ 0. The forwards running attack was led by "Man of Match" recipient Mike Greenblatt of Hyland, Patrick English of Goshen, Chris Ray of Glenham and Bill Castellane of Salisbury Mills. Veteran rugger Mark Cozzupoli of Hyland was called upon just before game time to fill in and gave the Rebels the much needed full game support. David Mowen of Fishkill, Nate Brooks of Newburgh and Jay Kimler of Montgomery drew in Lion defenders which opened up many overload opportunities for the backs.

Nate Conkey of West Point highlighted the day with a try even after being met ferociously by one the Lion's forwards. In order to maintain the lead, the Rebels would kick for space that was complimented with the open- field tackle support of Paul Pastorini of Fishkill and Alresch Jaywardeena of Newburgh. Jon Jones of Hyland finished the day with 12 points as the Rebels relied on his foot on penalties and conversions. The running threat of Mariano Choconi of Greenwood Lake would force the Lion's to kick for touch instead of keeping the ball in play resulting in the Rebel's 3rd win this year with a final score of 27 ~ 10.