When the pandemic shut down the rugby scene in the Roaring Fork Valley, Caden Howe jumped on an opportunity to spend the school year in South Africa, where he decided to fully embrace the sport.
Now, the Glenwood Springs High School senior finds himself committed to play for Lindenwood University in Missouri, which has one of the best collegiate rugby programs in the nation.
“When I decided to fully commit to moving to South Africa for rugby and to go to an all-boys’ school, that was sort of my decision that if I was going anywhere for anything, it would be rugby,” Howe said Tuesday during practice with the Junior Gents at the pitch in Willits. “I’m so excited. I can’t wait. I’m really psyched to challenge myself and meet new people and learn new things and new aspects of the sport and just embrace it head on.”
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