GRR: Montana
Montana Youth Rugby held its championships over the past weekend, taking an important step back toward buildings ng participation after the COVID shutdowns.
Here are the final scores:
Gold Medal Match HS Boys : Missoula 41 defeated Flathead Valley 21
Gold Medal Match HS Girls: Bitterroot 30 defeated Flathead Valley 0
Rugby Montana crowned its girls HS champions late last month with the Bitterroot Koa Wahines edging the Kalispell Black & Blue 19-10 in the final.
The Koa Wahines hit their peak at the right time, cruising through the playoffs with wins of 33-5 and 48-0 before taking on the very tough Black & Blue, a game that Coach Dana Cather called a slugfest.
Flathead Valley's Black and Blue team defeated the Mud Dogs of Missoula 19-12 this past weekend to win the Montana Youth Rugby Boys HS championships.
The Black and Blue ended the season 8-0-1, and held on in a tough, physical match.
Payton Boyce scored three tries for Black and Blue and was named player of the game.
The Montana State HS season is underway with Black & Blue, Missoula Mud Dogs, Montana Iron Horse, and Helena all having registered wins, but the big victory is of a more important kind.
Helena came out of nowhere to win the Montana Boys HS championships this spring, coming into the state playoffs seeded 6th, but winning it all.
The final was played against Bitteroot, and was played in honor of a Helena player who had committed suicide - the game was played on the late player’s birthday.
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