Finalists for 2026 Scholz Award Named
The finalists for the Rudy Scholz Award, given each year to the top collegiate rugby player in America, have been named.
With votes from a panel of coaches and media, along with votes from the American college rugby public, the 16 nominees have been whittled down to four finalists.
Those finalists are:
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Finalists for 2026 Scholz Award Named
The finalists for the Rudy Scholz Award, given each year to the top collegiate rugby player in America, have been named.
With votes from a panel of coaches and media, along with votes from the American college rugby public, the 16 nominees have been whittled down to four finalists.
Those finalists are:
The Year of Dark Horses? Our CRC 7s Women Preview
The CRC Women's 7s is set for this weekend and the four brackets of 16 teams provide tough competition for 64 teams across the divisions.
D3
What used to be the small-college teams are now D3 and generally what happens in this bracket is that teams successful in 15s also do well in 7s. That's not always true in every division but it is true here.
Teams Set for Montana Invitational Challenge
It’s going to be cold at the Montana Invitational this weekend but the rugby action should be pretty hot.
The tournament welcomes a HS Boys Elite, HS Girls Elite, HS Girls Premier, HS Boys Premier, and a U16 Boys Elite over the course of two days in Bozeman, MT.
TOA Unity Brings Home Tropical 7s Title
TOA won the Boys Elite U18s at Tropical 7s, beating Rebel Rugby Academy 26-10 in the final.
The key, said Coach Greg Turpen, was cohesion.
"The family and administrative unity spread into our team and extended well beyond the field," said Tupren. "Behind the scenes, our support team, families, and coach handled things seamlessly. It was pretty cool."
