MAPL Latest - Round 1
The first weekend of the Mid-Atlantic Premier League is in the books and already the competition for top high schools out of Virginia, DC, and Pennsylvania is bearing fruit.
Doylestown Shocks Gonzaga
In a major upset in the high school rugby scene, Doylestown defeated Gonzaga 43-31 Sunday in the opening weekend of the new Mid-Atlantic Premier League.
Aquinas Wins Two in Oklahoma
St. Thomas Aquinas of Kansas swept two games against the top two teams in Oklahoma over the weekend.
STA defeated Bixby 27-7 on Saturday and then Union HS 15-7 on Sunday.
Dramatic Varsity White Ending as Los Al Downs UC
Los Alamitos HS scored at the last second to defeat University City and win the Southern California Varsity White championship this weekend.
Varsity White is for single-school teams that are allowed to use players from other schools as long as a) the other school doesn't have a rugby team, and b) at least 75% of the team is from one school.
NorCal Top 5 Latest
Peninsula Green and SFGG won key games in Northern California's Top 5 division.
Pen Green defeated a very tough CK McClatchy team 31-12 to move to 2-0.
It took Pen Green about 20 minutes to get their game moving, but once they did, they put together some effective phase rugby.