HS Boys

DC Elite Finish Fall Sevens Series Winning 2 of 3 Tournaments

After a successful sweep of the Maryland Exiles Halloween Sevens, DC Elite returned again to play in the MedStar Great Falls Rugby Sevens Tournament. 

More players returned after finishing fall sports and a few were lost to their winter teams.  However, the squad ran comfortably through Maryland Exiles, West End (Virginia) and Bethesda Roosters scoring a total of 27 tries in pool play and the first round of the knock out match. 

They went on to face a similarly impressive Legion (Virginia) team in the finals.  DC Elite opened the scoring quickly in the first half and went on to lead 22-0 at half through tries from Horrigan, Sessings, Tuckson and Zaudtke.  However, two yellow cards in the second half proved too much for DC to defend as they were beaten by a try on the last play of the match to lose 22-25.

SoCal Red Division Preview - Repeats and New Threats

The Champion for the Southern California Red Division takes home the Titan Shield, signifying the best high school rugby team in Southern California.

Last year Torrey Pines beat La Costa Canyon 38-27 in the final, avenging their league matchup, which saw LCC prevail on a last minute converted try. Torrey Pines defeated Mira Costa in overtime in the hard fought semi-final, and those three schools look to be near the top again.

Torrey Pines returns a host of starters, particularly in the back line. Scrumhalf Beau Morgans returns, as does always exciting Center Matt Goena, who had two tries in last year's final. Perhaps even more valuable to the Falcons' effort is the return of last year's freshman phenom Oren Cargill, who looks to assume flyhalf duties.

NY 7s Features Impressive Teams, Live Streamed

The New York 7s will be live-streamed on www.florugby.com this weekend.

Click here to sign up and watch the action.

The event features about 140 teams, including brackets for HS Premier Boys and HS Premier Girls which are as strong as almost any tournament in North America.

Upright Rugby, Atlantis, Eastern Ontario, Rugby Quebec, NJ Blaze, and RugbyPA are just some of the elite teams playing in the HS brackets. The HS social and college brackets are also impressive.

Fields 82, 83, and 85 will be live-streamed. See the full schedule below.

NY-Area HS 7s Teams Live-Streamed At Liberty Challenge

Some high school 7s will be played during the Liberty Challenge matches Saturday at Fairfield University.

A team from New York City, and a team from Pelham HS, as well as a team from Connecticut, will participate.

Like the college games, these games will be live-streamed on FloRugby.

Play Rugby USA Team

Jon Rodriguez - Civic Leadership Academy 

Jan Nunez - George Westinghouse High School

Elijah Billips - Chelsea High School

Jonmartin Hernandez - Bronx Studio School for Writers and Artists

Will laino - Xavier High School

Jack Oberlander - High School of American Studies at Lehman College

Stephen Andrew Hoey - Xavier High School

Damian McKenzie Morley - Xavier high school

Keio - FASNY Victorious In NY HS 7s

Keio Academy / FASNY won the Rugby NY Boys 7s season with 19 points over Pelham HS.

Keio Academy is a school for Japanese students in New York, and they have combined with the French American School of New York. The combination has been very effective, and the team was led by season MVP Yoann Rolland.

Pelham HS did well and came 2nd in the varsity bracket and won the JV bracket with 13 points. Keio/FASNY came 2nd, and Mael Rolland was named MVP while playing for the Keio/FASNY squad.

Pelham HS JVs

Mael Rolland

Utah HS 7s Season Concludes

Heading in to the Rugby Utah 2017 Fall 7s season, one would assume that 3-time defending champion Herriman would begin the year as favorites; after all, the Mustangs are the only team to ever win the Utah Fall 7s series, and had dropped only two contests in the past three fall seasons. 

DC Elite Defense and Balance Wins Halloween 7s

DC Elite went 5-0 and took home the title in the Maryland Exiles' Halloween Sevens tournament in Rockville, Maryand on Saturday, October 28, with scrum half David Mitchell of Georgetown Prep taking the Player of the Tournament.  The team returned seven juniors from the summer JV RCT squad hailing from local Jesuit rivals Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep but added Gonzaga juniors Joe Royston, Gordan McMillan, Tim Sessings, Gonzaga seniors Will Lyke and Ian Kilkullen and Prep's Mitchell.

Rugby NJ Fall 7s Grows Stronger

Rugby New Jersey just completed its 4^th Annual Fall 7’s Series with its Championship Weekend taking place at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft NJ on Oct. 22^nd. 

Pat Moroney, the 7s Director for Rugby New Jersey, noted a great improvement in play, technique, coaching and refereeing throughout the series. “Rugby New Jersey is truly using this Fall 7’s Series as a conduit to grow the game on all levels in New Jersey”, says Moroney. 

“The pace and flow of the games improved, players and teams expanded in all divisions, U 19 Boys, U 16 Boys and U 19 Girls.”

Halloween 7s Brings Top Mid-Atlantic HS Talent Together

Some of the top rugby talent in the Mid-Atlantic will be converging on Rockville, Md. October 28 for the Halloween Sevens. 

Teams such as DeMatha, Saint Johns, Calvert Hall, DC Elite, Legion, Frederick, West Carroll, and the Maryland Exiles will be there. The Exiles have a long tradition of 7s success, and DC Elite will be heavy with Gonzaga players.

Schedule

9:00 am – MDX vs. DeMatha

9:20 am – DC Elite vs. Calvert Hall

9:40 am – Saint John’s vs. Frederick

10:00 am – West Carroll vs. Legion

10:20 am – MDX vs. Saint Johns

10:40 am – DC Elite vs. Legion

11:00 am – DeMatha vs. Frederick

12:00 pm – Calvert Hall vs. West Carroll

12:20 pm – Junior Varsity – MDX vs. Saint Johns

12:40 pm – MDX vs. Frederick

1:00 pm – DC Elite vs. West Carroll

EIRA Holding Academy Session Oct 15

The EIRA Mid-Atlantic Regional Academy launches it’s 2017/2018 coaching season on October 15^th at Gonzaga (in DC) with a Training Session for Coaches from 10:00am – 1:00pm followed by a Player Talent ID Clinic from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. 

We are pleased to announce that we are adding Girls rugby to the program this year

The Training Session for Coaches will be in a classroom that Gonzaga have kindly made available and will be open for all coaches in the Mid-Atlantic region (Virginia, Maryland, DC, Pennsylvania and Delaware). The Coaching course will generally deal with stuff that will be coached in the afternoon and will include coaching standards and best practices, catch/pass, contact skills, decision making and defense. 

North Bay Caps Off HS 7s Summer

In the final sevens tournament in the Mid-Atlantic Region the Maryland Exiles finally got the result they have been looking for against North Bay winning 27-14 in the final.  North Bay has been the top team in summer sevens this year with Head Coach Marty Maurice leading his team to first place finishes at Cowpie Sevens, Philly Cheese Steak Sevens and Splash Sevens.

The venue at UMBC was perfect and drew 12 teams that ranged from private MIAA Catholic High Schools to multi-school clubs. 

The Maryland Exiles, who draw from public schools in Montgomery County, had a bumpy road to the finals defeating Calvert Hall and West Carroll in close games and losing to North Bay in their bracket. In their semifinal game with Howard County, the Exiles squeaked by 21-14.

Dixon 7s Showcases NorCal HS 7s

The Dixon HS 7s were held last week, with Danville taking the Boys Varsity DI bracket, and the Land Park Harlequins taking the Girls Varsity bracket.

Land Park went on to show well at the NAI 7s in Salt Lake City.

Bracket Winners

Boys Varsity D1: Danville

Boys Varsity D2: Lamorinda

Boys Varsity D3: Jesuit

Girls Varsity: Land Park Harlequins

Boys JV D1: Sac PAL

Boys JV D2: Pleasanton

Boys Middle School: Peninsula Razorhawks

Girls Middle School: Pleasanton

U12: Sac PAL

U10: Sac PAL