Greenwich Scores Late to Beat Xavier
Greenwich High School defeated Xavier HS 34-29 Saturday night, scoring in the final moments to pull out a victory.
This was a clash between the #6-ranked Xavier team and the #14-ranked Greenwich squad (both rankings Goff Rugby Report single-school Boys HS rankings). Both teams had logged impressive victories, but both had also stumbled in what is still a relatively young season.
Royal Irish Gets By St. Ignatius
Royal Irish needed a late try to come back to beat St. Ignatius 10-8 in a non-conference clash between two highly-ranked teams.
Indianapolis-based Royal Irish is ranked #2 by GRR among HS club teams, and Cleveland-based St. Ignatius is ranked #8 among single-school teams.
Red Mountain Wins Arizona
Red Mountain defeated Desert Vista 64-5 Saturday to win the Rugby Arizona Boys HS championship.
Penn Defeats Brownsburg
Penn HS went to 2-0 in Rugby Indiana's Super League with a 37-8 defeat of Brownsburg.
Penn got two tries from Will Vakalahi and also tries from Blake Usenick, Lucas Robinson, Cedric Vakalahi, Rashid Fahim, and Paul. Sam Scholtes had one conversion.
Jesuit Defeats Touring NZ Team
On a day honoring the graduating seniors of Jesuit High School, the Sacramento-based Marauders faced a very skilled team from Rangitoto College in New Zealand, and came away victorious.
Rangitoto was coming off two tour wins against Bellarmine Prep (65-14) and the Solo Falcons in Dixon (34-14).
