The Southern California Varsity Red competition starts this coming weekend as SoCal Youth Rugby officially launches its effort to make rugby a varsity sport in California high schools.
This is the second season of the Varsity Red - all teams in the league are 100% single-school.
The effort to create state-sanctioned varsity rugby in California has run into issues with USA Rugby’s insurance requirements.
Many of the private schools in the Southern California Varsity Red Division have their own insurance for their sports teams, and administrators have balked at paying the full
The Mira Costa rugby team lost their first game, ever, Friday night as the Mustangs pst 35-12 to their rivals Dana Hills.
The two teams had met for the Southern California Blue Division championship last year - the Blue Division is a development division for new teams - with Mira Costa winning.
It’s week two already in the Southern California Varsity White division, with Week One’s winners, Dana Hills and Mira Costa, meeting up in Dana Point, Calif.
Last year Mira Costa defeated Dana Hills in the Blue (Development) Division title game, so this matchup has more than a little meaning to
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