Berks County Rugby traveled to Stone Harbor, NJ to compete in the Elite High School Invitational division of Surfside 7s, hosted by Philadelphia-Whitemarsh RFC.
In a final warmup before leaving for NAI 7s in Utah, Berks utilized a combination of Utah bound players and players from their 2nd side.
The 10-team tournament consisted of Coventry Wildcats, Conestoga, LaSalle, St Joe's Prep, MD15, Minutemen, St Augustine, Bishop Shanahan, Malvern Prep, and Berks.
Berks went 2-0 in pool play with a tough win over LaSalle (14-7) and St Joe's Prep (31-10).
This put Berks into the semifinal where they would meet Minutemen. Berks took the semifinal 43-7, while in the other semi St Augustine beat Conestoga 17-0.
This set up a rematch of last year's final, which Berks won. This year saw the same result as 2021, with Berks taking the game 17-7.
Surfside organizers selected Berks prop, Diohnny Ruiz, as the tournament MVP.
