Fairfield Prep concluded a tour to Northern California, playing two single-school teams in the process.
St. Ignatius of San Francisco re-assembled for the first game. Several of the single-school teams in Northern California move on to club play starting in March, but Ignatius hosted Fairfield and pulled off a 31-28 victory.
This was the second close loss in two games for Fairfield as they lost to Trumbull 31-29 last week.
"It was a very physical match with a program on the rise," said Fairfield Prep Head Coach Kevin Kery. "Good people and good rugby."
On Wednesday night the second match was Fairfield vs Jesuit of Sacramento. Jesuit was coming off a loss to SFGG in which the Marauders kept working their way into the SFGG 22 but couldn't score.
Jesuit started fast with two tries in the first 12 minutes. Fairfield came back with a penalty, but Jesuit went back on attack and crossed the line twice. They pinned Fairfield in their half with tactical kicking and created chances off their counterattack to take a commanding 29-3 lead.
