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05.09.2025HS Boys
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It's playoff time around the nation. 

While we've already established some champions we've got more to find.

Tempe Wins Arizona, Capping Five-Peat

Brother Martin Holds Off Jesuit New Orleans to Win Louisiana

We didn't file a stand-alone report but F5 won Oklahoma over Bixby 35-15 marking only the second time in 26 years that a team not from Tulsa has won the state title.

Trevor Besabe, Ryan Martindale, Destry Lujan, DeShawn Tate, and Lukas Willette all scored tries for F5 and Jonny Haxton added 10 points from the boot.

Seniors Martindale and Colin Raynor led the way while Parker Stone in the forwards and Destry Lujan in the backs were very good.


Utah crowns state champs in their top tier, Tier 2, and Tier 3. The Tier 1 final is also a crucial game for seeding the Club division in the HS National Championships as both LCA and Cavemen are attending. Southern California sees San Diego Mustangs and Belmont Shore face off in the final (also a key seeding game for Nationals). Interestingly, San Diego has a team in the D2 final and the U16 final also.

Okapi and Key Biscayne play for the florida final ... and the U16 final ... and the U14 final. So they seem to have figured something out. This has become an intense rivalry and was a close game (KB winning) the last time they met.

Northern California has their finals in Premier and Gold divisions. Colorado has their final with Valor vs Denver East HS; Clayton plays Charlotte Tigers in the North Carolina final. 

All to Play for in NorCal

St. Thomas Aquinas won a fairly cose game over St. James to make the Kansas final.

"We've still got just a lot of things to fix, rugby IQ things like that," said Head Coach Tim Kluempers, who got some big work from No. 8 Carson Patrick and skipper Trevor Mogren as forwards while Carson Miller fixed some problems in the backs and Harrison Power was strong at scrumhalf. 

St. Martin's Kingfishers looked a bit more dominant in their semifinal win 36-12 over Wichita. 

Will Van De Ryt was excellent for Kingfishers as he led as a scorer, distributor, and goalkicker.


Meanwhile, we've got some weird things going on in Missouri. The original plan was to have a final this weekend between the top two teams. But, perhaps because of the uneven split between the teams in St. Louis and the teams in Kansas City, that got changes last-minute ... really last minute. So now we have St. Louis Jets vs Independence and SLUH vs Eureka as opposed to Jets vs SLUH with a final later in the day. It's caused some rankling, that's for sure.


Some other big games include Xavier vs Gonzaga, which is another Nationals seeding game, and ... St. Ignatius vs Charlotte Cardinals.

This happens periodically, but not often. This is the top-ranked HS Club team vs the top-ranked HS School-team. Why? Because they wanted to. They wanted to test themselves against the best. Yes there's a risk of injury but, hey, in the end this is about playing tough competition. Ignatius has played a variety of previous state champs. The Cardinals have played the 2024 defending school champs (Gonzaga) and Tier 2 champs (San Mateo). This is where the top teams roll.

Check back for scores:

DateAwayScoreHomeComp.
5/6Brighton12-81Detroit Cent. Cath.Michigan
5/7Xaverian Bros.50-31Milton HSMass. IAA
5/7St. John's Prep15-49BC HighMass. IAA
5/7Ridgefield HS33-58Staples HSConnecticut
5/7Pendleton38-5WestfieldIndiana D1
5/7McQuaid Jesuit45-10CNY SilverbacksRugby NY
5/8Weymouth41-17BrooklineMass. IAA
5/8Glen Ellyn17-31StallionsIllinois
5/8West Suburban28-0ThundercatIllinois
5/8Christian Bros.17-26St. AugustineNew Jersey
5/9Trumbull24-20GreenwichConnecticut
5/9Pulaski Roos120-0Green Bay 2Wisconsin
5/9Verona3-42North ShoreWisconsin
5/9Eastside Exiles14-10MARC Palm BeachWisconsin
5/9Oshkosh10-65Green BayWisconsin
5/9Oregon0-28WaukeshaWisconsin
5/9De Pere24-70Fond du LacWisconsin
5/9Chargers0-28MarquetteWisconsin
5/9Pulaski Joeys0-28Fox CitiesWisconsin
5/9Elkhorn10-11MuskegoWisconsin
5/9MinetonkaatEdinaMinnesota
5/9Fordham Prep78-0Play Rugby USARugby NY
5/9ChaminadeatMt. St. MichaelsRugby NY
5/9Pelham HS3-29Rye HSRugby NY
5/9Withrow12-66St. XavierOhio
5/10CRC Berserkers25-19Crystal LakeIllinois
5/10Payton Grizzlies0-75South SuburbanIllinois
5/9New Trier26-0PredatorsIllinois
5/9Eagan5-39East MetroMinnesota
5/9Delbarton21-59UnionNew Jersey
5/9Chicago Lions19-25NapervilleIllinois
5/9Fenwick6-57MaristIllinois
5/9St. Rita41-0Brother RiceIllinois
5/9Neuqua73-19TaftIllinois
5/1090110-41RaptorTennessee Final
5/10Xavier NY30-21GonzagaCross Border
5/10St. Thomas Aquinas0-50St. Martin'sKansas Final
5/10Freetown31-5Red RiverMinnesota
5/10Detroit Cent. Cath.47-5St. EdwardCross Border
5/10Georgetown Prep33-12Staples HSCross Border
5/10Chargers14-19MarianIndiana D1
5/10Westfield28-53Bishop DwengerIndiana D1
5/10Brownsburg29-39Louisville CrashIndiana D1
5/10St. Ignatius12-43Charlotte CardinalsNon-Conference
5/10Fort Hunt38-37Richmond StrikersVirginia Final
5/10Camas20-32Eastside LionsWash. SF
5/10Liberty43-30Rainier HighlandersWash. SF
5/10Summit17-42Eastside TsunamiOregon SF
5/10Bend Blues43-38BeavertonOregon SF
5/10Owyhee31-29Eagle HSIdaho Final
5/10Thunder7-25SOC RaptorsSoCal 3-4
5/10Clayton17-53Charlotte TigersNC Finals
5/10SoPivsRattlesnakesNC T2 Final
5/10Belmont Shore24-27SD MustangsSoCal Final
5/10Santa MonicavsSD Mustangs 2SoCal D2 Final
5/10SFGG32-21Granite BayNorCal Prem. Final
5/10Lamorinda30-36San MateoNorCal Gold Final
5/10MoscowatEllensburgE. Wash.
5/10Pendleton Ore.atLiberty WarriorsE. Wash.
5/10Flathead Valley25-17YellowstoneMontana
5/10Missoula28-0CascadeMontana
5/10Okapi20-12Key BiscayneFlorida Final
5/10St. Louis Jets29-19IndependenceMissouri SF
5/10SLUHW-LEurekaMissouri SF
5/10SLUH26-14St. Louis JetsMissouri Final
5/10ND de la Salette66-0MortonIllinois
5/10Orchard26-18FairportRugby NY
5/10Grand Island0-74CNY SilverbacksRugby NY
5/10Canisius0-45McQuaid JesuitRugby NY
5/10Cache Valley10-70OlympusUtah T3 Final
5/10Provo46-29South DavisUtah T2 Final
5/10LCA31-36 (OT)CavemenUtah Final
5/10Valor25-26Denver East HSColo. Final
5/11Doylestown47-0Malvern PrepRugbyPA D1
5/11Gregory the GreatW-LSt. Joseph'sRugbyPA D1
5/11Montgomery Co.vsDowningtownRugbyPA D2
5/11Moon AreavsElizabethtownRugbyPA D2
5/11CorningatKenmoreRugby NY
5/12TaftatSaintsIllinois
5/13ChaminadeatSt. Anthony'sRugby NY
5/14WeymouthatMilton HSMass. IAA
5/14BC HighatBelmont HSMass. IAA

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