Greenwich High School out of Connecticut ha started strong, winning their opening game last week and then cutting a swath through the Four Leaf tournament this weekend.

Held at Randall’s Island, NY, the Four Leafs is a huge tournament covering a variety of brackets. In the Boys HS bracket, teams played 30-minute games, and over the entire day Greenwich did not give up a single point.

This followed up on Greenwich’s opening game last week in which they shut out New Rochelle 86-0.

The second game saw Greenwich defeat Ridgefield HS, Conn. 31-0.  HS All American Soh Nakayama and fullback Bryce Stanback both Scored two tries, with Soh kicking three conversions.

The third game Greenwich defeated Fairfield, Conn. 35-0.  Five different players scored tries for the Cardinals with Soh Nakayama converting all five.

In the semifinal game, Greenwich beat St. Anthony’s HS, NY 60-0.  Again, Greenwich’s depth was evident as eight different players scored tries with Frank Albano and Kevin Iobbi scoring two each. Patrick McTernan kicked five conversions.

In the final for the HS pool, Greenwich again beat Fairfield, Conn. this time 40-0. Freiheit and Jack Weigold each scored two tries with Nakayama converting five of six.

For the day, wing Jack Freiheit scored six times with Jack Weigold and Joe De Muyt adding four apiece.  Soh Nakayama recorded fifteen conversions and two tries for the overall scoring total of 40 points.  Greenwich was playing without wing Luke Beinstock, who was en route to England with the HS All American 7s team. 

Greenwich finished 6th in the HS National Championships last year and has a majority of the team back this season.  With a strong coaching staff led by Joe Kelly, and with four HS All American players and five more who were invited to tryouts, they are experienced and talented.