We could call this weekend the official start of the high school season.
That’s a little unfair, of course, as several leagues have been playing for a while, but in parts of the country where it snows, the beginning of March is the beginning of for-realsies.
The Carolina Ruggerfest is a major event for teams in North Carolina and farther afield. We’ve got Okapi bringing multiple age groups from Florida. And while, yes, Charlotte Cardinals, Charlotte Tigers, Raleigh Redhawks and Rattlesnakes are all there, out-of-state will include Fort Hunt, Wando, West End, Benedictine (VA), Rebels, Key Biscayne, and even such snowbound teams as Green Bay out of Wisconsin and Edina out of Minnesota.
Goff Rugby Report will be there to check it out.
Elsewhere teams are getting on the field with some important crossover matches.
Defending National Single-School Champions St. Ignatius will be playing two, hosting Bishop Dwenger out of Indiana—Dwenger has an experienced and very capable side—and following that up with a Sunday league game at a St. Xavier team that has a ton of potential.
Gonzaga will play Gregory the Great in a game that, last year, was a harbinger of how the season would go for both.
St. Edward out of Ohio plays Toledo, while Xavier out of New York heads to LaSalle College HS in Pennsylvania.
