Celtic Ohio won the Boys Varsity Bracket at the Midwest RCT.

Celtic had the best record in the Northeast RCT a week before, and impressed once more this time around, holding the Indiana Hawks to no tries in the semis, and then defeating EIRA Midwest 31-24 in the final.

Boys HS All-Star Rankings!

Boys Varsity MW Scores

Celtic Elite 26-3 Indiana Hawks

Minnesota 22-26 EIRA Midwest

Celtic Elite 31-24 EIRA Midwest (1st)

Indiana Hawks 21-19 Minnesota (3rd)

Rocky Mountain 40-19 Illinois (5th)

Junior Varsity Boys

The Indy Hawks won the JV Boys Bracket, defeating EIRA Midwest 53-5 and Illinois 43-5 on Saturday.

On Sunday the Hawks took on 2-0 Celtic Elite of Ohio. In a tough, back-and-forth game, the Hawks won.

Head Coach Bart Bottorff praised the player of sophomore flyhalf Cian Messner and freshman center Peyton Wall. Sophomore David Afa'ese was excellent at seven, as well, and his performance was especially noteworthy considering he is normally a prop.

Messner scored two tries while prop Jarred Monier scored one in the final. Afa'ese was named MVP by the tournament.

"These guys came together after one practice and a one day event in Elkhart two weeks ago," said Bartorff. "To attack the way we did and structure our defensive pressure with that limited time was impressive."

Top to bottom, Celtic Elite Varsity, Celtic Elite JVs, and Indy Hawks JV captain Peyton Wall and MVP David Afa'ese.