Mountain View is along atop both Rugby Idaho girls 7s leagues after a big Saturday of rugby in the Gem State.
In the JV bracket, Mountain View dispatched a solid Eagle team 17-5 and then shut out Meridian 34-0 to go 2-0. Meanwhile, Rocky Mountain Purple and Rocky Mountain Black have been chasing Mountain View. But 3-1 RM Black lost to 2-2 RM Purple to give Mountain View a little breathing room. Both Rocky Mountain teams went on to win by shutout to move to 4-2.
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Here are the scores thanks to Match Facts:
Rocky Mountain Purple 22-5 Rocky Mountain Black
Eagle 5-17 Mountain View
Meridian 0-15 Rocky Mountain Purple
Rocky Mountain Black 33-0 Eagle
Mountain View 34-0 Meridian
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And here are the updated JV standings:
| Rugby Idaho Girls Fall 7s Standings After Round 3 | |||||||
| JV | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mountain View | 5 | 1 | 0 | 110 | 58 | 52 | 5 |
| Rocky Mountain Purple | 4 | 2 | 0 | 127 | 49 | 78 | 4 |
| Rocky Mountain Black | 4 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 61 | 56 | 4 |
| Eagle HS | 2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 87 | -45 | 2 |
| Meridian HS | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 166 | -141 | 0 |
Varsity Bracket
Mountain View remains undefeated in the Varsity competition.
A 29-5 win over Eagle HS and then a dramatic 15-12 squeaker over an improving Meridian wrapped up the day for Mountain View. Rocky Mountain also won twice, over Centennial and Meridian, to keep close at 5-1.
Girls Varsity Scores:
Rocky Mountain 47-0 Centennial
Eagle HS 5-29 Mountain View
Meridian 7-24 Rocky Mountain
Centennial 0-43 Eagle HS
Mountain View 15-12 Meridian
Mountain View's defense, which is partly due to the team's ability to control possession, has been excellent, with the team averaging less than a try a game allowed. Mountain View has recorded three shutouts and Meridian is the only team to score more than one try against them.
So that leaves the standings this way:
| Rugby Idaho Girls Fall 7s Standings After Round 3 | |||||||
| Varsity | W | L | T | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Mountain View | 6 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 27 | 143 | 6 |
| Rocky Mountain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 157 | 71 | 86 | 5 |
| Meridian | 2 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 90 | 4 | 2 |
| Eagle | 2 | 4 | 0 | 93 | 92 | 1 | 2 |
| Centennial | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 239 | -234 | 0 |
Round 4 will be Tuesday (JV) and Wednesday (Varsity) of this coming week.
