Pelham HS clinched the Rugby New York Boys HS 7s championships this past weekend, winning the penultimate event and wrapping up the title with a tournament to go.

Pelham 1 defeated a combination team of Keio Academy/ French American School 17-5 to be the only undefeated team in Sunday's round robin tournament. That game was, in fact, the closest game of the day for Pelham. PHS was led by captain and halfback Luke Persanis, who was the leading scorer of this past weekend's tournament with seven tries and ten conversions. Persanis also leads the series in scoring.

The 7s series consists of five tournaments, with Stony Brook University, Keio, and Iona all hosting one each, and Pelham hosting two. 

The league was formed after Pelham, Keio/ FASNY, NY, and Greenwich were informed they would not be allowed to participate in the Rugby New Jersey league, something they had done in the past. Rob Sliwinski and Evan Tabachnick of Rugby NY and Willian Dominguez, Tim Downey, and Andy Buck of the New York Rugby Referees Society went to work facilitating a New York series, which will wrap up next week, with a close fight for places 2 through 4.

Rugby NY Boys 7s League standings:

Pelham 1

Keio/ FASNY

NYRFC 1

Pelham 2

NYRFC 2

North Fork RFC

Keio/ FASNY 2

Thornton Donovan

Pelham 3

Greenwich