State Winner List: Royal Irish Claims Indiana

In a game where both teams had scoring opportunities only to see them go begging, Royal Irish garnered some measure of revenge in beating Penn HS for the Indiana state title over the weekend.

Penn had beaten Royal Irish in league play and in the Midwest final, while both teams had left the Boys HS Rugby National Championships feeling like they hadn't acheived all of their goals—Royal irish made the HS Club final only to be beaten fairly handily by Back Bay; Penn lost its opener to East HS of Utah on the final play, and ended up 6th.

It was a dramatic game, and Penn clawed back to within three late at 15-12. But Royal Irish won the restart and scored to finish off the win 20-12. Both teams played very tough defense.

So that helps fill out most of our state champions.

Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New York all decide their winners this coming weekend.

(Quick note on Washington. Eastside won the league but skipped the playoffs to play at the HS National Championships. Tacoma won the playoffs and is listed below.)