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Tournaments and HSNC Dress Rehearsals in Big Weekend

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Tournaments and HSNC Dress Rehearsals in Big Weekend

Fairfield Prep (in red) hosts their tournament this week. Photos @CoolRugbyPhotos.

Spring breaks are over for some and starting for others in HS rugby.

But we do have a couple of tournament that make this end of March especially interesting.

Fairfield

For many the Fairfield Tournament is really a preseason warmup, and as such the teams will run unlimited subs. But this is still a stern early test for a number of Northeast teams. 

Hosts Fairfield Prep are in a pool with Canisius from the Buffalo area and Simsbury from Connecticut. Boston College High, McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester, NY) and the Fairfield (Conn.) Pegasus club. Fordham Prep, a very tough Trumbull HS out of Connecticut, and BC High's 2nds are in Pool C, and there's a JV pool, also.

Teams play shortened pool matches on Saturday and then the 1st-through-4th play semis and finals. 5th through 8th do the same. The 9th-placed team will play Fairfield Prep's D2 side.

Friendship

The power of Friendship comes in the form of the Friendship Cup, which features the Charlotte Cardinals (GRR HS Club #1), The Woodlands (#2), Cavemen (#12), Pendleton (#25), Raptor #23), and Greer (#36). That's a pretty imposing lineup of games and there are no easy games. We've got teams from North Carolina, Texas, South Carolina, Indiana, and Utah as well as Tennessee. The matches will be live streamed from Tennessee Rugby Park in Knoxville, Tenn.

Streaming link is here>> 

Keep An Eye On ...

St. Edward plays St. Martin Kingfishers and Notre Dame de la Salette over two days in Illinois. This is obviously a dress rehearsal for the rigors of the National Championship, with two very tough, fit, educated teams in two days. La Salette is also at Nationals, so they are doing the same thing, and the match with Ed's could be a key seedings result.

In Colorado Regis Jesuit, under new coach Ben Pinkelman, is putting together some good results and faces a very useful Valor side that might be the strongest in the state. Staples at Rye is a rankings-heavy game in the Northeast. Brother Ma

Further west Scottsdale vs Tempe is a big game in Arizona, All of the RugbyPA D1 games have heft to them, NorCal hinges. on Danville vs Granite Bay and Jesuit at Marin is an important one for both. KC Jr. Blues and Brother Martin are traveling.

Check back for scores:

Date Away vs Home Comp.
3/26 St. James 7-30 KC Jr. Blues Kansas
3/26 SLUH 60-19 CBC STL Missouri
3/27 Detroit Cent. Cath. 69-7 Forest Hills Michigan
3/28 St. Anthony's at Mt. St. Michaels Rugby NY
3/28 Regis Jesuit 17-14 Valor Colorado
3/28 Staples HS 7-51 Rye HS Cross Border
3/28 Middleton 17-44 Eagle Idaho
3/28 Meridian 10-63 Rocky Mountain Idaho
3/28 Timberline 5-92 Owyhee Idaho
3/28 St. Edward 24-36 St. Martin Non-Conf.
3/28 HEB 31-41 FFA Texas
3/28 Austin Huns at Cathedral HS Houston Texas
3/28 Dallas Jesuit II at San Antonio Texas
3/28 Memorial at Lamar Texas
3/28 Woodlands II at Kingwood Texas Club
3/28 Four Points 0-59 Boks Texas Club
3/28 Rock Rugby 27-17 Plano Texas Club
3/28 Katy 28-0 Cypress Texas Club
3/28 Spartans at The Woodlands Texas Club
3/28 Great Hearts 52-0 Allen HS TX/LA VC
3/28 Celina 13-38 Dallas Jesuit TX/LA VC
3/28 Lake Travis 76-0 HCYRA TX/LA VC
3/28 Martin HS 0-28 FFA TX/LA VC
3/28 St. Charles at Warrior Ohio
3/29 Vienna 40-5 Aspetuck Cross Border
3/29 Phoenix vs Red Mountain Arizona
3/29 Eclipse vs Brophy Prep Arizona
3/29 Scottsdale 10-45 Tempe Arizona
3/29 Jacksonville 17-34 Tampa Florida
3/29 Louisville Crash 26-0 Carmel Indiana
3/29 Penn HS at Mudsock Indiana D1
3/29 Hammond HS at Catahoulas Louisiana
3/29 St. Paul vs Shaw Louisiana
3/29 Redhawks T1 at Clayton T1 N. Carolina T1
3/29 Cardinals Gold at Tigers T2 N. Carolina T2
3/29 Clayton T2 at RattleSnakes T2 N. Carolina T2
3/29 Brother Martin 29-12 Christian Bros. TN Non-Conf.
3/29 St. Edward 5-45 ND de LaSalette Non-Conf.
3/29 STL Jets 17-8 Westfield Non-Conference
3/29 Carmichael 19-48 Lamorinda NorCal Gold
3/29 San Mateo Wolverines 68-33 Elsie Allen NorCal Gold
3/29 EPA 10-85 Silicon Valley NorCal Gold
3/29 Norman at F5 Oklahoma
3/29 Jesuit New Orleans 24-34 Strake Jesuit TX/LA VC
3/29 Richmond 20-26 Fort Hunt Virginia
3/29 Chuckanut Bay Steamers 0-64 Liberty Patriots Washington
3/29 Wenatchee Schoolhouse 55-0 Budd Bay Buffalos Washington
3/29 West Valley Warriors 24-50 East HS Utah
3/29 Westlake Thunder 0-52 Olympus Utah
3/29 SLV Rhinos 15-34 Mountain Ridge Utah
3/29 Brighton 19-22 Kearns Utah
3/29 Provo Steelers 35-33 Mountain View Utah
3/29 C'wood/Wasatch 31-17 Tribal Utah
3/29 Panthers at Rainier Highlanders Washington
3/29 Fife 12-20 Seattle Vikings Wash. D2
3/29 Seattle Ospreys at Kitsap Wash. D2
3/29 Snoqualmie 0-36 Steelheads Wash. D2
3/29 Snoqualmie 17-29 Ellensburg Wash. D2
3/29 Moscow at Yakima E. Wash.
3/29 Liberty Warriors 66-23 Pendleton OR E. Wash.
3/29 757 0-20 West End Virginia D2
3/29 Loudoun County 0-28 Winchester Cannons Virginia D2
3/29 Pasadena 22-44 Belmont Shore 2 SoCal
3/29 Try Time 10-71 Belmont Shore 1 SoCal
3/29 Los Al Tribe 19-14 SOC Raptors 2 SoCal
3/29 SOC Raptors 33-13 Thunder Rugby SoCal
3/29 Santa Monica 34-21 OMBAC SoCal
3/29 Herriman 22-31 LCA Utah
3/29 BC High 2 12-33 Trumbull Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 McQuaid Jesuit 0-26 Fairfield Pegasus Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 Simsbury 28-5 Canisius Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 BC High 1 46-0 McQuaid Jesuit Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 Canisius 0-71 Fairfield Prep Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 Trumbull 19-21 Fordham Prep Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 BC High 1 68-7 Fairfield Pegasus Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 Fordham Prep 54-12 BC High 2 Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 Fairfield Prep 35-3 Simsbury Fairfield Tnmnt
3/29 St. James 14-33 St. Thomas Aquinas Kansas
3/29 KC Jr. Blues 14-15 Wichita Kansas
3/29 Danville Oaks 24-31 Granite Bay NorCal Premier
3/29 Jesuit Sac 31-0 Marin NorCal Premier
3/29 SFGG 34-12 Motherlode NorCal Premier
3/29 Charlotte Cardinals 21-21 Cavemen Friendship Cup
3/29 Woodlands 20-28 Cavemen Friendship Cup
3/29 Greer 15-12 Pendleton Friendship Cup
3/29 Greer 12-19 Raptor Rugby Friendship Cup
3/29 Pendleton  14-38 Charlotte Tigers Friendship Cup
3/29 Charlotte Cardinals 26-7 Raptor Rugby Friendship Cup
3/29 Charlotte Tigers 12-34 Woodlands Friendship Cup
3/30 Charlotte Cardinals 26-7 Woodlands Friendship Cup
3/30 Charlotte Cardinals 19-13 Pendleton Friendship Cup
3/30 Cavemen 28-0 Pendleton Friendship Cup
3/30 Cavemen 27-7 Raptor Rugby Friendship Cup
3/30 Greer 8-24 Charlotte Tigers Friendship Cup
3/30 Raptor Rugby 7-5 Woodlands Friendship Cup
3/29 Brother Martin 21-36 901 Rugby Non-Conf.
3/30 Zionsville at Westfield Non-Conference
3/30 St. Martin's 13-43 ND de la Salette Non-Conf.
3/30 Greenwich 7-28 Xavier Non-Conf.
3/30 Westshore 24-0 Dayton NF Ohio NC
3/30 Perrysburg at Withrow Ohio NC
3/30 Cumberland Valley 13-14 Conestoga RugbyPA D1
3/30 Gregory the Great 37-30 St. Joseph's RugbyPA D1
3/30 LaSalle 48-17 Berks RugbyPA D1
3/30 Malvern Prep 7-52 Doylestown RugbyPA D1
3/30 Lehigh Valley 23-65 Bishop Shanahan RugbyPA D2
3/30 Blackthorn 10-36 Wash Township RugbyPA D2
3/30 MontCo. 74-0 Delaware Co. RugbyPA D2
3/30 Roman Catholic 28-35 St. Joe's D2 RugbyPA D2
3/30 Downingtown 35-0 Malvern D2 RugbyPA D2
3/30 LaSalle D2 50-29 West Chester RugbyPA D2
3/30 Knightmare 54-21 Hollidaysburg RugbyPA D2
3/30 Central Catholic 0-36 West Allegheny RugbyPA D2
3/30 Indiana 21-22 Moon Area RugbyPA D2
3/30 North Pitt 50-12 Penn Hills RugbyPA D2
3/30 Salesianum 53-14 State College RugbyPA D2
         
3/30 Hudson 46-29 Mentor Ohio
3/30 Woodward/Toledo at Walnut Hills Ohio
3/29 Morris 7-45 St. Augustine New Jersey
3/30 Canisius 5-21 Fairfield D2 Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 McQuaid Jesuit  15-10 Simsbury  Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 BC High 2 5-7 Fairfield Pegasi  Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 BC High 29-12 Trumbull Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 Fairfield Prep  26-12 Fordham Prep  Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 BC High 2 vs Simsbury Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 Fairfield Pegasi 17-15 McQuaid Jesuit Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 Trumbull 17-10 Fordham Prep  Fairfield Tnmnt
3/30 BC High 34-0 Fairfield Prep  Fairfield Tnmnt
4/2 Marian at Warsaw Indiana
4/2 Christian Bros. 24-0 Delbarton New Jersey
4/2 United Kans. at KC Jr. Blues Kansas
4/3 St. Rita 53-10 Mt. Carmel Illinois