After losing a close one to Herriman and then beating Kau Toa, the West Valley Warriors of Utah produced yet another big result Saturday as they beat United 22-19.

David Lutui scored two tries for the Warriors while Sione Houma and ST Nathan each scored one. This followed on from a 54-5 crushing of previous Goff Rugby Report #10 HS club Kau Toa, in which nine different Warriors scored tries. United was ranked #9 by GRR this week.

All of that followed on from their March 14 loss to Single-School #9 Herriman, 36-29. 

With the victory, West Valley is now 2-0 in the Timpanogos Conference in Utah Youth Rugby’s HS club competition, with United (2-1) still ahead due to bonus points. 

Next up for West Valley is Lowland, followed by TC Fusion, a non-league game against West HS, and then their final league game against Alta. If, as expected, they win those games, they will win their conference.

Also in Utah’s club circuit, Wasatch played their first league game of the season, beating 2-0 and Uinta Conference leaders Bountiful 52-7. Wasatch has already beaten well-regarded East HS, but have most of their conference schedule still to play, including Skyline and Kau Toa.

Meanwhile, defending state club champs Kau Toa are still recovering from the humbling loss to West Valley.

Team general manager Kama Muti said his team has more talent this year than last, but are not playing together.

“We believe these young men will turn this around,” said Muti, whose team plays Herriman on April 11. That game, he said. “will be a good indication of what type of team they choose to become for the remainder of the season.”