Mountain View Still On Top In Idaho, Only More So
Mountain View Still On Top In Idaho, Only More So
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.