The Ohio Aviators won the Buckeye Invitational boys select side tournament Sunday, and North Carolina took the girls final.

The Aviators ran out two teams through the weekend and the younger group, the Red team, was really quite useful and almost beat Celtic Elite on Saturday.

That 8-7 loss meant they played each other in the semis, with the older team, the White team, moving on. Meanwhile, Celtic Elite ran into a bit of a wall on Sunday and lost their semi and their 3rd-4th game. Atlantis put together their best performance in the semis, shutting out Celtic.

In the final, the Aviators White held off Atlantis to win it all. Bliss Archibald was outstanding both days.

"Bliss is very dynamic," said Aviators White Coach Alan Hanson. "He is able to command the attack as a 10 and defend on the outside as a 15. He's got a great boot and where he has improved is with ball in hand. We moved him to 12 in the final and that was a big difference-maker for us."

Tighthead prop and captain Graham Jordan was excellent, leading from the front and working hard to secure good ball for the attackers.

Boys Results
Ohio Aviators Red 29-0 North Carolina
Ohio Aviators White 39-0 Pittsburgh Harlequins
Celtic Elite 43-10 North Carolina
Atlantis 48-0 Pittsburgh Harlequins
Ohio Aviators White 16-14 Atlantis
Cletic Elite 8-7 Ohio Aviators Red

5th Place: North Carolina 12-5 Pittsburgh Harlequins
SF: Ohio Aviators White 50-12 Ohio Aviators Red
SF: Atlantis 29-0 Celtic Elite
3rd: Ohio Aviators Red 19-15 Celtic Elite
Final: Ohio Aviators White 17-12 Atlantic