The Northern California Bay Area select side has won the Great Northwest Challenge Boys Varsity bracket.

NorCal Bay Area, NorCal Sac Valley, and Southern California all won their pools on Saturday and advanced to a three-team championship round-robin on Sunday. In the opening game, Sac Valley defeated SoCal 25-10, and then Bay Area beat SoCal 29-10, cinching 3rd for the Griffins.

In the final game of the round-robin, Bay Area defeated Sac Valley 29-7 to win it all.

The three second-place teams also entered a three-team round-robin for what could be dubbed the Plate (but wasn't in official tournament standings). It was a very competitive grouping, with Rugby Oregon winning a close one over Rhinos Training Academy 31-22. Then the Washington Loggers defeated Oregon in an even closer one, 26-17. In the final game, the Loggers slammed Rhino 48-5.

In the 3rd tier round-robin (we'll call it the Bowl), Montana defeated Idaho, but then lost to the Washington Wolverines 27-17. The Wolverines then just got by Idaho 25-24 to win that bracket.

Boys Varsity Order of Finish (with overall won-loss records):

1. Bay Area (4-0)

2. Sac Valley (3-1)

3. Southern California Griffins (2-2)

4. Washington (3-1)

5. Oregon (2-2)

6. Rhino Academy (1-3)

7. Washington Wolverines (2-2)

8. Montana (1-3)

9. Idaho (0-4)

In the Boys JV Bracket it was the same number of teams and the same format, and the same top three teams. In this one, the Sacramento Valley team beat Bay Area and Southern California in two very close games. The difference, in the end, was a try in both games, as Sac Valley beat Bay Area 10-5 and SoCal 12-7.

The other brackets are not finished yet.

Boys JV Order of Finish:

1. Sac Valley (4-0)

2. Southern California Griffins (3-1)

3. Bay Area (2-2)

4. Rhino White (3-1)

5. Oregon (2-2)

6. Washington Wolverines (1-3)

7. Washington Loggers (2-2)

8. Montana (1-3)

9. Rhino Green (0-4)

And finally in the Middle School bracket, the Rhino Training Academy are champions, as both the White team and Yellow team made the final. They played to a 5-5 tie.

Boys MS Order of Finish:

1. Rhino White (3-0-1) and Rhino Yellow (3-0-1)

3. Atavus (3-1)

4. Oregon (2-2)

5. Montana (2-2)

6. Rhino Green (1-3)

7. NorCal Black and NorCal Gold (both 0-3)