Berks County Wins Cumberland Valley 7s
Berks County Wins Cumberland Valley 7s
Berks County Rugby won the Cumberland Valley Boys HS 7s Championship this past weekend in Pennsylvania.
Berks is an experienced team and has done well building on a solid 2019 spring 15s effort in this fall's 7s events. Berks beat Gonzaga 29-5 and St. Joseph's 24-12 in pool play. Then in the semis Berks beat Philly-Whitemarsh 37-14.
That set up the final against Bishop Shanahan, which is the team Berks has been battling for top spot all fall. Berks won 14-5.
Flyhalf Zak Elgogari and scrumhalf Chris Cleland led the attack well and prop Matt Fernandez were part of a very impressive defensive effort, holding teams to 1.5 tries a game.