GRR: Florida Youth Rugby
The Okapi Wanderers put a solid stamp on their regular season with a 53-3 victory over the Jacksonville Wolverines in the Florida U19 league final.
It was perhaps one of Okapi's best showings of the season, one which has seen them win 18 straight games in Florida league play over the past two years.
Jacksonville capped off a nice improvement arc with a 29-12 win over Tampa to make next week's Florida final.
The Wolverines had opened the league season with a shutout loss and remained in a battle with Key Biscayne and Tampa, and even Gibbons, for a playoff spot. But their April 6 win over Tampa put them at 4-2, and this week the victory over Tampa was more emphatic.
Okapi remains atop the Florida HS league and by a fairly convincing margin after their 27-7 defeat fo Tampa.
While Tampa battled, Okapi held a lead throughout their game to move to 4-0.
Okapi ed 22-0 in the first half and controlled the lineout and the scrum and were in control. Tampa struggled to get into scoring position.
Here's a quick look at HS results around the nation that we're looking at.
SCIRFCathedral Catholic won the SCIRF title, beating St. Augustine 50-28. This was Cathedral's fourth-straight SCIRF title and a huge rivalry game also for both teams in any sport.
It's only week #2 in Florida's HS season and we're getting a sense of who might be pushing for a state title.
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