GRR: Florida Youth Rugby
Boys high school rugby is slowly getting into gear, and while March will see a larger number of teams ramp it up, we do have some games to look at this weekend.
Florida's HS league has started well for the Key Biscayne Rats.
After a couple of inconsistent years, the Rats have enjoyed a numbers surge and also are beginning to reap the benefits of a solid youth program. Despite some rainy conditions in the Sunshine State, Key Biscayne has poured on some good rugby, beating Boca Raton 48-19 and edging out the Cape Pirates 10-0.
Florida's High School season is underway and with everyone making the playoffs this is a chance for every team to work out the kinks and figure out where they are.
No one's perfect, but that means this is a competitive league.
The Jacksonville Wolverines came somewhat out of nowhere to win the Florida State high school championship in 2019, and were in a position to challenge for another state title this year, but that’s just the start of the story.
It remains a question as to who will finish the season on top in Florida, but we're starting to get an idea.
OkapiWins over Key Biscayne, Naples, and, this past weekend, Cardinal Gibbons, Okapi is now 3-0. It was a tight one against Cardinal Gibbons (see more about that below.)
Okapi faces a stern test against a pretty useful Boynton Beach side in two weeks.