GRR: Gonzaga
Not all of the games scheduled for Day One at the Gonzaga Tournament were played as the DC area was hit with torrential rain and thunder and lightning late in the afternoon.
But a large chunk of the Premier pool games were indeed played and organizers garnered sufficient information from those games to work up a good Sunday schedule.
Gonzaga HS put up a massive score on rivals and defending Single-School national champions St. Ignatius Saturday in DC.
California’s single-school competition enters its final phase, and some key cross-border games highlight the weekend; here’s what’s been going on.
Trips Tours and Cross-Border GamesDefending national single-school champs St. Ignatius ran out to a commanding 43-0 lead over LaSalle College High of Pennsylvania and held on to win 57-0.
Gonzaga HS defeated Jesuit of Sacramento Thursday night in the first game of Gonzaga's short Northern California tour.
These two school teams have a long and storied history. For five years in a row from 2013 through 2017 they met in the Boys HS National Championships Single-School bracket final, with Gonzaga winning three and Jesuit winning two.
Three well-regarded Boys single-school teams logged notable victories this weekend.
#1 GonzagaGonzaga defeated #14 LaSalle out of Pennsylvania 62-10 on a very windy day at LaSalle's home field.