GRR: Hawaii
The Pacific Cup invitational is set to kick off on Thursday, with eight HS teams from the western part of the United States.
The Kahuku HS Red Raiders won the Hawaii Youth Rugby Boys HS championship Saturday after a dominating performance through three matches.
Kahuku HS followed up thier successful trip to Las Vegas with a 48-0 defeat of the always-tough Kalihi Raiders in Hawaii HS action.
"It took us a while to settle down," said Head Coach Seamus Fitzgerald, noting that once captain Misifoa Matagi left the game midway through the first half with a knee injury, the backs lost their cohesion for a time.
In an interesting twist on the college rugby v football story, former rugby High School All American Fitou Fisiiahi has passed on playing football at Oregon State to play rugby at Kutztown.