GRR: Kansas Youth Rugby
In a somewhat bizarre final, St. Martin's Kingfishers defeated St. Thomas Aquinas 26-19 to win the Kansas State championships.
This was the third time these two teams had met this season; the first game was a fairly convincing win for Aquinas; the second was a close victory for STA. But this third time the game went to Kingfishers.
St. Thomas Aquinas defeated St. Martin's Kingfishers in an almighty all-Kansas midweek clash Wednesday night.
Over and above the game, we now have a bona-fide rivalry. Kingfishers has been building and in fact beat Aquinas for the Kansas state championship last year. Of course, that's just one year, and if you want a rivalry, you need staying power.
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.
On a very wet field in The Rugby Garden in Wylie, TX, Woodlands of the Houston area held off St. Martin's out of Kansas 15-8 in a high-rankings showdown Saturday.
A major girls 7s tournament is slated for this coming weekend, so it's worth taking a look at where some of the teams are around the nation.
KansasWe discussed the brand-new St. Thomas Aquinas HS girls team from earlier this fall.
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