GRR: Rugby PA
The finalists for the Rugby Pennsylvania boys championships are set as the semifinals were concluded Saturday.
Ina dramatic Boys HS Club semi, Downingtown just held off West Shore to make the final. There they will meet Doylestown, who won by forfeit over West Chester, as West Chester could not, apparently, field a team the day after their prom.
Doylestown goes into the Rugby Pennsylvania Boys HS Club playoffs almost prohibitive favorites, but Coach Mike McCandless has a cautionary tale for his players.
It’s down to four teams in the Rugby Pennsylvania Single-School competition after Conestoga, St. Joe’s Prep, La Salle, and Gregory the Great all won quarterfinals this past weekend.
Conestoga HS held onto 1st in the Rugby Pennsylvania’s Single-School White with two big wins over the weekend - defeating Unionville 38-15 on Thursday, and then shutting out Bishop Shanahan 48-0 on Sunday.
Jayden Demmy scored five tries to lead West Shore United to a 38-33 comeback victory over West Chester in Rugby PA DI Club action this past weekend.