GRR: South Meck
South Meck moved to 2-0 and made an early statement in North Carolina's single-school league with an emphatic victory over Marvin Ridge.
There is still plenty of rugby to be played, but it's a solid start for South Meck as the Sabres beat Marvin Ridge 22-3.
Marvin Ridge kicked off the scoring with a 30-meter penalty kick. But South Meck answered fairly quickly.
It was very cold and windy in North Carolina but that didn’t chill the drama as two of the top school teams in the state faced off.
South Meck came into the game leading the league with a 4-0 record (tied with Hough), while Marvin Ridge was close with a 4-1 record.
South Mecklenburg remains atop the North Carolina school league after a convincing 45-10 defeat of Providence Friday night.
(All NC games are officially limited to a 35-point winning margin; this allows teams to ring the changes and get more playing time for more players, so the official score here is 45-10.)
North Carolinas school league takes a break over Christmas after the first three weeks of the season, and sitting atop the league right now is 3-0 South Meck.
North Carolina's single-school season is almost at its culmination with this weekend's semifinals taking us one step closer to a champion.