GRR: Xavier HS
Xavier HS defeated Corning and Pelham to win the Rugby New York Tier 1 state championship over the weekend.
St. Ignatius met Xavier HS of New York Saturday on the campus of Penn State University for four games between their Varsity A, Varsity B, JV, and Freshmen teams.
Greenwich logged a big result this past weekend, defeating Xavier HS in emphatic fashion.
Coming off close losses to Rye (12-7) and a 40-24 loss to BC High, Greenwich were not necessarily favored against Xavier.
But they exploded for 45 points and a 45-15 victory.
Greenwich in fact led 45-5 until the final portion of the game.
In what has to be thought of as an upset, Pelham HS defeated Xavier HS 20-14 in MetNY action over the weekend.
Pelham (ranked #21 by GRR) left the game elated with the win over the #2-ranked Xavier, but also feeling like they could have scored more.
“In three years of playing varsity, I think that was the best Xavier Rugby has played,” said senior fullback Padraig Long and Man of the Match when describing the Knight’s win over Shawnigan Lake High School, a top tier rugby program in Canada. “The boys were on top of it from the beginning,” Long said.
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