GRR: HS Girls
With Upright Rugby having decided to pull out of the NAI 7s, there is a little extra space in the tournament for teams that were hoping to compete.
North American Invitational Sevens is set for July 22-23 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the largest (as far as we know) rugby tournament in the Western Hemisphere, with 153 teams scheduled to compete in 13 brackets from U12 to U23.
Saturday sees the Massachusetts IAA finals held at Curry College in Milton, Mass.
Three champions will be crowned with Belmont HS taking on Lincoln-Sudbury in the girls final and Weymouth facing Hanover in the Boys D2.
The Girls final and the Boys D1 Final will be shown LIVE at 2PM and 4PM, ET, here>>
The nice thing about attending the Rugby Ohio Finals Day was that players listed where they are going for college.
We;ve got a lot of Arizona commits here, and several for the Aquinas women's program too.
For those who think the major, high-profile academies make major tournaments a fait accompli, consider the National Sevens Youth Rugby Championships.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy and Rhinos did not dominate—they played well to be sure, but the trophies went elsewhere.
While Belmont Shore and Rhinos looked the stronger teams in the National Sevens Youth Rugby Championships girls bracket, Cleveland Rugby Academy got plenty of experience and continued to play better and better.