GRR: HS Girls
The Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkart, Ind. is hosting the Girls High School Midwest championships Saturday.
In what has usually been a two-day tournament, the Midwests this year will be just the one day this time around.
Mountain View improved to 4-0 in the Idaho Girls 15s league, but it was a hard-won trek to 4-0.
The Meridian, Idaho team seemed to be breezing through the season early on, beating local rivals Meridian HS 62-12 in their opener and handling Eagle 27-17 and Rocky Mountain 29-14. But injuries were piling up.
Who is the best girls HS team in the country?
It's difficult to judge simply on results because so many teams are playing 7s, while others are playing 15s, and those different versions of rugby are ... well we used the word different but that's what they are, too different to compare directly.
Right now St. Joseph Academy is probably the best 15-a-side team in action.
The Charlotte Junior Rugby Association has announced it is hosting the Queen City Rugby Jamboree at the end of May in Matthews, NC.
Girls HS rugby around the USA is in a deep state of flux as COVID and competitive changes have had their effect.