SoCal: Mustangs, Raptors Make Moves It's tightening up in the SoCal Youth Rugby Boys HS Club league. The San Diego Mustangs beat Belmont Shore 29-14—details below—and that's got people talking. Meanwhile, Try-Time has inched their way into third in the league at 3-1.
Raptors vs Thunder Highlights SoCal Weekend SOC Raptors, Belmont Shore, and the San Diego Mustangs all won in Southern California's HS Club season as all three moved to 2-0. For Belmont Shore, the defending HS Club National Champion, their win was fairly straightforward, 59-0 over Rancho Cucamonga and a rebound from a close loss to touring Woodlands earlier in the week. San Diego won big, as well, defeating Back Bay 56-7. Thin
Around the Nation in HS Rugby March 11
California’s single-school competition enters its final phase, and some key cross-border games highlight the weekend; here’s what’s been going on.
Trips Tours and Cross-Border Games
Defending national single-school champs St. Ignatius ran out to a commanding 43-0 lead over LaSalle College High of Pennsylvania and held on to win 57-0.
SoCal: Raptors, Mustangs
In a result that could well shake up the HS club rankings, or at least give rankings and Nationals seeders some pause, the South OC Raptors defeated previously unbeaten Thunder Rugby 24-21 in Southern California league play.
Thunder, which had been pushed by the Raptors earlier in the season, led 21-17 only to see SOC score late to win it.
SoCal Round-Robin Opens HS Rugby Door
Southern California's boys high school season will be a little different this year but it's still inching its way forward, and this weekend three teams met for a series of shortened games to get the party started.