BC High Wins Mass
Boston College High took the Massachusetts State Championships DI bracket Saturday with a 26-10 defeat of rivals Belmont High School.
The game began as a defensive battle and expanded as time went on. Both teams started off with their defenses making most of the noise. Both BC and BHS tried to work the phases and slowly problem for gaps. There weren’t many.
Playoffs!
Some state playoffs are are either underway or about to wrap up this week.
In Michigan, Grandville defeated Troy Athens HS 10-0, then beat West Ottawa in overtime to make the state final. Grandville and Ottawa tied 33-33 after overtime, and it went down to penalty kicks, with Grandville prevailing.
BC High Heads Massachusetts Semi Quartet
The Massachusetts Youth Rugby Boys state semifinals are set for Tuesday, May 19 with Boston College High taking on Xaverian and Belmont High hosting Hendricken.
Xaverian beat St. John's Prep May 14 for the right to play BC High, while Hendricken defeated Needham in the other quarterfinal. BC High (5-0) and Belmont (4-1), received byes.
BC High to 3-0 in Massachusetts
Boston College High laid down a marker Wednesday with a 20-7 defeat of previously unbeaten Belmont High to move to 3-0 in Massachusetts Youth Rugby Boys DI league play.
In a physical, intense game, BC High got the better of the breakdowns, and that proved to be the difference. Belmont was plagued with penalty problems in the rucks, but still kept it code until the very end.
Big Early Win for Belmont in Mass.
Wednesday saw two of the stronger Boys HS teams in Massachusetts get on the field as Belmont HS ran past Bishop Hendricken 29-5.
This was a rematch of the state finals in 2013 and 2014, which the two teams split, and the first 15 minutes saw plenty of open play and physicality and each team tried to establish superiority.
