High School Boys
In a preseason game for the Washington-based team, the Eastside Lions made the trip down south to Northern California to play the Marin Highlanders.
This was the second year in a row that the Lions played Marin to start their season. It is tough to find practice fields, let along game fields, in Washington until March comes around, so this trip is hugely valuable to Eastside.
We expected a relatively quiet week because North Carolina had an off week and other leagues haven't started yet, but ...
Bad weather postponed most of the single-school games in Texas and that slowed it all down even more. We're interested in Allen HS and could see them coming up, but we needed to see them play St. Thomas, and that game got frozen out.
De La Salle opened their season in Northern California with a victory over Motherlode.
Played in the rain at Saint Mary's College, the game was rife with early-season mistakes, but also played with plenty of effort.
San Clemente is atop the Southern California Single-School league after beating San Juan in convincing fashion.
The Holy Bowl is an intense rivalry between San Diego high schools Cathedral Catholic and St Augustine; it's been contested in many sports for over 70 years, and in rugby for 14, including Friday night.