High School Boys
League standings are next on the list of things we want to see more of, and here's where the standings fall in three of the leagues around the country.
In Louisiana, Brother Martin won big over St. Paul's and is now in command atop the league. However, Jesuit New Orleans has some more games to play and, at the end of it all, there are playoffs.
In the second week of Southern California preseason games, the South Orange County Raptors pulled off a mild upset, beating La Jolla 36-26.
Marcus Nguyen scored three tries in the win with Asher Hannon added 11 points with a try and three conversions. Addison Barrette and Mike Lewis added tries for the Raptors.
Aspetuck out of Connecticut defeated Berks out of Pennsylvania in a tough opener for both teams.
Phoenix Alpharetta defeated South Greenville Saturday in Greer, SC in a clash between the #16 and #21 HS club's, as ranked by GRR.
Restricted by Rugby Georgia to only playing 10s and 7s with no scrums within Georgia, Phoenix has the opportunity outside of the state to get a challenging game against a perennially strong and physical program on their home turf.
Two significant boys HS rugby results came out of the Midwest this weekend with St. Ignatius taking on St. Xavier of Cincinnati and St. Edward taking on Royal Irish.