Hot Starts Drive Bishop Dwenger to Midwest Championship
Bishop Dwenger put on a very strong run of performances to beat Neuqua, St. Ignatius, and Notre Dame de la Salette to win the Boys Midwest Championships over the weekend.
Eight teams played in a bracket format, with Saturday seeing the quarterfinals and semifinals in shortened matches, and a longer match played for the placement games on Sunday.
Top Teams Set for Midwest Boys HS Championship
The Midwest Boys championships kick off this weekend with a Championship bracket of eight teams
In one side of the bracket, St. Ignatius plays SLUH in the opening round, while Bishop Dwenger takes on a tough Neuqua Valley HS in the other game.
Boys HS Club Rankings 2026 Week 17
Not a lot of change in these club rankings.
We do have a new team in the Top 50, and a big shift for Highland thanks to a strong showing at the Montana Invitational, but overall everyone did what was expected this week.
Boys School-Team Rankings Week 17
Herriman moves back to #1 after an excellent showing in Montana, including a 40-0 shutout of Jesuit.
Even though St. Ignatius beat Xavier (and yes it was wet and rainy or whatever), they didn't control things the way Herriman did.
St. Edward moves up thanks to an excellent showing against a very good Detroit Catholic Central.
Teams Finalized for 2026 Boys HS National Championships
The field of teams for the 2026 Boys HS Rugby National Championships has been finalized.
April 25 brought the final play-in match with Thunder capping off a strong regular season by beating Belmont Shore. They had already defeated SOC Raptors and so take the 2nd spot out of SoCal, with league-leaders (and defending national club champs) San Diego Mustangs back already.
