Cardinals Excel at Friendship Cup, But Others Show Well Also
Top HS clubs from around the USA converged on Hendersonville, Tenn. just outside Nashville for the Friendship Cup and it delivered.
Ranked teams from Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, Indiana, and Utah all competed.
Large Group of Ranked Teams at Fairfield Jesuit Classic
Fairfield Prep hosts the Northeast Jesuit Rugby Classic over the weekend, an event that is building nicely.
This year’s event is still fairly Northeast-centric, with teams from Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts, but Dallas Jesuit is in on the action.
Friendship Cup Full of Top-Ranked Teams
The Friendship Cup tournament fires up Friday and will run for three days in Nashville with an impressive list of HS clubs in action.
Girls Division
We won’t call this a bracket because the Friendship Cup is more about getting the games in rather than a pool-knockout format with a final.
Boys School-Team Rankings Week 12
We are in the middle of a very fluid time within the school seasons.
Teams who don't play (North Carolina, most of California) will likely drift down, while more and more teams are playing higher-profile matches.
Boys HS Club Rankings 2026 Week 12
There is of course an argument as to who should be #1, but generally once we've settled on a #1, we need compelling evidence to knock them off.
Charlotte Cardinals have the Friendship Cup on the horizon, as do Cavemen (and several other ranked teams), so it seems smart to wait on them. San Diego Mustangs, frankly, did well enough to bump to #1, but we'll wait.
