High School Boys
The Mid-Atlantic Academy Championships (MAAC) kicks off tomorrow at Mount St. Mary's with eight U19 boys teams, three U16 boys teams, and two U19 girls teams competing.
These are select sides from various regions as well as MLR academy sides. This is an expansion, really, of a series of games from the fall between DC Young Glory, the NCYRU, and the Ohio Aviators.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy U18s are on tour in the Iberian Peninsula and have opened with a victory.
This tour is a little different from previous tours when EIRA has played the Spanish national U18 team. This time EIRA has added Portugal to the slate.
Here's our latest (fourth) list of HS Commits, and we've got a big haul for Ohio State.
As you will likely know, GRR's current World Headquarters are in Ohio, so we're familiar with many of these recruits from the Buckeye State to the Buckeyes. for this summer.
Northern California took both the U19 Boys and U16 Boys trophies at the Great Northwest Challenge state-based select-side tournament this weekend in Missoula, Mont.
Hosted by the Montana Youth Rugby Union and signaling a return to the old-style state-organization select-side event. In fact, The GNC did not allow anything other than state or regionally-based SRO teams.
So much to say about the first day of the Great Northwest Classic.
Northern California pulled off a big one to open the tournament. Both NorCal and Oregon came from behind to win games. One pool had three teams go 1-1. Montana almost lost to the Cascade Conference only to storm back to win 20-10. Oregon surprised.