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It was a massive weekend for the Panther Rugby Academy at Tropical 7s.
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In a meeting of two top Connecticut sides, Aspetuck defeated Fairfield Prep 33-27 Monday evening.
Aspetuck overcame plenty of penalties to win the game, getting two tries from Jaden Seabrook and two also from Keane Horne.
Joel Garcia added a try, Jack Decker added a conversion, and Horne added three to make his personal haul 16.
Here's a quick roundup of what happened in the Boys and Men's U23 brackets at the Tropical 7s.
Men U23Wheeling University stormed through with a 6-0 record in pool play, beating Upright Rugby 28-5 in the process. That setup a final between Wheeling and Upright, which Wheeling took in emphatic fashion 43-5.
Some statements were made at the Tropical 7s Boys U18 Elite bracket today.
The Jamaica Junior Crocs showed how far their program has come with two impressive victories over Rugby Quebec and Hawkeyes, and their loss to Eagle Impact Rugby Academy (which cost them #1 in their pool) was just 24-19. EIRA, like the Crocs, went 2-1, losing a shaky opener 12-7 to Hawkeyes.
BC High defeated Simsbury 40-5 in a Massachusetts-Connecticut cross-border meeting.
It remains a wet spring for the Northeast and Thursday night was no exception. Playing on a quick turnaround from the Northeast Jesuit Cup, BC High traveled down to Simsbury and notched a win despite playing without senior Flyhalf Gavin McNicholl.