Georgetown Prep Defeats Staples
The Georgetown Prep Hoyas bounced back from a string of tough recent losses with a 26-19 victory over Staples High School on May 5.
Prep and Staples are in their third year of a competitive series of matches, with Staples winning the previous two in 2022 and 2023. Both schools plan to continue the series in 2025 when Staples will host in Westport, CT.
Massive Second Half Sees Okapi To Florida State Title
The Okapi Wanderers put a solid stamp on their regular season with a 53-3 victory over the Jacksonville Wolverines in the Florida U19 league final.
It was perhaps one of Okapi's best showings of the season, one which has seen them win 18 straight games in Florida league play over the past two years.
Around US in HS as Playoffs Get Going We've got a bit of ao roundup of HS action across the USA. MetNY In a meeting of two of the top teams in the MetNY area, Pelham and Rye tied 13-13. Both teams managed just the one try, and added two penalty goals. Pelham scored three minutes in and seemed to have the run of play. But mistakes kiboshed their other scoring chances.
BC High Impresses in Win over Aspetuck It was a good weekend for BC High Rugby as the Eagles beat Lincoln-Sudbury 70-7 on Friday and then took care of Aspetuck 43-14. In Friday's match, prop and captain Mikey Smith scored two tries and the team in general did well to find space and work with good support lines.Eleven different Eagles scored tries. On Sunday, Aspetuck visited Boston for a non-conference matchup.
Pendleton Rolls to Midwest Title Pendleton defeated St. Ignatius in the final of the Midwest Championships Sunday, taking the game 25-21 to cap off a 3-0 weekend. While it is fair to say this was not a completely full-strength St. Ignatius team—no seniors due to prom weekend—this was still a very good showing from the Arabians of Indiana. Pendleton opened their account with an emphatic 63-7 win over Medina og Ohio.
