High School Boys
Perhaps the most notable aspect of last month’s View Park Prep win over Wilson HS was that, while View Park had not been working much on defense, they managed to shut out Wilson 20-0 anyway.
For Head Coach David Hughes, shutting out any opponent is cause for celebration.
The Rugby Northern California Boys Premier League is set to kick off in a few weeks, with 11 teams in action.
The league expanded from seven to 11 teams for this season, and with the expanded size split into two groups, one of six teams and one of five.
The Boys High School Rugby National Championships will be held on May 18-20, 2017 in Kansas City, Mo. and will attract the top high school teams and clubs in the nation to the premier high school-aged tournament in America.
The Boys HS All American winter camp is well underway in Casa Grande, Ariz.
With nice, mild weather and a large team of coaches working under Salty Thompson, the players were all getting a rundown of the team system and a chance to show why they deserve a look for the HSAA assemblies in 2017, including two expected tours to Canada and the LVI.
USA U19 Head Coach JD Stephenson has named his squad to face the Canada U19s Friday at 1pm at Chula Vista, Calif.
The roster is an extended group of 26, as both teams have agreed to enlarge their benches for this game, thus getting more game time for players in this two-game series.