High School Boys
In a tight Indiana Super League game, Penn HS outlasted Notre Dame De La Salette to win 38-24 Saturday.
The teams were tied 24-24 at half-time, but Penn was the stronger in the second half, scoring two tries, having two more called back, and holding their Illinois-based rivals scoreless.
The semifinalists for the Northern California Boys multi-school division are set as Granite Bay, Hayward, and Peninsula Green all won Saturday.
Those three join Danville, who had a bye, into the Sunday’s semifinals.
Red Mountain capped an undefeated season in Arizona as they beat Scottsdale 47-19 Saturday.
In a physical, hard-nosed game, Red Mountain controlled the pace for much of the first half and took a 26-7 lead into the break.
Jesuit HS of Sacramento won the Northern California single-school title Saturday as expected, but it wasn’t anywhere near as comfortable as expect.
Jesuit had to come from behind to beat Dixon 17-15 Saturday morning in Rio Linda, Calif.
The road to a HS championship in Northern California begins this weekend as nine teams play for two top-level championships.
Jesuit will take on Dixon in the NorCal Varsity Gold single-school final Saturday morning at 9am at the Cherry Island Sports Complex in Rio Linda.