High School Boys
For the first time since 2017 there will not be a Californian team in the final of the HS National Championships Club Division.
A brilliant tactical game from Charlotte Cardinals and a powerful performance from The Woodlands put those teams into the final.
St. Ignatius and Gonzaga will meet up in the Boys HS Nationals SIngle-School final after both won semifinals Friday.
The two teams won their games in very different ways.
Two of the HS Club National Championship Games on Day 1 were all-time classics.
The other two were excellent example of how to stifle an attack and get through the day. Friday now sees Belmont Shore vs The Woodlands in one semi, and Charlotte Cardinals vs San Diego Mustangs in the other.
The top seeds generally played like it at the Boys HS National Championships single-school bracket.
The only lower seed to win was St. Edward, and that was in the matchup of #4 and #5.
Here are the scores from Day One at the Boys HS Rugby National Championships.
Single-School:
St. Edward 38 St. Thomas Aquinas 12
Gonzaga 38 Xavier HS 15
St. Ignatius 60 Greenwich 7
Herriman 38 St. Martin 31