High School Boys
St. Paul’s remains the top team in the Deep South HS league after beating one of the stronger programs in the region, Archbishop Shaw, 17-10 Saturday.
The victory means St. Paul’s is now 5-0 with three games left in the regular season.
Derek Drago paced St. Paul’s with two tries, while Sam Gartman added one and Jacob McDonald kicked his team’s lone conversion.
Jesuit of Dallas defeated Colorado Springs 22-0 to win the Jesuit Showdown in Texas, capping off a nice 3-0 weekend.
Regis Jesuit defeated St. Therese Lisieux 31-5 for third.
Katy lost their opener, but won two in a row, including their 37-14 win over Jesuit of New Orleans for 5th. Strake Jesuit beat St. Maximilian Kolbe 19-10 for 7th.
No. 2-ranked single-school team Penn HS defeated Ohio power st. Ignatius 28-17 in a pre-season warmup for two very strong squads.
The early-season meeting of the two defending NIT champions lived up to expectations as 2014 single-school champs Gonzaga edged 2014 multi-school club champs Royal Irish 27-25 on the final play of the game.
The first day of action in the Jesuit Showdown is in the books with the hosts, Jesuit of Dallas, in the final to face Colorado Springs.