High School Boys
The Chuckanut U15 boys team not only won the Washington State Games U15 Rugby 7s championship on Sunday, they clinched early and dominated the competition.
Chuckanut had the gold medal wrapped up well in advance of the final game, and coach Darin Hamm said that’s because of team unity.
“We’ve got some experienced kids who go to the same school and decided to stick together
The Liberty Patriots won the Washington State Games Boys U17 rugby 7s gold after running the table in the final tournament of the four-tournament summer series.
Liberty played a very smooth style of 7s, unleashing a team-wide level of skill that saw them outstrip a very strong Prairie team.
Budd Bay out of Olympia, Wash. defeated Seattle 24-12 in the last game of the Rugby Washington Summer Sevens Series to win the state Boys HS 7s championship and a gold medal in the Washington State Games.
In the first game of the Minnesota Youth Rugby Boys HS 7s season, Minnetonka edged Hopkins 31-28.
Teams in Rugby Washington will cap their Washington State Games Summer 7s Series season Sunday with the final tournament.