High School Boys
The Deep South HS league kicks off with defending champions St. Paul’s looking to reload and shoot for a repeat.
It won’t be easy.
"We have four returning seniors on our starting 15,” said regional all-star Mark Spicer. “We've had a great turnout, but our team is centered on growth for our sophomore and junior classes."
The City of Shreveport is making a renewed surge to be a rugby town with the debut of its new high school team, and a three-game afternoon of rugby.
The Shreveport Area Rugby Club HS-age team will open league proceedings with the hosting of the Houma Hurricanes.
Meanwhile, also on Saturday, Louisiana Tech will face an LSU 15, and Alabama will take on LSU.
Several high school teams got some preseason work in at the Storer Classic last week at the UCLA campus.
Among the best-showers was defending NorCal club champs Danville, which defeated defending Utah single-school winners Snow Canyon 27-12 in a tough match that was 7-7 at halftime.
Danville went on to beat Santa Monica 17-3, and upcoming NorCal rivals Lamorinda 33-5.
With most boys HS leagues not in action, but one or two actually going, we open up the Boys Single-School rankings for 2016.
The Deep South Boys HS league kicks off this weekend with six teams in action, including defending regional champs St. Paul’s HS.
St. Paul’s will visit a West Jefferson team that was very competitive in what ended a losing season at 3-5. Shreveport joins the league and plays their first game at Lee Hedges Stadium in that city. Shreveport hosts Bayou.