High School Boys
We base a lot of our movement, almost all of it, in fact, on the results from the Storer Classic.
Now, this is a dangerous thing to do because this was a preseason tournament with a series of shortened games. So it's important to remember that you can't hang a ranking on one or two short-game results.
Week 2 and there hasn't been a lot of action, but we have seen some movement.
A couple of errors in our earlier rankings (we moved the wrong team) got fixed, and Mira Costa comes in after a couple of good results.
Boys HS Nationals Application Process Now Open
One of the big developments in Southern California's school-team seasons is the easing of the division between the SoCal Youth Rugby teams and the SCIRF teams, and that has led to a big game Tuesday night in the San Diego area.
Just a few days remain for applications for the US Rugby Foundation's New Program Grant.
New Youth and HS programs can apply for startup costs.
As always the Storer Classic provides some important preseason rugby for teams in the West, and this year did not disappoint.
There were several solid showings with SOC Raptors, Marin, Carlsbad, and Layton Christian all producing some good results. Atop all of those was Belmont Shore, which ended the weekend 3-0.