High School Boys
The Empire Rugby U18s finished their season with a convincing 47-5 win over ORCA to take the Southern California Green Championship Saturday.
Empire had wanted to go into the Gold playoffs as the top team from the Green, but that bid was denied. They settled for getting a Green title, and did so.
Empire plans to move up to the Gold Division in 2016.
The semifinals for the Rugby Idaho boys playoff are set after Rocky Mountain and Capital won play-in games this weekend.
The Rugby Washington playoff matchups are set after the final weekend of play.
The Charlotte Tigers and Raleigh will face off next week for the North Carolina HS club championship after both won semifinals this weekend.
Charlotte defeated Union County 32-12, while Raleigh upended Chapel Hill 39-17.
The Tigers were pleased to welcome some players back from injury, and that are a difference for them, said Coach Riaan Van Schalkwyk.
It’s an all-Ohio final in the Midwest single-school boys HS tournament as St. Ignatius and St. Edward won their quarterfinals and semifinals Saturday in Elkhart, Ind.
The day included some major surprises, not least of which was St. Edward defeating GRR #2 Penn HS 20-10.