High School Boys
There’s that old saying, be careful what you wish for, but what about the opposite?
Embrace what you dread.
With Upright Rugby having decided to pull out of the NAI 7s, there is a little extra space in the tournament for teams that were hoping to compete.
North American Invitational Sevens is set for July 22-23 in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the largest (as far as we know) rugby tournament in the Western Hemisphere, with 153 teams scheduled to compete in 13 brackets from U12 to U23.
We are wrapping up the Boys HS season with our final rankings.
Here below is the final Top 50 for High School club teams. We had a few games following the HS National Championships, most of these being championship and playoff games. In the end, we have very little to change near the top. The teams in the top 30 or so did what was expected of them and we end up not moving anyone.
Belmont HS defeated BC High 20-7 to take the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Boys D1 championship over the weekend.
In a tight, physical clash, Belmont would not trail at any time, but it took some times, and some smart decision-making to take control of the game.
Eagle Impact Rugby Academy is set to travel to Spain to play the Spanish U18s at the end of June in a rematch of a trip EIRA took a year ago.
Program Director Salty Thompson is taking 26 players, mostly from high school but also a smattering of college players, to assemble in Valladolid in Northwest Spain.