High School Boys
St. Thomas of Houston opened up their season with a 43-21 defeat of Faith Family Academy in Texas.
With a lot of new players and several new coaches this is a bit of a new chapter for St. Thomas. They started eight sophomores and the game plan and lineup were, said Head Coach James Wolfinger, was a bit of an eperiment.
Bishop O'Dowd kicked off the Northern California single-school campaign with a resounding win over Fresno-based San Joaquin Memorial.
No. 8 OC Lehner had a hat trick, while scrumhalf Willem Van Niekerk and fullback Cory Casquiero each scored two tries. Adding to that, center Elliot Lewis logged 17 points with six conversions and a try, and O'Dowd won 52-5.
Loyola HS of Los Angeles pulled off something of an upset during the week, beating Los Alamitos 25-21 in SoCal league play.
It's a big weekend in boys HS rugby.
In SoCal an up-and-coming Loyola team faced a very strong Los Alamitos team on Thursday and won (!). Top SCIRF team Cathedral Catholic is taking a trip up north to play Jesuit of Sacramento in an early-season clash of titans.
Washington DC—The Urban Rugby Championship is set to make waves on March 9, 2024, adding the Urban Rugby College Fair to the list of events; it will be hosted at H.D. Woodson High School in Washington DC, bringing together over 250 participants from Urban rugby programs across America.