High School Boys
On Friday night the Georgia state HS rugby organization held its championships, and it was a supremely successful evening, with one very noticeable complication.
The San Diego Young Aztecs won two games over the weekend - neither easy - to complete a late-season surge to get the 3rd playoff spot out of the Gold South.
On Saturday the Young Aztecs edged Try-City 30-25. And then on Sunday they needed a win over the Irvine Rhinos, and got one 43-26.
Conestoga HS held onto 1st in the Rugby Pennsylvania’s Single-School White with two big wins over the weekend - defeating Unionville 38-15 on Thursday, and then shutting out Bishop Shanahan 48-0 on Sunday.
Greenwich High School defeated Xavier HS 34-29 Saturday night, scoring in the final moments to pull out a victory.
This was a clash between the #6-ranked Xavier team and the #14-ranked Greenwich squad (both rankings Goff Rugby Report single-school Boys HS rankings). Both teams had logged impressive victories, but both had also stumbled in what is still a relatively young season.
Royal Irish needed a late try to come back to beat St. Ignatius 10-8 in a non-conference clash between two highly-ranked teams.
Indianapolis-based Royal Irish is ranked #2 by GRR among HS club teams, and Cleveland-based St. Ignatius is ranked #8 among single-school teams.