High School Boys
The finalists for the Deep South HS Rugby Championship are set as the Bayou Hurricanes and Jesuit of New Orleans Blue Jays both won semifinals.
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.