High School Boys
Liberty opened the Rugby Washington HS season with a 15-10 defeat of Budd Bay at Budd Bay.
For Liberty, it was a gratifying win, albeit one that came about eight months too late.
Liberty was 10-2 in Rugby Washington league and playoff competition, but those two losses - one in the regular season and one in the state final - came against Budd Bay.
In a tough, hard-hitting game, Santa Monica beat Los Angeles 25-12.
LA came into the game unbeaten, having defeated Empire 31-15 the week before, while Santa Monica had won the Santa Clarita tournament two weeks earlier.
Lamar came back from a 19-3 halftime deficits to beat Memorial 37-19 in Texas league play.
As has been their problem for much of the season, Lamar struggled to convert pressure into points early in the game. But in the second half, captain Fischer Wheat - normally a flanker but moved to flyhalf - fired up the team with an impassioned speech, and suddenly the tries started to come.
Rocky Mountain defeated Mountain View 41-22 in the opening weekend of the Rugby Idaho season.
This game was special not just because it was the opener, but because it was played at a dedicated rugby pitch with permanent posts.
St Thomas of Houston hosted Kingwood Friday evening in Rugby Texas play, and came away with an impressive 41-19 victory.
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