High School Boys
The Southern California Griffins won the Southwest RCT Sunday in blistering heat in Bakersfield, Calif.
With MVP performances from Liam Jimmons (forwards, Back Bay), and Evan Clark (backs, Santa Monica), SoCal overcame a Saturday loss to Northern California to exact revenge early Sunday morning with a 26-24 victory.
The Georgia boys HS all-star team put aside a series of contenders, not least of which was a tough North Carolina team in the final, to take the South Regional Cup Sunday at the RAC in Charlotte, NC.
Scores from the five Regional Cup Tournaments in the Boys Varsity and JV brackets.
Northeast
Greenwich/Fairfield 73 Capital District/Vermont 0
Massachusetts W Connecticut L
Sunday
Final: Greenwich 33 Massachusetts 21
JV
Greenwich 33 Empire 30
Virginia, Indiana, Florida, and Maryland are the top four Boys Varsity teams in the Challenge Cup RCT in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Northern California went an impressive 2-0 in the Boys Varsity Southwest Regional Cup Saturday in the first day of competition.
NorCal opened against Southern California - the team Goff Rugby Report had labeled as the favorite - and NorCal won 29-20. Then the Pelicans followed that up with a 52-3 defeat of Washington.