High School Boys
Utah HS Rugby enters its playoff phase now that May is here as the single-school and club playoffs kick off.
Sixteen teams are involved in these playoffs, which culminate next weekend, and so don’t conflict with the Boys NIT, ad thus excusing some teams from having to make a difficult choice.
In the Multi-School bracket, here are the quarterfinal matchups for Saturday:
The Midwest Boys HS tournament is set for this weekend in Elkhart, Ind., with 38 teams from development level to Varsity playing in five brackets.
Downingtown defeated North Philly 68-3 Thursday night to cap off their regular-season in the Rugby Pa Boys Club White division with a 6-0 record.
This was the fourth league game where Downingtown had denied their opposition a try, and in fact Downingtown only surrendered 36 points in those six games.
St. Thomas Aquinas finally got one over on their rivals, Kansas City Junior Blues this week, defeating the Blues 25-22 Wednesday evening.
Aquinas had lost twice to the Blues this season, 10-5 in the KC Tournament on March 29, and 31-24 a week later in Kansas City.
In this latest Boys HS Club rankings, as promised Orlando and West Shore move up into the top ten after solid recent results, including Orlando beating #8 Weston for the Florida state championship.
Royal Irish stays at #2 after beating Single School #2 Penn, but there are more games to come.