High School Boys
The road to a HS championship in Northern California begins this weekend as nine teams play for two top-level championships.
Jesuit will take on Dixon in the NorCal Varsity Gold single-school final Saturday morning at 9am at the Cherry Island Sports Complex in Rio Linda.
Two of the top single-school boys HS teams meet up Saturday when Gonzaga takes on Xavier.
Xavier is fresh off a tour to California where they played some stiff SoCal opposition plus New Plymouth out of New Zealand.
Gonzaga is fresh off winning the Jesuit Classic.
Southern California’s second HS season comes to a close over the next three weeks, with two divisions of quarterfinals starting this week.
The SoCal U18 club season has been split into Gold and Green conferences, with the Tri-Counties conference straddling the two.
The top four teams in Florida get cut down to two Saturday with the state semifinals.
Naples takes on Weston in one semi. The Bears finished their South Pool #1 season undefeated at 6-0, scoring about 27 points a game and allowing just under ten. Their 26-14 win over Key Biscayne to finish off the season was just about average, but a nice, crisp defeat of their closest rivals.
It’s Friday Night 7s time in Iowa as the Iowa Youth Rugby Association runs their Boys High School league in a way that is unique in the country.