Fairfield Beats Ridgefield in Midweek Game Fairfield Prep took a 43-10 win over Ridgefield on the opening game of the Rugby Connecticut Season this week. Ridgefield maintained possession for first 20 minutes and ran big runner after big runner into Fairfield's defense. But Prep withstood the challenge and held them scoreless, later one getting the ball to start their attack.
Big Weekend in Boys HS Rugby A few notes from the last couple of weeks and looking ahead. There was a big result in Northern California that we didn't go over in detail, but it showed the San Mateo Wolverines defeating a very good Elsie Allen side by a fairly emphatic score of 35-12. The Wolverines wanted to be in NorCal's Premier Division but last year was a tough year for them with every game (!) an away game.
Tight Defensive Win for Rye over Greenwich Rye HS beat Greenwich on the road 12-7 last night. This was, clearly, a defensive battle and it wasn't until the second half that Greenwich was able to get their lone try. It was 12-0 at halftime after tries from flanker Andrew Wilmarth and No. 8 Owen Welburn. Archer Fenton converted one of those.
Dominant Showing by Pendleton Again In-State Rivals Pendleton is on a roll and perhaps no clearer evidence of that is their imposing victory over Indiana rivals Westside Black Swarm over the weekend. A year ago these teams went through overtime and their state final was decided on penalty kicks. Pendleton Takes Indiana Via OT Kicks Saturday’s game was somewhat different. The Arabians passed on the opportunity for points on an early Black Swarm
Boys HS Club Top 50 2024: Week 13 Not much in the way of changes over the last two weeks in the Top 10, but there's a lot of change lower down. Teams that have been relatively idle drop out as various teams that have logged good results and are active come in.
