High School Girls
Alaska's young rugby players traveled 4,500 miles last week to get a game of rugby in, and they did pretty well in three brackets of the Tropical 7s in Orlando, Fla.
The girls struggled a bit more than the boys. They logged wins over Fallbrook and Rogue Ridge, but lost four in pool play and lost the 9th/10th playoff to Riverdale 22-5.
The Charlotte Tigress had only the one hiccup in a run that saw them win the Girls U18 bracket at the Tropical 7s.
The Tropical 7s is set for this coming weekend and the response among touring and select teams has been impressive.
This year it seems unlikely that there will be the sort of high school all-star tournament we've been used to seeing every summer, but there will be one event.
The Colorado Interscholastic Rugby Association will kick off its inaugural season with a Girls 7s league beginning on April 1.
The league will consist of six teams: Regis, Monarch, East HS, Palmer, and two teams from Summit. Teams will meet for individual games rather than a tournament, but some of the fixtures will also have JV games.