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2016 Boys Single-School Rankings #7

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2016 Boys Single-School Rankings #7

Score! Gabe Massey scores for Jesuit-New Orleans, which enters the rankings at #20. Hudson Ellis photo.

An avid reader joked with us this week saying the clash of top-ranked teams in Ohio - St. Ignatius, Xavier, and Penn - didn't help us at all in a tough task, as the three teams all went 1-1; we kind of have to agree.

It's very possible that any of those teams could push for consideration for the top spot, and in a rugby sense the weekend of games was hugely beneficial for the players involved. But from a rankings perspective, this series was a headache. In the end, we made some decisions based on rest (St. Ignatius had a day of rest between games, and neither Penn nor Xavier did), and points difference (Xavier +8, Penn -2, Ignatius -6) promoted us to move Penn down, move St. Ignatius and Xavier up, and re-arrange them in order Xavier-Penn-St. Ignatius. 

None of these results should be put on their permanent record. All, in the weekend, showed they could be #1 at some point if the stars align. Also moving this week in the single-school rankings, Jesuit of New Orleans, by virtue of beating St. Paul's, and by virtue of also having logged some other good results we didn't pay enough attention to, joins the rankings at #20.

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Georgetown Prep moves up with a big win over RBMA, which drops perhaps more than they deserve to because other teams are holding steady or winning. St. Thomas out of Houston continues to climb up - their only two losses have been to very strong teams, mind. Unionville comes in thanks to a win over Cumberland Valley. Bixby thanks to a win over Union. Highland and Fairfield also enter what is now a top 50. We tried to find room for Archbishop Riordan, but couldn't ... yet. Watch out for Pelham, which moves up six spots, and could be the bellweather of some other New York teams. 

We've moved CK McClatchy out of the single-school rankings because they have switched from being a single-school team to being a club. We didn't know that. Now we do.

 

 

Goff Rugby Report Boys HS Single-School Rankings 2016 #7
Rank Prev Team Notes
1 1 Gonzaga (DC) Spain Tour
2 3 Sacramento Jesuit (Calif.) Defeated Mother Lode
3 4 Herriman (Utah) Defeated Jordan, Lions
4 5 Kahuku (Hawaii) 3-0 in Ruggerfest
5 8 Xavier (NY) Defeated Penn (2), lost to St. Ignatius (18)
6 2 Penn (Ind.) Defeated St. Ignatius (18), lost to Xavier (8)
7 18 St. Ignatius (Ohio) Bt. Xavier (8), lost to Penn (2)
8 6 St. Edward (Ohio) Defeated Fairport
9 7 Mira Costa (Calif.) Idle
10 10 Greenwich (Conn.) Won Four Leaf Tournament
11 11 Westlake (Texas) Idle
12 9 La Costa Canyon (Calif.) Idle
13 16 Georgetown Prep (Md.) Defeated RBMA (15)
14 12 Lake Travis (Texas) Idle
15 13 Snow Canyon (Utah) Idle
16 14 Charlotte Catholic (NC) Defeated Eagles
17 17 East HS (Colo.) Defeated West
18 19 Brownsburg (Ind.) 7s
19 20 Wando (SC) Defeated Chapin (MS47)
20 Unr Jesuit New Orleans (La.) Bt. St. Paul's (22)
21 21 St. Thomas Aquinas (Kan.) Idle
22 30 Regis Jesuit (Colo.) Bt. Colorado Springs (MS30)
23 22 St. Paul's (La.) Lost to Jesuit New Orleans
24 23 Torrey Pines (Cailf.) Idle
25 24 Cathedral Catholic (Calif.) Idle
26 15 Riviera Beach MA (Fla.) Lost to Georgetown Prep (16)
27 25 Union HS (Ore.) Defeated Oregon City
28 34 Jesuit-Dallas (Texas) Idle
29 35 St. Thomas (Texas) Defeated Delbarton
30 Unr Unionville (Pa.) Bt. Cumberland Valley (28)
31 37 Pelham (NY) Defeated Academy of Rugby Excellence - Florida
32 27 St. John Bosco (Calif.) Idle
33 29 Olympus (Utah) Idle
34 28 Cumberland Valley (Pa.) Lost to Unionville
35 31 South Doyle (Tenn.) Idle
36 32 Ravenwood (Tenn.) Idle
37 33 ND de la Salette (Ill.) Defeated Neuqua
38 38 Greenville HS (SC) Defeated Ravens
39 Unr Bixby (Okla.) Defeated Union (26), lost to Little Rock
40 39 Edina (Minn.) Idle
41 40 View Park Prep (Calif.) Idle
42 41 Providence (NC) Defeated Ravens
43 26 Union (Okla.) Lost to Bixby
44 Unr Capital (Idaho) Defeated Rocky Mountain (42)
45 42 Rocky Mountain (Idaho) Lost to Capital
46 Unr Highland (Utah) Bt. Wasatch
47 Unr Fairfield Prep Defeated Morris
48 44 BC High (Mass.) Idle
49 45 Grandville (Mich.) Idle
50 43 Moeller (Ohio) Lost to Lakota