GRR: Capital HS Boise
It's all closed up at the top of the Rugby Idaho Boys HS league after Capital HS defeated Mountain View 36-24 over the weekend.
That was a big move for Capital, which has started the league season with a fairly humbling 62-5 loss to Rocky Mountain.
Week Two in Rugby Idaho saw an epic battle of the mountains. Rocky Mountain and Mountain View clashed in a repeat of last year's Idaho State Championship. It took 68 minutes for the returning champs to take the lead over the Rocky Mountain Grizzlies in this game that came down to the finish.
Rugby Idaho kicks off its season and it promises to be a good one.
Teams around the state are loaded with big numbers and improving athletes, and this state could be the next one to be a rugby hotbed.
Capital, Mountain View, and Rocky Mountain lead the chase right now, but there are other teams, such as Eagle, Bingham, and Nampa, that have over 40 players registered already.
Two top Idaho single schools played Saturday in a rematch of last year's State Championship, with the Mountain View Mavericks and the ranked Capital Eagles taking each other one.
When the dust had settled, Mountain View were winners 32-25.
A week after Rocky Mountain defeated defending Idaho state champions Mountain View, Rocky Mountain found themselves upended by perennial state contenders Capital HS.
For Coach Matt Jacobsen, it was a gratifying start to a season he hopes to finish off with a championship.