GRR: North Carolina
Hough Rugby and Marvin Ridge will face off in the final in North Carolina's single-school next week after both won semifinals this weekend.
Hough exploded for a convincing 45-5 victory over Laney HS. Under Head Coach Bruce Colson, who handles the set piece and forwards, and Coach Mathieu Lesgourgues, who has added some French flair to their attack, Hough found their rhythm.
North Carolina's single-school season is almost at its culmination with this weekend's semifinals taking us one step closer to a champion.
North Carolina's single-school season has its semifinalists set.
Hough won comfortably over Providence to cap off an undefeated regular season.
Beyond Bembry scored three tries in the victory with Porter Kuebler and Tyler Valverde scoring two each.
Zach Colson, Milo Portilla, Colby Marr, and Dylan Natal all scored tries and Colson kicked 10 of 11 conversions.
The chase to the top in North Carolina's school season is a tight one with Hough, South Meck, Laney HS, and Marvin Ridge all unbeaten.
Yes, yes, South Meck has a tie, but they didn't lose. Right behind that four is Charlotte Catholic at 2-1-1.
While some of these teams are pretty well established, one of the new kids in town is Marvin Ridge.
Laney HS improved to 3-0 and South Mecklenburg improved to 3-0-1 in North Carolina school action over the weekend, and both are chasing Hough, which also won.
Both Laney and South Meck expected close games and both got them. Hough, meanwhile, won relatively comfortably over Clover HS, as expected, to improve to 4-0.