GRR: Southern California
Los Alamitos Boys have hit the ground running in Southern California.
And that's a good thing seeing as the team hasn't played 15-a-side rugby since 2019 thanks to the COVID pandemic.
"It feels great to have a full team again," said club president Steve Faupusa.
Carlsbad, Los Alamatos, and Coronado all won in Southern California's Winter Multi-School Varsity season.
With wins over Los Alamitos and View Park Prep, and a forfeit win also, Long Beach Poly has put a big stamp on the early part of their girls HS season.
The First Annual So-Cal Holiday Scrum Down was held at La Jolla High School this past Saturday.
Torrey Pines, Carlsbad, San Marcos and La Jolla all competed in a round robin of scrimmages featuring JV and Varsity teams. It was a great Saturday evening of rugby that also brought in over one hundred gift donations for Toys for Tots.
Loyola High School of Los Angeles has announced that it will start a boys school-supported rugby team and the school has announced that former Lindenwood University All American Cristian Rodriguez has been hired as the team's Head Coach.
Loyola Rugby will operate as a single-school team in SoCal Youth Rugby's school season, which kicks off in January, 2023.