High School Boys
Pendleton defeated St. Ignatius in the final of the Midwest Championships Sunday, taking the game 25-21 to cap off a 3-0 weekend.
While it is fair to say this was not a completely full-strength St. Ignatius team—no seniors due to prom weekend—this was still a very good showing from the Arabians of Indiana.
It's another big weekend in Boys HS rugby.
We have playoffs in Virginia, Northern California, and Southern California. We have the Florida final with Okapi vs Jacksonville, and the Louisiana final with NOLA Jesuit vs Brother Martin. Woodlands plays Four Points in the Texas club final.
If there is one HS club team we would NOT want to play it might well be Danville.
That teams has made significant strides this year and their coaching staff should be commended. We had them pretty far down for a top NorCal club but they are moving their way up and clearly are improved.
This was a relatively complicated school ranking to do because several teams have made moves.
The top 19 or so remain unchanged. However we do see St. Augustine shoot up after their win over Georgetown Prep. That bodes well overall for where New Jersey school rugby is going.
The Cardiff Blues are visiting three different American youth teams this summer, bringing world class professional coaching to various programs throughout the USA.