Boys HS National Championship Seeds Confirmed
Boys HS National Championship Seeds Confirmed
The Boys HS Rugby National Championships seeds have been announced.
As is usual for the format, there are eight single-school teams in a bracket format, eight HS Club teams in a bracket format, and there are eight Tier 2 teams, which are both school and club teams in a bracket format.
Every bracket played one game per team every day, starting Thursday May 22, Friday May 23, and Saturday May 24. Teams that lose a match move into consolation games. So this is a total of 36 games at Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkhart, Ind. over the three days. Live streaming is on The Rugby Network.
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Here are the seeds:
School Team Seeds:
1. St. Ignatius (Cleveland, Ohio)
2. Xavier HS (New York City)
3. Herriman HS (Herriman, Utah)
4. Notre Dame de la Salette (Georgetown, Ill.)
5. Jesuit HS (Sacramento, Calif.)
6. Gonzaga College HS (Washington, DC)*
7. Strake Jesuit (Houston, Texas)
8. Greenwich HS (Greenwich, Conn.)
*2024 Champion
This means the opening-round matchups will be:
St. Ignatius vs Greenwich
NDDLS vs Jesuit
Xavier vs Strake Jesuit
Herriman vs Gonzaga
HS Club Seeds:
1. Charlotte Cardinals (Charlotte, NC)#
2. San Diego Mustangs (San Diego, Calif.)
3. Cavemen (American Fork, Utah)
4. Belmont Shore (Long Beach, Calif.)
5. Layton Christian Academy (Layton, Utah)
6. Charlotte Tigers (Charlotte, NC)
7. Woodlands (The Woodlands, Texas)
8. San Mateo Wolverines (San Mateo, Calif.)^
#2024 Champion
^2024 Tier 2 Champion
This means the opening-round matchups will be:
Charlotte Cardinals vs San Mateo Wolverines
Belmont Shore vs Layton Christian
San Diego Mustangs vs The Woodlands
Cavemen vs Charlotte Tigers
Tier 2 Seeds:
1. SOC Raptors (Orange County, Calif.)
2. Eastside Lions (Bellevue, Wash.)
3. KC Jr. Blues (Kansas City, Mo.)
4. St. Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, Kans.)
5. Raptor Rugby (Brentwood, Tenn.)
6. Fort Hunt (Fort Hunt, Va.)
7. New Trier (New Trier, Ill.)
8. St. Edward (Lakewood, Ohio)
This means the opening-round matchups will be:
SOC Raptors vs St. Edward
St. Thomas Aquinas vs Raptor Rugby
Eastside Lions vs New Trier
KC Jr. Blues vs Fort Hunt
