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HS Games This Weekend

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HS Games This Weekend

Colleen McCloskey photo.

As Spring Break recedes into the past it's all-on for HS rugby teams around the country.

We've listed a chunk of those games below; among the ones of note:

West Point Camp

South Greenville v Wando. We've got two of the best teams in South Carolina finally meeting, and since both have ben winning games by denying points to opponents, it will be a case of who can find a way through.

In Texas, Lake Travis v Jesuit of Dallas and Woodlands v Katy are important games for all four. Jesuit has a shot at a semifinal spot, but they need to win this game to keep it. Katy and Woodlands are both unbeaten, so this is the test, perhaps, to see which team is best in the South Region.

St. Edward plays St. Ignatius is a clash of the two best teams in Ohio. Both have done well outside of their state - Ignatius on a trip to Texas, and St. Edward, most recently, at the University of Kentucky. This game is always physical, usually forward-dominated, and always close. Back play may well decide this.

In Southern California, Santa Monica and Back Bay face off in the North Gold division. Both are unbeaten, both think they're the better. 

Xavier visits Gonzaga in another big meeting between highly-ranked (#4 at #1) single-school teams. Gonzaga seems to be a fairly complete team, and up front, led by Dante Lopresti, they can handle almost anything anyone throws at them. Their pace, overall, in the backline is impressive.

The Northern California playoffs start. We look at the matchups here. In Arizona, it's West Valley v Desert Vista and Red Mountain against the Blackbirds in the semis of what has been one of the most competitive Arizona leagues in quite some time. Yes Red Mountain seems to tower above the rest, but the teams 2 through 5 are quite good.

We also preview the Heart of America Tournament here.

 

4/6/2016 East 41-5 Littleton Colorado
4/6/2016 Key Biscayne 5-10 Okapi Wanderers Florida DI
4/6/2016 Bishop Hendricken 17-19 Xaverian Brothers Massachusetts DI
4/6/2016 Fairfield Prep 12-32 Fairfield Connecticut
4/7/2016 St. John's Prep 5-24 Boston College Massachusetts DI
4/7/2016 Soulsville Boys at CBHS Boys 2 West Tennessee
4/7/2016 St John's 0-87 Gonzaga MAVRC
4/7/2016 New Rochelle at Harvey New York
4/7/2016 Loyola 28-0 Mount Saint Joseph Maryland
4/7/2016 Calvert Hall 10-22 Archbishop Spalding Maryland
4/8/2016 Woodland Hills 25-31 Moon Area Pennsylvania SS
4/8/2016 West Allegheny 48-10 Fox Chapel Pennsylvania SS
4/8/2016 Albany Academy at Mustangs New York
4/8/2016 Foothills at Saratoga New York
4/8/2016 Snow Canyon 31-26 San Diego Mustangs Non Conference Report
4/8/2016 Virginia Beach at Newport News Virginia Peninsula
4/8/2016 Aspetuck v Darien Connecticut
4/8/2016 Staples 50-25 Ridgefield Connecticut
4/8/2016 Simsbury at West Hartford Connecticut
4/8/2016 Cheshire at Southington Connecticut
4/8/2016 Jesuit Dallas 6-59 Lake Travis HS Texas Boys HS
4/8/2016 Strake Jesuit at Cy-Fair HS Texas Boys HS
4/8/2016 Irmo 0-25 Greenville South Carolina
4/8/2016 Ravens at Aiken South Carolina
4/8/2016 Columbia at Lexington South Carolina
4/8/2016 Wando 20-26 South Greenville South Carolina Report
4/8/2016 James Island at South Greenville B South Carolina
4/8/2016 Chapin B L-W Bishop England South Carolina
4/8/2016 Spring Hill at Wando B South Carolina
4/8/2016 Salesianum 29-18 Dematha MAVRC
4/8/2016 Good Counsel 0-36 Georgetown Prep MAVRC
4/8/2016 Cardinals at Sabres North Carolina SS
4/8/2016 Panthers 49-15 Hawks North Carolina SS
4/9/2016 Nighthawks 20-5 Vikings North Carolina SS
4/8/2016 Eagles at Knights North Carolina SS
4/8/2016 Huskies 0-57 Catholic North Carolina SS
4/8/2016 Ravens 19-38 Mustangs North Carolina SS
4/8/2016 Rattlesnakes at Redhawks North Carolina MS
4/8/2016 White Sta at Gtown Boys 2 West Tennessee
4/8/2016 FPA Boys at Gtown Boys 1 West Tennessee
4/8/2016 CBHS 1 at PCA West Tennessee
4/8/2016 Maryville v Bradley County SMAC
4/8/2016 Bearden 7-55 South Doyle SMAC
4/8/2016 Bixby at Norman Oklahoma
4/8/2016 Nampa 32-10 Eagle Idaho
4/8/2016 Renegade 51-20 Rush Idaho
4/8/2016 Capital 67-0 Bingham Idaho
4/8/2016 Rigby 7-61 Mountain View Idaho
4/8/2016 Magic Valley 12-24 Rocky Mountain Idaho
4/8/2016 Mountain Home 5-75 Copperhead Idaho
4/8/2016 Portneuf 57-5 Emmett Idaho
4/9/2016 Fort Collins 14-64 Aurora Colorado
4/9/2016 Westside 19-36 Highlands Ranch Colorado
4/9/2016 Castle Rock 43-19 Monte Vista Colorado
4/9/2016 Chargers 37-12 Eagan Border Battle
4/9/2016 Chargers 79-0 Hopkins Border Battle
4/9/2016 Jenks at Broken Arrow Oklahoma
4/9/2016 Needham Boys 14-15 Belmont Boys Massachusetts DI
4/9/2016 Loudoun 75-10 Winchester Virginia North
4/9/2016 Fort Hunt 36-29 Prince William Virginia North
4/9/2016 Richmond/Hanover 0-20 Fairfax Police Virginia North
4/9/2016 NOVA 0-20 Springfield (West End) Virginia North
4/9/2016 Plano Rugby at Westlake HS Texas Boys HS
4/9/2016 Four Points Vipers at Allen HS Texas Boys HS
4/9/2016 Woodlands 15-13 Katy Texas Boys HS Report
4/9/2016 Kingwood at St Pius X Texas Boys HS
4/9/2016 Alliance at Rock Rugby Texas Boys Friendly
4/9/2016 North Central 0-86 Brownsburg Indiana
4/9/2016 Avon Swarm 0-92 Notre Dame de La Salette Indiana
4/9/2016 Columbus 10-26 Zionsville Indiana
4/9/2016 Legacy 5-17 Angola Indiana
4/9/2016 Tigers 40-5 Gators North Carolina MS
4/9/2016 Highlanders 35-0 Vikings North Carolina MS
4/9/2016 Lions at Bulldogs North Carolina MS
4/9/2016 Danville 37-13 Archbishop Riordan NorCal Premier Semi Report
4/9/2016 Granite Bay 24-26 Jesuit NorCal Premier Semi Report
4/9/2016 Peninsula Green W-L Fft Sierra Foothills NorCal DI Semi Report
4/9/2016 CK McClatchy W-L SFGG NorCal DI Semi Report
4/9/2016 Cougars 15-14 Berkeley NorCal DII Semi Report
4/9/2016 O'Dowd 24-21 De La Salle NorCal DII Semi Report
4/9/2016 Marin 15-14 Kennedy NorCal DII
4/9/2016 Boca 5-39 St. Thomas Aquinas Florida DII
4/9/2016 Cardinal Gibbons 25-0 Archbishop McCarthy Florida DII
4/9/2016 Orlando Griffins 12-12 Tampa Krewe Florida DI Report
4/9/2016 Daytona Beach 0-25 Okapi Wanderers Florida DI Report
4/9/2016 Naples Bears 5-68 Jupiter Sharks Florida DI Report
4/9/2016 Cape Pirates 0-26 RBMA Florida DI Report
4/10/2016 Key Biscayne 38-27 West Pines Wolfhounds Florida DI 
4/9/2016 Red Mountain 34-12 Blackbirds Arizona Semi Report
4/9/2016 Desert Vista 50-27 West Valley Arizona Semi Report
4/9/2016 Jesuit New Orleans 26-12 Shreveport Deep South
4/9/2016 West Jefferson 5-47 Bayou Deep South
4/9/2016 NOLA Barbarians 7-17 St. Pauls Deep South
4/9/2016 Mississippi 0-25 St. Pauls Deep South
4/9/2016 Nashville at Flamingos West Tennessee
4/9/2016 Young Aztecs 12-27 San Diego Mustangs Gold SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Los Angeles at Santa Clarita SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Back Bay 11-27 Santa Monica SoCal Club Report
4/9/2016 Belmont Shore at Pasadena SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Fullerton 10-41 Hawaiian Gardens SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Temecula L-W Fallbrook SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Tri-City at N.C. Barbarians SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Irvine Rhinos at Coastal Dragons SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Arroyo Grande 15-20 San Luis Obispo SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Central Coast at Santa Barbara SoCal Club
4/9/2016 SFV L-W Fullerton SoCal Club
4/9/2016 San Clemente at Wallabies SoCal Club
4/9/2016 Polk County 21-15 Beaverton A Oregon
4/9/2016 Oswego at Beaverton B Oregon
4/9/2016 Southest 7-40 Bend Oregon
4/9/2016 Northside 35-0 North Clackamas Oregon
4/9/2016 Valley Rams 42-7 West Linn Oregon
4/9/2016 Clark County 29-46 East Oregon Oregon
4/9/2016 Lincoln 39-19 Union 2 Oregon
4/9/2016 Oregon City at Portland Pumas Oregon
4/9/2016 Union 46-6 Newberg Oregon
4/9/2016 Reynolds 35-0 Summit Oregon
4/10/2016 Xavier 20-36 Gonzaga Non Conference Report
4/10/2016 Fairport 46-24 Canisius New York
4/10/2016 Long Island Colts at North Fork New York
4/10/2016 Grand Island 0-32 McQuaid New York
4/10/2016 Rensselaer 36-24 So. Burlington VT  New York
4/10/2016 Adirondack at Essex VT  New York
4/10/2016 Fordham 3-39 Pelham New York
4/10/2016 City Honors 40-0 Syracuse Silverbacks New York
4/10/2016 St. Xavier at Pickerington Ohio
4/9/2016 St. Thomas Aquinas 10-0 Liberty Heart of America
4/9/2016 St. Thomas Aquinas 25-0 Park Hill South Heart of America
4/9/2016 Colorado Springs W-L Aquinas B Heart of America
4/9/2016 Colorado Springs W-L St. James Heart of America
4/9/2016 KC Jr. Blues W-L Winnetonka Heart of America
4/9/2016 KC Jr. Blues W-L South Central Heart of America
4/9/2016 Blue Valley W-L Jr. Blues B Heart of America
4/9/2016 Blue Valley W-L KC Cougars Heart of America
4/10/2016 Colorado Springs 20-18 St. Thomas Aquinas Heart of America
4/10/2016 KC Jr. Blues W-L Blue Valley Heart of America
4/10/2016 KC Jr. Blues 41-7 Colorado Springs Heart of America
4/10/2016 Cumberland Valley 76-12 State College Pennsylvania SS
4/10/2016 Conestoga 55-29 Archmere Academy Pennsylvania SS
4/10/2016 La Salle College 8-15 GCA Pennsylvania SS
4/10/2016 Malvern Prep 44-15 Monsignor Bonner Pennsylvania SS
4/10/2016 Roman 17-27 Father Judge Pennsylvania SS
4/10/2016 West Shore 51-7 Downingtown Pennsylvania MS