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HS Games This Weekend: School Team Showdowns

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HS Games This Weekend: School Team Showdowns

Sebastian Tucker has been enjoying a good season with St. Augustine.

Some teams are kicking off their season this week, with Vienna playing Springfield/West End in Virginia being a really early runout.

Meanwhile we're now into the heart of the Texas season and Strake Jesuit is at Dallas Jesuit—that's one to keep a close eye on.

Dallas Jesuit, Strake, St. Thomas to 2-0 in Texas

Florida's league moves along with Okapi taking on Wellington.

Competitive Florida Conference Looks to Week 3

In the Southern California Interscholastic Rugby Federation, the top two teams, both undefeated, are facing of with Friday night's St. Augustine at Cathedral Catholic. Last week the Saints beat Mira Costa and found themselves under some pressure—halftime score was 26-17.

But St. Augustine ran out five unanswered tries in the second half. James Root has been consistent all season long in leading the forwards and scored for the Saints. Center Caelyb Aguirre continued to get better and play well, while freshman Sebastian Tucker was a force on offense and defense, scoring a key first-half try to retake the momentum.

That second-half surge puts them in good shape for the Charity Cup at Cathedral.

Cathedral had some significant turnover this year and Head Coach Glenn Irvine was concerned about what his team could do. But they did return 11 starters and only three seniors starting in the backline.

"We're not as big size-wise as last year but our speed and rugby IQ has increased," said Irvine. "Our focus is on attacking and our scrumhalf, Spencer Huntley, has done a great job leading the attack."

Practice sessions include 45 minutes of the JV versus Varsity and that allows young players to put their hand up. Cathedral's depth is why they will be a strong team every year in SCIRF. They have 65 players this year and, said Irvine, that allows the coaching staff to plan ahead.

As for now? They have seen improvement in the lineouts, the kicking game, and execution in the backline.

"We'll continue to build on that strength going forward," said Irvine.

Check back for scores:

2/3 St. Augustine 17-30 Cathedral Catholic SCIRF
2/3 San Clemente 59-0 San Marcos SoCal Single School
2/3 Rancho Cucamonga 14-27 Long Beach Poly SoCal Multi Sch.
2/3 San Juan 7-68 Carlsbad HS SoCal Multi Sch.
2/3 Los Alamitos HS 65-7 John Muir HS SoCal Multi Sch.
2/3 Torrey Pines Fft W-L Loyola HS LA SoCal Single School
2/3 Strake Jesuit HS Ppd Dallas Jesuit HS Texas SS Cup D1
2/3 Faith Family Academy HS 7-73 St Pius X HS Texas SS Cup D1
2/3 Allen HS Ppd St Thomas HS Texas SS Cup D1
2/3 Lake Travis HS Ppd Woodlands HS Texas SS Cup D1
2/4 Warren 26-36 Servite SCIRF
2/4 St. John Bosco 0-28 Fallbrook SCIRF
         
2/4 Okapi 46-22 Wellington Florida HS
2/4 Jacksonville 64-14 Tampa Florida HS
2/4 Motherlode 5-22 De La Salle NorCal
2/4 JSerra Scg Jesuit Sacramento NorCal SS
2/4 La Costa Canyon 24-19 Mission Bay SCIRF
2/3 Clairemont HS 59-0 Murrieta SoCal Multi Sch.
2/4 Elsie Allen 48-17 Lamorinda NorCal
2/4 Plano Rugby HS 26-10 Brazoria HS Texas Club HS D1
2/4 West Houston Lions HS 95-0 Westlake HS Texas Club HS D1
2/4 Celina HS 0-69 Woodlands D1 Texas Club HS D1
2/4 Vienna at Springfield West End Non-Conference
2/5 Eastside Lions 0-15 Marin Non-Conference