Olympus and Layton Christian remain atop the Utah Youth Rugby boys fall 7s list after the second weekend of action.
LCA beat Kearns 45-7 and Herriman 21-12 but dropped a 27-19 decision to East HS.
That was East's first win over the fall as they skipped the opening tournament and they lost to Herriman and Olympus in a rough opening list of games.
For Layton Christian, though, sitting at 5-1 isn't so bad.
"We are working really hard to build a strong 7s team to compete at a high level," said Head Coach Tongia Vaitaki. "We not only want to build rugby but also to expose the hidden talents we have here in Utah."
Among those hidden talents are Ikani Taumoefolau and Bryan Pangai, who have been impressive in the forwards. Having played at Bloodfest and the NAI 7s, they have worked their way into becoming core players who draw defenders and set free their teammates.
Those teammates include players such as Trevor Halalilo and Siaki Fekitoa. They have pace and elusiveness and while Fekitoa is young and not all that big, he plays with a ton of confidence. This allowed LCA to go 2-1 despite missing the influential Justin Sau and Penisoni Talanoa, who had football commitments.
