GRR: Aspetuck
The Gonzaga Rugby Classic girls bracket is going to be a wild one with several highly-regarded teams in action.
Among those leading the way, Aspetuck has been enjoying an excellent season so far. They came away from the Southern Showcase with wins over West Carrol, Downingtown, and Wando in Elite Girls Rugby League action. In those games Aspetuck allowed just one try.
In a meeting of two top Connecticut sides, Aspetuck defeated Fairfield Prep 33-27 Monday evening.
Aspetuck overcame plenty of penalties to win the game, getting two tries from Jaden Seabrook and two also from Keane Horne.
Joel Garcia added a try, Jack Decker added a conversion, and Horne added three to make his personal haul 16.
Xavier HS of NY defeated Connecticut-based Aspetuck over the weekend in a well-played clash of two teams with national championship aspirations.
Both Xavier's 1st and 2nd sides took wins on St. Patrick’s Day. Junior lock Hanoi Nelson, who scored Xavier’s first A-side try, described the victory over Aspetuck best, saying “we came out explosive and we didn’t let up.”
Behind a very strong showing by their back row, Gonzaga defeated the Charlotte Cardinals 22-10 to win the Gonzaga Classic.
While pool play was shortened somewhat on Saturday due to lightning, the excellent weather on Sunday made for an excellent day of rugby throughout the 12-team boys premier tournament.
Staples HS produced a big result in Connecticut, getting by a very tough Aspetuck team 16-14.
The game was described as a slugfest by Staples Head Coach Neal Seideman. For a young Aspetuck team, they found themselves relying on speedster Pearson Hill once more but they needed more than one or two players to defeat the state's top teams.