GRR: Georgetown Prep
As the playoffs approach in the Maryland area, Good Counsel has made many take notice with a strong weekend.
The Olney, Md.-based high school beat rivals Georgetown Prep 24-19 last week, and followed that up with a 2-1 weekend at the Jesuit Classic. GC lost to St. Thomas Aquinas, but beat Clayton and a highly-ranked Union County.
A cold and breezy day greeted the boys from Philadelphia for a Jesuit showdown between St. Joe's Prep and Georgetown Prep on Sunday leading to a very competitive game.
For St. Joe’s this game came two games after they beat Loyola Blakefield 22-12 on Friday.
The Georgetown Prep Hoyas traveled from their Maryland home to North Carolina to square off against the Charlotte Catholic Cougars in a match up of perennially ranked single-school rugby teams,
The Fort Hunt defeated Georgetown Prep to complete a three-game series of preseason games for the Virginia team.
The Warriors beat the Maryland Exiles 59-0 two weeks ago, and then the Bethesda Roosters 45-0. This past weekend, it was Georgetown Prep going down. Fort Hunt did give up their first points of th season, but still no tries as the Warriors won 36-6.
In a rematch of a very tense regular season meeting between the two, Gonzaga HS once again held off a determined Georgetown Prep, this time to win the MAVRC championship Friday night.