GRR: Girls High School
North Bay had a sobering experiencing at last year’s girls high school championship. For its inaugural showing, the Maryland state champion was placed in DI and faced Fallbrook, Catholic Memorial and St. Joseph’s to finish 8th. But that’s not the end of North Bay’s story at nationals.
The Rugby Virginia girls high school league began last weekend, and all eyes were on West End and Fort Hunt, as the teams played out the rematch of the 2014 state title. What evolved, however, was a 75-5 victory for the Ruckettes.
Last week, Goff Rugby Report moved the Danville Lady Oaks from #4 to #3 on the Girls High School Top 20 ranking. And then over the weekend, the NorCal Varsity Gold leader traveled south to the Fullerton International Invitational and beat reigning champion Fallbrook, Canadian powerhouse Abbotsford, and local rival Pleasanton for the title.
There hasn’t been much promotion of the Atlanta 7s Festival – the amateur women’s tournament occurring alongside the World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series stop – and that’s probably because the tournament is small.
A few things have happened since our last Girls High School Top 20 ranking. State titles have been awarded, and even more SBROs held fall 7s series. For those teams that contest their 15s season in the spring, preferential treatment was given to those who participated in a fall 7s league.