GRR: Gonzaga
Gonzaga HS won the Boys HS bracket of the Cherry Blossom Tournament in DC over the weekend, defeating Loyola Blakefield in the final.
Archbishop Spalding took the Plate over the Maryland Exiles, while Christian Brothers Academy took the Spoon.
Gonzaga HS is 5-1 so far in their tour of Spain organized by Varsity Sporting Events & Team Travel.
Top-ranked single-school boys team Gonzaga hosted two well-regarded programs this weekend as the Cumberland Valley Eagles and Doylestown, both out of Pennsylvania, came to town.
In a meeting of the two defending Boys NIT champions, 2015 single-school winner Gonzaga HS defeated 2015 HS club winner Royal Irish 15-13 at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia Saturday.
It’s another meeting of champions Saturday as, for the second year in a row, defending single-school NIT winner Gonzaga faces defending HS club NIT winner Royal Irish in an early game.
It may be a shade too early for both - we’ll see - as Gonzaga has just had a couple of scrimmages, and Royal Irish has not played at all.