GRR: Granite Bay
California’s single-school competition enters its final phase, and some key cross-border games highlight the weekend; here’s what’s been going on.
Trips Tours and Cross-Border GamesDefending national single-school champs St. Ignatius ran out to a commanding 43-0 lead over LaSalle College High of Pennsylvania and held on to win 57-0.
The big clash in Northern California Boys HS rugby saw nothing settled.
Longtime rivals Danville and Granite Bay played to a 26-26 tie Saturday.
Photos by David Barpal
It was a well-attended game with plenty of physicality. Granite Bay expected to win this game and came away disappointed.
A quick nod to the growing group of single-school HS teams helps the Northern California season heat up, but there's more going on, too.
Coming off a bit of a jamboree of games at Jesuit Sacramento, several of the school teams are pitted against each other looking toward an early-season single-school cup before the rest of the season is capped off.
Granite Bay is picking up where they left off, as the defending national HS Club champions won comfortably over a tough Wolverines team 60-10.
Even emptying the bench does little to easy to pressure form the Grizzlies as Granite Bay is experiences and deep.
There’s that old saying, be careful what you wish for, but what about the opposite?
Embrace what you dread.
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