HS 7s News
The Utah Lions boys All-Star 7s team made the final of the Victoria International Youth 7s, but fell to a well-drilled British Columbia Gold side 45-0 in the championship match.
Utah defeated Ontario, Alberta, and BC White, but lost to BC Gold 27-12 in pool play before edging BC Blue 14-12 to secure a place in the final.
The Seattle Vikings Boys HS program won both brackets of Saturday's Rugby Washington summer 7s series.
Seattle defeated Eastside Black in the U19 final 52-10 to take the title.
In the U17 bracket, Seattle defeated Liberty 33-0 in the final.
Liberty won the U19 Bowl Final over Prairie 33-12. Prairie took the U17 Bowl over Eastside II.
The Fullerton girls Lady Lions rugby team took home the gold Saturday at the California State Games girls rugby 7s.
Fullerton defeated South Bay 24-10 in the final for their second-straight State Games championship.
The Victoria International Youth 7s kicks off this weekend with a mostly, but not entirely, Canadian field converging on the capital of the province of British Columbia.
The U16 and U14 brackets are all Canadian, as is the U18 open, but in the U18 elite level Utah will face three British Columbia Elite Youth 7s (BCEY_ teams, along with Alberta and Ontario.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The United States Olympic Committee announced the 2014 U.S. Youth Olympic Team to compete at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Monday, July 7.