GRR: Mountain View
Rugby Idaho kicks off its season and it promises to be a good one.
Teams around the state are loaded with big numbers and improving athletes, and this state could be the next one to be a rugby hotbed.
Capital, Mountain View, and Rocky Mountain lead the chase right now, but there are other teams, such as Eagle, Bingham, and Nampa, that have over 40 players registered already.
Mountain View defeated Rocky Mountain 20-14 Saturday to win the Boys DI HS state title in Idaho.
Mountain View's teamwork proved to be too much for Rocky Mountain. All three tries were accomplished in the same fashion - using the backs to get into the Rocky Mountain 22, and then punching the ball ahead with the forwards in clinical fashion until they made the tryline.
Mountain View and Rocky Mountain both won semifinals to make the state championship game in Rugby Idaho.
Mountain View defeated the Renegades 39-17 on Saturday, while Rocky Mountain beat Capital 27-23.
Two top Idaho single schools played Saturday in a rematch of last year's State Championship, with the Mountain View Mavericks and the ranked Capital Eagles taking each other one.
When the dust had settled, Mountain View were winners 32-25.
Mountain View defeated Nakahi 40-33 to win the Rugby Idaho boys HS final Saturday, coming back from a 28-7 deficit.