GRR: Rugby Oregon
The second weekend of the Rughby Oregon 7s season kicks off on Saturday, and in the girls division there's going to be a clash of two teams that rolled through last week's competition.
USA back Troy Hall has been involved with Rugby Oregon for some years now, but this was the first year that he actively took on the state select side, and in doing so he led the team to victory at the Great Northwest Challenge.
The Union Titans are the Rugby Oregon single-school champions after beating Newberg in convincing fashion 46-20 Saturday in the state final.
The victory capped a 12-0 season for Union in which they beat their opponents by more than 35 ten times - the only games where they failed to do so were in shortened games.
The Oregon single-school final is set for Saturday with Union taking on Newberg in a clash of two teams that have lost only once - and that was when Newberg lot to Union.
Some state playoffs are are either underway or about to wrap up this week.
In Michigan, Grandville defeated Troy Athens HS 10-0, then beat West Ottawa in overtime to make the state final. Grandville and Ottawa tied 33-33 after overtime, and it went down to penalty kicks, with Grandville prevailing.