GRR: Rugby Texas
Lake Travis defeated Rock Rugby 24-14 Thursday night in the Rugby Texas Boys HS league.
The game was of note because both teams have lost close ones to league-leaders Westlake, and only the top two from the North/Central make the Cup semis.
Ten games into the Texas girls HS season, Kingwood has taken 291 points without giving up any. Every player on the 1st team, subs included, has scored. Five fresh players have been trained to take the places of the five graduated starting seniors, and Kingwood is realizing the benefits.
The Rugby Texas North/Central Conference may well come down to this week as Lake Travis and Rocky Rugby meet up Thursday to basically decide who will finish 2nd.
Westlake has already beaten both of these teams, albeit by razor-thin scores of 12-7 and 15-12.
Lamar came back from a 19-3 halftime deficits to beat Memorial 37-19 in Texas league play.
As has been their problem for much of the season, Lamar struggled to convert pressure into points early in the game. But in the second half, captain Fischer Wheat - normally a flanker but moved to flyhalf - fired up the team with an impassioned speech, and suddenly the tries started to come.
St Thomas of Houston hosted Kingwood Friday evening in Rugby Texas play, and came away with an impressive 41-19 victory.