GRR: Southern California
San Clemente is atop the Southern California Single-School league after beating San Juan in convincing fashion.
Torrey Pines defeated Carlsbad in the meeting last year’s SoCal single-school champion and last year’s SoCal multi-school champions.
Played as a curtain-raiser for the game between UCLA and Stanford, the game was a contrast in styles; Carlsbad used its size and power, and Torrey Pines looked to go wide and kick to space to use their speed.
Here's a quick look at what has been happening around Boys HS rugby through the USA.
Of course our scores page article said five states were in action when really it was seven ... some stealth launching from Arizona and Georgia threw us off, but here goes regardless:
Los Alamitos Boys have hit the ground running in Southern California.
And that's a good thing seeing as the team hasn't played 15-a-side rugby since 2019 thanks to the COVID pandemic.
"It feels great to have a full team again," said club president Steve Faupusa.
Carlsbad, Los Alamatos, and Coronado all won in Southern California's Winter Multi-School Varsity season.