GRR: Storer Classic
The British Columbia-California collegiate rivalry enters a bit of a new chapter with UBC at Saint Mary's this weekend.
The West Coast 15s calendar gets a bit of a kick-start as it always does Mid-January with the Dennis Storer Classic.
UCLA hosts the tournament, named after the late Hall of Fame coach of both UCLA and the USA national team, and it is an unofficial kickoff for many of the teams involved.
Despite the fact that three teams had to bow out due to COVID issues, the college bracket of the Dennis Storer Classic went off nicely and Cal was, once again, crowned as champion.
Cal looked quite well drilled as the Bears went 3-0 on the weekend, beating UC Santa Cruz and Cal Poly on Saturday and UCLA on Sunday, scoring 100 points over three games and allowing only 11.
Rugby won out over the weekend at the campus of UCLA as the Dennis Storer Classic hosted high school programs from around California and further afield.
Cal won the Storer Classic and took a significant step forward in the process.
The annual tournament featuring University of California system programs has been won by Cal every year, but how they win it differs—sometimes it's a roll through all of the opponents, and sometimes it's a little tougher.