GRR: Tournaments
On Day One of the SLUH All-Catholic tournament, we saw some drama.
Two games were very, very close, as St. Thomas Aquinas edged Notre Dame de la Salette 7-0 in a game where both teams had chances.
Later on, St. Xavier needed all they had to beat SLUH 12-11.
The Lindenwood tournament once again turned out a solid series of early-season games for teams in the middle of the country.
When all nine varsity games were done, St. Thomas Aquinas had logged two impressive victories, KC Jr. Blues and Notre Dame de La Salette split their games, Archbishop Moeller lost twice but had their moments, Bixby was competitive, and SLUH showed well.
Teams from Utah as well as Arizona and Hawai’i converged on St. Georgia in Southern Utah to play the Puriri Memorial Invitational over the weekend.
The Puriri Memorial Invitational is set for this coming weekend in St. George, Utah.
This tournament is a traditional kickoff tournament for teams in Utah and in neighboring states. For the past few years this tournament has been named in honor of Ra Puriri, the father of longtime Utah HS coaches Colin and Michael Puriri.
The Tropical 7s has confirmed its teams for this year's massive tournament.
Held on Easter Weekend each year, the tournament will be in March for 2024 because Easter is early this year. Fields open on Wednesday March 27 for training and the tournament will run March 29-30 at the Tournament Sportsplex of Tampa Bay in Florida.
The brackets are: