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We're into the forwards now with the top loose forwards of the Men's DII college season.
No. 8 is often a big position in these player recognition lists because they have to do so much and this is no exception.
But there's a variety of players here, attackers, defenders, ball hawks, lineout specialists. It's an exciting variety.
NCR has announced their "Scholastic All Americans" for the 2024-25 academic year.
Players who receive this recommendation must carry a 3.5 GPA and be rostered on their team for at least 50% of the matches or tournaments in a season.
Zack Test had a unique opportunity to see some of the younger USA 7s players in action before he actually took over the Men's 7s Head Coach job.
Tasked as he was to coach the women's team, Test opted to leave the men's squad alone for the first week. Ben Pinkelman and Colton Cariaga were coaching the team and they knew what players they had.
One of the slightly weird things about the USA Falcons playing in the EAAST 7s in France this month was that the coach of the women's team, Zack Test, is the guy who will take over the senior men's 7s team.
We're in the middle of HS select-side season and this weekend is relatively busy.
But before we get to that, let's take a look at the past couple of week.
The Buckeye Classic last week welcomes teams from North Carolina (North Carolina All-Stars), Ohio (Aviators), Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Harlequins), and the Atlantis 15s.