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Downingtown defeated North Philly 68-3 Thursday night to cap off their regular-season in the Rugby Pa Boys Club White division with a 6-0 record.
This was the fourth league game where Downingtown had denied their opposition a try, and in fact Downingtown only surrendered 36 points in those six games.
St. Thomas Aquinas finally got one over on their rivals, Kansas City Junior Blues this week, defeating the Blues 25-22 Wednesday evening.
Aquinas had lost twice to the Blues this season, 10-5 in the KC Tournament on March 29, and 31-24 a week later in Kansas City.
In case you’ve forgotten (and I have to admit I almost did), the USA Men’s 7s team is competing in a World Series 7s tournament this coming weekend.
Head Coach Mike Friday replaced Nic Edwards with Martin Iosefo in a move of startling logic, and we’re now seeing more and more the profile of the team Friday wants.
The US Military Academy’s men’s rugby program’s season is done and it has been a successful one, overall.
Army won the Rugby East, earning a bye to the DIA quarterfinals, and completed the program’s resurgence from suspended club to varsity program.
Not much change in the DI rankings as most playoff results went according to the form sheet. Even Davenport, pulling off what some would call an upset, actually were ranked higher than Army.
The big movement is a little further down, where the Arkansas result over Long Beach State moved the Razorbacks up, the 49ers down, and UC-Davis up, also, after they beat Arkansas.