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We're about a week from several leagues kicking off.
So this week is warmup time for some. The biggest tournament with that in mind is the Puriri Tournament in St. George, Utah. Mostly these are Utah temas, but Red Mountain out of Arizona competes there and so does Hawaii team Kahuku.
The Lonestar D1AA Conference decides its champion this week with an eight-team playoff.
Unlike many conferences, that go through their playoffs either with a semifinal and final over a weekend, or split their playoffs over multiple weeks. Not the Lonestar—they have shortened quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday, and the final on Sunday.
City Honors HS girls are touring Italy.
The tour as prepared by Irish Rugby Tours, which runs tours to rugby countries all over the world.
Five teams from the Rugby East have announced that they are moving to NCR exclusively.
In the midst of a discussion about having all members be D1A, even if they also are NCR members, the teams that compete in NCR's postseason have decided to leave Rugby East and form a separate NCR-only Conference.
Just about a week after GRR published an interview with Rugby Ohio Board President Chris Northup, the organization has a new president.