Elite 7s
While several LA Invitational Divisions are now closed, there is still the wait list.
The LAI has released a list of registered teams eight brackets that have 74 teams slated to play, with more coming. In addition, the three youth brackets have 16 teams registered so far.
So that's 90 teams so far, with more to come.
The USA Falcons men's team is meeting up with some difficult competition at the Coral Coast Sevens in Fiji.
The National 7s Youth Championships will return for its third year June 9-11, 2023 in an expanded form.
Held in Cleveland, Ohio, the tournament has, in its first two years, seen top U15 7s teams facing off over two days.
In 2022 Belmont Shore took the Girls Championship, while Tribe Rugby took the Boys Championship. The Tier II Boys was won by the Celina Legion.
Whether it's playing through being thrown in with older, bigger players, playing through an injury, or taking on the next challenge as a coach, Ben Pinkelman keeps at it.
We sat down with Pink to talk about his move up the ladder while at Colorado State, whether it's easy or difficult to play 7s and 15s at the same time, and more.
Teams are signing up for the LA Invitational February 24-25 as part of the LA Sevens tournament weekend.