High School Boys
Arizona, Colorado, and Northern California all won their pools Saturday in the Boys U16 division of the Great Northwest Challenge.
Atlantis and the Midwest Thunderbirds won The Mount Invitational in impressive fashion Saturday in wet conditions on the campus of Mount St. Mary's.
The Atlantis U19s took the U19 division, which was a straight, five-team round-robin.
Rugby NorCal and Colorado looked very impressive in the Boys U19 bracket of the Great Northwest Classic.
But there was plenty of drama late for the Grizzlies as they had to dig deep to beat a very exciting Utah side.
Here’s how it all shook down.
Day One of the Mount Invitational kicked off Friday with Boys U19 and U16 games.
In the U19s, all of the games were very close with teams showing some game savvy in shortened contests, opting to go for goal when a kickable penalty presented itself.
Age-grade select sides from Connecticut and Rhode Island will play each other Saturday as curtain-raisers to the Major League Rugby between the New England Free Jacks and Houston Sabercats.