High School Boys
Some key games this weekend.
Rugby Washington is coming down to the wire, with Eastside the only unbeaten team and leading the league, but Liberty hot on the Lions' heels.
Since their 2018 debut at NashBash, the Harpeth Harlequins remain the only unbeaten team in the Middle Tennessee Rugby Conference with one week remaining in regular season play. Still showing their strength on both sides of the ball, the Harlequins have put up 174 points for the season so far and allowed 87. Here are highlights of their conference matches to date:
The last two weeks have produced two wins and three losses for the Aspetuck Valley Rugby Club in Connecticut, but don’t be fooled, that 2-3 record now has the team on the rankings radar.
Herriman defeated East HS 38-14 in Utah action that sets the team up nicely for two tough games this week - United and Kahuku.
It was a very tight game in the first half. East did well to take care of possession and were patient in scoring two tries. Herriman tried to force the issue and made some mistakes, and it was evident they were a bit slow coming back from spring break.
Back from a tour of Ireland, Xavier HS logged an impressive 29-12 defeat of a touring team on US soil.
The New York HS team defeated Oakhill College out of Australia. It capped a very nice week for Xavier during which the B side also beat Oaklhill's Bs, and the freshman team won the freshman bracket at the Gonzaga Rugby Classic (beating the Gonzaga frosh 44-0 in the final.