High School Boys
The finalists for the Rugby Pennsylvania boys championships are set as the semifinals were concluded Saturday.
Ina dramatic Boys HS Club semi, Downingtown just held off West Shore to make the final. There they will meet Doylestown, who won by forfeit over West Chester, as West Chester could not, apparently, field a team the day after their prom.
In a rematch of a very tense regular season meeting between the two, Gonzaga HS once again held off a determined Georgetown Prep, this time to win the MAVRC championship Friday night.
Doylestown goes into the Rugby Pennsylvania Boys HS Club playoffs almost prohibitive favorites, but Coach Mike McCandless has a cautionary tale for his players.
The playoffs are hitting states all over the country now, and we've got the list.
Coaches from the 2016 Pacific Cup tournament voted to select the tournament's all-tournament team.
Danville Oaks scrumhalf Keanu Andrade was named tournament MVP.