High School Boys
Oh, boy, so what to about the Boys single-school rankings.
South Greenville and Wando were two outstanding defensive teams in South Carolina, and two teams that seemed destined to meet in the state final.
The Tennessee state championship went to South Doyle after they held off Ravenwood 24-18 in the final Saturday.
In a physical game where both teams wanted to play open rugby, the teams were separated by just a point on three different occasions before a late South Doyle try put it away.
St. Thomas Aquinas defeated the Kansas City Cougars 38-12 Saturday to take the Kansas Youth Rugby championship and exact revenge on a team that had beaten them earlier in the season.
Aquinas Head Coach Tim Kluempers said his team controlled the kicking game much better in this meeting of the two teams.
The Kansas City Jr. Blues and St. Louis University High met in St. Louis Sunday for the Missouri state HS final, and when it was over the Blues were champions … but barely.