Reporting on High School, College, Select Side and Youth Rugby in America

Jan 12, 2025 · Saint Mary's defeated Grand Canyon Saturday in an early-January D1A meeting. The Gaels won comfortably, 92-3. It's a bit of a rebuilding time for both teams as they came in pretty young. But Saint Mary's obviously has a bit more depth with which to work. Certainly Gaels Head Coach Tim O'Brien, who graduated 8 starters from last year's D1A championship team, …

Jan 27, 2025 · With 2025 now upon us we have our first D1AA ranking of the Winter/Spring season. This means we leave out the teams that play their 15s exclusively in the fall. It will be a bit of a question whether the Heart of America teams stay on to play 15s, but Lonestar, Florida, California North, NCRC, and California South are all set to play for a championship in May. …

Jan 31, 2025 · Well, well. Something like 45 games are on our Boys HS slate this week. North Carolina's single-school league is coming to a culmination. This week we do have games that don't carry a lot of weight unless there's a big upset. But, yes, we might see an upset, but we also have a forfeit. In SoCal they have a league that is sort of a school league but also played with …

Jan 16, 2025 · NCR All-Star teams converge on Atlanta to see who can topple defending men's all-star champs Great Lakes this weekend. Eight teams in two pools of four will play as many as six shortened games over the course of two days. It's a demanding schedule—three shortened pool games on Saturday, a quarterfinal and semifinal on Sunday, and also then the final and …

Jan 20, 2025 · Independents Red wrestled back the NCR All-Star title a year after losing it to the Midwest. This is the third year out of four that the New England Independents have won this tournament. The Midwest looked very strong after sweeping through Pool Play on Saturday and torching the Mid-Atlantic 52-0 in the quarterfinals. But the Reds started to find their rhythm in the

Jan 23, 2025 · Early morning US time sees the USA men get back at it in the SVNS World Series, and there is a ton of work to do. Ranked 11th out of 12 teams after two tournaments, the Eagles came off inexperienced, inconsistent, and not fit enough. New Head Coach Simon Amor reacted by bringing in some top coaches and former team captains to push the players through a bit of …

Jan 10, 2025 · In a meeting of two undefeated teams in the North Carolina school league, Hough defeated South Meck 34-14 to improve to 3-0. This game was moved to Thursday night to avoid a winter storm coming into the area. It was a dynamic showing by the Huskies with tries from captain Porter Kuebler, vice captain Kai Campbell, and also Andre Brown, CJ Baker, and Alai …

Jan 7, 2025 · The South California Conference All-Stars beat their Northern counterparts 45-36 Saturday at Cal Poly, showcasing once again that rugby success can come from unexpected quarters. While the Northern side was heavily Saint Mary’s, and might be favored due to their familiarity with one another, those players had played the day before against Life West, and …

Feb 1, 2025 · Sam Houston State has a tough hosting prospect with might BYU visiting. That is one of three D1A/D1AA crossover games. Some teams in Florida put aside 7s and come back to 15s for league play. California, Lonestar, and NCRC also active.