The Southern California Interscholastic Rugby Federation (SCIRF) season culminated last Saturday, as three divisions of girls’ high school teams competed toward titles. Mission Bay High School served as host and was rewarded with the program’s first single-school championship.
Mission Bay introduced a boys’ rugby team in 2019, and Kawika Kekauoha stepped in as head coach in year two.
“Then in my second year as head coach, a couple of girls approached me and asked if I’d start a girls’ team,” he said. “’Absolutely, yes,’ and we’ve been rolling with . . .