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Mud-lathered North Shore is heading to the DI semis. /// Photo courtesy Chicago North Shore The weather between the two club playoff sites contrasted starkly, as Tucson enjoyed sun and warmth, ..
Kent in New Zealand /// Photo: Beverly Segi Each team competing in this weekend’s high school club national championship is operating under pressure – whether it’s defending ..
(kneeling, l-r) Javelet, Carlyle, Stephens, Johnson, Kelter. (standing) Folayan, Heavirland, Thomas, Baravilala, Fa’avesi, Potter, Farmer /// Photo courtesy USA Rugby CHULA VISTA, ..
The Girls Single School National Invitational Championship is new this year, and its Midwest location has seen several otherwise isolated teams sample the competition. For newcomers ..
Photo courtesy USA Rugby / Brian Achenbach / KLCFotos Seattle has many things going for it in terms of staff, players and resources, but it’s the quality and quantity of games that ..
McMinn County High School coach Buck Billings didn’t know what to expect of his squad this year, so he arranged an ambitious pre-season that would provide some insight. The Tennessee ..
United with its state trophy /// Photo courtesy Utah Youth Rugby It’s official: United is Utah’s best girls high school team, and that fact was emphasized after the team’s 50-17 ..
Photo: Ingrid Booz Morejohn State College capped its undefeated season with a Pennsylvania state championship, defeating 2015 titleholder Valkyries in the semifinals Saturday and then ..
Scrumhalf Durbin (seen here with the senior Atavus All Stars in the LVI international elite division) also jumps. Lilly Durbin is the archetype when it comes to cultivating a young ..
South Bay and Fallbrook play the SoCal championship this weekend, then it’s north to Washington. /// Photo courtesy Fallbrook Girls Rugby Club The National Girls High School Club ..
Photo courtesy Northeast Academy / Taiwan Mike Photography New York, NY – As part of USA Rugby’s critical talent identification and high performance pathway system, the Northeast ..
Burlington v Portland /// Photo: Dana Katelin Marchitelli Many great playoff games occurred last weekend, but Burlington had the toughest nationals-qualifying weekend. The DII Northeast ..
In a certain regard, Life West is like many teams. The Gladiatrix dominated their local and – as last weekend showed – regional competition and have had to rely on each other and the staff ..
The first 15s state champion has been named: Kent pictured with finalist Rainier. /// Photo courtesy Kent Crusaders Rugby As the season progressed and teams started pushing for state ..
The High School Single-School National Invitational Championship, hosted at Lindenwood University and sanctioned by USA Rugby, has set its schedule for the weekend and confirmed all participating ..
Southern California was treated to a fantastic DI club final, as reigning champion Santa Monica took on standings leader Belmont Shore last weekend. The teams had split regular-season ..
Harrisburg had only one league loss for which to atone – a 26-12 defeat to Brandywine on October 10 – as it advanced to the DII Mid-Atlantic post-season last weekend. After pulling ..
Championship leading scorer Michele Rupard /// Photo: Michael Campbell The Kansas City Jazz had a good idea of how the DII Frontier championship was going to evolve. The Missouri side ..
Raleigh just edged NOVA in the final. /// Photo courtesy Raleigh Venom Rugby It wasn’t a complete performance, but Raleigh got the job done. In its first season back in division one, ..
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