St. Thomas won the single-school title with a 48-8 win over Austin Westlake. Westlake advanced to the title game with a win over Dallas Jesuit, while St. Thomas beat El Paso Cathedral in the semis. The Woodlands edged Plano 8-0 in the high school club championship. Woodlands beat Alliance to advance, and Plano beat the [...]
They battled, they bled, they fought and they lunged for that last meter, but in the end no teams from Texas won a West RFU title in 2011 – at least not in any division below D1. Dallas Jesuit came the closest with a 29-26 loss to Kansas City St. Thomas Aquinas in the high [...]
Texas teams will be competing for all the top spots in the West this year. The West D2 final will be Tulsa vs Fort Worth. The D3 final will be DARC vs St. Louis Royals The high school final will be Dallas Jesuit vs Kansas City St. Thomas Aquinas, and the U-19 final will be [...]
Austin RFC is hosting the West playoffs at Burr Field on April 30 and May 1. Of note – Houston St. Thomas, the Texas High School Champs, have chosen not to go further. Thus, Dallas Jesuit takes on the Texas No. 1 seed, and Austin Westlake takes Texas No. 2. Sat FIELD 1 Men’s D3 [...]
HOUSTON – In battle that can only be described as “epic,” St. Thomas High School (Houston) defeated Dallas Jesuit 7-6 in the Texas State High School Championship Sunday at Strake Jesuit High School. St. Thomas, ranked #9 in the nation and the top seed in the state tournament, was unable to capitalize on a [...]
Congratulations to the Austin RFC, they added the 2011 Texas D3 title to their D1 crown with a thrilling, last-minute 22-21 victory over DARC. Alliance RFC won the U-19 title with a 37-24 win over the Woodlands. St. Thomas got by Dallas Jesuit 7-0 7-6 to bring home the high school championship. The Eagles won [...]
Houston hosts the 2011 version of the Texas high school and U-19 rugby championships. Specifically, Strake Jesuit will host the top 12 teams in three divisions. Saturday, April 16 High School D1 Dallas Jesuit vs. Austin Westlake Houston St. Thomas vs. Strake Jesuit High School D2 Houston St. Pius X vs. Allen Houston Westside vs. [...]
Our friends over at Rugby Magazine have put out their latest High School and U-19 polls. Five Texas teams are included – 2 in U-19 and 3 in high school.Remember, U-19 is a club that draws from several schools, while ‘high school’ is formed from one school. We’ll let y’all debate the goodness or badness [...]
Lock up the dogs, gas up the car and someone turn out the lights on your way out of town – because it is a rugby-rugby weekend in The Republic. The big game is not in Texas. The Rice Owls head up I-45 and I-35 to Norman, Oklahoma to take on Colorado College in the [...]
Rugby Magazine released its latest high school and U-19 rankings. Austin Westlake made the high school list, while Katy and The Woodlands are in the U-19 rankings. For those who do not know, USA Rugby considers ‘high school’ to be school based, and U-19 to be club based. So, Katy might draw from several high [...]