Snapshot: PMHS varsity rugby defeats national No. 2 Xavier

By Kira Findikyan, Business Editor • April 16, 2024

The PMHS varsity rugby team defeated national No. 2 Xavier High School 20-14 at Glover Field on Sunday.

The last time the two met was in the 2023 New York State high school final.

In the 10 years of the team’s history, Pelham has never once beat Xavier, according to co-captain Erik Fontanella.

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Kira Findikyan, Assistant Managing Editor

Kira is a senior at Pelham Memorial High School and in her seventh year of writing for the Pelham Examiner. She loves reading and wrote previously for the Colonial Times and The News of Pelham. Kira enjoys playing soccer and is a self-proclaimed mac and cheese connoisseur.

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Tom Mannle • Apr 16, 2024 at 10:18 pm

Is Pelham nationally ranked? Is there any indication that Xavier didn’t send their A team to Glover?

Not trying to diminish the accomplishments, just wondering… my son played Xavier in the 90’s and they were formidable then…


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