The High Peaks Rugby Conference is a regional collegiate rugby league under National Collegiate Rugby (NCR) that spans schools primarily from the Rocky Mountain and Mountain West region. For the 2024 season, the conference expanded significantly by merging with the former Rocky Mountain Conference and adding more than a dozen new teams, making it one of the largest and most competitive college-rugby conferences in the country.
BYU won the Rocky Mountain Conference title Saturday with a convincing 62-0 victory over Colorado State.
BYU has given up just one try this fall while winning five games by fairly enormous scores, so it’s no surprise, really, that you haven’t heard about it.
What with Head Coach Steve St. Pierre wanting to stay below the radar, and the games offering very little in the way of drama,
Things got a little tight in the Rocky Mountain over the weekend with Colorado State and Colorado winning very close games.
Colorado State had to really fight for it against Utah Valley and won 30-24. This game was a Rocky Mountain Conference semifinal, and so, really, CSU has probably booked a date with BYU.
Colorado, BYU, and Colorado State are all 2-0 now in the Rocky Mountain DIA conference.
Colorado State defeated Air Force 52-31 in an entertaining game. The Rams opened up an adventurous style of play and Sam Masterson's kicking from the hand and the tee were exceptional.
When Capital HS beat Rocky Mountain on April 2 you got the feeling that the balance of power might be shifting a little in the state of Idaho.
De La Salle HS
Saint Mary's (Rudy Scholz Finalist)
USA U20s (Captain)
USA Men's National 15s Team (Debut vs Georgia 2023 at age 20)
As a 17-year-old Spencer Huntley required a waiver to play for the USA U20s, an indication of how he was rated in the USA age-grade pathway. He got that waiver and impressed for the USA U20s, and then moved up to the USA U23s. He led the San Diego Mustangs to a national HS Club championship in 2024.
He also played in the SoCal single-school league for Cathedral Catholic.
Hope Rogers began playing rugby at age 16 in high school and continued to compete during her time at Penn State University. There, she won four National Championships, was crowned MVP on two occasions, was named to the USA Under-20s and earned Collegiate All-American honors for four years. Rogers was also an impressive discus player during her senior year in high school where she broke a school record and won Gold at Districts for the sport.
Mike played for Life College, Philly-Whitemarsh and played for the USA National 7s and 15s teams in the 1980s and 1990s.
He was also part of the Atlantis touring side, playing 7s for the team in several around the world.
