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Oak Bay Barbs upend Shawnigan Lake School Stags, but both advance to rugby provincials

The Oak Bay Barbs flexed their muscle and upended the provincially top-ranked and previously undefeated Shawnigan Lake School Stags 20-15 late Wednesday in the boys’ Quad-A Island high school rugby championship game at Wallace Field on the University
Cleve Dheensaw
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VICTORIA, B.C.: May, 23, 2018 - St. Michaels University School's Matt Hagkull runs through the defence from Brentwood College during the AA boys final High school boys rugby finals at Wallace Field in VICTORIA, B.C. May 23, 2018. (ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST). For Sports story by Brian Drewry.ADRIAN LAM

The Oak Bay Barbs flexed their muscle and upended the provincially top-ranked and previously undefeated Shawnigan Lake School Stags 20-15 late Wednesday in the boys’ Quad-A Island high school rugby championship game at Wallace Field on the University of Victoria campus.

Both teams advanced to the B.C. championships next weekend at Rotary Stadium in Abbotsford, where the Stags will be looking to rebound from their Island setback and win their ninth B.C. high school title in 10 years.

In other Island finals, the Claremont Spartans defeated the Nanaimo District Senior Secondary Islanders 61-17 in the Triple-A championship game, Brentwood College beat the St. Michaels University School Blue Jags 43-24 in the Double-A championship final and Shawnigan Lake defeated SMUS 52-26 in the junior high final.

The Belmont Bulldogs defeated the G.P. Vanier Towhees of Courtenay 35-22 in a play-in contest played at SMUS to earn the final Island high school berth into the B.C. tournament.