Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – Rugby has yet to become a sanctioned sport by the Utah High School Activities Association, but that fact has failed to contain the growth and enthusiasm for the sport in southern Utah, with schools around the area fielding serious “club” teams to compete for state and regional championships.
Snow Canyon has been a leader in this endeavor and has fielded state champion teams numerous times. The Warriors continue to lead the way, with many other teams around the state scrambling to catch up. Saturday was a club “friendly” between Snow Canyon and East from Salt Lake City, with the Warriors coming away with a 49-7 win.
St. George News photographer Robert Hoppie was there to capture the action at SCHS.
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. East, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 11, 2017, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
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Andy Griffin has been in sports media since 1989 and has covered BYU, Utah State and the Utah Jazz as well as all sports in southern Utah. A journalism graduate of USU, Andy has carried on a dual career as both a sports writer and a sports broadcaster and has been heard around the country. He has also been published in USA Today, Sport magazine, The Sporting News, Fairways magazine, the Los Angeles Times and locally in the Deseret News, the Salt Lake Tribune and the Spectrum. Andy was “The Voice of Region 9 sports,” for many years. He also hosted a daily sports talk show for three years called AG in the a.m.
Andy has been married to his college sweetheart Shelly for 28 years and has five children ages 13 to 25.