Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
ST. GEORGE – Snow Canyon rugby hosted one of its biggest tournaments of the year, the Ra Puriri Invitational Friday and Saturday, in southern Utah.
Teams from Arizona, Nevada and Utah competed at the varsity level this weekend, including squads from Red Mountain, Arizona (Phoenix area) and Las Vegas, plus teams and players from Olympus, Highland, Herriman and Cedar City and the host Snow Canyon team.
The host Warriors went 2-1 in the tournament, losing to United 20-12, then beating Olympus 36-7 and also drubbing Las Vegas.
St. George News photographer Robert Hoppie was at the Invitational Saturday and filed this photo gallery:
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | Photo by Robert Hoppie, ASPpix.com, St. George News
Snow Canyon vs. Olympus, Rugby, St. George, Utah, Feb. 24, 2018, | 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.