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Fenwick High Senior Picked for All-American Rugby Team
The squad traveled to Canada in July for a tournament.
Sean Mahon, a senior, has been selected as a member of the USA Rugby Boy's High School All-American Sevens Team.
The team traveled last month to the 2011 Victoria International Sevens tournament in Canada. The last time the HSAA Sevens took part in a competition was February, when they won an invitational competition in Las Vegas.
The tournament had just two American teams, according to Rugbymag.com. There were four Canadian teams, but the HSAA All-American team was the number one seed.
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The team finished fourth overall in the inaugural event.
According to the rugby website, the All-American sevens teams are important for player selection going into the 2016 Olympics.
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