Last week’s storms led to flooding and damage across southeastern Wisconsin. In addition to the families with flooded basements, Hart Park in Wauwatosa suffered significant damage as the nearby river flooded the entire area. With the turf ripped from its anchoring, the stadium venue will be unavailable all fall leading to a shift in the WGR State Finals Tournament. League leadership are working on alternative options. Once source indicated that Cottage Grove, where this year’s semifinals will be held, is unavailable for finals weekend, so the league will need to look elsewhere. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families affected by the storms and flooding.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Friday, August 1, 2025
WGR Fall 15's Schedule 2025
With the Tony Oliver conference having four teams, league admin decided to have pairs of teams in that conference play each other twice in order to get a schedule equivalent to the five-team Noe Conference. Hamilton will play the new Fox Cities program twice, both at home. Catholic Memorial HS will play DSHA jv twice. CMH and Hamilton will only play once in conference play.
Week 1: Saturday Sept 13th, 2025
SPASH @ DSHA 10am Brown Deer Park
Hamilton @ DSHA jv 12pm Brown Deer Park
CMHS @ Fox Cities 10am Greenville Lions Park
Madison Furies @ Bruisers 9am Nashotah Park
Week 2: Saturday Sept 20th
Fox Cities @ Hamilton 10am Nashotah Park
Green Bay @ Bruisers 12pm Nashotah Park
DSHA jv @ CMHS 10am Minooka Park
Furies @ DSHA 12pm Minooka Park
Week 3: Saturday Sept 27th
Hamilton @ CMHS 10am Minooka Park
Green Bay @ Madison Furies 10am Cottage Grove Rugby Complex
Bruisers @ SPASH 10am 5400 Walter Street
Week 4: Oct 4th
DSHA @ Green Bay 10am Barney Williams Field
DSHA jv @ Fox Cities 12pm Barney Williams Field
Madison Furies @ SPASH 10am 5400 Walter Street
Week 5: Oct 11th
Fox Cities @ Hamilton 10am Nashotah Park
Bruisers @ DSHA 10am Brown Deer Park
CMHS @ DSHA jv 12pm Brown Deer Park
SPASH @ Green Bay 10am Barney Williams Field
Week 6: Playoffs Saturday Oct 18th
@Cottage Grove Rugby Complex
Week 7: State Tournament
Sunday Oct 26th, 2025
Hart Park, Wauwatosa
Friday, July 25, 2025
WGR Fall 2025 Conferences
With the 2025 WGR Fall Season a few weeks away, our field reporters are excited to leak the tentative conferences for the 15's Fall season. A few minor shifts include the Bruisers and Furies moving to the Jeff Noe conference and the new Fox Cities girls program joining the Tony Oliver Conference. Word is the schedule should be released in a few weeks with the hugely successful State Tournament returning to Hart Park in Wauwatosa.
Jeff Noe Conference
Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Green Bay Banshees
Stevens Point Area HS
Bruisers
Madison Furies
Tony Oliver Conference
Catholic Memorial HS
Hamilton HS
DSHA HS jv
Fox Cities
Thursday, July 10, 2025
NCAA WGR College Commitments 2025
We will update this list if we get any more information. The historical list below includes only NCAA scholarship student-athletes dating back over 25 years. There are a multitude of WGR alumni who play or played at the NCR and other collegiate club sports levels, including three from the class of 2025, who also deserve to be recognized for their accomplishments and their commitment to the life of a student-athlete:
Camarie Brown Bruisers Wheeling Jesuit University (NCR D2)
Olivia Haas Madison Furies Wheeling Jesuit University (NCR D2)
Riley Vertz Bruisers Aquinas College Women's Rugby (NCR D2)
Congrats as well to the many others who will play club level rugby across the country.
Of note is the new NCAA program at Lasalle in Philly. They are bringing in a huge recruiting class of 21 athletes to jumpstart their program's ascension to NCAA competition and Pulaski's Jocelyn Widrig is a part of this historic group.
Historical List of Wisconsin-Girls-Rugby (WGR) NCAA Varsity Athletes
WGR Class of 2025
Jocelyn Widrig Pulaski, Wis. Lasalle University NCAA D1
WGR Class of 2024
Grace Beatty Sussex Hamilton HS Lander University NCAA D2
Meghan Finerty DSHA HS US Naval Academy NCAA D2
Melanie Sanchez DSHA HS Quinnipiac University NCAA D1
Scout Spadoni Stevens Point Area HS Frostburg St University NCAA D2
Cecelia SapiOmoa Stowers West Bend YR Davenport University NCAA D2
WGR Class of 2023
Mya Alexander Bruisers Lander University NCAA D2
LaJess Jordan Bruisers (Spring '22 - Spring '23) Frostburg St NCAA D2
DSHA (9th - Fall 11th Grade)
Maddie Kosmoski Catholic Memorial HS Bowdoin (NCAA NIRA D3)
Yesenia Morales DSHA HS U.S. Naval Academy NCAA D1
WGR Class of 2022
Katie Stomma Catholic Memorial HS Bowdoin (NCAA NIRA D3)
WGR Class of 2021
Aly Cunningham Catholic Memorial HS Sacred Heart (NCAA NIRA D1)
Maggie Dineen Divine Savior Holy Angels HS Queens (NCAA NIRA D2)
Emme Ohnmacht Catholic Memorial HS Brown (NCAA NIRA D1)
Lea Preuss Brookfield Queens (NCAA NIRA D2)
Lexi Scott Pulaski HS Lindenwood (USAR D1 Elite)
Ellie Villnow Stevens Point Area HS Lindenwood (USAR D1 Elite)
WGR Class of 2020:
Haley Crow Catholic Memorial HS Quinnipiac University (NCAA NIRA D1)
Alexis Haskins Catholic Memorial HS Quinnipiac University (NCAA NIRA D1)
Bella Huschitt Divine Savior Holy Angels HS Dartmouth University (NCAA NIRA D1)
Abby Kayser Divine Savior Holy Angels HS Dartmouth University (NCAA NIRA D1)
Gwen Knutson Brookfield Queens University (NCAA NIRA D2)
Hannah Pfersch Hamilton HS Quinnipiac University (NCAA NIRA D1)
Angelina Pieters Catholic Memorial HS Lindenwood University (USAR D1 Elite)
WGR Class of 2019
Jenna Klenz DSHA Queens
Chanel Lubsey Brookfield LIU-Post
Makinzie Youngblood DSHA HS Sacred Heart
Stephanie Wilson CMHS Sacred Heart
WGR Class of 2018
Madison Black CMHS U.S. Naval Academy
Allison Koenig CMHS Quinnipiac
Emily Morris Pulaski Lindenwood
WGR Class of 2017
Megan Bird Oak Creek Davenport
Emma Conrad Fond Du Lac Lindenwood
Alyanna Primer Brookfield Lindenwood
Erin Wright CMHS Harvard
WGR Class of 2016
Kelsey Gustafson CMHS Sacred Heart
Lizzy Walicki CMHS West Chester U
WGR Class of 2015
Reina Anderson Brookfield Lindenwood
Taylor Bragg Brock DSHA Lindenwood
Courtney Crouse Kettle Moraine Lindenwood
Lexi Prusheik Vernon Lindenwood
WGR Class of 2014
Julie Else CMHS Norwich U
Rebecca Haight CMHS Quinnipiac
Maggie Wesolowski CMHS Quinnipiac
WGR Class of 2013
Lindey Wise DSHA Quinnipiac
WGR Class of 2001
Amy Lalko DSHA Eastern Illinois
WGR Class of 2000
Katie Plant DSHA Eastern Illinois
Allison Urbanski DSHA Eastern Illinois
WGR Class of 1998
Erin Voelz DSHA Eastern Illinois
Monday, July 7, 2025
2026 Girls High School Nationals
The 2026 Girls National Tournament has announced dates and location. Two big takeaways from the May 15th-16th event where clubs and school teams will compete on the same days:
The event returns to Utah for the third time in history and out west for the seventh time. Hosted at the Regional Athletic Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, teams will be well-taken care of at a large venue. There has been strong commitment from California, Utah, and Idaho teams for the last several seasons.
Secondly, the event shifts all teams to games on Friday and Saturday. It will remain to be seen how this shift affects attendance by single school teams whose student athletes will likely miss additional class time in order to attend.
Last year's single school bracket lacked a representative from the South for the first time. Coincidentally, the last time the South territory was not represented at Nationals at all was in 2010, when Nationals was held in Sandy, Utah.
Here's a look at the complex:
Interested teams should contact:
Tournament directors:
Travis Stoddard (travis@utahyouthrugby.org),
Brent Meier (brent@utahyouthrugby.org)
Application form
Chris Kovac (Idaho) – Chairman
chris.kovac1@gmail.com
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Prusmack Award Winner 2025
WGR Alum Aly Cunningham is being inducted into the U.S. Rugby Foundation Hall of Fame in July as the 2025 Prusmack Award Winner after a stellar collegiate career at NCAA D1 Sacred Heart University. She appeared on the With You Podcast to share her story:
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Girls Rugby Summer Camp info
Just for girls:
Contact Coach Roy Bowler with questions: rbowler@catholicmemorial.net
June 9-12th and 16-19th, 530-730pm
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