Monday, May 21, 2007

And the winners are...

Check out the National Invitational Tournament website for the full results and standings. As this is the Wisconsin U19 site, we have to say congratulations to DSHA (#1) for thier 13-6 victory over Kent WA in the Cup final AND Vernon who placed 3d with a hard fought (17-10) victory over Summit (CO). I know DSHA gets a lot of ink, but Vernon should be very proud of this 3rd place finish in a difficult tournament.

Brookfield placed 4th after a difficult loss to City Honors/Genesse (NY) 25-12 in the 3rd place math of the Plate division. The Plate division ended with an all Oregon final as West Linn downed Canby 24-10.

I didn't get to see as many matches as I would have liked, but the matches I saw were exciting. The final round of the Cup division was a particularly close game. The DSHA/Kent game saw some great pressure and defense by both teams. After trading penalty kicks early in the first half, with the score 3-3, the match was at issue for sixty-minutes. Both teams had some tough goal line stands. In the end, DSHA punched through two unconverted tries to win the day, but not without a fight.

Now it's time for all the other teams in Wisconsin to start preparing for the Fall and a chance to knock DSHA out of the running before the next National Tournament.

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