Girls Health In Wisconsin

The Journal Sentinel reported this story on a study by Alverno College on the state of high school girls in Wisconsin, in terms of education and health issues. One particular quote stood out:

Another mystery that emerged from the report relates to girls' health. They watch less television than their male counterparts, but report falling below recommended levels of physical activity.

"They're not exactly couch potatoes, but what is it? Are they texting on their phones?" O'Brien said. "We want interpretation from girls who are living it."

Our community, i.e. rugby in Wisconsin, offers high school girls something unique. It is an opportunity for a girl to become fully involved in a sport, even if she has not been participating and playing it since she was 3 years old. This provides an opportunity for everyone from star athletes who are burnt out on another sport to girls who just never found thier niche. The Wisconsin rugby community should be proud of its efforts and should recognize that what we do is more than just a shot at a winning a sports competition, but an opportunity to help young women thrive.

The full report is available on the Wisconsin Women's Council website.

The All Tournament Team

Here is a picture of most (but not all) of the All Tournament Team Players following the Oct. 28, 2007 playoffs. And our 2007 Wisconsin Girls High School Rugby All Tournament Team is:

Front Row Players:

Anastasia Krusel, 11, KM

Elizabeth Linnemanstons, 10, DSHA

Jamie Wojciechowski, 10, Vernon

McKenna Smith, 11, CMH

Second Row Players:

Maggie Reidy, 12, DSHA
Kristy Fons, 12, Oak Creek

Cari Berdan, 12, Brookfield

Morgan Schneider, 10 Muskego

Back Row Players:

Danielle Radtke, 10 Vernon

Ellen Schwarts, 12, Vernon

Kelly Robinson, 12, Brookfield

Erin Davis, 10 CMH

Scrum Half:

Emma Pesci, 11, CMH

Inside Back:

Toni Cattani, 11, KM

Erin Coogan, 12 DSHA

Lauren Maddente, 12 CMH

Jaykie Okupniak, 10 Muskego

Lyla Hensel, 11 DSHA

Back 3:

Lauren Franzen, 11 DSHA

Sarah Chimielewski, 11 DSHA

Dana Anderson, 10, Brookfield

Chelsea Kindler, 11 Muskego

Congratulations to the All-Tournament Team and thank you to the selectors.

Good press, results, and some final thoughts

Here's the link to the story in the Journal Sentinel. In short, it was a wonderderful way to end the season, a real celebration of the whole league. I was most impressed by the fact that every game mattered, every team played with pride and determination whether they were playing for 7th place or 1st. I think 10 years from now, many of us will be standing on the side-lines of a state tournament in late October in the driving cold rain or snow and we will all have fond memories of that first tournament, when sun shined down and the girls just played good rugby.

And now the final score reports and rankings for the Fall 2007 season:

7th Place Oak Creek 20 – Northshore Shore 10

5th Place Brookfield 40 – Kettle Moraine 10

3rd Place Catholic Memorial 22 - Muskego 15

State Champ DSHA 27 - Vernon 0

A special thanks to all the volunteers who put the state tournament together, especially Noe for taking on the thankless job of tournament coordinator and Wally, for his tireless efforts to get out the word to the press.

Hopefully, we'll be posting the names of the all state tournament team on this blog in a few days.

Semin-Final Results

The breaking news is DS prevailed over Muskego 60-0 and Vernon defeated Catholic Memorial 19-12.

This means that Vernon will compete with DSHA for top honors on Sunday and Muskego will take-on Catholic Memorial for the 3rd place spot.

Good luck to all the teams as the finish up a very exciting season.

Play-off weekend

The Wisconsin High School Girls Rugby playoffs conclude Oct 28th with the State Championship tournament at Naga-Waukee Park in Delafield, Wisconsin.

With the results still out on the two semi-final matches (DS v. Muskego and Vernon v. Catholic Memorial) which will determine who will play in the Finals and the 3rd place matches, here is the schedule for the play-off weekend.

7th Place Match 10:30am Oak Creek v. Northshore
5th Place Match 12pm Kettle Moraine v. Brookfield
3rd Place Match 1:30pm TBD
State Championship 3:00pm TBD

The State Tournament will feature the top eight high school girls rugby teams in the state, competing for their final ranking.

Milwaukee’s D.S.H.A. is a four-time National Champion and favored in the tournament.
The Town of Vernon is also a perennial powerhouse, finishing third in the country last season and first in their conference this season.

In the past year, Catholic Memorial H.S. and Oak Creek have added teams to one of the strongest conferences in the country

State Quarterfinals

The official score reports are in:

Muskego over OC 20-0
Vernon over Northshore 15-0
CHM over Brookfield 27-10

The fourth quarter final (DS v. KM) will be played this afternoon.

SO... next weekend's games:

Vernon v. CMH (Semi-final 1) (Vernon is the home team)
Muskego v. (winner of DS v. KM) Semin final 2
Brookfield v. Northshore (Brookfield is the home team)
OC v. (loser of DS v. KM)

State Quarterfinals

The official score reports are in:

Muskego over OC 20-0
Vernon over Northshore 15-0
CHM over Brookfield 27-10

The fourth quarter final (DS v. KM) will be played this afternoon.

SO... next weekend's games:

Vernon v. CMH (Semi-final 1) (Vernon is the home team)
Muskego v. (winner of DS v. KM) Semin final 2
Brookfield v. Northshore (Brookfield is the home team)
OC v. (loser of DS v. KM)

Week 5 Standings

Pool A:
CMH(4-1) v. KM (1-4) 46-5 (5pts for CMH)
NS (1-4) v. DSHA 0-88 (5 pts. for DSHA)

Pool B:
Oak Creek (1-4) v. FDL (forfiet-- 5 pts .for OC)
Brookfield (2-2-1) v. Vernon 20-36 (5 pts .for Vernon; 1pts. for Brookfield for 4 or more tries)

Non-Pool Play:

Muskego v. DS-B 15-5

FINAL STANDINGS:
Pool A: (1) DS (20pts) (2) CMH ( 14 pts.); (3) Muskego (10 pts.); (4) NS (6 pts.) (5) KM ( 0 pts).

Pool B: (1) Vernon (15pts.); (2)Oak Creek (9 pts.).(3) Brookfield (7 pts) (4) FDL (0 pts.).

These are the final standings going into the 8-team play-off format. KM has qualified as the #4 seed in Pool B.

This weekend's quarterfinal games are:

DS v. KM
Vernon v. NS
CMH v. the Bruisers
The OC v. Muskego

Week 4 Standings

Week 4 Standings:

Pool A:

CMH(3-1) v. NS (1-3) 54-0 (5pts. for CMH)
Muskego (2-2) v KM (1-3) (24-12) (5pts. for Muskego)

Pool B:

Oak Creek (1-3) v. Brookfield (2-1-1) 19-15 (4pts. for The OC and 1 pt. for Brookfield)
DS-B v. Oak Creek 15-5 (no points)

Non-Pool Play

DS-A [No pool play]
Vernon v. UWM [Score Not Reported]

[SCORES NOT REPORTED]
Pool A: (1) DS (15pts) (2) Muskego (10 pts.); (3) CMH ( 9 pts.); (3) NS (6 pts.) (4) (5) KM ( 0 pts).
Pool B: (1) Vernon (10pts.); (2) Brookfield (6 pts), (3) Oak Creek (4 pts.). (4) FDL (0 pts.);

Week 3 Standings

Here are the week 3 results and standings .

Week 3 Results:

Conference A:

CMH (2-1) v. Muskego (1-2) 10-5 (4pts. for CMH; 1 pt. for Muskego)
DS-A v. KM 79-0 (5pts. for conference standings)

Conference B:

FDL (0-3) v. Vernon (3-0) (0-86) (forfeit -- 5pts )
Oak Creek v. DS-B [Rescheduled to 10/4] (0 points for conference play)

Non-Conference

Brookfield (2-0-1) v. Northshore (1-2) 42-0 (0pts for standings)


STANDINGS:
Conference A: (1) DS (15pts) (2) NS (6 pts.) (3) Muskego (5 pts.); (4) CMH ( 4pts.) (5) KM ( 0 pts).
Conference B: (1) Vernon (10pts.); (2) Brookfield (5pts), (3) FDL (0 pts.); Oak Creek (0 pts.).

Week 2 Results

Pool A:

DSHA-A (2-0) v. CMH 35-5 (1-1) (5 pts for pool standings)
NS (1-1) v. Musk (1-1) 5-7 (4 pts. for Musk./1pt. for NS) for losing by less than 7 pts.).

Pool B:

DS-B (1-0-1) v. Brookfield (1-0-1) 10-10 (0 pts. for pool standings--per the rules)
Vernon (2-0) v. Oak Creek 29-0 (0-2) (5 tries scored) (5pts. for pool standings)

Non-Conference Matches:

FDL v. KM -----[0 pts for conference standings -- NOT REPORTED]

Current Standings:

Conference A: (1) DS (10pts) (2) NS (6 pts.) (3) Muskego (4 pts.); (4) CMH (0pts.) KM (0pts).
Conference B: (1) Brookfield (5pts), Vernon (5pts.); (2) FDL (0 pts.); Oak Creek (0 pts.).

Opening Weekend...

Last weekend was the season opener for Wisconsin Girls Rugby in the first season of having 2 pools. Pool A consists of DSHA-A side; North Shore; Kettle Moraine; Muskego and Catholic Memorial. Pool B consists of Vernon; Brookfield; Oak Creek; Fond du Lac and DSHA-B. Teams are seated in the pools based on standings from last Fall. The season consists of a 5 week regular season where teams play each team within thier pool and one cross-conference match. Only matches against pool opponents count toward pool rankings. Teams earn 4 points for a win; 2 points for a tie; 1 bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries; and 1 bonus point for losing by less than 7 points. Following the 5 week pool play, teams are slotted into brackets for a 3 week play off, culminating in the state finals on Oct. 28 at Nagawaukee Park in Delafield where all teams will compete for the final state rankings.

So, after week one of pool play the results are as follows:

Pool A:
DSHA-A (1-0) vs. Muskego 59-0 (0-1) (5pts for pool standings)
KM (0-1) v. Northshore (1-0) 14-32 (5pts for pool standings)

Pool B:

DS-B (0-1) v. Vernon 5-25 (1-0) (0 pts. for conference standings--per the rules)
FDL (0-1) v. Brookfield 10-53 (1-0) (5pts. for conference standings for technical forfeit)


Non-Conference Matches:

CMH (1-0) v. Oak Creek 33-0 (0-1) (0 pts for conference standings)


Current Standings:

Conference A: DS and NS are tied for 1st(5pts. each) with a 3 way tie for second (CMH, Musk. and KM).
Conference B: Brookfield is #1 in it's conference -- since no one else has played a conference match with a 4-way tie for 2nd place

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