A picture of the season?

Spring season has gotten away from me and I've been pretty negligent in posting scores. I'm pretty sure that's because of a concerted effort by every coach to keep the progress of his or her team secret. This is probably good news, as I know every team has big plans or a very competitive conference season.

Good luck to Vernon and DSHA as they head off to Indiana this weekend to represent Wisconsin the in Midwest Cup and CMH as it travels down for the Open Bracket. Let's come back with 3 top finishes.

Above is our picture of the season -- the opening weekend in Iowa. When all the games were cancelled here in Wisconsin, Brookfield, Muskego and KM were playing down in the snow and mud. Yes -- it snowed only hours before that picture. The temperatures were 30's and windy. But, we played and had great fun.

If you have pictures of your team in action, please feel free to send them to me to share with the league.

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A Fond du Lac (FDL) defender takes down a Brookfield ball carrier during Brookfield's 23-12 victory over FDL on June 2, 2007. I think this was the actual last game of the Spring 2007 season. FDL played a strong game, keeping Brookfield on the defensive for much of the fist half. However, Brookfield triumphed with speed out-wide and relentless goal-line defense. It is going to be an interesting fall with so many teams beginning to hit their stride.

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A Vernon ball carrier swims up-stream against Brookfield defenders during the May 14, 2007 match-up between these two Waukesha County rivals.

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A Catholic Memorial defender goes in for the tackle against Muskego this past weekend. The Crusaders downed Muskego 45-5 but faced stiff competition from Muskego's skillful use of the maul and strong forward play.

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Brookfield on the attack with a DS defender closing in for the tackle from thier Fall matchup.

Brookfield takes on DSHA this Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at Dretzka Park to see if it can topple the 3 time national champions. Brookfield is one of the fastest growing clubs in Wisconsin and despite being relatively new (founded in 2004) tied for 3rd place in Fall 2006 season with Kettle Moraine (2000) and Northshore (1998), two of the oldest and most established clubs in the conference.

Picture of the Week

This week's picture of a week is from Kettle Moraine's 2006 tour to California. This picture of the the KM pack includes Katie McCormick, now a U19 Eagle currently on tour in England, as strong-side flanker.

For more information on the U19 tour, check out the U19 girls rugby blog (link on side of page) or the USA Rugby home page.

Picture of the week...

In honor of Northoshore's (red, white and black uniforms) trip to Fullerton for the International Youth Tournament, here is a picture from the 2006 trip for picture of the week.

Picture of the Week...

I read on someone's blog that pictures are importnat. So I thought I would add one, to start of this new blog. This is a picture of DSHA RFC from the first Girls U19 "Nationals" in 1998. Can anyone name the other two teams?

Once the season begins, you can email your pictures from your favorite Wisconsin U19 team and we will post the "winning" picture on the site.