Milwaukee Lakefront 7's Results

Catholic Memorial High School won the high school girls division for the second year in a row with a 22-7 victory over Penn High School of Indiana.  This year's bracket was a much more competitive and diverse event, with two pools of teams from three different states competing.

While WGR is still awaiting full results, Catholic Memorial won their pool with victories over the Wisconsin Selectside and The Storm out of Tennessee.

Penn HS won their pool with victories over Brookfield and Storm's second team.

Championship
Catholic Memoral 22  Penn HS 7

3rd Place
Wisconsin Selects v Brookfield

5th Place
Storm v Yellow Storm

Pool Play
Catholic Memorial 46  Storm 0
Catholic Memorial 19  Wisconsin Selectside 5
Wisconsin Selects over Storm

Penn HS over Brookfield
Brookfield over Yellow Storm
Penn HS over Yellow Storm

A last minute ruling from USA Rugby prevented DSHA from competing in the Qualifier Division and defending their 3rd Place finish. It was unfortunate that what is widely regarded as the best high school sevens team in the country was unable to play one more time in their big local tournament.

All American Game Rosters

USA Rugby has announced the rosters for it's first ever High School All American game taking place at Infinity Park July 9th - 13th.  Invited girls had to fund thier travel to the event, but after that their expenses are covered by USA Rugby.

Congratulations to a talented group of young women!


Christie Albers Castle Rock High School


Dana Alimena Doylestown High School

Bridet Amoako North Suburban Girls

Shailah Anderson Lakewood High School

Kelsey Bourdon Algonquin Girls Rugby

Ashlee Byrge Herriman Girls Rugby

Gioanna Cruz Play Rugby USA

Sheila Decker Adirondacks Girls Rugby

Ali DeCrane St. Joseph Academy

Julie Else Catholic Memorial High School

Frieda Fatu'u Lowland High School

Tess Feury Morris Rugby

Emily Fulbrook Fairfax Police High School

Alanna Giardin Worcester High School

Michaela Haley Maryland Exiles U19 Girls Rugby Football Club

McKenzie Hawkins Maryville Rugby Football Club

Mata Queen Hingano Danville Oaks HS RFC

Kaleinani Isaacs Lowland Girls

Megan Johnson Budd Bay RFC

Casey Karl Fallbrook High School

Hedvig Karlsson Lowland High School

Cynthia Kelly Miami U19

McKenzie Lane Fullerton High School

Hannah Lewandowski Ranier Plateau Junior Rugby Club

Jasteny Luna Empire

Avery MacGillivray Essex High School

Isabel Manu Troy High School

Josie Markoff Budd Bay RFC

Neallie Payne Kingwood Girls

Katy Peoples Summit High School

Olivia Rasp Hempfiled Girls Rugby

Jamiya Richardson Cheshire Girls Rugby

Elida Rivas Bullard Girls High School Rugby

Ashley Rolsma Kent Crusaders

Megan Rom Kingston Mad Dogs Girls

Andrea Sanabria Hopkins Royals

Taylor Schussler West Carroll Marauders

Ashley Scott Lady Barbarians

Nate Serevi Kent Crusaders

Kiana Staffings Dixon Rugby Football Club

Richelle Stephens Fallbrook Girls High School Rugby Club

Jane Taumanupepe Herriman Girls Rugby Club

Kailyn Tilini Hilo Reign

Fina Toetuu Danville Oaks HS RFC

Nicole Valli Jupiter Rugby Girls

Abby Vogel Portland High School

Danielle Walko-Siu Hilo Reign

Lily Welcon Summit High School

Emma Workman Fallbrook High School

Madison Yates Snow Canyon Girls Rugby

Girls Rugby at Lakefront Sevens

The schedule for the Lakefront 7's girls division has been released:

2:20pm  Field 5  Penn (Ind.) v Yellow Storm (Tn)
2:40pm  Field 3  CMHS       v  Storm (Tn)
3:20pm  Field 5  Penn           v  Brookfield 2
3:40pm  Field 3  CMHS       v  Brookfield 1
4:20pm  Field 4  Brkfld 2      v Yellow Storm
4:20pm  Field 5  Storm         v  Brookfield 1
5:20pm  Field 3  Championship
5:20pm  Field 4  3rd Place
5:20pm  Field 5  5th Place

Unconfirmed sources tell us that one of the Brookfield teams may morph into the Wisconsin Selects 7's.

Women's Qualifier
1:00pm  Field 6  DSHA v NOVA1
2:40pm  Field     DSHA v Wisconsin Women's Rugby Club
3:40pm  Field 2  DSHA v  Lions
4:40pm  Quarterfinals Begin

Lakefront Sevens Girls Division Grows

This year's high school girls division of the annual Milwaukee Lakefront 7s Tournament has expanded significantly.  With a full pool of competitive teams, it seems girls teams are catching on to the huge boom in collegiate and club level sevens.  The Crusader Cup back in May exposed some WGR teams to sevens earlier this spring and that may have jump-started some more interest in Milwaukee's biggest rugby festival of the year.  But the bracket features more than just Wisconsin teams and could develop into the premier high school girls sevens event in the Midwest.

Catholic Memorial and two Brookfield teams will represent Wisconsin in the high school division. Other participants include Storm out of Tennessee; they play a wide open game already and with a lot of athleticism in a young team, sevens fits them perfectly.  They play a fall conference sevens season and should be a challenger for the title.  They've entered two sides in the tournament.  Another experienced participant will be the Penn High School girls out of Indiana.  They perennially look to play at the highest level possible and continue to earn a lot of respect with their play every year in the Midwest Championships in April.  They were really athletic in the spring, with a big midfield and that should translate to success in sevens as well.

 Fresh off their 41-0 victory over Fallbrook at the Philadelphia CRC High School Challenge, DSHA will once again compete in the senior level Midwest Qualifier bracket with the collegiate and adult womens players.  Kudos to them for having the guts to play at the highest level possible.  The bracket features some of the top women's programs in the Midwest and NOVA from the East Coast.

Youngbloodz
Chicago Lions
Wisconsin Women's Rugby Football Club
Detroit Women's Rugby Club
Milwaukee Scylla
NOVA WOMEN 1
NOVA WOMEN 2
DSHA

Wisconsin Boys Selectside

A quick shout out to our brothers with the Wisconsin Boys Selectside as they emerged Champions of the Rocky Mountain All-Star Challenge last weekend for the 2nd time.  The 2003 Championship team is pictured above.  The 13^th annual RMC featured 18 regional all star teams playing in 3 brackets, the largest field in tournament history.  In the Boys Varsity Championship match, Wisconsin scored 2 late tries to surge past a strong Southern California side 24-22.

 In the final match in the Girls division, the Utah- North side triumphed over Colorado's Summitt County, 28-10 top claim the championship. Interestingly, Colorado fielded two teams in the girls tournament:  Rugby Colorado/Glendale and Summitt's team.  It is also exciting to see Texas getting involved in developing more girls rugby and fielding a side in the event.

 The tournament also featured a Boys Junior Varsity bracket, where Southern California defeated Wisconsin 59-0 to remain undefeated and win the bracket.

Final Standings and Match Scores

Boys Varsity

1.       Wisconsin
2.       Southern California
3.       Colorado
4.       Oklahoma
5.       Heart of America
6.       Texas
7.       Nebraska
8.       New Mexico

Championship Match    Wisconsin 24      Southern California 22

3^rd Place                               Colorado 39        Oklahoma 13

5^th Place                               Heart of America 26        Texas 24              
7^th Place                               Nebraska 31                       New Mexico 17
Pool A Matches
Southern California 16   Colorado 10                        Texas 25               Nebraska 5
Colorado 33        Texas 15                                               Southern California 60      Nebraska 0
Colorado 26        Nebraska 5                                         Southern California 36   Texas 0
Pool B Matches
Wisconsin 38      New Mexico 0                                   Oklahoma 22      Heart of America 20
Heart of America 21        New Mexico 7                   Wisconsin 24      Oklahoma 7
Wisconsin 27      Heart of America 22                        Oklahoma 39      New Mexico 12

Girls Pool

1.       Utah-North (4-0)

2.       APEX Mountain All Stars (Summit County Colorado)  (3-1)

3.       Rugby Colorado/Glendale Select Side   (2-2)

4.        Utah- South  (1-3)

5.       Texas  (0-4)

Pool Play Scores

Utah- North 19     RC/Glendale 10                              APEX 55   Texas 0

APEX 36   Utah- South  5                                                RC/Glendale 36    Utah-South  5

Utah- North 56     Texas 0                                              Utah- North 67    Utah-South 5

APEX 10     RC/Glendale 3                                              RC/Glendale 54     Texas 7

Utah- North 28  APEX 10                                                Utah- South 17     Texas 15                                          

Wisconsin 2013-2014 Conferences Announced

The 2013-2014 Wisconsin Girls Rugby Fall Conferences have been announced.  Seeking a balance of competitive and developing programs sees a Division I and Division II competition planned for the next school year.

Featuring in Division One are three teams that competed at the National Tournament in 2013.

Division I:  DSHA, Catholic Memorial, Vernon, Oak Creek, Brookfield, and Kettle Moraine

Division II: Appleton, DSHA JV, Fond Du Lac, Menomonee Falls, and Muskego

Stay tuned for the release of the conference schedules and a possible change in location for the annual state tournament.

Midwest State Championship Update

As the 2012-2013 Year has drawn to a close, here's brief review of the State Championships that occurred:

Ohio:      St Joseph's defeated rivals Parma 12-5.  St Joe's JV defeated Highland 8-7 for the D2 title.
Illinois:   Plainfield, as clear favorites, won their second consecutive state title
Iowa:      7s Champions Southeast Polk High School over Valley 14-7.
Michigan:   Traverse City won their 4th consecutive title over Berkley High School.
Minnesota:  Armstrong won their 4th consecutive, 62-0 over Orono. 
Wisconsin:  DSHA over CMHS in their Fall State Championship.