Crusader Cup Saturday May 3rd

The first “Olympic Rugby” or “7’s” event of the WGR year takes place Saturday at Minooka Park in New Berlin. Full Schedule below.    Those with a county parks sticker gain free admission; otherwise, a $4 a car fee is collected by the parks department.

Of note is that Fond Du lac makes their "new" debut under head coach Amanda Pohle.

Varsity Crusader Cup
Catholic Memorial (cm) Oak Creek (oc) Brookfield (Bb) Muskego (m) Vernon (v)
830 OC v CM
845 Bb v M
900 V v CM
915 OC v BB
930 V v M
945 CMH v BB
1000 OC v V
1015 CM v M
1030 V v BB
1045 OC v M

JV Crusader Cup
CM OC Fond Du Lac (f) M Bb
1130 OC v CM
1145 Bb v M
1200 F v CM
1215 OC v BB
1230 F v M
1245 CMH v BB
100 OC v F
115 CM v M
130 F v BB
145 OC v M

Wisc Selects Sunday May 4th

The tryout for this year’s High School All Star team is Sunday May 4th from Noon to 4pm at Minooka Park in Waukesha. Please make sure to pay the entrance fee for the park if you do not have a yearly pass. We will be handling fitness testing, skill work and light practice. I know many players had a big weekend at Midwest, and have matches the day before, as well as prom season. Make sure they wear weather appropriate clothing for rugby, cleats, mouthguard, water bottle. Depending on the interest, I will determine if we try to have a developmental side as well. Please relay the information to any of your players that you feel should represent WI or younger players that have the potential to in the future. All coaches are welcome to observe the tryout and if you want to be more involved, let me know. Please direct any questions or concerns you or your players might have to me. Looking forward to Sunday. Cheers, Jeff Noe WI HS All Star Coach Jeff.noe@constellation.com

Midwest Day Two Results

Championship
DSHA 36. CMHS 5

3rd Place
St Joes 17 Lakewood 14

5th Place
Penn HS 5 Plainfeld 0

7th Place
Warsaw 56 Kettle Moraine 0

D1 Final Standings ... The only shift in standing was a minor one, with Lakewood flip flopping with Penn HS.  Like any good tournament, the four v five game is usually a close call, and this tournament followed that form.  Lots of competitive matches throughout.

1 DSHA
2 CMHS
3 St Joes
4 Lakewood
5 Penn HS
6 Plainfield
7 Warsaw
8 Kettle Moraine

Congrats to Oak Creek high school from Wisconsin as well for winning the second division championship over DSHA jv 31 to 24.

Midwest Championship Results

Saturday Schedule FIRST ROUND
Championship Bracket
10am DSHA 66 KM 0
10am Penn 10 v. Lakewood 17
Penn ran it into the try zone at the end of the game but knocked it on to end a dramatic, physical game.

11am St. Joseph 10 Plainfield 0
11am Warsaw 0 v. Catholic Memorial 54

2nd Division Bracket
12pm Lakeview, MI v. DSHA JV
12pm Penn JV v. Berkley, MI
1pm Oak Creek v. Berkley JV
1pm St. Joseph JV v. Livingston, MI

D1 Semifinal
DSHA 46 Lakewood 0
CMHS 12 St Joe's 5

D1 consolation
KM 25. Penn HS 31
Warsaw 12 Plainfield 20
Painfield 20. Warsaw 12


Its Wisconsin vs. Ohio in the semis.  Four strong teams!

Sunday
Championship. DSHA v Catholic Memorial

3rd Place St Joe's v Lakewood

5th Place Penn HS v Painfield

7th Place. KM v Warsaw

Interesting how the seeds turned out ... 1v2 for the title game, 3 v 5 for the bronze, 4 v 6 for the 5th place, and 7 v 8 for the 7th place game.

D2 Matches

Signing Day

Catholic Memorial senior Maggie Wesolowski signed her NCAA National Letter of Intent last week.  She will attend Quinnipiac University on a rugby athletic scholarship.  With an interest in physical therapy, Maggie appears to be a great fit for the east coast school with a strong health sciences department.

Wesolowski joins fellow WGR alumn, and former DSHA captain Lindey Wise, who is currently a freshman with the Bobcats.  Both class acts, WGR is so proud of them both.

Midwest Championships 2014 Brackets Released

The upcoming Midwest Girls High School rugby championships held at the Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkhart, Indiana features five teams that will be competing at the girls high school national championhips in Pittsfield, Mass. May 17th-18th.

The rankings and matchs for the Championship Division are as follows:
1 DSHA (defending champions)
2 CMHS
3 St Joseph's Academy, Oh (State Champs)
4 Penn HS, Ind (Ind #1)
5 Lakewood, Oh (Oh#2)
6 Plainfield, Ill (State Champs)
7 Warsaw, Ind (Ind #2)
8 Kettle Moraine (Wisc #3)

Saturday Schedule
Championship Bracket
10am DSHA v. Kettle Moraine 1
0am Penn v. Lakewood

11am St. Joseph v. Plainfield
11am Warsaw v. Catholic Memorial

2nd Division Bracket
12pm Lakeview, MI v. DSHA JV
12pm Penn JV v. Berkley, MI
1pm Oak Creek v. Berkley JV
1pm St. Joseph JV v. Livingston, MI

Notes:
-Plainfield, Ill moved up two spots in the rankings after another State Championship. They had to be ranked ahead of KM after defeating them 24-0 in a shortened game two weeks ago.

-Armstrong, MN, their three time state champion, will not compete this year. After losing 56-5 to DSHA and 46-5 to CMHS and suffering some injuries two weeks ago, they dropped out of the competition.

-St Joseph's appears to be a championship contender this year. With 17 seniors, they have essentially the same team as last year, only a year older. They were state champs again and did some traveling this spring, resulting in a nice title win at the DC Ruggerfest against fellow Nationals competitor North Bay, MD in the final. If the first round goes according to the seeds, they could meet CMH in the semis for the third consecutive year. That could be the best or at least most anticipated game of the tournament. Will it be their year to make the final?

-Michigan has elected not to compete in the top division and to treat this as a pre-season event to gain experience in the 2nd division. Credit to them for sending three programs to the tournament. They always participate in large numbers.

-Wisconsin has 5 teams and 4 programs in the competition, so nearly half our programs will be making the trip.

-Nice to see a lot of JV teams in the competition .. that's a good sign and a reflection of rugby's growing popularity

Start a Tag Rugby Team!

The Wisconsin Tag Rugby group is looking to grow the future of rugby in the state.

Coed youth in grades 3-8 can participate in low or no cost tournaments this summer as a platform to grow and energize the development of your future rosters.
Tournament schedule;
6/28 @ Milwaukee Lakefront 7's
7/12 @ Fond du Lac
7/26 @ Menomonee Falls
8/2 @ Appleton

If you have played touch rugby then you have the basics down. Just add flags, size 4 balls, a few cones, team shirts/ scrimmage vests, and any practice field will do.

Grades 3-5 play 5v5, grades 6-8 play 7v7. With unlimited subs and a minimum of 3 games at each tournament, players will get plenty of opportunities to showcase their new skills. Bring one team or multiple, play in one tournament or all 4. There is now commitment too large or small. We just ask that your team brings an adult to ref to help out with the games.

Help is available to get your team off the ground, I am happy to assist with any and all questions and even to volunteer my time to run your clinic or first practice. If your interested or know someone who might be, please contact me at 414-550-4052 or via email dwzeroth@yahoo.com