In a developmental match against the Illinois Tornados, Coach Jeff Noe, along with assistants Alex Glorioso, Neil Greintjes, and Kathleen Maloney, travel south across the border.
Roster and lineup hopefully coming soon.
The Midwest high school select tournament takes place next weekend in Elkhart. That tournament will feature eight girls teams PLUS a small bracket of girls middle school teams from Indiana and Ohio.
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Back Where it All Began
This year's girls National Championship Tournament took place in Pittsfield, Mass. How fitting that after 17 years of Wisconsin girls rugby, the game ended up in the hometown of the founder of the girls game in our state.
Back in the 1996-1997 school year A Latin and English teacher at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School named Dan Chanen was playing rugby for the Milwaukee Rugby Club. A hooker who first played flyhalf for Berkshire in his college days, Chanen grew up in Pittsfield, Ma. His parents still live there today.
When Chanen's teacher career began, he occassionally referenced the game during stories and examples with students. Eventually, a spark was lit and some girls approached him about starting a team. The school even approved of the idea, initially sanctioning the team as a school club, outside the athletic department. One wonders if the administration knew what rugby was. A decade later, rugby would become arguably the most successful sport in the school, with the school's longest tenured coach, John Klein, now in his 15th year at DSHA.
Chanen grew DSHA from about 8 players, through the tough years of scrimmaging college sides, to a consistent championship team. He then went on to help get Kettle Moraine off the ground, the second team in WGR, before moving on again to help save and rebuild Brookfield, leading them to a national championship tournament appearance, and ending with founding his latest new program, Wauwatosa. He continues to help the girls game as a full-time ref for the league, put some time in to helping get youth rugby going, and acts as WGR President.
Chanen played a significant role in hosting the first girls National Championship tournament in Milwaukee. He put together the event program and helped bring different teams and groups together for an all tournament banquet. 15 years later, the event has more than doubled in size.
One of the many memorable moments of this year's girls National Tourament was at the opening ceremony. Chanen's parents attended the opening ceremonies, and received a standing ovation.
What was really cool was that they attended all the games that weekend, going to every match played by a Wisconsin team. After seeing Chanen's first DSHA team play back in the 90's they were astounded to see how big an event it had become, how good and diverse the teams were, and the impact that the experience had on everyone involved.
Back in the 1996-1997 school year A Latin and English teacher at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School named Dan Chanen was playing rugby for the Milwaukee Rugby Club. A hooker who first played flyhalf for Berkshire in his college days, Chanen grew up in Pittsfield, Ma. His parents still live there today.
When Chanen's teacher career began, he occassionally referenced the game during stories and examples with students. Eventually, a spark was lit and some girls approached him about starting a team. The school even approved of the idea, initially sanctioning the team as a school club, outside the athletic department. One wonders if the administration knew what rugby was. A decade later, rugby would become arguably the most successful sport in the school, with the school's longest tenured coach, John Klein, now in his 15th year at DSHA.
Chanen grew DSHA from about 8 players, through the tough years of scrimmaging college sides, to a consistent championship team. He then went on to help get Kettle Moraine off the ground, the second team in WGR, before moving on again to help save and rebuild Brookfield, leading them to a national championship tournament appearance, and ending with founding his latest new program, Wauwatosa. He continues to help the girls game as a full-time ref for the league, put some time in to helping get youth rugby going, and acts as WGR President.
Chanen played a significant role in hosting the first girls National Championship tournament in Milwaukee. He put together the event program and helped bring different teams and groups together for an all tournament banquet. 15 years later, the event has more than doubled in size.
One of the many memorable moments of this year's girls National Tourament was at the opening ceremony. Chanen's parents attended the opening ceremonies, and received a standing ovation.
What was really cool was that they attended all the games that weekend, going to every match played by a Wisconsin team. After seeing Chanen's first DSHA team play back in the 90's they were astounded to see how big an event it had become, how good and diverse the teams were, and the impact that the experience had on everyone involved.
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Waukesha Youth Tag Registration
It's not too late to register for the Waukesha County Parks Tag Rugby Program.
WPRF TagRugby Program 2014
WPRF Tag
Practice
and Tournament Schedule:
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Date
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Day
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Event
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Time
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Location
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June
13th
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Friday
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Practice
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5:00-6:30
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June
20th
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Friday
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Practice
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5:00-6:30
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June
27th
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Friday
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Practice
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5:00-6:30
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June
28th
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Saturday
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Tournament
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TBA
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July
11th
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Friday
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Practice
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5:00-6:30
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July
12th
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Saturday
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Tournament
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TBA
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July
18th
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Friday
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Practice
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5:00-6:30
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July
25th
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Friday
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Practice
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5:00-6:30
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July
26th
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Saturday
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Tournament
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TBA
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August
1st
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Friday
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Practice
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5:00-6:30
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August
2nd
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Saturday
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Scramble
Tournament
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TBA
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Contact
Information:
Joe Cunningham, director cunningjoe@gmail.com
WGR Conference Meeting
The bi-annual WGR All-Conference Meeting is scheduled for Monday June 16th.
All board members and teams are expected to be represented.
Anyone interested in helping work with WGR on developing the girls game, coaching a team, or starting a team at your school or local park and rec department should attend.
Please contact wisconsingirlsrugby@gmail.com for more info if interested in working with WGR.
The summer meeting focuses on two big topics: (1) fall scheduling and conference alignment, and (2) Board Elections (President, VP, Treasurer, Secretary, Member-at-Large).
All board members and teams are expected to be represented.
Anyone interested in helping work with WGR on developing the girls game, coaching a team, or starting a team at your school or local park and rec department should attend.
Please contact wisconsingirlsrugby@gmail.com for more info if interested in working with WGR.
The summer meeting focuses on two big topics: (1) fall scheduling and conference alignment, and (2) Board Elections (President, VP, Treasurer, Secretary, Member-at-Large).
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
7's Scores
WGR 7's State (still awaiting full score report)
Catholic Memorial 25
Vernon 10
Catholic Memorial 44
Brookfield 5
Catholic Memorial 20
Oak Creek 14
Catholic Memorial 25
Kettle Moraine 12
DSHA 7 Doylestown, Pa. 15
DSHA 0 NJ Blaze, NJ 35
DSHA 33 North Penn, Pa. 0
The NJ Blaze, an all-star team from Jersey, featuring team captain Tess Fuery, emerged champions of the CRC High School Challenge, girls division. DSHA was the only team from outside the east coast participating to the best of our knowledge.
Catholic Memorial 25
Vernon 10
Catholic Memorial 44
Brookfield 5
Catholic Memorial 20
Oak Creek 14
Catholic Memorial 25
Kettle Moraine 12
CRC High School 7's in Philadelphia
DSHA 7 Doylestown, Pa. 15
DSHA 0 NJ Blaze, NJ 35
DSHA 33 North Penn, Pa. 0
The NJ Blaze, an all-star team from Jersey, featuring team captain Tess Fuery, emerged champions of the CRC High School Challenge, girls division. DSHA was the only team from outside the east coast participating to the best of our knowledge.
Monday, June 2, 2014
More WGR Collegiate Signings
Three girls rugby standouts from the Catholic Memorial class of 2014 signed
letters of intent to play collegiately next school year.
Rebecca Haight CMH ’14, signed a national letter of intent to
play under athletic scholarship for Quinnipiac
University. She joins fellow
graduate, Maggie Wesolowski, CMH ’14, who signed in April, as the second
scholarship rugby player from this year’s CMH senior class to join the Connecticut
school and rugby powerhouse.
Julie Else, CMH '14 signed her letter of intent the same day to play
at Norwich University,
the oldest Military Academy in the United States. Julie has represented the Philippines in
Olympic 7’s rugby at events in India and the Philippines. Norwich is the reigning ACRA 15’s D1 National
Champion and ACRA 7’s D1 National Champions.
In addition, Else and Haight will compete at the USA Rugby All-American
camp in July.
CMH Senior Molly Langhenry has also decided to attend and play rugby for Division I Midwest Champions and top-ten ranked Northern Iowa. She will join former WGR alumni Eileen Lieb (CMH), Talia Carrasquillo(KM), and Kaisee Weissmueller (Brookfield) at UNI.
Oak Creek High School senior, all-state player, and one-time All-American camp attendee, Anisa Feto may be attending Life College in Atlanta, Georgia. She mayplay for the newly formed varsity rugby program their under new head coach, Rosalind Chou. Feto has been a standout athlete in WGR for four years, while also running track, wrestling, and balancing a heavy work load.
Oak Creek High School senior, all-state player, and one-time All-American camp attendee, Anisa Feto may be attending Life College in Atlanta, Georgia. She mayplay for the newly formed varsity rugby program their under new head coach, Rosalind Chou. Feto has been a standout athlete in WGR for four years, while also running track, wrestling, and balancing a heavy work load.
Saturday, May 31, 2014
WGR State 7's Standings
The first-annual WGR State 7's Championship is now history.
The Standings:
Varsity
1 Catholic Memorial
2 Oak Creek
3 Vernon
4 Kettle Moraine
5 Brookfield
JV
It was an all Fox-Valley final as Fond Du Lac faced Appleton.
1 Appleton
2 Fond Du Lac
3,4,5 Waiting reports .. We hope to have full score reports soon!
Congrats to all the participants and especially tournament director, Neil Greintjes for all his work, and league treasurer and concession tent operator Maggie Perdzock. It was a beautiful day.
The Standings:
Varsity
1 Catholic Memorial
2 Oak Creek
3 Vernon
4 Kettle Moraine
5 Brookfield
JV
It was an all Fox-Valley final as Fond Du Lac faced Appleton.
1 Appleton
2 Fond Du Lac
3,4,5 Waiting reports .. We hope to have full score reports soon!
Congrats to all the participants and especially tournament director, Neil Greintjes for all his work, and league treasurer and concession tent operator Maggie Perdzock. It was a beautiful day.
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