Throwback Thursday

In honor of the WGR 20th Anniversary Weekend wanted to begin with a shout out to Erin Voelz DSHA 1998

She holds a special place in WGR history, having been the first Wisconsin High School rugby player to play for a collegiate varsity scholarship program when she was recruited to play  at Eastern Illinois University.  EIU was a groundbreaking venture which opened the door to future varsity and NCAA women’s collegiate student athletes.  Sadly EIU phased out their groundbreaking program which produced current collegiate head coaches now at Sacred Heart U and Quinnipiac U.

Erin paved the way early on for talented female student athletes to pursue opportunities in college.  She was a speedy wing who usually led the Dashers in scoring.

She played and started for all four of her years at EIU. She was awarded team freshman of the year in 1999 and the next season was a team MVP award winner in 2000.  She was later joined by two other DSHA greats who went on to play collegiately at EIU, Katie Plant and Allison Urbanski.

She now lives in Oconomowoc with her husband and four wonderful little girls.

While collegiate opportunities for female student athletes continue to improve, these early student athletes helped pave the way.  When DSHA first started there were no local teams to play, so they filled a schedule with college b sides.

When EIU began there wasn’t NIRA either and they played a mix of club teams until other varsity teams slowly emerged a good number of years later. Even as recently as say 2013 there were a fraction of the collegiate opportunities that exist today. This is not to say collegiate rugby is as widespread as other long-established collegiate women’s sports, yet.

Oh, and by the way, Erin’s girls played flag rugby this past summer.  Another opportunity that didn’t exist twenty years ago ....

Playoff Results

2019 WGR Playoffs

Fri Oct 18th  CMHS 57    Kettle Moraine 0

Sat Oct 19th DSHA 82      SPASH 0

                     DS jv 5           Pulaski 56

                     Hamilton 44 Brookfield 7

                 
Bye:  Oak Creek and Madison/Oshkosh


State Championship and 20th Anniversary Weekend Oct 25th-27th

Friday Oct 25th WGR Alumni Gathering
                            MKE Brew Pub 630pm

Saturday Oct 26th WGR 20th Anniversary Banquet 6pm
                               Rock Bottom Brewery, Milwaukee, WI
                               Walk-ins still welcome
                               Hall of Fame Induction


State Championship Tournament Sunday

Milwaukee County Sports Complex (60th and Ryan Rd)

6pm  Championship  CMHS vs DSHA

3rd Place                    KM vs SPASH

5th Place                    Hamilton vs Pulaski

7th Place                    DS jv vs Brookfield

9th Place                    Madison/Oshkosh vs Oak Creek

JV                              CMHS vs Hamilton

JV                              SPASH vs Hamilton

Final Conference Round and Playoff Matchups

Sat Oct 12th
CMH 27 @Madison 0*

Pulaski 30 @ KM 22

OC @ DSHA    fields rained out, rescheduling
BB @DSHA JV fields rained out, rescheduling


*Played 60 minutes.  Enacted mercy rule to enable both sides to utilize open subs.
Playoff Matchups Oct 18th-19th, 2019

Championship Bracket
KM       @ CMHS  Fri Oct 18th 430pm
SPASH @ DSHA   Sat Oct 19th 11am

Consolation Bracket
BB        @Hamilton Sat Oct 19th 10am
Pul        @DS jv Sat Oct 19th 1230pm

Conferences

#1 DSHA 3-0
#2 KM     2-2 (ranked #2 on tie breakers)
#3 Ham    2-2 (held head to head tie breaker over Pulaski)
#4 Pul      2-2
#5 OC      0-3


#1CMHS 4-0
#2Spash   3-1
#3BB       1-2
#4DSjv    1-2
#5Mad-O 0-4


State Finals Sunday Oct 27th @Milwaukee County Sports Complex

6pm Championship Match

All teams will play for their final state standing beginning at 11am with some JV matches.

Scores and Updates

Catching up on some scores and standings.  The last regular season week is essentially playoff for several teams.

Week 5 Oct 12th 2019
Bye:  Hamilton, SPASH
Pulaski @KM 12pm Nashotah Park
DS jv @Brookfield Tbd
OC @ DSHA  11am Dretzka Park
CMH @ Madison/Oshkosh 10am  Cottage Grove

Week 4 Oct 5th
SPASH 29 DSHA jv 5
CMHS 27 Brookfield 0*
Hamilton 31 Pulaski 17
KM 27  Oak Creek 0*

Week 3 Sept 28th
DSHA 64  Pulaski 0
KM 37  Hamilton 14
Brookfield 56  Madison/Oshkosh 0
CMHS 27 SPASH 0*

Jeff Noe Conference

DSHA  3-0

KM      2-1 

Ham     2-2
Pulaski 1-2

OC        0-3

Tony Oliver Conference

CMHS    3-0
SPASH    3-1
Brkfld     1-2

DSjv       1-2

Mad        0-3

WGR Week 2

Thursday Sept 19th
KM 0  DSHA 97
OC      Hamilton (w)

Friday Sept 20th
CMH JV 39  Ham JV 0 (non-conference)

Sat Sept 21st
DSHAjv 24  Madison 5
SPASH   12  Brookfield 7

Bye: Pulaski, CMH
Standings:

Jeff Noe Conference
DSHA 2-0
Pul      1-0
Ham    1-1
KM     0-1
OC      0-2

Tony Oliver Conference
SPASH 2-0
CMHS  1-0
DSjv     1-1
Brkfld   0-1
Mad      0-2

20th Season of WGR Kicks Off Next Week

The 20th Season of Wisconsin Girls Rugby begins next week.

Conference Play Week I
Thurs Sept 12th
Hamilton  0    @ DSHA 78       430pm  Dretzka Park
CMHS     99   @DSHA jv 0      615pm  Dretzka Park

Sat Sept 14th
Oak Creek 10 @ Pulaski 92     12pm     Airport Drive
SPASH      60 @ Mad-Osh 20  12pm     Winnebego County Park


Conference Play Week 2
Thurs Sept 19th
Oak Creek  @Hamilton  5pm Halquist Youth Sports Complex
DSHA         97  KM 0         5pm Nashotah Park

Fri Sept 20th
*Ham JV  0    @ CMH JV 39  430pm  Minooka (Non-Conference)

Sat Sept 21st
Mad-Osh   5    @DSHA JV 24   12pm  Dretzka Park
Brookfield  7   @SPASH 12       1pm    Maria Drive
*Green Bay   @SPASH JV

Jeff Noe Conference
DSHA HS       2-0
Hamilton HS   0-1
Pulaski            1-0
Kettle Moraine 0-1
Oak Creek HS  0-1

Tony Oliver Conference
Catholic Memorial HS   1-0
Stevens Point HS            2-0
Brookfield                       0-1
DSHA HS JV                  1-1
Madison-Oshkosh           0-2

Pre-Season
Thur Sept 5th
Oak Creek    0  Catholic Memorial JV  57
Hamilton 7s  0  Catholic Memorial 7s  34

Sat   Sept 7th
SPASH  0  @ Pulaski 47
Mad-Osh   @ Hamilton

WGR Fall 2019 Conferences

Wisconsin Girls Rugby's annual fall state competition begins in September with two conference of league play:

The Jeff Noe Conference
DSHA HS
Hamilton HS
Pulaski
Kettle Moraine
Oak Creek HS

The Tony Oliver Conference
Catholic Memorial HS
Stevens Point HS
Brookfield
DSHA jv
Madison-Oshkosh

JV and Developmental Programs
CMHS jv
Hamilton jv
Green Bay
Grafton

A WGR Pre-Season Kickoff Tournament takes place Saturday Sept 7th with league play beginning the week after.

Stay tuned for full schedules and updates!