Saturday Sept 39th, the Brookfield Bruisers and Catholic Memorial High School will meet for the 11th Founder's Cup Match in the storied history of the two venerable rugby teams.
The history of the FC is well-documented in the annals of this publication and can be viewed here.
Suffice it to say, the FC has been a long, but more importantly, a friendly rivalry. With players and coaches who are neighbors and friends on and off the field, the FC embodies the spirit of rugby camaraderie. The Pewter Cup was first contested on Aug 30th, 2008. It has since been on the sideline for many memorable matches ... the first night game under the lights of Brookfield Central High School's football stadium on a cold spring night, at the championship match of the Division ii Midwest Championships in 2011, on the rolling hills of the Waukesha Scottish Highland Games with the bagpipes calling in the background, and on what looks to be a perfect, crisp Fall Wisconsin morning at Naga-Waukee Park.
The rivalry has even survived the Mr Pig incident of 2009. Allegedly, the stuffed animal of a senior try-scoring machine for the Bruisers was kidnapped and threatening text messages were received.
WGR officials were never able to definatively prove the origin of the transmissions or find any evidence of wrongdoing on the part of CMH. The Chanen Commission quietly buried their committee report of the incident and any mention of a subsequent libel and slander suit that was later dismissed with prejudice. The case remains unsolved and in the "cold case" files of WGR's department of public safety and mascot welfare. A small reward is still being offered by Mr Pig's estate for any information leading to the discovery of his whereabouts ... or his remains.
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