Earlier today the online application was unveiled for teams to seek a bid to the girls high school National Invitational Championship. Interested teams can visit Rugby Magazine and their section for the Girls NIT under "Tournaments."
The tournament is looking to be an even bigger event this year, with its focus on girls high school rugby. A committee of eight coaches from some of the most respected high school programs in the country selected Milwaukee as the tournament location and will work to determine seeding for the 24 teams, broken into three divisions.
Already those eight teams that form the committee make for an impressive field: the Amazons, Catholic Memorial, Divine Savior Holy Angels, Fallbrook,Kent, New York, Lakewood, and West Carroll. Perenial state champions like Colorado's Summitt HS and Minnesota's Armstrong have already stated their intent to apply and compete. Others, especially some strong California teams like Fullerton, have expressed interest in competing. St Joseph's Academy, an all-girls school, is also expected to seek ann invite; they represent in many ways a newer group of up and coming programs that should gain significantly from the experience and competition.
Organizers are expecting to draw the most competitive field of girls high school teams ever assembled in one place, and hope to draw from a wide range of regions including the south in areas like Florida, where Sebastian River has been a past-participant, along with Tennessee, who not that long ago finished a girls 7's season this past November, and who continue to grow.
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