Midwest Selectside Results

This past weekend, high school selectsides from five Midwestern states competed at the Moose Rugby Grounds in the Midwest all-star challenge.  Scores from the boys teams and middle school teams involved can be found at midwestyouthrugby.com

Saturday June 8th
Michigan 0 Wisconsin 85
Michigan 0 Illinois 39
Ohio 22 Wisconsin 20
Indiana 19 Illinois 10
Ohio 50 Indiana 0

Sunday June 9th
Indiana 56 Michigan 0
Ohio 32 Illinois 0
Wisconsin 20 Indiana 12

Final Records:
Ohio 3-0
Wisconsin 2-1
Indiana 1-2
Illinois 1-2
Michigan 0-3

In the buildup to the matches, Wisconsin scrimmaged Illinois.  Here's Coach Noe's report:

The WI Select side held a friendly match against a new Illinois Select side.  With CMH and DSHA in Philadelphia for the national 7s championship, many of the alternate players stepped up to help fill out the side.  The game started slow with players trying to get a feel for their new teammates.  Some ball handling and miscommunication is to be expected for the first time together. 

However it didn’t take long for the tough center combination of Cassie Schultz (KM) and Anisa Feto (Oak Creek) to begin to produce results.  After several hard runs, through multiple tackles, Illinois began to worry about Anisa on the outside and left a large gap up the center for Cassie to find the first points of the day.  The forwards realizing the trouble those 2 were causing were able to gain possession and again get it out to Cassie for a 2^nd try before halftime.  Anisa would make the conversion. 

Quickly into the 2^nd half, Cassie again had a big run through the middle that resulted in her third try of the match and a 2^nd conversion for Anisa.  With a shallow bench and a growing lead, the effort dropped for a brief period, and in that time Illinois was able to capitalize on a quick turnover and move the ball to their speedy flyhalf who would break through the defense on her way to score.  The scrumhalf drop kicked the conversion over to make it 19-7.  That woke WI back up and they controlled the rest of the match.  Through several physical runs throughout the day, Anisa was finally able to find the corner and get her first try.  The final points on the day left Wisconsin the winners, 24-7, and eagerly awaiting the challenge of Midwest.