The USA age-grade camps are resuming right after Christmas with a combined camp at the Chula Vista Olympic Training facility. Two Wisconsin Girls Rugby alumni and current college standouts were both invited and able to accept: Congratulations to both of these young women who, as dedicated student-athletes, travel a challenging road.
Aly Cunningham Catholic Memorial HS and Sacred Heart Univ (NIRA D1)
Lea Preuss Brookfield Bruisers and Queens Univ (NIRA D2)
The 22nd Annual Girls High School Rugby National Tournament for single school programs will take place the weekend of May 21st-22nd, 2022 at Notre Dame College in Ohio.
"Notre Dame College, who's women's rugby team finished 3rd in the NCR Women's National Collegiate championships this past fall, is excited to host the GHSNC here close to Cleveland, Ohio on our beautiful campus. We have hosted many events in the past such as the Rugby Ohio State championships along with many youth, high school, and college tournaments,” said Jason Fox, NDC Director of Rugby.
Fox added, “The NDC administration has been extremely supportive of all levels of rugby in the area. Along with Jack Nece, women's head coach , our teams are looking forward to working with all the athletes and coaches that attend."
The women’s collegiate program will host matches on Mueller Field and Normandy Field.
NGCC schools chair John Klein noted, “Bringing the national tournament to another new location is important to the girls rugby community, especially when it helps bring in new competitors. We are encouraged whenever rugby can help rugby at different levels and are thankful for the program at NDC for hosting all these girls teams. They’ve planned this for going on three years and are ready to put on an excellent event.”
Single School teams will compete in a quarterfinal and semifinal Saturday May 21st with final matches Sunday May 22nd. Developing programs are encouraged to compete against teams they might not normally ever compete against. Organizers are once again planning multiple brackets of competition; an eight-team division one competition, along with an eight-team second division. Planners are considering a JV Bracket pending interest.
Organizers are encouraged by the expectation of renewed participation from Colorado in addition to single school hotbeds throughout the Midwest and South. Organizers have already been working with new programs from the East and West coast. “Having teams represent different territories makes this tournament a National event,” noted Klein.
Questions regarding registration and policies should be directed to National Coaches Committee member John Waliszewski. Venue and city information should be directed to Jason Fox at NDC.
Tournament Host NGCC Registration Contact
Jason Fox, Director of Rugby John Waliszewski
Notre Dame College Rugby wisconsingirlsrugby@gmail.com
jfox@ndc.edu 262-501-2780
216-470-0212
Girls HS Nationals Historical Records
2019 Single School Champion: DSHA HS, WI Location: Infinity Park, CO
Runner-Up: Catholic Memorial HS, WI
3rd Place: Summit HS, CO
2018 Single School Champion: Kahuku HS, HI Location: MTSU, Tennessee
Runner Up: Catholic Memorial HS, WI
3rd: DSHA HS, WI
D2: Broken Arrow, OK
2017 Single School Champion: DSHA HS, WI Location: Elkhart, Ind
Runner Up: Kahuku HS, HA
3rd: Orchard Park, NY
D2: Oak Creek HS, WI
2016 Single School Champion: St Joseph's Academy, OH Location: St Charles, MO
2nd: Summit High School, CO
3rd: DSHA High School, WI
Div2: Penn HS, Ind
Year Champion 2nd 3rd Location D2
2015 Fallbrook, CA Kent, WA Danville, CA Pittsburgh, PA South Bay, CA
2014 Fallbrook, CA Amazons, CA DSHA, WI Pittsfield, MA Pleasanton, CA
2013 Fallbrook, CA Kent, WA DSHA, WI Racine, WI Fullerton, CA
2012 Fallbrook, CA Lakewood, OH DSHA, WI Palo Alto, CA
2011 Fallbrook, CA Amazons, CA DSHA, WI Sandy, UT
2010 Amazons, CA Fallbrook, CA DSHA, WI Sandy, UT
2009 DSHA, WI Lakewood, OH Amazons, CA Pittsburgh, PA
2008 DSHA, WI Lakewood, OH Amazons, CA Pittsburgh, PA
2007 DSHA, WI Kent, WA Vernon, WI Milwaukee, WI
2006 DSHA, WI Kent, WA Ft. Collins, CO Portland, ME
2005 DSHA, WI Kent, WA Vernon, WI Milwaukee, WI
2004 DSHA, WI Kettle Moraine, WI Amazons, CA Burbank, CA
2003 Amazons, CA Ft. Collins, CO Kettle Moraine, WI Kansas City, MO
2002 Kent, WA Haverford, PA Northshore, WI Seattle, WA
2001 Ft. Collins, CO DSHA, WI Kent, WA Ft. Collins, CO
2000 Ft. Collins, CO DSHA, WI Wayzata, MN Milwaukee, WI
The 2022 Girls High School Rugby National Rugby Tournament will take place at Notre Dame College in Ohio on May 21st & 22nd.
More details and info will be coming soon. Planners are expecting a top tier of 8 teams along with a second bracket of another 8 teams.
Interested teams should contact the National Girls Coaches Committee for info:
wisconsingirlsrugby@gmail.com
In the NCR women's finals over the weekend, the Marquette University women's rugby team lost both their matches. After a heavy defeat to Life University on Saturday, the Golden Eagles faced another varsity program in Notre Dame College, losing 42-12.
Congrats to all the ladies and Coach Hanley on their fall season. They got to play a good number of 15's matches against all sorts of different competition levels.
Four Marquette players were recognized by National Collegiate Rugby for their play over the weekend, and it's no surprise that 3 of the 4 played high school rugby.
NCR All Tournament Team
Ryley Rand #5
Evelyn Mitchell #9
Angela Andrews #10
NCR Heart & Soul Award
Kayla McQuestion #6 (Forward Cpt)
NCR Semifinals
Life University over Marquette (102-0)
Northern Iowa over Notre Dame College (35-29)
NCR Finals
Life University over Northern Iowa 1st Place (87-3)
Notre Dame College over Marquette 3rd Place (42-12)
The Marquette Women's Rugby team competes in the NCR D1 playoffs Dec 4th in Knoxville, TN at 3pm EST.
The collegiate club team takes on the JV side of Atlanta's varsity side at Life University. MU defeated Iowa St and Grand Valley St to advance.
The winner advances to play the winner of the Univ. of Northern Iowa vs Notre Dame College, another varsity women's team from the Cleveland area. The finals are on Dec 5th.
Marquette women have former DSHA and MU rugger Aoife Hanley as head coach. Hanley is also a RaMP ref member, who progressed to reffing WGR league matches this past fall.
A few other WGR alumni also play for MU women, notably forward captain Kayla McQuestion, CMH '18 and dynamic fullback Bella Ingrilli, CMH '21. There may of course be others as well!
The Golden Eagle's scrumhalf, Evelyn Mitchell, played high school rugby in Canada and their flyhalf is a St Joseph's high school alumn. Wing Frankie Ingram is another rugger with high school experience.
Safe travels to everyone.
2021 Wisconsin Girls Rugby All State Team
Forwards
Name Year Team School
Kathryn Becker 12th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Bridgid Chanen 12th Catholic Memorial High School
Shayne Comp 12th Muskego High School
Laci Crow* 12th Catholic Memorial High School
Lilly Dorn 11th Pulaski Girls Rugby
Grace Farrell 11th Hamilton High School
Meghan Finerty 10th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Molly Flanagan 10th Catholic Memorial High School
Kaitlyn Frost 12th Panther Rugby Club Stevens Point Area HS
Naiya Gairy 11th Catholic Memorial High School
Elie Hansen 11th Catholic Memorial High School
Brenna McLay 12th Hamilton High School
Yesenia Morales 11th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Rachel Rank 11th Hamilton High School
Ronny Ruedinger 11th Hamilton High School
Elizabeth Susek* 12th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Madison Turcinovic 10th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
*2019 WGR All State Team member
Backs
Name Year Team School
Evelyn Coffu 10th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Siena Commare 12th Bruisers Rugby Homestead HS
Jordan Cotton 12th Bruisers Rugby Mukwonago HS
Marie Dowling 11th Catholic Memorial High School
Audrey Fryda 11th Catholic Memorial High School
Payten Janicsek 12th Knightmares Kettle Moraine HS
Lajess Jordan 11th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Grace Kelly 11th Panther Rugby Club Stevens Point Area HS
Alex Mazurczak 11th Catholic Memorial High School
Flannery O'Keef 10th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Sydney Pendowski 9th Catholic Memorial High School
Ayana Phelps 12th Hamilton High School
Meghan Rank 11th Hamilton High School
Cece Rose 9th Green Bay Banshees Bay Port High School
Erin Simpkins 12th Green Bay Banshees Bay Port High School
Taryn Tom 11th Bruisers Rugby Brookfield East HS
Camille Torres 11th Hamilton High School
Jasia Torres 11th Hamilton High School
Maura Walsh* 12th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Meghan Walsh 10th Divine Savior Holy Angels HS
Carly Wandtke 12th Panther Rugby Club Amherst HS
Lucy Wilson 10th Catholic Memorial High School
Ava Woolhether 11th Madtown Furies Fond Du Lac HS
2021 WGR League Awards
Team Sportsmanship Award
To Muskego High School for displaying World Rugby's values of the game: spirit, passion, solidarity, discipline, and respect over the course of the Fall 2021 conference competition. This season was the first season of rugby for all their players. They displayed positivity and improvement in every match for the revived program, which now has school support. They are the first WGR team to fold only to later restart successfully.
Spirit of the Game Award
Barry Holloway, for his exemplary efforts as WGR President to help the league grow and excel. His efforts go above and beyond the job description.
Team Contacts
Bruisers joejgarcia0213@gmail.com
Catholic Memorial HS aglorioso@catholicmemorial.net
Divine Savior Holy Angels HS jklein@sdsm.k12.wi.us
Green Bay Banshees matt@newrugbyfoundation.org
Hamilton HS coachmac@hamiltonrfc.org
Knightmares knightmaresrfc@gmail.com
Madtown Furies johnsonbone1@uwalumni.com
Muskego HS christina.rouse@muskegonorway.org
Panther Rugby Club spashgirlsrugby@gmail.com
Pulaski Girls Rugby cassie.mcquillan22@gmail.com
