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.
