Midwest High School Girls Rugby Championship Results 2023 & Historical Records

 Quarterfinals (Saturday)

DSHA 46    Penn 0

St Joes 38  Grandville 20

Sparta 44. Carroll 0

Warsaw 0 CMH 31

Semifinals (Saturday)

DSHA 41 v St Joes 0

Sparta Rock 35  v CMHS 0

Consolation (Saturday)

Grandville 50.  Penn 14

Warsaw 32. Carroll 17

Finals (Sunday)

Championship:    DSHA 31 v Sparta Rock 29

3rd Place:             St Joseph's Academy 7 v Catholic Memorial HS 12

5th Place:             Grandville 27 v Warsaw 12

7th Place:             Carrol 0  v Penn 49 

JV and Open Division Scores

DSHA JV 54. Carrol jv 0

Brunswick 15  Ft Wayne 5

St Joe's JV 31   Berkley 0

Perrysburg 41  Noblesville 14

DSHA jv 27  Ft Wayne 0

St Joes jv 52  Noblesville 0

Brunswick 41  Chargers JV 12

Perrysbug 14  Berkley 0

*DSHA jv and St Joseph's Academy jv 2-0

Perrysburg & Brunswick 2-0

Midwest Championship Order of Finish 2023

1 DSHA HS (WI)

2 Sparta Rock (MI)

3 Catholic Memorial (WI)

4 St Joseph's Academy (OH)

5 Grandville (MI)

6 Warsaw (IN)

7 Penn HS (IN)

8 Carrol (IN)

Midwest Championships Historical Archive updated 2022

This year was DSHA HS' 21st Midwest Championship.

This was Sparta Rock's second runner-up finish, having lost in consecutive year's in the final.

This was Catholic Memorial's third 3-place finish and the 7th consecutive year they've finished in the top 3.

This was the 19th year the MW Championship was held at a central location in Indiana.  This seems to work well and helps to draw a mix of midwest teams.  Participation was improved over the year before as the rebound from Covid continues to improve in several states.

1999    Champion:       D.S.H.A.                     Wisconsin                    Host:   Indiana
            Runner-up:      Carmel                         Indiana                         

2000    Champion        Wayzata                      Minnesota                   Host:   Minnesota
            Runner-up       D.S.H.A.                     Wisconsin

2001    Champion:       D.S.H.A.                     Wisconsin                    Host:   Wisconsin
            Runner-up:      Wayzata                      Minnesota

2002    Champion:       Wayzata                      Minnesota                   Host:   Indiana
            Runner-up       D.S.H.A.                     Wisconsin

2003    Champion:       D.S.H.A.                     Wisconsin                    Host:   Minnesota
            Runner-up       Kettle Moraine            Wisconsin      

2004    Champion:       DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:   Indian
            Runner-Up      Kettle Moraine            Wisconsin                   

2005    Champion:       DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:   Indiana

            Runner-Up:     Vernon Park                Wisconsin
            Third:              Lakewood                   Ohio

2006    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:   Indiana
            Runner-up       Lakewood                   Ohio    
            Third               Vernon                        Wisconsin

2007    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
             Runner-up      Vernon Park                Wisconsin
            Third               Lakewood                   Ohio
             Open              Lakeview                    Michigan

2008    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up       Lakewood                   Ohio
            3^rd Place           Wayzata                      Minn.
            Open               Catholic Memorial      Wisconsin  

2009    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up       Lakewood                   Ohio
            3^rd Place           Catholic Memorial      Wisconsin

2010    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up       Brookfield                   Wisconsin
            3^rd Place           Lakewood                   Ohio
            Open               Vernon                                    Wisconsin

2011    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up       Lakewood                   Ohio
            3^rd Place           Kettle Moraine            Wisconsin
            Open               Catholic Memorial      Wisconsin

2012    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:   Indiana
            Runner-up       Catholic Memorial      Wisconsin
            3^rd Place           St Joseph’s Academy  Ohio
            Open               DSHA JV                     Wisconsin

2013    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-Up      Catholic Memorial      Wisconsin                    
            3^rd Place           

2014    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up       Catholic Memorial      Wisconsin        
            3^rd Place           St Joseph                     Ohio
            
2015    Champion        DSHA                         Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up       St Joseph                     Ohio
            3^rd Place           Penn HS                      Indiana   

2016    Champion        DSHA                        Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up        CMHS                       Wisconsin
            3rd Place          St Joseph                    Ohio

2017    Champion       DSHA                          Wisconsin                    Host:  Indiana
            Runner-up       CMHS                         Wisconsin
            3rd Place         Warsaw                        Indiana
            Club                Hopkins                       Minn
            JV                   DSHA

2018   Champion       CMHS                          Wisconsin                   Host:  Indiana
           Runner-up       DSHA                           Wisconsin
           3rd Place         St Joseph                      Ohio
           Club                Walnut Hills                 Ohio
           JV                    DSHA jv

2019   Champion      DSHA                           Wisconsin         Host:  Indiana

           Runner-up      CMHS                          Wisconsin

           3rd Place        Grandville                    Michigan

           Club               Brunswick                    Ohio

           JV                  DSHA jv

2021  Champion      DSHA                           Wisconsin                Host: Indiana 

           Runner-up      CMHS                          Wisconsin

           3rd Place        Carroll                          Indiana

2022   Champion     DSHA                           Wisconsin                Host:  Indiana

            Runner-up    Sparta Rock                 Michigan

            3rd Place      CMHS                           Wisconsin

2023  Champion     DSHA                            Wisconsin                Host:  Indiana

          Runner-up     Sparta Rock                  Michigan

          3rd Place       CMHS (Catholic Memorial HS)

Team Wisconsin Tryout May 7th, 2023 12pm-2pm

 The first tryout for the WI HS All Star team is May 7th from Noon-2pm at CMH High School in Waukesha. We are looking to take 2 teams to Ohio on June 16-18th. We may also schedule a scrimmage on June 10th in WI. Please pass this along to your teammates and fill out the form if interested. 

From Coach Noe:

"We usually have a JV and Varsity side, so it is not just for the upper grades, it is a good way for younger athletes to get out and be leaders among their peers. Last year, we beat MN in our lone match and hope to schedule another match with them in June. However the priority is getting to the Ohio tournament on June 16-18. It is the only All Star event for 15s that I know of this summer."

Coach Noe has been coaching the Wisconsin Selectside Team for a decade now.  He also has coached and worked with the USA underage programs, Collegiate All-Stars programs, and various Men's Collegiate & Clubs.  He's a certified ref and led the Kettle Moraine Girls HS team for a decade.

Fill out the link below if interested.

Jeff Noe

WI HS All Star Coach

608-547-9964

https://forms.gle/PqZLa6EDQbVuqTiE6

Midwest HS Girls Rugby Championshp Tournament 2023

 The pairings for the upcoming Midwest Girls HS tournament have been settled:

In one side of the bracket:

   DSHA HS  (WI) vs Penn HS (IN)

   Grandville HS (MI) vs St Joseph's Academy (OH)

In the other side of the bracket:

    Sparta Rock (MI) vs Carrol (IN)

    Warsaw HS (IN) vs Catholic Memorial HS (WI)

WGR College Signings 2023

WGR's collegiate student-athlete landscape continues to expand out to new collegiate frontiers.  With the last official high school letter of intent signing day recently, these are the NCAA varsity college-commitments the L-L-R staff are aware of.   There may be a few additions.  Also, this list does not include the WGR graduates who play for club teams.  There tend to be many and that's often a choice those student-athletes don't make until the fall.

NCAA Division I:

Yesenia Morales         Army West Point                        Divine Savior Holy Angels HS

NCAA Division II:

LaJess Jordan            Frostburg St University               Bruisers (Spring '22 through Spring '23)

                                                                                       DSHA    (9th through Fall 11th Grade)

Mya Alexander          Lander University                       Bruisers

NCAA Division III

Maddy Kosmoski     Bowdoin College                         Catholic Memorial HS

Additional Note:

CRAA Division 1 (Not NCAA)

Katrina Clark             Grand Canyon University           Madison Furies

WGR NCAA Historical Record

Summer Co-Ed Flag Rugby

There are several flag programs across Wisconsin.  

Here's some general info:

https://tagrugbywi.wixsite.com/wisconsin-tag-rugby

Waukesha's Program is one of the largest with over 100 young athletes involved.  Note below from organizers:

 Hi Everyone,

My name is Aly Cunningham, and I will be running the Waukesha Tag Rugby program this summer with my father. I've been playing rugby since he started the program about 17 years ago including tag rugby, high school tackle rugby, and now varsity college rugby.

Registration for rugby is now open with Waukesha Parks, Recreation, and Forestry (WPRF), and you will have to create an account if you do not already have one. Please use this link or copy or paste this into your browser: https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/waukeshaprf/activity/search?onlineSiteId=0&activity_select_param=2&activity_keyword=rugby&viewMode=list

Our summer practice and tournament schedule is attached. We know that summers are very busy, and your kids are not required to attend every practice and tourney. However, we strongly encourage them to attend as many of the early practices as possible to learn or refresh the rules before going to their first tourney.

You'll see on the schedule that we have our first practice on Friday 6/9 and referee training on Saturday 6/10. We may be hosting training that Saturday, and we will need lots of kids to scrimmage Saturday to help train the referees, so please include that date on your personal rugby calendars.

For those kids who have aged out of tag rugby (e.g., completed 9th grade or higher), we would love for them to consider coaching or refereeing. Please contact me directly. Most of our younger coaches and referees are former players, and this is a great way to stay involved and give back to the game.

Thanks for taking the time to read this long email and let me know if you have any questions.

Aly

aly1720@gmail.com

Waukesha Tag Rugby

Program Dates:

Date Day Event Time Location 

June 9th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

June 10th Saturday Referee Training 9:00-12:00 TBA 

June 16th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

June 17th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Oshkosh 

June 23rd Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

June 24th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Lakefront 7s, Veterans Park 

July 7th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 8th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Fond du Lac 

July 14th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 15th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Green Bay 

July 21st Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 22nd Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Madison/Cottage Grove 

July 28th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 29th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Fox Cities

Midwest Girls High School Championship Tournament 2023

 The Annual Midwest Championships are two weeks away.  Held at the Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkhart, Indiana,on April 29th & 30th,  a robust field of top teams will be converging at the all grass rugby-only facility

In the MW Championship, the field includes:

--top seeds DSHA (WI State Champs) and Sparta Rock (Michigan State Champs)

--Indiana reps include Carroll Chargers and Warsaw Area HS.  Warsaw defeated Wando (a D1 Nationals competitor in '22) as well as Morris, NJ back in March.   Carroll has to their credit a 26-0 win against defending NY Champs and '22 National D2 Champs, Orchard Park.  Penn HS, a National D2 team in '22, will also compete.

Update:  (4/19/23)  Warsaw 34  Carroll 15.   Warsaw takes the #1 Indiana seed.  

--Ohio's St. Joseph Academy, after a 3-0 weekend at Carolina Ruggerfest, is Ohio's only rep this year.

--Grandville HS, Michigan's runner-up, and Wisconsin's Catholic Memorial HS, both teams that compete hard each year at the national tournament as well, will round out the top tier.

MW Championship:  Carroll Chargers, Catholic Memorial HS, DSHA HS, Grandville HS, Penn, Sparta Rock, St Joseph's Academy, and Warsaw Area HS.

*Schedule and seedings will be confirmed after the Carrol v Warsaw match on April 19th.

In a growing open division there is a nice mix of different states competing. The field includes:

Berkley, MI

Brunswick, OH

Ft Wayne, IN

Noblesville, IN

Perrysburg, OH

In the JV-only division, three teams are represented:

Carroll Chargers JV

DSHA HS JV

St Joseph's Academy JV

Scores and brackets will eventually be found here as well

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