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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