Monday, July 24, 2023

Summer Rugby Happenings

USA u23s:

 Congrats to Sacred Heart University's Aly Cuningham (CMHS '21), who travelled to Brazil with the USA u23 team in June, playing tests against Brazil (tied 15-15) and Colombia (27-24 win). Reports are that the girls travel was fully funded, a rarity in women's rugby and a notable improvement over past tours.

Cunningham recently made the cut for the end of July "Border Battle" with Canada at the end of July.  The schedule says the USA u23's will be playing the Canadian u20 side twice in Quincy, Mass on July 26th and July 30th.  Matches can be streamed free on The Rugby Network here.    

Also making the team are Olivia and Reece Woods, recent high school grads of Eagle HS (the only ones on the u23 side) who competed in Wisconsin in May at the National High School tournament, defeating Hamilton HS and losing to Catholic Memorial HS on kicks 

Update:

Cunningham came off the bench in the 1st Border battle match against Canada.

In the second match on July 30th, Cunningham started at 15.  Congrats on the u23 cap!


Summer 7s

The Badger Rugby Academy lost all four of its matches at the NAI 7's over the weekend.  Congrats to the girls involved for competing hard.

BRA 17  Sac Pal Amazons 26

BRA 7    Atlantis

BRA 0   The Rugby Advantage "Black" 29

BRA 0    Utah Majestic 22

The Conferences for the WGR Fall Season have been set:

(A) DSHA, Brookfield, Catholic Memorial, Green Bay/Pulaski

(B) Hamilton, SPASH, DSHA JV, Madison/Muskego

The season begins Sept 16th.

Sadly, Green Bay will be co-oping wth Pulaski and Madison will co-op with Muskego.  

Kettle Moraine, Wisconsin's second-longest running team, has folded after combining with Brookfield, last fall.


USA Rugby HP Camps

Hamilton's Olivia George attended the July high school talent identification East Camp this July.  Congrats.  

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Air Force Cpt Katie Muller: WGR Alumn

 WGR Alumn Katie Mueller, a Captain in the U.S. Air Force, co-captained the all-Air-Force team to the Armed Forces 7's Championship last weekend.   Cpt. Mueller is an original member of the 2017 Air Force 7's team.   

She has continued to play rugby since her days at Penn St and Catholic Memorial HS.  A Collegiate-All-American and WGR All-State Selection, Cpt Mueller also continues to play rugby while at the Guam Air Force Base.


                                                             Dept. of Defense Photo by Mr. Steven Dinote


Thursday, July 6, 2023

Midwest Girls High School Rugby Championships 2024: 26 Years and Counting!

 The only high school girls rugby regional championship in United States continues for its un-precedented 26th Year in 2024.  The event will once again be held at the all-grass fields in Elkhart, Indiana at the Moose Rugby Grounds on April 27th-28th, 2024

Last year was noteable for the increase in participation from teams in JV, Open, and Championship brackets.

2023 Results and historical records may be found here

Event info may be found here

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Girls High School Rugby National Championship Lineups 2023

 The starting lineups from 2023 Girls High School Rugby National Championships

    DSHA 32   Rocky Mountain 10

DSHA HS (Wisconsin)

1 Meghan Finerty Jr.

2 Madison Turcinovic Jr.

3 Trixie Setliff  Jr.

4 Janie Retzer Sr.

4 Greta Rehmann Jr. 

6 Tobie Dahm Sr

7 Clare Foy Fr.

8 Melanie Sanchez Jr.

9 Megan Walsh Jr.

10 Evie Coffu Jr.

11 Mary Czarnecki Sr.

12 Flannery O'Keef Jr.

13 Yesenia Morales Sr.

14 Ellie Gonzales Sr.

15 Ana Byrne Fr.


16 Sienna Ebo So.

17 Joslyn Frain Jr.

18 Megan Reilly Sr.

19 Breanna Henry So.

20 Payton Corr Jr.


Rocky Mountain HS (Idaho)

Merrsadeez Schellhous Sr.

Krista Mavy Jr.

Saigen Young Fr.

Alexa Ripplinger Sr.

Libby McGuire Jr.

Kady Cluff Sr.

Bryn Carter Sr.

Reece Moody So.

Keili Ellsworth Jr.

10 Allie Harris Sr.

11 Avery Disbrow So.

12 Alyssa Hine So.

13 Paige Thomason Fr.

14 Gia Peterson Fr.

15 Meg Thomason So.

16 Paige Apken Jr.

17 Eve Hough Fr.

18 Kennedy Johnson So.

19 Morgan Sattler Jr.

20 Katie Shaw Jr.

21 Jane Syphert Sr.

22 Sophie Kartchner Fr.


3rd Place Match

   Columbia Central 36  Catholic Memorial HS 31

Columbia Central

Kaiya Ridley Jr.

Ciarra Davis So.

Rianna Farmer So.

Victoria White So.

Kierra Grandberry Jr.

Tianna McGruder So.

Aqinzee Burkeen So.

Korynn Houston So.

Alesia Harris Sr.

12 SaTya Miller Sr (flyhalf)

11 Hannah Santiago Fr.

12 Abigail Santiago So.

26 Cara Workman (outside center) Jr.

14 Kinieya Smith Jr.

15 Jalei O'Neal Jr.


18 Gabrielle Booker Fr.

19 Zyi'kerria Martin Jr.

20 Valeria Martinez So.

22 Brooklyn Duke So.

27 Rakhia Dobbins So.


Catholic Memorial HS

Naiya Gairy  Sr.

Cassy Lewandowski Fr.

Elie Hansen Sr.

Molly Flanagan Jr.

5 Fiona Holmes Jr.

Dorothy Newman Jr.

Marigold Fritz So.

Maddy Kosmoski Sr.

Alexandra Mazurczak Sr.

10 Lucy Wilson Jr.

11 Eilie Ohnmacht So.

12 Audrey Fryda Sr.

13 Mary Grace Bohne So.

14 Ella Vranak Fr.

15 Sydney Pendowski So.


16 Maddie Demares So.

17 Ellana Brown So.

18 Kate Sheahan Fr.

19 Reese Lomen So.

20 Sophia Sommerfeld Fr.

5   Eva Belmontes So.


5th Place Consolation Final

Hamilton HS

1 Olivia George Sr

2 Rosa Martinez Jr

3 Grace Houts Fr

4 Kenzie Friedrich     Sr

5 Mia Leitzke Sr

6 Caitlyn Dieman So

7 Izzy Niebler Sr

8 Ronny Reudinger Sr

9 Grace Strelow Sr

10 Meghan Rank Sr

11 Camille Torres Sr

12 Grace Strelow Sr

13 Jasia Torres Sr

14 Haley Meneses        Sr

15 Paige Smolik Jr


16 Scarlet Soreno Fr

17 Claire Petrof Sr

18 Madalyn Kremel Sr

19 Payton Krenz So

20 Grace Beatty So

21 Eli Schoenwetter Jr

22 Natalie Lassiter Sr