After weeks of practices and preparation, the WGR Conference season begins this upcoming Saturday. Madison and Fox Cities have a bye-week. Each week, one team from each conference has a bye.
Week One: (League Opening Weekend) Saturday Sept 14th
Green Bay @ DSHA Brown Deer Park*
*Green Bay has forfeited their debut match.
Catholic Memorial 39 @ DSHA JV 0
5-0 at half.
11am Brown Deer Park
Hamilton 50 @ Bruisers 7
10am Nashotah Park
Greenfield @Stevens Point^
^GF is unable to field a competitive team this fall. Stay tuned for an updated schedule and decisions from WGR leadership. It is unclear at this time if GF matches will be scored forfeits.
-----CONFERENCE STANDINGS-----
The Jeff Noe Conference
DSHA (1-0)
Green Bay (0-1)
Fox Cities
Greenfield
Stevens Point
The Tony Oliver Conference*
Catholic Memorial 1-0
Hamilton 1-0
Bruisers 0-1
DSHA jv 0-1
Madison
*Named in honor of Tony Oliver, the founding coach of both Oak Creek HS girls rugby and Homestead girls rugby who was tragically killed while bicycle riding.
News & Notes:
Last weekend's NIRA NCAA matches set a new record for WGR alumni participating. DSHA alone had five girls playing in NIRA matches, a high for their program.
Melanie Sanchez, #8 at Quinnipiac, was awarded a game ball in their tie against Harvard.
Megan Finerty started at #2 in Navy's 59-5 victory over D2 Frostburg St (a newer start-up program). Scout Spadoni of SPASH had a strong game for Frostburg St as the opposition number eight, scoring their lone try on the day.
The new Greenfield team makes their league debut with a long road trip up to Stevens Point. What they don't know yet is that SPASH's program are always GREAT hosts, laying out a most hospitable spread of food & hospitality for their guests at every home match. It should be a special start to their rugby experience and everyone is excited for them to experience the camaraderie and tradition of WGR.
The Green Bay Banshees have made the difficult decision to not play their first match, forfeiting the result.
