2025 Girls High School Rugby National Tournament

The 2025 Girls High School National Rugby tournament kicks off May 17th and 18th, 2025.  Registered teams, schedules, and scores will be updated here as they become available.

The event site can be found here, with info from travelers on hotels, schedules, tourism deals, and policies.

Contact Madison United Rugby, via Director Brad Dufek for any questions about the venue:  Madison United Rugby Complex in Cottage Grove, Wisconsin: murugbydirector@gmail.com

Contact National Girls Coaches Committee (NGCC)(for schools) with any tournament eligibility, rules, schedule, or other specific girls rugby queries:

Chair:  John Klein:  jklein@sdsm.k12.wi.us

West Rep: Kraig Smikel: ksmikel.ks@hotmail.com

East Rep: Matt Franks: matthew_frank60@yahoo.com

Media Rep: Kelli Vanover:    kelli.vanover@farmersinsurance.com

Eagle HS from Idaho returns to defend their title.  City Honors returns to

Competing Teams include but are not limited to the following programs: 

(still waiting on other teams to complete registration. Contact organizers ASAP to complete & compete)

Catholic Memorial HS

City Honors HS

Divine Savior Holy Angels HS

Eagle HS

Hamilton HS

Meridian HS

Taft HS

Warsaw Area HS

Midwest Girls High School Rugby Tournament 2025

 Scores from one of the biggest girls rugby weekends in the world!

Championship Bracket (Saturday Matches)

DSHA Dashers 57 v Carrol Chargers 0

Catholic Memorial Crusaders 27 vs Westside Indiana 14

Catholic Memorial 26 v St Joseph Academy Jaguars 19

DSHA 30  v Westside 0

St Joseph Academy 41 v Carrol Chargers 5

Open Bracket (Saturday Matches)

Penn (Ind) v Grandville HS (MI)

North Central HS (Ind) vs Hamilton HS (WI)

Fort Wayne (Ind) v Perrysburg (OH)

DSHA jv 40 v St Joseph's Academy jv 12 (OH)

DSHA jv 33 vs Grandville HS 0

Pendleton v Ft Wayne

Penn v St Joe's jv

North Central v Perrysburg

Hamilton 25  Pendleton 19

SUNDAY

Championship

5th place:  Hamilton 32 vs Carrol 12

3rd Place: St Joseph Academy 38 vs Westside 0

Championship:  Catholic Memorial 5  v DSHA 51

Final Midwest Rankings

1.DSHA (WI)
2.CMHS (WI)

3. St Joe's (OH)

4. Westside (Ind)

5. Hamilton HS (WI)

6. Carrol (Ind)

Historical Records:

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)

2024 Champion      DSHA                             Wisconsin               Host:  Indiana

          Runner-up     Sparta Rock                   Michigan

          3rd Place       St Joseph's Academy    Ohio              

2025 Champion      DSHA                             Wisconsin              Host: Indiana

          Runner-up    CMHS                             Wisconsin

          3rd Place      St Joseph Academy        Ohio

Midwest Girls High School Rugby Championships

The 2025 Midwest High School Girls Rugby tournament takes place April 26th-27th, 2025 at the Moose Rugby Grounds in Elkhart, Indiana.

The event began 26 years ago.  Initially it was a rotating championship featuring states taking turns hosting.  Having now been centralized for many years in order to boost attendance and ease planning, the 2025 iteration of the event will see six teams test themselves against top-flight but not selectside girls high school programs.

From Wisconsin, DSHA HS and  Catholic Memorial HS (both single-school programs with stable coaching staffs and stable playing numbers) will compete against a rising Westside Indiana team; the long-running Carrol Chargers also of Indiana; and St Joseph's Academy, another long-time staple and single school team from Ohio.  The teams in this competition are single school or at least single-community programs.  Both CMH and DSHA will play Westside instead of following the typical bracket style tournament seen in recent years.  It's note-able that Michigan does not have a representative in this part of the event.   

There is plenty of other rugby to be played.  Once again there is an open competition bracket of teams.  Hamilton HS will play their two Saturday games against this set of teams.  They will then face off on Sunday against a finisher from among the top tier, getting experience against both tiers of competition. Organizers appear to be leaning into flexibility and responding to coach's feedback. (Side note: Hamilton has built a robust spring schedule of 15's having added friendlies with CMH, Hononegah, Illinois, and Midwest in addition to some 7's)  

The series of JV-level matches continues as well, a key feature of the developmental mission of the event.  Grandville HS will play DSHA's JV team and does not appear set to face CMH or Hamilton's a-squads.  

The full schedules is posted on the Midwest Youth Rugby Site.  Stay tuned for schedule updates and scores. The championship match will be played at 1pm.

Side note:  DSHA traveled to Iowa last weekend to play the Hawkettes and players from Nebraska in 15's.  Kudos to all the coaches for continuing this spring friendly and including girls from Nebraska.