Midwest Championships

April 27th-28th

Schools Division (QUARTERFINALS)
DSHA 63           v Carroll    5
Grandville 22    v Penn HS  17


CMHS 68          v Hudson    7
St Joes 48          v Warsaw  29

Schools Division (SEMIFINALS)
DSHA  60          v Grandville  0
CMH   69          v  St Joseph's 0

Consolation Semis
Carrol 12            v  Penn        12
Warsaw 38         v  Hudson     0

Sunday (FINALS)
Championship
DSHA 31  CMHS 5

3rd Place
Grandville 38  St Joseph's 25

5th Place
Warsaw over Penn

7th
Carrol 69           Hudson 5


Club Division
Brunswick 49  Pulaski 0

Walnut Hills 45  Pulaski 0

Brunswick 12   Walnut Hills 10

Sunday
Amherst 64        Pulaski 0

Brunswick 40     Knightmares/Brookfield 12

Walnut Hills 51  Madison/Oshkosh 12


Walnut Hills
Brunswick

Open Division
Knightmares/Brookfield 40  Perrysburg 15

Amherst 40     Madison 0

Highland 24    Berkley 12

Perrysburg 27  Madison/Oshkosh 5

Amherst 43      Berkley 0

Knightmares/Oshkosh 34  Highland 5


JV Division
Amherst 30  Carrol 24

DSHA 62   St Joes 12

DSHA 46  Carrol 0

St Joes 20  Amherst 19

Sunday:
DSHA 48    Berkley 0

CMHS 20   Amherst 17

MW 2019 Final School Standings
1DSHA (WI)
2CMHS (WI)
3Grandville (MI)
4St Joes (OH)
5Warsaw (IN)
6Penn (IN)
7Carrol (IN)
8Hudson (OH)

April 17th and MW

Wed April 17th

DSHA 99  Hamilton HS 0

DS jv  51  Oak Creek HS 0

CMHS 31 Kettle Moraine 0


April 27th-28th  Midwest High School Championships
@Elkhart, Indiana Moose Rugby Grounds

DSHA, CMHS, Kettle Moraine, and Madison-Oshkosh will be representing WGR.

Best of luck to all.

Spring Thaw and Early Matches

Sat April 6th

Brookfield/Pulaski/KM/Vernon Combined  0    DSHA  Varsity  97

Brookfield/Pulaski/KM/Vernon Combined  0    DSHA JV 77


Wed April 10th
Oak Creek v  Catholic Memorial (cancelled)(snow)

Sat April 13th
Oak Creek 7s @ OCHS

D1: OCHS, KM, Brookfield, Pulaski, Hamilton, SPASH, Madison-Oshkosh
    Hamilton 33 KM  5
    Hamilton 25 Brookfield 10

D2:Same programs plus Wausau.

D1:  Hamilton HS 4-0
D2:  Hamilton HS 3-0

Sat April 13th
CMHS 55       Grandville HS (MI)  0

CMHS JV 12  South Bend     (IN)   0

A Rugby Journey

Coaches return from Premiership Rugby Coaching Scholarship program in London.

A cohort of American rugby coaches were afforded an opportunity to work in conjunction with professional coaches in the U.K. over the course of a week-long immersion program from March 16th-24th, including two coaches from Wisconsin Girls Rugby.

"I was able to visit St Paul's Cathedral during our down time one afternoon," noted CMHS coach Wally.  "As I left and walked the streets of London, I saw a sign for St Bride's on Fleet Street.  The "Journalists' Church" struck me with special significance.  I looked down at my jersey and smiled at where i'd been led. "

"Before departing on the trip, I'd asked our CMH rugby players which rugby jersey I should wear on the day where we were asked to represent our hometown team.  I was torn with this decision.  The Memorial blue is colored by coaches, parents, and student-athletes who inspire and impress me each day.   My other choice was what my team knows as "The Foley Jersey":  the ragged Marquette University jersey I wore as a player, as did my old teammate and friend James Foley.  

     When James Foley, a freelance journalist, was kidnapped and murdered by ISIS in 2014 it became world news.  For myself it also changed what and how I  teach.  Foley's words in his letter home, that "When nothing else made sense, Faith did", became another chapter to another story in every class and every team I'm blessed to be a part of.   As I walked into St Bride's I was able to thank God for leading me to my first team, which in unimaginable ways lead me to this beautiful Church and moment through our CMH ruggers.  Fittingly, the choir practiced as I sat alone in a tiny, ancient church known as a place where journalists and travelers gather to pray."

Watching Harlequins training:

On the set of Rugby Tonight.

More info on the Premiership Rugby Scholarship Program (click here)

THE Annual JAMES FOLEY MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT takes place Saturday May 4th, 2019 at Bill Young Stadium.   Played in the spirit of friendly competition, there is no champion only participants.  JV Brackets begin at 8am, Varsity Brackets 11am.  Coaches touch game @12pm.

Requested donation of $75/side to cover medical&refs.
To register contact jwaliszewski@catholicmemorial.net

2019 Single School Girls National Tournament

The 20th Annual Girls High School Rugby National Tournament will hold the single school competition in Glendale, Colorado May 18th and 19th at Infinity Park and the adjacent field.

Please register your team's info here (click) by March 26th.

Contact wisconsingirlsrugby@gmail.com with questions..

WGR How We Got Here Part I and II

WGR How We Got Here (Part I)

WGR How We Got Here (Part II)

WGR 20th Anniversary Fall 2019

WISCONSIN GIRLS RUGBY'S 20th YEAR of LEAGUE COMPETITION IS COMING UP IN THE FALL OF 2019.

Alumni reps from each team that is or was a part of WGR are getting together and contacting alumni to see what we can do to celebrate and commemorate the special people and moments of the last two decades.

Note from the chair below:


Hello All;

I’m excited to chair the effort for a 20 year anniversary.  It is incredible that so much time has passed, but not as surprising that the league is still going strong considering its continued leadership by the rugby community.  

Please take some time to reach out to all your current social media contacts, if you haven’t already, that may have an interest in the event (roughly in Sept. 2019).  Most importantly, ask them for contacts for the other teams. 

Otherwise, there are some priorities to promoting this event that will come together in time;

1.       Establishing its date.  I spoke with Wally about some potentials around Sept. of 2019, before the weather turns.  There should be some good travel weekends around that time.  I expect that this can be resolved shortly;

2.       Creating a central social media page to which we can drive traffic and keep people informed of developments (I’m fine if I don’t create this, so long as I have admin rights to it / it should be done after the date is established for the event); and

3.       Encouraging attendance, driving traffic to the site – should be no problem for everyone;

As part as the first year of the committee will be to establish a Hall of Fame, with inductees each year and rules for future nominees.  That will come in time once we get all the Members together. 

All other ideas are welcome.   Please share within this email exchange, or give me a call and I would be happy to discuss.    Wally, I would be happy to grow this email list as new Members arrive.

Regards,

Rick

Rick L. Ferrara

Head Coach/Co-Founder, Homestead Highlanders (2001-03)

Backline Coach, St. Edward High School of Cleveland (04, 2011-16)

Member, Ohio Rugby Referee Association (2016-present)

Author, Break the Line (shameless plug) https://amzn.to/2KHX7B3
wisconsingirlsrugby@gmail.com