Midwest HS Girls Rugby Championshp Tournament 2023

 The pairings for the upcoming Midwest Girls HS tournament have been settled:

In one side of the bracket:

   DSHA HS  (WI) vs Penn HS (IN)

   Grandville HS (MI) vs St Joseph's Academy (OH)

In the other side of the bracket:

    Sparta Rock (MI) vs Carrol (IN)

    Warsaw HS (IN) vs Catholic Memorial HS (WI)

WGR College Signings 2023

WGR's collegiate student-athlete landscape continues to expand out to new collegiate frontiers.  With the last official high school letter of intent signing day recently, these are the NCAA varsity college-commitments the L-L-R staff are aware of.   There may be a few additions.  Also, this list does not include the WGR graduates who play for club teams.  There tend to be many and that's often a choice those student-athletes don't make until the fall.

NCAA Division I:

Yesenia Morales         Army West Point                        Divine Savior Holy Angels HS

NCAA Division II:

LaJess Jordan            Frostburg St University               Bruisers (Spring '22 through Spring '23)

                                                                                       DSHA    (9th through Fall 11th Grade)

Mya Alexander          Lander University                       Bruisers

NCAA Division III

Maddy Kosmoski     Bowdoin College                         Catholic Memorial HS

Additional Note:

CRAA Division 1 (Not NCAA)

Katrina Clark             Grand Canyon University           Madison Furies

WGR NCAA Historical Record

Summer Co-Ed Flag Rugby

There are several flag programs across Wisconsin.  

Here's some general info:

https://tagrugbywi.wixsite.com/wisconsin-tag-rugby

Waukesha's Program is one of the largest with over 100 young athletes involved.  Note below from organizers:

 Hi Everyone,

My name is Aly Cunningham, and I will be running the Waukesha Tag Rugby program this summer with my father. I've been playing rugby since he started the program about 17 years ago including tag rugby, high school tackle rugby, and now varsity college rugby.

Registration for rugby is now open with Waukesha Parks, Recreation, and Forestry (WPRF), and you will have to create an account if you do not already have one. Please use this link or copy or paste this into your browser: https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/waukeshaprf/activity/search?onlineSiteId=0&activity_select_param=2&activity_keyword=rugby&viewMode=list

Our summer practice and tournament schedule is attached. We know that summers are very busy, and your kids are not required to attend every practice and tourney. However, we strongly encourage them to attend as many of the early practices as possible to learn or refresh the rules before going to their first tourney.

You'll see on the schedule that we have our first practice on Friday 6/9 and referee training on Saturday 6/10. We may be hosting training that Saturday, and we will need lots of kids to scrimmage Saturday to help train the referees, so please include that date on your personal rugby calendars.

For those kids who have aged out of tag rugby (e.g., completed 9th grade or higher), we would love for them to consider coaching or refereeing. Please contact me directly. Most of our younger coaches and referees are former players, and this is a great way to stay involved and give back to the game.

Thanks for taking the time to read this long email and let me know if you have any questions.

Aly

aly1720@gmail.com

Waukesha Tag Rugby

Program Dates:

Date Day Event Time Location 

June 9th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

June 10th Saturday Referee Training 9:00-12:00 TBA 

June 16th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

June 17th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Oshkosh 

June 23rd Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

June 24th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Lakefront 7s, Veterans Park 

July 7th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 8th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Fond du Lac 

July 14th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 15th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Green Bay 

July 21st Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 22nd Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Madison/Cottage Grove 

July 28th Friday Practice 5:00-6:30 Merrill Crest Park 

July 29th Saturday Tournament 9:00-2:00 Fox Cities

Midwest Girls High School Championship Tournament 2023

 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

Girls High School Rugby Nationals Logo Unveiled

Event Website:  

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WGR All State Team Fall 2022

Backs

Maggie Behnke (12) SPASH

Evelyn Coffou* (11) DSHA

Caitlyn Dieman (10) Hamilton

Pam Domres (11) SPASH

Grace Farrell* (12) Hamilton

Michaela Gleason (12) SPASH

LaJess Jordan* (12) Bruisers

Grace Kelly* (12) SPASH

Alexandra Mazurczak* (12) Catholic Memorial

Yesenia Morales* (12) DSHA

Flannery O'Keef* (11) DSHA

Meghan Rank* (12) Hamilton

Paige Smolik (11) Hamilton

Scout Spadoni (11) SPASH

Cece Stowers (11) Madtown Furies

Grace Strelow (12) Hamilton

Stazy Szymanski (12) Pulaski

Taryn Tom* (12) Bruisers

Madison Turcinovic* (11) DSHA

Meghan Walsh* (11) DSHA

Lucy Wilson* (11) Catholic Memorial

Ava Woolhether* (12) Bruisers

 

Forwards

Mya Alexander (12) Bruisers

Milana Commare (11) Bruisers

Tobie Dahm (12) DSHA

Maya Desai (11) Hamilton

Lilly Dorn (12) Green Bay

Sienna Ebo (10) DSHA

Meghan Finnerty* (11) DSHA

Naiya Gairy (12)* Catholic Memorial

Liv George (12) Hamilton

Olivia Haas (10) Bruisers

Zoie Price (12) Muskego

Rachel Rank* (12) Hamilton

Greta Rehmann (11) DSHA

Janie Retzer (12) DSHA

Megan Riley (12) DSHA

Ronny Ruedinger* (12) Hamilton

Melanie Sanchez (11) DSHA

 

*2021 All State Team Member

Team Sportsmanship Award: MadTown Furies

Spirit of the Game Award:  Nina Rouse, Asst. Athletic Director Muskego HS

Due Dates Approaching for Single School Girls Rugby National Tournament 2023

Reach out to wisconsingirlsrugby@gmail.com if interested.  We'll work with any team that is interested in participating.

Team Agreements and Entry Fee due 3/30/23

Event Website here

The Rugby Breakdown article here.