Girls’ high school rugby is underway and states are playing a mix of competitive and developmental 7s and 15s seasons. The following belongs to a three-part overview of competitions that have already kicked off, those that will kick off shortly, as well as the sites / resources providing information. This piece focuses on competitions that will name their state 15s champions this fall. Stay tuned for championship 7s and more social/developmental 7s circuits occurring this fall. Feel free to message Jackie Finlan with updates.
CHAMPIONSHIP 15s
Wisconsin and Michigan are the two states that play their regular and championship 15s seasons in the fall.
Wisconsin is well organized and info forward. Follow this long-time-running Wisconsin Girls Rugby blog for inarguably the most up-to-date info on the season and archives dating back to 2007. Also, Badger Kings Media is all over the state and gives lots of love to the girls’ game. There are nine teams in play this fall:
• Jeff Noe Conference (5): Divine Savior Holy Angels HS, Green Bay Banshees, Stevens Point Area HS, Bruisers, Madison Furies
• Tony Oliver Conference (4): Catholic Memorial HS, Hamilton HS, DSHA HS JV, Fox Cities
The Jeff Noe teams play each other once during the regular season, which began Sept. 13, and wraps up Oct. 11. The Tony Oliver teams also play each other once, and then one other team twice to get the same number of regular-season games that the Jeff Noe teams play. Playoffs are Oct. 18 in Cottage Grove, and the finals are Oct. 26 at Hart Park in Wauwatosa.
Sept 13: Week 1 Results
Madison 45-0 Bruisers
DSHA 75-0 SPASH
Catholic Memorial 64-27 Fox Cities
DSHA JV 24-15 Hamilton
Sept 20: Week 2 Schedule
DSHA JV (1-0) @ Catholic Memorial (1-0)
Fox Cities (0-1) @ Hamilton HS (0-1)
Green Bay (0-0) @ Bruisers (0-1)
Furies (1-0) @ DSHA (1-0)
Michigan has also wrapped on two weeks of the 15s regular season. The schedule has needed some reworking, as new team West Ottawa has dropped, and Lakeshore and Rockford HS (“RockShore”) have combined this fall. They join Berkeley, Grand Haven, Grandville, Howell, Portage, Rogue, second-season St. Joseph HS and Traverse City in the league, which also has returner Warsaw from Indiana playing across state lines. These updates are being publicly communicated through this Rugby Michigan Facebook page. Playoffs are Nov. 8-9.
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Sept 7: Week 1 Results
Grand Haven 31-29 Grandville
Traverse City 115-0 Rockford HS (before combining with Lakeshore)
Rogue 77-5 Berkley
Sept 14: Week 2 Results
Traverse City 85-5 RockShore
Warsaw 47-31 Grandville
Sept 21: Week 3 Schedule
Berkley v RockShore
Traverse City v Grand Haven
St. Joe v Grandville