Prior to the pandemic, the Montana girls’ high school rugby league moved from 15s to 7s to accommodate dropping numbers. This past spring, however, the state pushed to restore the traditional version of the game, which attracts a wider cross-section of the athlete population. There were some growing pains, as expected in a transition year, but 15s is trying to make its comeback.
The Bitterroot Wahine have won every Montana state championship since 2014 – excluding the 2020 covid season and 2017, when Kalispell took . . .