GRR: HS Girls
When one plays for a team like Divine Savior Holy Angels – a girls high school that has finished in the top three for more than a decade – things like playoffs, nationals and titles are on the radar before the school year even begins. The Dashers are cruising through the Wisconsin Girls High School league, now 3-0 after a 50-0 win over Appleton, but nothing is being taken for granted.
Slowly but surely, girls high schools are taking 7s more seriously. Fall leagues are popping up around the country, which is a good thing, because unless you live in Wisconsin or Colorado, there isn’t much 15s being played during this time of year.
Why are more than a thousand school kids from New York picking up a rugby ball for the first time in their lives next week? The HSBC Rugby Festivals powered by Serevi are making its first North American stop in New York on Monday September 29th and Tuesday the 30th to introduce local youth to one of America’s fastest growing sports.
Wisconsin Girls Rugby (WGR) finished its second league weekend, and four of the 10 teams are still undefeated.
As Rugby Colorado enters its second league weekend, a rematch of last year’s girls high school championship is ready to unfold. 2013 finalist Fort Collins may not be the second-best this year, as the team lost 27-10 to Northside (2-0) last weekend, but Summit has made an early, convincing case that it’s building to another state championship.