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PRESS RELEASE — Dartmouth College Director of Athletics and Recreation Harry Sheehy announced that Dartmouth will elevate its women’s rugby team from a club sport to varsity status starting with the 2015-16 academic year.
The Union HS team out of Oklahoma won the Heart of America tournament HS boys bracket, coming back to defeat rivals Kansas City Junior Blues in the final.
Union defeated Olathe 43-3 in their opening pool and then defeated the Shawnee Mission East Lancers 21-0.
Stanford and Central Washington were the clear leaders during last weekend’s Pacific Mountain Rugby Conference playoffs. On Saturday, the pair combined for 199 unanswered points, but Sunday competition brought more resistance. The Cardinal fielded a younger team against Washington State and won 41-22, while the Wildcats subdued a good UC Davis 57-10.
The French U17 team have defeated the USA High School All American U17s 65-6 at the Field of Honor at the Centre National de Rugby in Marcoussis, France Tuesday.
With less than 48 hours to prepare the HSAA team had a lot of prep work to fit in in not much time, and battled through the first, and probably toughest, game of their European tour.
West Shore United hosted the Warwick Swarm Sunday at Borough Park in New Cumberland, Pa. The conditions were perfect for Rugby with temperatures around 50 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.