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- Division: Boys D1/Premier
- Division: Girls
The nation's top girls rugby programs descend on the pitch this week for three days of championship rugby.
In all, 21 girls high school teams will compete across four brackets (HS Tier 1 & 2; Club Tier 1 & 2) to crown the 2026 USA YHS Girls National Champions.
In addition, the tournament will showcase a Middle school division that has seven participating teams.
Bishop Dwenger put on a very strong run of performances to beat Neuqua, St. Ignatius, and Notre Dame de la Salette to win the Boys Midwest Championships over the weekend.
Eight teams played in a bracket format, with Saturday seeing the quarterfinals and semifinals in shortened matches, and a longer match played for the placement games on Sunday.
The Midwest Boys championships kick off this weekend with a Championship bracket of eight teams
In one side of the bracket, St. Ignatius plays SLUH in the opening round, while Bishop Dwenger takes on a tough Neuqua Valley HS in the other game.
Gonzaga hosted their Gonzaga Classic over the weekend, with the host team taking the Boys Varsity bracket, while Doylestown impressed in the Girls Varsity bracket and took the final.
Gonzaga College HS inducted their 2014-2016 teams, which won three state National Championships, into the Gonzaga Athletic Hall of Fame, so there were plenty of alumni watching the games.
Herriman won a chilly, snowy Montana Invitational in fairly convincing fashion Saturday, wrapping up a sweep of their four shortened matches.
The Mustangs split their squad a bit on Friday, beating Liberty 57-14 with one group and then shutting out Kahuku 24-0 with another.