Two All-Star organizations, USA Rugby South and the Tennessee Tri-Stars, will combine efforts to form nine teams for the Las Vegas Invitational next week.
After months of camps and events the teams are set for the LVI 7s tournaents that will begin Thursday, March 2. The South/Tri-Stars contingent will include over 100 players and a touring party of about 300.
Tour Leaders & Staff
Panther & Tri-Star 7’s Director - Mark Williams
Management & Travel - Theresa Williams
Team Trainer, Sean Borman
The Teams:
| USA Rugby South Panthers - U 18 Girls Elite Division | ||
| Coach Richard Boone | ||
| Lindsey | Baron | Tenn. |
| KC | Byrd | Tenn. |
| Jordyn | Cedeno | Tenn. |
| Morgan | Crossfield | Ga. |
| Hope | Ellis | Ga. |
| Morgan | Freeman | Fla. |
| Jessica | Gozlan | NC |
| Shaniah | Jones | Tenn. |
| Rebecca | Luke | Tenn. |
| Alex | Wantlin | Fla. |
| Nicole | Wantlin | Fla. |
| Coaches Toby Florek tflorek@farmersagent.com Richard Boone, Richard richard.boone@sth.org | ||
| Tennessee Tri-Star Girls – Girls High School Open Division | ||
| Coaches Toby Florek, Richard Boone | ||
| Brooke | Brown | Tenn. |
| Kaity | Camire | Tenn. |
| Kim | Dupuis | Tenn. |
| Sophia | Esmonde | Tenn. |
| Megan | Harwell | Ga. |
| Emily | Jarosinski | Tenn. |
| JaVonii | Merritt | Tenn. |
| Alex | Ozden | Tenn. |
| Jenna | Salyer | Ga. |
| Grace | Spehr | Tenn. |
| Casey | Stachler | Ga. |
| Annabelle | Van Horne | Tenn. |
| USA Rugby South Panthers - U 18 Boys Elite Division | ||
| Coaches Mark Williams, Daniel Pretorius | ||
| Mo | Abdullah | GA |
| Mitchell | Blair | GA |
| Dane | Cashion | KS |
| Jaycob | Forrester | Tn |
| Jack | Freixa | FL |
| Marcelo | Gutierrez | FL |
| Jacob | Kinman | Tn |
| Connnor | Lenihan | MO |
| Sean | O'Driscoll | GA |
| Zach | Rademacher | TN |
| Jean | Roberts | GA |
| Will | Shaw | TN |
| Tennessee Tri-Star – Blue - High School Open Division | ||
| Coaches Keith Burnett, Brian Shaw | ||
| Jack | Ambrose | TN |
| Patrick | Beacom | TN |
| Tory | Griffin | TN |
| Aidan | Riseling | TN |
| Cameron | Scherer | TN |
| Angus | Spence | TN |
| Avery | Tate | TN |
| T Graham | Walace | TN |
| Tripp | Waring | TN |
| William | Weaver | TN |
| Jace | Walter | TN |
| USA Rugby South Panthers - Boys High School Open Division | ||
| Coaches: Adam Massey, John Watson | ||
| Alec | Burcham | IN |
| Case | Ellis | LA |
| Jack | Gab | LA |
| Diego | Haro | MO |
| Gabriel | Kettering | MO |
| Ty | Lewis | MO |
| Drake | Roethele | LA |
| Noah | Sease | IL |
| John | Stewart | MO |
| Sam | Timmermans | MO |
| Connor | Hayes | NC |
| Tim | Voin | GA |
| Tennessee Tri-Star – Red – Boys High School Open Division | ||
| Coaches: Bart Butler, Jim Belli | ||
| Nathaniel | Beech | LA |
| Hayden | Coutrudo | LA |
| Taylor | Croyts | GA |
| Adrian | Davis | GA |
| Tomas | Gallo | FL |
| Isaiah | Helt | MO |
| Colton | Maurer | MO |
| Garrett | Peal | TN |
| Peyton | Sevigny | TN |
| Cecil | Walsh | TN |
| Timothy | Yeager | TN |
| USA Rugby South Panthers – U-16 Elite Boys Division | ||
| Coach Steve Roberts, Brett Rademacher | ||
| Anas | Abdullah | GA |
| Austin | Arnett | tn |
| Noah | Cone | NC |
| Oliver | Kennett | GA |
| Tyrus | Loveless | Ga |
| Jake | Pretorius | Ga |
| Isaiah | Rademacher | TN |
| Justice | Reeder | GA |
| kevin | Scott | GA |
| Colton | Sharit | GA |
| Declan | Wilson | GA |
| Adam | Zareb | IN |
| Tennessee Tri-Star – U-16 Elite Boys Division | ||
| Coaches Paul Ridler | ||
| Brandon | Buckley | TN |
| Ryan | Bullock | TN |
| Logan | Cloete | Tn |
| Dustin | Lavender | TN |
| Eddie | Lemus | LA |
| Maxwell | Mouret | TN |
| William | Newell | LA |
| Matthew | Palmer | LA |
| Max | Pleban | TN |
| Jake | Rath | TN |
| Jack | Ridler | TN |
| Nathan | Sayers | GA |
| USA Rugby South Panthers – U-14 Elite Boys Division | ||
| Coaches Buster Kennett, Matthew Bullock | ||
| Brian | Acklen | GA |
| Matthew | Beacom | TN |
| Blake | Bibb | GA |
| Brendan | Bibb | GA |
| Andrew | Bradshaw | GA |
| Ian | Bullock | TN |
| Rafael | Kennett | GA |
| Sebastian | Kennett | GA |
| Drew | Lusk | TN |
| Will | Mitchell | GA |
| Dane | Nelson | GA |
| Hank | White | TN |
This is just the first of a series of events for the USA Rugby South program. After Las Vegas the programs starts thinking about the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s championships.
The South Panthers won this tournament in 2016 after defeating Bermuda, Trinidad, and Mexico. They are still looking for players - you must be USA-qualified and born Jan 1, 1998 or later.
15’s Camps & Events (final details TBD)
April 23rd - North/Midwest Camp TBD –
April 30th – Chattanooga Camp
May 13/14 – South Florida Camp TBD
June 3rd – MTSU; South All-State Competition – For State All-star Teams to prepare for the RCT
June 4th – MTSU - South Panther Camp
July 1-2 – Final preparation Camp
July 13th -22nd - RUGBY AMERICAS NORTH (RAN) U-19 15’s CHAMPIONSHIPS; Miami, FL
After that will be the NAI 7s in Salt Lake City, which will be the culmination of the NAHS 7s for 2017.
NORTH AMERICAN INVITATIONAL 7s: August 3-5th, 2017 - Salt Lake City, UT
