Hot Starts Drive Bishop Dwenger to Midwest Championship
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.
Top Teams Set for Midwest Boys HS Championship
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.
Teams Set for Montana Invitational Challenge
It’s going to be cold at the Montana Invitational this weekend but the rugby action should be pretty hot.
The tournament welcomes a HS Boys Elite, HS Girls Elite, HS Girls Premier, HS Boys Premier, and a U16 Boys Elite over the course of two days in Bozeman, MT.
TOA Unity Brings Home Tropical 7s Title
TOA won the Boys Elite U18s at Tropical 7s, beating Rebel Rugby Academy 26-10 in the final.
The key, said Coach Greg Turpen, was cohesion.
"The family and administrative unity spread into our team and extended well beyond the field," said Tupren. "Behind the scenes, our support team, families, and coach handled things seamlessly. It was pretty cool."
Tropical 7s Back for East and Keeps Growing
The Tropical 7s returns for Easter Weekend with 17 divisions and over 220 teams in action.
“We’re still growing and we are getting a lot of demand in certain divisions, especially Boys and Girls U18 Open divisions, and the U14 divisions,” said Tournament Director John Siner.
