GRR: DSHA
In what was a brilliantly played and thoroughly entertaining game, Eagle HS of Idaho defeated Divine Saviour Holy Angels 24-5 to win the 2024 Girls Single-School Rugby National Championships.
Divine Saviour Holy Angels of Wisconsin will face Eagle HS of Idaho in the girls single-school final Sunday at the Wisconsin Rugby Complex at Cottage Grove.
DSHA won 7-5 over Meridian of Idaho. This was a wild, back-and-forth game in which both teams had opportunities to score more tries, but defense were outstanding.
Divine Savior Holy Angels dominated through the Girls Midwest Championships in Elkhart, Ind.
DSHA beat Medina, St. Joseph's Academy (both of Ohio) and Michigan's Sparta Rock in the final, winning by a combined 152-5, with Sparta Rock being the only team to score on the Milwaukee-area school team.
St. Joe's edged Catholic Memorial for 3rd.
In one of the most exciting and well-played girls high school rugby games any fan will ever want to see, Divine Savior Holy Angels held off Sparta Rock 31-29 to win the 2023 Midwest Championships.
The game capped an exciting weekend of rugby that saw teams from all over the region compete.
Divine Savior Holy Angels and Sparta Rock will face off in Sunday’s final of the Girls Midwest Rugby Championships.
Both won their first two games on a day when a relatively short thunderstorm interrupted a beautiful day of rugby.