Catholic Memorial Tops Divine Savior

The Midwest Girls High School Rugby Championship was held this past weekend and a new champion emerged. Divine Savior, who had won every Midwest championship since 2003 was bested by Wisconsin rival Catholic Memorial 25-22. Both teams have pulled away from the rest of the Midwest pack with Catholic Memorial beating Lane Tech 69-10, and Warsaw 66-12. Divine Savior won both their matches over Hudson 60-0, and St. Joseph 71-7. In the final, both sides traded leads with Catholic Memorial pulling ahead to stay with 5 minutes left.

Final School Standings:

1. Catholic Memorial(WI)
2. Divine Savior(WI)
3. St. Joseph(OH)
4. Warsaw(IN)
5. Grandville(MI)
6. Hudson(OH)
7. Lane Tech(IL)
8. Penn(IN)

The club division had a close final as well, with two Ohio teams in the finals. Walnut Hills edged Brunswick 22-17. To reach the finals, Brunswick won matches over Pulaski 21-14, and KC United 34-15. Walnut Hills won their matches over Hopkins 40-10, and Brookfield 15-7.

Final Club Standings:

1. Walnut Hills(OH)
2. Brunswick(OH)
3. Pulaski(WI)
4. Brookfield(WI)
5. KC United(MO)
6. Hopkins(MN)

Perrysburg(OH) bested Amherst(OH) 22-15 in the Open Division Championship and Divine Savior won the JV Championship.