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Dartmouth's Taylor Johnson 2010 Higgy Recipient!
Congratulations to Taylor on being named a 2010 Kevin Higgins College Scholarship recipient.
San Diego, CA (November 1, 2010) - Taylor Johnson has always excelled scholastically. She was the 2010 class valedictorian at View Park Prep High in Los Angeles, CA graduating with a 4.1 GPA. “Her work ethic on the rugby field equals her work ethic for her studies,” said Stuart Krohn, Director of Inner City Education Foundation (ICEF) Rugby and Johnson’s rugby coach. “Academics were all she had ever seriously pursued until she found rugby.”
Posted: 12/06/2010
1956 Yale Men
The ball carrier is Bill Mercer, Yale Class of 1956. Notes Numbers on jerseys for Yale? The ball is already out to the wing and the pack hasn’t disengaged yet I'm guessing the opposing team may be Dartmouth 90 (though it's just speculation)
Posted: 12/02/2010
Rugby @ Model Secondary School for the Deaf
Mark Burke and Tal Bayer got together a few years back to start a rugby team. What makes the story special is that Burke is the Athletic Director for the Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). Burke sought out Bayer, rugby coach at the Hyde Leadership Public Charter School, who already had an established team.
Posted: 11/26/2010
DWRC Qualifies For National Round of 16
The DWRC secured its 10th bid into the National Collegiate Division I Round of Sixteen with a come-from-behind win against an aggressive Cornell side. The 17-15 nail-biter was a hard-fought, gritty match in which both teams had everything to prove and the winner would receive the third and final seed from the Northeast into the “Big Show”. (Army beat Brown on Sunday to take the first and second seeds, respectively.)
Posted: 11/20/2010Army Crowned NRU Champ, Defeat Brown Women 28-19
No surprises here: Army and Brown played in the Northeast Women's DI College Championship. The two teams have separated themselves from the rest of the pack, but this weekend proved that the teams are still works in progress.
Dartmouth Women Take 3rd in NRU, 17-15 over Cornell
Heading to nationals by capturing the 3rd NRU seed is Dartmouth, after a 17-15 win over Cornell.
"It was a dog fight," Dartmouth coach Deb Archambault said. "Both teams were holding nothing back and really wanted that third seed to Nationals."
2011 Brown University Rugby Team Officers Selected
At the fall team dinner on Tuesday evening, November 16, the team was rewarded with a Brown Refectory catered dinner. The purpose of the evening was to review the fall season, select the Class of 1991 Award winners and elect the new officers for 2011. Winter weight training has already begun and plans are underway for the spring schedule.
Posted: 11/15/2010
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Posted: 11/10/2010
Three Ivy League Schools Advance to the Northeast Round of Four
Cornell, Brown and Dartmouth Women all travel to Prickard Rugby Field, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine this weekend to compete in the semifinals of the 2010 Northeast RU College Championships.
Posted: 11/10/2010