OFSAA 2022 Girls’ Rugby Championships
June 1, 2022 by admin
Filed under Monthly Highlights, Provincial and Territorial News
OFSAA 2022 GIRLS’ RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPS
| GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE | |
| Girls’ A/AA | Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School | St Mary Catholic Secondary School | Centre Dufferin District High School |
| Girls’ AAA | Mayfield Secondary School | Uxbridge Secondary School | Glebe Collegiate Institute |
2022 OFSAA GIRLSS’ RUGBY PARTICIPANTS
| A/AA | AAA |
| COSSA – St Mary Catholic Secondary School | COSSA – I E Weldon Secondary School |
| COSSA – Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School | CWOSSA – Brantford Collegiate Institute |
| CWOSSA – Grey Highland Secondary School | CWOSSA – Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School |
| CWOSSA – Centre Dufferin District High School | EOSSAA – Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School |
| EOSSAA – La Salle Secondary School | GHAC – Oakville Trafalgar High School |
| GBSSA – Twin Lakes Secondary School | LOSSA – Uxbridge Secondary School |
| GHAC – Thomas A Blakelock High School | NCSSAA – Glebe Collegiate Institute |
| LOSSA – Courtice Secondary School | ROPSSAA – Mayfield Secondary School |
| LOSSA – Eastdale Collegiate and Vocational Institute | SOSSA – Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary School |
| ROPSSAA – Streetsville Secondary School | SWOSSAA – Ursline College |
| TDSSAA – Ursula Franklin Academy | TDSSAA – Northern Secondary School |
| WOSSAA – F E Madill Secondary School | WOSSAA – Parkside Collegiate Instutite |
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Holy Cross Hurricanes win girls rugby provincial high school championship
First OFSAA AA title for the school’s program, ending a 12-year streak by Quinte schools.
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By Mike DaviesExaminer Sports Director
The Holy Cross Hurricanes senior girls rugby team captured the program’s first OFSAA gold medal on Wednesday.
The Hurricanes edged the host St. Mary Thunder 15-12 in an all-Kawartha OFSAA AA final in Cobourg.
After outscoring their previous three opponents 148-0 on Monday and Tuesday, the Hurricanes were pushed trailing 7-5 early in the second half.
Shannon Elliott had staked the Hurricanes to a 5-0 first half lead. Tori Reynolds scored the go-ahead try and Emma Belk kicked a convert and penalty kick to make it 15-7 before St. Mary scored with less than four minutes left to close the gap.
It was the first OFSAA since 2019 when Holy Cross lost in the final to Trenton in their first trip to OFSAA. They also qualified in 2020 but it was cancelled by COVID-19.
Riley Stone is the only player left from the 2019 team. She was in Grade 9 and didn’t get to play in that game against Trenton but was a key member of this year’s squad.
“Back in 2019 I watched all of our players fight a hard match and come out with silver,” Stone said.
“The alumni came out today to support us and we wanted to win it for them and we wanted to win it for us. We worked so hard as a team this year through the ups and downs and really pushed through to win this. We really wanted it this year. I’m just so proud of all the girls.”
Jake Fowler started the girls rugby program in 2014 and enlisted retired teacher Brian Greer, who had run a successful girls program at Adam Scott Collegiate, to assist him along with Chris Paige.
The team has been strong almost from day one and after 12 straight years of Quinte schools winning OFSAA, the Hurricanes achieved their milestone.
“It’s still sinking in,” Fowler said.
“It’s been quite a journey so it’s pretty special especially for these girls coming out of a pandemic. We talked a lot about it, that a year ago they were being told to not even leave their house and how special it is that they were able to play at OFSAA and let’s make the most of it.
“They did. They really played well and today they handled the adversity when they were down 7-5. That was the first time they’d been down all year. St. Mary’s came ready to play. It was at their school and they definitely gave us a great go. It was a great game.”mike.davies@peterboroughdaily.com
