Malvern Collegiate girls win city rugby championship
The Malvern Collegiate girls rugby team recently celebrated winnng the city championship.
The team won the Toronto District Secondary Schools Athletic Association (TDSSAA) Senior Girls City Championship with a 24-17 victory over Northern Secondary School on May 23.
To qualify for the city championships, the Malvern girls beat George S. Henry Academy 43-5 in the city semifinal match.
The TDSSAA title qualified the Malvern team to compete in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championship tournament held in Aurora earlier this month.
Going into the OFSAA championships, Malvern was ranked 15th among the 16 teams competing. At OFSAA, Malvern dropped its first game on June 2 to Peterborough’s Thomas A. Stewart Secondary School, which was ranked second overall and went on to win the gold medal. Malvern lost their second OFSAA game on Tuesday, June 3, to Oakville’s Garth Webb Secondary School.
