Daily Breakdown

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

July 02, 2025

Hello, welcome back to the newsletter.

Fun fact about me is that I am not the biggest fan of sunlight. So while I appreciate the warm weather the summer brings, I don’t appreciate the fact that the sun is up when it is almost 9 p.m. I miss my blackout curtains, so if anyone knows how to block out sunlight, let me know. But enough about vampiric tendencies or what’s left of my teenage angst, you’re here for the news, so keep scrolling.

Stay golden,

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Top Story

WER hopes to help the United States compete on an international level. — Image by Corinne Joye Votaw

The Legacy Cup comes to the Twin Cities

by Megan Davis | Published July 1, 2025

The inaugural season of Women’s Elite Rugby came to a close with the Denver Onyx’s 53-13 win over the New York Exiles. The Legacy Cup was held in Eagan, Minnesota, at TCO Stadium.

Before the WER was founded, the next major competitive league for women’s rugby in the United States was the Women’s Premier League. The league was amateur and pay-to-play.

The WER is now the first professional women’s rugby league in the U.S. Six teams make up the current league, with the TC Gemini representing the Twin Cities.

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Opinion

Opinion: Gender-affirming care is broader than you think

By Matthew Jegers | A lot of us take for granted the ability to look how we want to look, dress how we want to dress and be who we want to be.

Sports

Ali Weimer has her best track and field year yet

By Megan Davis | Throughout the 2024-25 school year, Ali Weimer participated in five different championship meets, but the beginning of summer may have been the most unforgettable.