{"id":176500,"date":"2026-03-26T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176500\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T21:20:11","slug":"silverthorne-rugby-standout-represents-team-usa-in-nyc-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/176500\/","title":{"rendered":"Silverthorne rugby standout represents Team USA in NYC tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summits-cassidy-bargell-debuts-with-u-s-national-rugby-team-following-challenging-journey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summits-cassidy-bargell-debuts-with-u-s-national-rugby-team-following-challenging-journey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2018 Summit High School graduate Cassidy Bargell<\/a>, competed in the sixth and final stop of the HSBC SVNS Series in New York City March 14-15. Taking wins against Canada and Japan, the USA fell to Australia and New Zealand before taking the win in the playoff for third place. <\/p>\n<p>After moving up the table from 5th in the series opener in Dubai, followed by 3 fourth-place finishes, the U.S. women\u2019s team closed out with two bronze podium finishes.<\/p>\n<p>Silverthorne\u2019s Bargell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summit-high-alum-cassidy-bargell-shines-on-world-stage-at-2025-womens-rugby-world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">who has competed at high-profile events<\/a> including the 2025 Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup, was called to the USA Women\u2019s Eagles Sevens squad in February from the USA Women\u2019s Eagles XV team, according to USA Rugby. Bargell\u2019s sevens debut took place at the HSBC SVNS World Series in Perth on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release provided by World Rugby SVNS, Bargell said she was proud to represent the U.S. in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m\u00a0very proud\u00a0to have represented Team USA. Playing on that team, we\u00a0represent\u00a0the best parts of America, and I am just so proud and honoured to wear that jersey around so many other girls who work so hard for it day in and day out. We all work to\u00a0represent\u00a0our communities as best as we can \u2014\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0really what makes me proud,\u00a0representing\u00a0my community, including Summit County,\u201d Bargell said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the March 14-15 tournament, Bargell said she was looking forward to playing a rare home-soil match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve\u00a0actually only\u00a0played two games on home soil, in LA two-years-ago, and D.C. before the World Cup. I just remember the support that we had in D.C. \u2014 it was a must-win game for us against Fiji going into the World Cup and there was just something so cool about knowing that your friends and family were in the stands,\u201d Bargell said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get to meet them afterwards and\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0just really cool to be able to play in front of people who know what it means to be a\u00a0rugby\u00a0player,\u00a0and how\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0worked so\u00a0hard to\u00a0get\u00a0that spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Stay connected to Summit County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sign up for daily or weekly newsletters at <a href=\"https:\/\/summitdaily.com\/newsletter?utm_source=story&amp;utm_medium=story+insert&amp;utm_campaign=newslettersignup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SummitDaily.com\/newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bargell helped lead the powerhouse Summit rugby team to four state championship titles, went on to play for Harvard and is also known for representing those\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/summits-cassidy-bargell-debuts-with-u-s-national-rugby-team-following-challenging-journey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">living with an ostomy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team USA, including 2018 Summit High School graduate Cassidy Bargell, competed in the sixth and final stop of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-176500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-ny","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-nyc-headlines","12":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}