Wanted: high school girls for Salem’s club rugby team

A few weeks ago in Paris, the U.S. women’s rugby sevens team took home bronze at the Olympics. It was the first medal in rugby Americans have taken home in a century.

It was a major moment for Mia Strickland, who coaches girls rugby for Salem-Keizer high schools.

“The rugby was phenomenal. It was such a different level than what I see on the day-to-day, it was–” she said, and sighed. “It was excellent. And…