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![Gen. J.H. Binford Peay congratulates the rugby team in Memorial Garden.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/RugbyPeay2018KN15-1-400x266.jpg)
VMI rugby reached the highest level of play in its 50-year history, defeating Norwich before falling to University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in the Division II championship.
![The rugby team gathers for a photo on the pitch.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/RUGBY2017-1-400x266.jpg)
VMI's rugby team has qualified for the national semifinals for the first time in the program’s 50-year history, and will take on Norwich University in Greenville, South Carolina, Dec. 2.
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Starting with VMI’s homecoming football game against Western Carolina, the Institute will be utilizing a new clear bag policy at Foster Stadium, similar to policies at other NCAA games nationwide.
![Nathan Miller stands with the championship belt after winning his bout against University of Michigan’s Mike Henry during the final day of the USIBA National Championships March 23.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/BoxingFinals2017SH1127-1-400x273.jpg)
Six VMI boxers won individual titles and the men’s club battled to a second-place finish at the U.S. Intercollegiate Boxing Association National Championships.
The USIBA national championships are currently underway at Virginia Military Institute, with semifinals set for tonight at 6 p.m. in Cocke Hall.
![Members of VMI’s club boxing team trade blows Nov. 11 in a ring set up in New Barracks Courtyard surrounded by cadets cheering from the courtyard and the stoops. – VMI Photo by Stephen Hanes.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/BoxingInBarracks2017SH0229Main-1-400x266.jpg)
Tickets are on sale for the 2017 USIBA Boxing Nationals, to be held March 23-25 in Virginia Military Institute’s newly-renovated Cocke Hall.
![Visitors gather in the Hall of Valor for the 2013 Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/IMG_9545-1-400x266.jpg)
The VMI Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet will be held in Marshall Hall Feb. 11 starting at 6 p.m.
![Members of VMI’s club boxing team trade blows Nov. 11 in a ring set up in New Barracks Courtyard surrounded by cadets cheering from the courtyard and the stoops. – VMI Photo by Stephen Hanes.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/BoxingInBarracks2017SH0229List.jpg)
Over the Veterans Day weekend, the VMI boxing team's inaugural Battle of the Barracks drew a huge crowd to the courtyard of New Barracks.
![Among the features of the Corps Physical Training Facility are a 200-meter hydraulic track, overhead obstacles, a rock wall, a warmup track, and spectator seating. – VMI Photo by John Robertson IV.](/media/content-assets/images/news/2016-17/ITFNovember2017JRR0038List.jpg)
VMI’s newest building, the Corps Physical Training Facility, is now home to the Keydet track team, with full Corps use to follow in 2017.
Seven former athletes and one alumnus who distinguished himself in sports journalism will be inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame Feb. 11 at a banquet in Marshall Hall.