Home Page Update 2/23/10
STARTING TIMES ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR HS NATIONALS
Click here to see starting times for the event...
2010 USA RACQUETBALL HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL RACQUETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2010 High School Nationals kick-off Wednesday, February 24th in Portland, Oregon ... follow all of the action 'LIVE' online by clicking here...
Some matches from the event will be streamed 'LIVE' on RacquetballOnline.tv Click here to watch these high school matches...
ALL-STATE VARSITY TEAMS
Coaches... Login in this website and cast your votes for the 2010 All State High School Racquetball teams. Only Varsity coaches will have the opportunity to vote and only boys teams can vote for boys and girls teams can vote for girls.
All State teams represent who you (as coaches) think best represent the league in all aspects of the league. Beyond the individual on court performances, consider sportmanship, leadership, and team work. Consider these 'All Star' teams and cast votes for who you think would be the best players in the league to fill out your first team, second team, and honorable mention team.
Remember also that you can vote for anyone... each team will have 6 singles players and a doubles team. The six singles players can be the #1 seed from 6 different schools... it's whatever you think best represents each team. The doubles teams must be selected from the teams who were paired up for the season.
There is also a Sportsmanship Award. While you can vote for your own players for the All State Awards, you cannot vote for someone from your own team for the Sportsmanship Award. You must select a student from another Varsity team with your vote.
How do you vote? Login (COACHES: LOGIN TO THE WEBSITE HERE) and click on the button that says 'Click Here to Vote'. Then 1) Click on Edit to select a player or team for a given spot. Next 2) Select a Name from the drop down menu. Lastly 3) Click on Update to submit your entry.
All voting must be complete by 10 am on Friday, March 12th. All results will be announced on this website after 1pm on Friday, March 12th. These players that make the All State Teams will be recognized at the League Banquet on Thursday, April 8th.
Home Page Update 2/22/09
MISSOURI BOYS STATE RESULTS
Congratulations to Parkway West for their 1st Place Varsity Boys Team finish at the 2010 Missouri State Championships! This was Parkway West's first State Championship since 1988... great job! Click here to see a complete history of all the Boys State Team Champions.
Congratulations also to Michael Shearman (Parkway West) for his win over Mark Kissel (SLUH) in the Boys Varsity Division #1 Singles Final. Click here to see a complete history of all the Boys State Singles Champions.
For all of the Boys Team & Individual Results from the 2010 State Championships, click here...
Home Page Update 2/21/09
MISSOURI GIRLS STATE RESULTS
Congratulations to Visitation for their 1st Place Varsity Girls Team finish at the 2010 Missouri State Championships! This was Visitation's first State Championship! Click here to see a complete history of all the Girls State Team Champions.
Congratulations also to Sarah Noles (Cor Jesu) for her win over Elizabeth Hejlek (St. Joseph's) in the Girls Varsity Division #1 Singles Final. Click here to see a complete history of all the Girls State Singles Champions.
For all of the Girls Team & Individual Results from the 2010 State Championships, click here...
Home Page Update 2/18/10
MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL STATE RACQUETBALL STARTING TIMES
The Missouri High School State Racquetball Team Championships are this weekend (February 20 & 21) at Vetta Sports Concord. The Starting times and draws are now available for this weekends event, click here to get your match information. All players must check-in 30 minutes prior to their scheduled start time to keep the event running on time. Doors open at 6:30am on both days. Matches will begin at 7am. Good luck to all players, coaches, and teams!
Click here to follow Girls State 'LIVE' online this Saturday!
Click here to follow Boys State 'LIVE' online this Sunday!
JV3 STATE - RESULTS
Congratulations to the following players on their performances last weekend at the JV3 State Tournament. The JV3 players are the future of our league. 88 kids (45 boys and 43 girls) participated in the event. All players listed below will be recognized at our league banquet on April 8th.
For complete results, click here...
JV3 BOYS
1st Place - Marc Hansell, Parkway North
2nd Place - Christian Probst, SLUH
3rd Place - Philip Dearing, John Burroughs
JV3 GIRLS
1st Place - Rachel Linsin, Visitation
2nd Place - Laura Hampel, Nerinx Hall
3rd Place - Jordan Giljum , Cor Jesu
VARSITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
Congratulations to Visitation Academy (Girls) and St. Louis University High School (Boys) on their first place finishes in the Varsity League. Visitation finished the season undefeated with a perfect 10-0 record. SLUH finished the season with an impressive 9-1 record. Click here to see how your team fared...
Home Page Update 2/11/10
JV3 STATE THIS WEEKEND, SATURDAY, FEB. 13: STARTING TIMES NOW AVAILABLE
Click here to go to the start times. All players need to show up 30 minutes before their scheduled match. If your team has players willing to come early, we can use them as refs for the first round matches. This is a single elimination tournament with all matches being 2 games to 15 points and a tiebreaker to 11.
MIKE POHLMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP INFO
There is still time to apply.... Click here to download the information for the Mike Pohlman Memorial Scholarship. Coaches please encourage your senior players to apply for these scholarships. The submission are due by Tuesday, February 16 and the awards will be presented at the league banquet April 8.
SNOW DAY MAKE-UPS
These matches now have make-up dates set...
Vianney versus Chaminade Varsity is now 7pm, Friday, February 19 at Concord.
Vianney versus Parkway West-2 JV1 & JV2 is now 3:30pm, Monday, February 15 at Concord.
Home Page Update 2/9/10
SNOW DAY
Sorry for the delay. Had some issues with the website today. All matches scheduled for today are canceled due to the weather.
Boys JV2 CBC versus Ladue is rescheduled for Thursday, February 18 at the JCC.
Make-up dates have not been scheduled yet for the following...
Boys Varsity Vianney versus Chaminade
Boys JV1 Vianney versus Parkway West-2
Boys JV2 Vianney versus Parkway West-2
Home Page Update 1/22/10
GARY HENDREN STARTING TIMES
All girls teams must arrive by 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 23.
Girls matches begin at 8:30 a.m.
All boys teams must arrive by 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 23.
Boys matches begin at 3:30 p.m.
Home Page Update 1/14/10
HUGE LEAGUE UPDATE
GARY HENDREN TOURNAMENT SIGN-UPS
To sign up for the Gary Hendren Invitational... please follow the directions listed here on our website. All team entries must be received by Dan Whitley no later than 6pm on Monday, January 18th. It is not required to give the names of the individuals playing, all that is necessary is the confirmation of a full Varsity team. Remember that if a Varsity player cannot attend, JV players can be promoted to fill the spots. The girls teams will play in the morning and the boys will start in the afternoon. Specific start times will be available once all entries are received.... The tournament will take place on Saturday, January 23rd at Vetta Sports Concord.
HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS SIGN-UPS
All High School Nationals sign-ups must be done online. The event is in Portland, Oregon and runs February 24 through February 28. Click here to go to the online sign-ups for the event.
MIKE POHLMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP INFO
Click here to download the information for the Mike Pohlman Memorial Scholarship. Coaches please encourage your players to apply for these scholarships. The submission are due by February 16 and the awards will be presented at the league banquet April 8.
Home Page Update 1/7/10
SNOW DAY - FRIDAY, JANUARY 8
Due to the weather forcing some school closings again today, all league matches are cancelled and will be rescheduled. Make-up dates have not been set yet.
JV3 LEAGUE - SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 - STILL ON AS SCHEDULED
The league is still scheduled to take place tomorrow, January 9th, as scheduled. If there are any changes to that plan, they will be listed here on this website by 9am on Saturday morning, January 9th.
Home Page Update 1/6/10
SNOW DAY - THURSDAY, JANUARY 7
Due to school closings and the weather, all league matches scheduled for Thursday, January 7 are cancelled. All matches will be rescheduled. Make-up dates have not been set yet.
Home Page Update 12/15/09
LEAGUE FUNDRAISER
Parkway West is hosting their annual trivia night on January 16 at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church. A portion of the proceeds from donations made by other teams in the league will be donated back to MOHSRA. Click here for an information sheet provided by Parkway West Coach Mark Brimer. Do not hesitate to contact Mark if you have any questions.
DATE FOR 2010 MISSOURI HIGH SCHOOL RACQUETBALL LEAGUE BANQUET IS SET
The 2010 MOHSRA League Banquet will be Thursday, April 8 at DeSmet High School. For more information on this event, click here...
2009 WINTER ROLLOUT PICTURES ARE NOW ONLINE
Click here for more information, pictures, and links to individual and team results...
COR JESU - 1st Place Girls Team, 2009 Winter Rollout
SLUH, 1st Place Boys Team, 2009 Winter Rollout
FEEL GOOD STORY OF THE TOURNAMENT:
1ST YEAR TEAM PARKWAY NORTH PLACES 3RD IN BOYS DIVISION AT 2009 WINTER ROLLOUT !
Home Page Update 12/5/09
WINTER ROLLOUT RESULTS
Congrats to Boys Team winner SLUH and Girls Team winner Cor Jesu!
BOYS DIVISON
1st Place - SLUH, 750
2nd Place - DeSmet, 580
3rd Place - Parkway North, 145
GIRLS DIVISION
1st Place - Cor Jesu, 780
2nd Place - Visitation, 325
3rd Place - Parkway West, 200
For complete results, click here to download results...
Home Page Update 12/3/09
WINTER ROLLOUT START TIMES NOW AVAILABLE
Winter Rollout Start Times, Complete Draws, Individual & Team Match Reports are all now available online. Please note that all matches are 2 out of 3 games to 11 with only 1 timeout per game. All players must check-in 30 minutes prior to their scheduled match time. Vetta Sport Concord will open at 6:30am on Saturday morning. Click here for links to this information.
FOLLOW THE WINTER ROLLOUT 'LIVE' ONLINE
MATCH RESULTS - 'LIVE' AS THEY HAPPEN!
Follow the Winter Rollout live online and track match results as they happen. Matches will run from 3:30pm to Midnight on Friday, December 4th and from 7am to Midnight on Saturday, December 5th. All matches are held at Vetta Sports Concord. 391 boys and girls from 17 St. Louis area high schools are participating. In all, 379 matches will be taking place over the next 2 days. Click here to go to the tournament website for up to the minute results.
Home Page Update 11/21/09
SLUH & COR JESU WIN TOP SEED TOURNAMENT
SLUH won the Boys Team title and Cor Jesu won the Girls Team title at the Top Seed Tournament today... Click here for more information, pictures, and links to individual and team results...
Home Page Update 11/19/09
TOP SEED & DOUBLES TOURNAMENT START TIMES ONLINE NOW!
The Top Seed & Doubles Tournament are this Saturday, November 21st at Vetta Sports Concord. Start times are now available Please note that due to the increase in entries, the tournament will run longer this year than last year. Click here for more information and links to draws and start times...
FOLLOW THE TOP SEED & DOUBLES TOURNAMENT ONLINE
Click here to follow the matches live as they happen on Saturday, November 21st!
Home Page Update 11/03/09
2009/2010 SEASON STARTS TODAY!
The 31st Season of the MOHSRA League kicks-off today at Vetta Sports Concord when SLUH goes head-to-head with Vianney in Varsity, JV1, and JV2 Boys Team competition. Good luck to all of the schools in the league!
JV3 SCHEDULE UPDATED
Due to the popularity in the JV3 program we had to slightly alter the schedule for the 2009/2010 season. The new/updated schedule is listed here...
Home Page Update 10/29/09
LEAGUE SCHEDULE NOW OFFICIAL
The 2009/2010 MOHSRA League Schedule is now posted for all Varsity, JV1, and JV2 teams. Click here for the entire listing of matches... Please note that a computer error posted an early partial draft of the schedule on the website last week that was not completely accurate. Please make sure that you follow this 'official' schedule.
The JV3 schedule will be officially posted on Tuesday evening. We are still accepting entrants into the program and didn't want to build the schedule until the number of entrants was accurate.
Good luck to everyone on the start of the 2009/2010 season!
Home Page Update 10/15/09
HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS DATES SET
The Girls Varsity, JV1, & JV2 League State Championships will be on Saturday, February 20.
The Boys Varsity, JV1, & JV2 League State Championships will be on Sunday, February 21.
---The Girls have the larger program this season with more teams entered into the league. The longer event was scheduled for Saturday. Now, officiallly, the Girls will play on Saturday and the Boys will play on Sunday.
Home Page Update 10/8/09
REMINDER: TEAM ENTRIES DUE 5PM, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
All team entry forms for the MOHSRA league, are due in no later than 5pm on Monday, October 12.
Click here to download league forms...
LADDER LEAGUE IS NOW JV3 LEAGUE
In an effort to promote the program as a natural precursor to JV & Varsity competition...
The Ladder League will be renamed the JV3 League. This creates a logical sequence of participation for developing players... JV3, JV2, JV1, and then Varsity...
In the coming days, the Ladder League will be renamed the JV3 League on all website materials.
More improvements are forthcoming on the JV3 League as well. Our goal is to work to enhance the team feel of this league.
Home Page Update 8/26/09
2009/2010 COACHES MEETING
The coaches meeting will be on Wednesday, September 23 at 7pm. The location will be the Brent Room at Visitation Academy. At least 1 representative from each participating school is required to attend.
This meeting is for all returning coaches and all new coaches. This year 5 teams will have new coaches and last season 5 teams had new coaches. The first 45 minutes of the meeting will consist of an overview of league expectations for the new season. Then, for all interested new coaches from the last 2 years, we will break into huddles and create mentor groups for the season. The mentors will share ideas and help with the new challenges that new coaches face. All new coaches... please bring questions! We will be able to answer them all in the huddle groups after the meeting.
2009-2010 HIGH SCHOOL RACQUETBALL SEASON INFORMATION
It's time to start thinking about the upcoming 2009-2010 High School Racquetball Season. Several changes have been made in an effort to improve the league and increase the competition and size of the league. Listed below are summaries of the changes...
LADDER LEAGUE FOR GIRLS
For the first time, Girls Schools are invited to participate in the Ladder League. For more information on the Ladder League program, click here... We strongly encourage schools to enter at least their first year players in the Ladder League program. If your players have previously played Varsity, JV1, or JV2... they would not be good candidates for this league. Due to challenges in court availability around the St. Louis area, it is difficult to grow our league. The ladder league creates a great way to bring new players into the game. It prevents teams from having too many JV1 and JV2 teams and allows kids to play more similarly skilled players. Over the years the Ladder League has proven to be successful in helping the Boys Schools develop their Varsity rosters and we envision similar results for the participating Girls Schools this season.
Please remember you can have multiple JV teams but remember the following rules...
1. Must have a JV1 team, if you are offering a JV2 team.
2. If you have 3 JV teams, you may enter your 3rd team in either JV1 or JV2...
3. If you have 4 JV teams, you must have 2 JV1 teams and 2 JV2 teams.
4. If you wish to have more than 4 JV teams, please request permission from the board in advance of your official League Entry (this is just a formality, the league doesn't want to be caught off guard by a large entry).
VARSITY REQUIREMENT
All schools participating in the league will still be required to field a Varsity team. Exceptions will only be made for teams composed entirely by first year players. All requests to field a JV team and not have a Varsity team, must be made in writing to the Executive board prior to submitting a team entry in October.
MATCH TIMES 2009/2010
Due to the closure of Hampshire in 2008 & the reduction in the number of the courts at the JCC in 2009, league matches will have to be played on Friday evenings, Saturday afternoons, and perhaps even Sunday afternoons. This will be a new concept for our league, but a necessary change.
With declining court availability in the St. Louis area and growth in the size of our league participation, we will have to alter our 'norms' to include weekend play. It is necessary for our league to explore using new venues and different times at our regular venues.
In addition, due to there currently being 4 clubs (we hope to add more in the coming weeks) that are hosting league matches, it is critical that league matches start as close to on-time as is possible. Teams are expected to arrive early to the matches so that they can start on time. We understand that not every kid can arrive to every match on time, but please make every effort to get things started as quickly as possible at the match. Your entire team does not need to be present to start the matches. Get the kids who show up first, play first.
This year we want to be the best guests we can be in every club we play in around St. Louis. We need to have matches end on time. The only way to assure this is to start matches on time. For example... with the new courts at the JCC, we have to assure that our matches are completed by 5:15pm because they have leagues that start at that time. If managed properly and efficiently, we have every confidence that all of the teams in our program will have no problem achieving this goal.
LEAGUE FORMS
Click here to download forms for the 2009/2010 season. Entry forms, student waivers, coaching ethics forms, and team etiquette forms are all updated for the new season. Please note the following changes...
TEAM ENTRY FORM
-- Please note the new league fees for the 2009/2010 season. We have incorporated the cost of all league tournaments into the league fees. All schools will play in all tournaments as part of the league schedule. The only optional tournament going forward will be the Doubles Tournament. That will still have a cost of $12 per player.
-- Note that MOHSRA/USAR Memberships have risen. MOHSRA's costs have risen and we had to raise the cost. Additionally USA Racquetball rose prices by $5 a membership for juniors nationwide.
-- There is now an attached page for conflicts that needs to be submitted. Conflict dates need to be restricted to school related activities. Please refrain from requesting conflict dates for specific individuals. Each date requested will require a reason to be listed in order to receive the board's approval.
STUDENT/PARENT ATHLETIC WAIVER/RELEASE OF LIABILITY
-- All players participating in the 2009/2010 season will need to complete the new waiver. Changes were made to incorporate the new clubs participating in the program. Last year's waiver will not work for this season.
MOHSRA STANDARDS FOR COACHING ETHICS
-- All coaches/parents/chaperones, or anyone helping regularly with your team, must turn in a signed copy of this revised form. For liability purposes this is a mandatory requirement for every school.
ETIQUETTE CHECKLIST FOR PARENTS, STUDENTS, & COACHES
-- Coaches
must review this revised checklist with their teams prior to the first match of the season. Each coach must also distribute this list to all of his/her players' parents via handout or email. The best way to encourage the proper atmosphere at matches is to share expectations in advance of the first match.
ADMINISTRATIVE CALENDAR
Click here to see all important 'coaching' dates for 2009/2010...
Dates to note...
Wednesday, September 23, 7pm
Mandatory Coaches Meeting
Visitation Academy: The Brent Room
Monday, October 12
Team Entries Due
Saturday, October 31
Ladder League Starts
Monday, November 2
Varsity, JV1, and JV2 League Matches Start
TEAM ENTRIES DUE
Team Entries are due on Monday, October 12. This is just a commitment for the number of teams your school will be entering. We will not need a roster or individual participant commitments at that time.
LEAGUE START DATES
The league season starts on Monday, November 2. Teams may apply to to start the following week on Monday, November 9. The Ladder League will begin on Saturday, October 31.
2009-2010 HIGH SCHOOL RACQUETBALL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
Ladder League starts on Saturday, October 31, 2009
Varsity, JV1, & JV2 seasons start the week of November 2nd, 2009.
November 13-15, The 8th Annual Greensfelder St. Louis Open
November 21, The Top Seed & Doubles Tournament
December 4-5, The Winter Rollout
January 23, The Gary Hendren Invitational
February 13, Ladder League State
February 20-21, Missouri High School State
February 24-28, USA Racquetball High School Nationals in Portland, Oregon
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