Home Page Update 5/5/10
MISSOURI'S NATIONAL MEDALISTS
Missouri High School Racquetball Players won a total fo 47 medals at the 2010 High School National Racquetball Championships. Click here to see a listing of all of Missouri's National Medalists...
Kathy Mustain of Parkway West was the only Missouri National Champion crowned at the 2010 High School National Racquetball Championships. Congratulations to Kathy on her win in the Girls #5 Singles Gold Division. To see the history of Missouri National Champions, click here...
Michael Shearman of Parkway West and Sarah Noles of Cor Jesu were both recently named as 2010 USA Racquetball High School All-Americans. To see this year's All-American Team (including our 2 Missouri players), click here...
MOHSRA LEAGUE AWARDS BANQUET
We had a great turnout for this year's banquet. 189 awards were presented over the course of the evening. To see pictures from the 2010 MOHSRA League Awards Banquet, click here...
MIKE POHLMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Congratulations to the 2010 Mike Pohlman Memorial Scholarship recipients... Sarah Noles of Cor Jesul and Brendan Giljum of SLUH. To see the history of these awards, click here...
CHANGES FOR 2010/2011 MOHSRA SEASON ANNOUNCED
The MOHSRA Executive Board recently held their end-of-season meeting. A number of suggestions for improvement were proposed to the board during the course of the last season. We reviewed all requests and have implemented some changes right away and are still currently reviewing others.
The following are 3 improvements that will be instituted immediately for next season...
1. Girls Varsity teams will now consist of 6 Singles Seeds and 1 Doubles team. This is an increase of 2 singles positions. The Girls Varsity teams will now be composed of the same number of players as the the Boys Varsity teams. In recent years we have had more girls participating in our league than boys, so this is a natural and logical change to make.
2. Rule interpretations that are appealed during matches at league tournaments, must be appealed by a participating player to the referee. Players can only appeal rule interpretations and cannot appeal the referee's judgment calls. The referee would then take the appeal to the tournament desk for a ruling. The tournament desk can request assistance from the Executive Board for help with the ruling. Only Executive Board members not affiliated with schools participating in the match can assist in the ruling. Hopefully this is a step forward in defining a clearer process for how appeals can be handled.
3. 30 Second Timeouts will be enforced. In an effort to keep league matches running on time, tournament matches running on time, and to not create extended breaks during games... the 30 second time limit for timeouts will be enforced. Coaches will be encouraged to stay near the court door areas during matches to be more available to their players during timeouts. Coaches will also be encouraged to have their players bring water bottles or other drinks to have outside the door so that they won't have to walk long distances to water fountains. This enforcement is particularly necessary for Varsity level league matches. With only 3 courts and 7 matches to be played, it is important that the 30 second rule is maintained for timeouts. We need to assure that matches run on time. There will still be 2 minute breaks between the 1st & 2nd game and 5 minute breaks are provided between the 2nd game and a 3rd game tiebreaker.
Improvement #1 is self-explanatory, but Improvements #2 & #3 will both be discussed more in-depth at our preseason coaches meeting in the Fall. It is imperative that all teams interpret the improvements in the same way and can educate their players properly regarding both improvements.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions and concern for the league. We continue to improve based on your input and feedback. Have a great summer!
2009-2010 Season in Review....
470 KIDS...
20 Different High Schools...
2010 BOYS STATE VARSITY CHAMPS... PARKWAY WEST
2010 GIRLS STATE VARSITY CHAMPS... VISITATION
THE FUTURE... GIRLS JV3 FINALISTS
THE FUTURE... BOYS JV3 FINALISTS
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 !
SLUH, 1st Place Boys Team, 2009 Top Seed Tournament
COR JESU - 1st Place Girls Team, 2009 Top Seed Tournament
THANKS TO ALL OF THE PLAYERS, COACHES, PARENTS, SCHOOLS, AND CLUBS FOR MAKING THE 2009-2010 SEASON SO GREAT!
SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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