Home Page Update 1/26/12
GARY HENDREN INVITATIONAL
The Gary Hendren Invitational takes place this Saturday, January 28th. Starting times are as follows...
Girls must arrive at 8am, there will be a players meeting prior to the start of games... games start at 8:30am. Event should conclude around 1:30pm
Boys must arrive at 1:30pm, there will be a players meeting prior to the start of games... games start at 2pm. Event should conclude around 6pm
Home Page Update 1/20/12
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 January 28 and the awards will be presented at the league banquet March 29.
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 23rd. 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. You must have a complete team to participate. Specific start times will be available once all entries are received.... The tournament will take place on Saturday, January 28th 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 22 through February 26. Click here to go to the online sign-ups for the event.
If you are playing in the Nationals, please remember this...
HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS MANDATORY JUNIOR REFEREE TEST
All participating players must take the online Junior Referees test prior to the event. To access the test, click here to login to your USA Racquetball Membership Profile. Once logged in, click on "Courses and Testing" and then click on "Junior Referee Test". There are other tests there, too, if you are interested, but the Junior Test is the only mandatory one.
If you do not know your username and password used to login into your profile OR are having problems logging on, contact Terri at USA Racquetball by email at tmorse@usra.org or by phone at 719-635-5396 extension 123. Just tell her about your situation and she will take care of it.
Home Page Update 12/23/11
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
The first half of our season came to a close last week. Here is a summary of everything that has happened so far this season...
Click here for League Player Rankings in Varsity, JV1, and JV2...
Click here for League Team Rankings in Varsity, JV1, and JV2...
Click here for JV3 League Player Rankings...
Click here for Top Seed & Doubles Tournament Photos & Results...
Click here for Winter Rollout Tournament Photos & Results...
Thanks to all of the players, parents, and coaches for a great 1st half of the season! Have a great holiday!
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 January 28 and the awards will be presented at the league banquet March 29.
HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS SIGN-UPS
All High School Nationals sign-ups must be done online. The event is in Portland, Oregon and runs February 22 through February 26. Click here to go to the online sign-ups for the event.
HIGH SCHOOL NATIONALS MANDATORY JUNIOR REFEREE TEST
All participating players must take the online Junior Referees test prior to the event. To access the test, click here to login to your USA Racquetball Membership Profile. Once logged in, click on "Courses and Testing" and then click on "Junior Referee Test". There are other tests there, too, if you are interested, but the Junior Test is the only mandatory one.
If you do not know your username and password, used to login into your profile, contact Terri at USA Racquetball by email at tmorse@usra.org or by phone at 719-635-5396 extension 123. Just tell her you don't know your username and password and she will take care of it.
NEW TEAM TOURNAMENT TIEBREAKER RULE
RULE #28 in the League Rules for tiebreakers has changed. The tiebreaker ruled used for player and team rankings for league play will stay the same. The tiebreaker for team results in tournaments has changed.
The new rule is... "The team the has players advance the farthest in the majority of divisions."
*For example, if Kirkwood and Visitation tied in the team point totals for JV2 at State, a tie would be broken in the following way... If Kirkwood had a player go farther than Visitation in 3 out of the 5 JV2 divisions, that would break the tie in favor of Kirkwood.
**For all tournaments that have an even number of divisions, the last division would be excluded for the purposes of breaking the tie. For example, at JV3 State, the tiebreaker would only look at divisions 1-5 to break the tie and division 6 would be excluded.
In the past, the tiebreaker only looked at head-to-head matches between the tied schools. That tiebreaker relied more "seeding coincidence" (only players with records of .500 or better are seeded, the rest of the entrants are randomly generated) in regards to the fact that teams didn't play head-to-head in all brackets. It also tended to emphasize, in several cases where teams met in one or two divisions, a player or doubles team "cost" their team victory by losing a match. The seeding prevented teams from matching up in all divisions and this new rule will give more consideration to the "entire" team performance determining the tiebreaker result.
Home Page Update 12/3/11
PARKWAY WEST BOYS & NERINX HALL GIRLS WIN 2011 WINTER ROLLOUT TOURNAMENT
Parkway West won the Boys Team title and Nerinx Hall won the Girls Team title at the Winter Rollout tournament this weekend... Congratulations to both great programs!
Click here for more information, pictures, and links to individual and team results...
Home Page Update 12/1/11
2011 WINTER ROLLOUT START TIMES NOW AVAILABLE... LARGEST EVENT EVER
Winter Rollout Start Times, Complete Draws, Individual & Team Match Reports are all now available online. Click here for links to this information.
Please note the following...
- All matches are 2 out of 3 games to 11.
- Only 1 timeout per game and 2 minutes in-between each game.
- If necessary, tiebreakers will be played to 7.
- All players must check-in 30 minutes prior to their scheduled match time.
- All winners must referee the following match.
- Volunteer refs are always appreciated, so if you are interested, don't hesitate to volunteer.
- Vetta Sports Concord will open at 6:30am on Saturday morning.
Due to the size of the event, everyone must follow these rules so that the event can run on or ahead of schedule.
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 after Midnight on Friday, December 2nd and from 7am to after Midnight on Saturday, December 3rd. All matches are held at Vetta Sports Concord. 450 boys and girls from 20 St. Louis area high schools are participating. In all, 438 matches will be taking place over the next 2 days making this the LARGEST WINTER ROLLOUT EVER!. Click here to go to the tournament website for up to the minute results.
Home Page Update 11/20/11
SLUH-1 & COR JESU WIN TOP SEED TOURNAMENT
SLUH-1 won the Boys Team title and Cor Jesu won the Girls Team title at the Top Seed Tournament today... Click here for more information, more pictures, and links to individual and team results...
Home Page Update 11/16/11
TOP SEED & DOUBLES TOURNAMENT START TIMES ONLINE NOW!
The Top Seed & Doubles Tournament are this Saturday, November 19th 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 19th!
Home Page Update 10/25/11
MOHSRA LEAGUE SCHEDULE NOW OFFICIAL
The 2011/2012 MOHSRA League Schedule is now posted for all Varsity, JV1, and JV2 teams. Click here for the entire listing of matches... This is the official schedule.
The JV3 schedule was posted in August.... click here. Official starting times for weeks at the JCC will be determined once we see the total number of entrants in the JV3 program. Because we are still accepting entrants into the program, we don't want to finalize the schedule until the total number of entrants is accurate.
Good luck to everyone on the start of the 2010/2011 season!
2012 MOHSRA HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS DATES SET
The Boys & Girls JV3 League State Championships will be on Saturday, February 11.
The Boys Varsity, JV1, & JV2 League State Championships will be on Saturday, February 18.
The Girls Varsity, JV1, & JV2 League State Championships will be on Sunday, February 19.
---The Boys have the larger Varsity, JV1, & JV2 programs this season with more teams entered into the league. The longer event was scheduled for Saturday. Now, officiallly, the Boys will play on Saturday and the Girls will play on Sunday.
THANKS TO ALL OF THE PARTICIPATING RACQUETBALL CLUBS & NEW PARTICIPATING CLUB --- MISSOURI ATHLETIC CLUB-WEST
Thanks to all of the St. Louis area Racquetball Clubs that support the Missouri High School Racquetball Association by hosting league matches. Without clubs like Maryland Height's Bally Total Fitness, St. Louis JCC, Ballwin's West County Health & Fitness, Vetta Sports Concord, and West James in St. Charles, we wouldn't have a place to play.
We want to extend a special thanks to the Missouri Athletic Club-West in Town & Country, who will be hosting Varsity matches beginning this season. The MAC has been a supporter of our league in the past by helping host the 2009 & 2011 USA Racquetball High School Nationals. This new addition helps our league continue to grow.
Please remember we are a guest in all of these facilities. Let's all do our best to be respectful of their staff and members. We want to continue to have their support for our program.
Click here to see what's expected of everyone when at a league match... visit the MOHSRA Etiquette Checklist... A few specific reminders include... try to limit timeouts to 30 seconds... no coaching players during the games (except during timeouts) at the Varsity and JV1 level (e.g. using hand signals for serves)... and new this year, no slapping the walls or banging on windows after a great rally.
WELCOME TO 3 NEW PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS... LINDBERGH, FRANCIS HOWELL, AND LAFAYETTE...
Beginning this year in our JV3 program, we will have participants from these 3 schools. The MOHSRA is excited to add these schools into our program.
Home Page Update 10/1/11
TEAM ENTRIES DUE
Team Entry Forms are due on Tuesday, October 11. This is simply 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.
Here are links to important areas...
For FORMS, click here
For ADMINISTRATIVE CALENDAR, click here
For INFO FOR NEW COACHES, click here
For LEAGUE FEES, click here
