2002 Wilson 15th USRA National High
School Racquetball Championships
Presented by
Penn Racquet Sports
Multnomah Athletic Club
Portland, Oregon: March 1-3, 2002
Admission is free -- Spectators are
welcome
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Return to Portland
Association [USRA] National High School Racquetball Championships return to Portland, Oregon March 1-3. Oregon, a hotbed for junior racquetball, is expected to field several teams to challenge for the national championship.
The tournament is a qualifier for the U.S. Junior National Team and many current team members are expected to play. Nearly 250 players will compete in the tournament, with over half of them hailing from Oregon.
The National High School Racquetball Championships began in 1988 and are held annually in March to name the strongest High School racquetball squad in the nation, as well as award individual singles and doubles titles. Portland last hosted the event in 1999 when Beaverton H.S. (Beaverton, Ore.) earned the national title, followed by runner-up Sprague H.S. (Salem, Ore.). Both schools will again field strong teams and make challenge bids for the title.
Returning national champions, Kirkwood H.S. (St. Louis, Mo.), will send a full squad to defend the title they won for the first time last year on their home turf in St. Louis. Portland area schools hope for a home field advantage and Beaverton H.S. will attempt to tie the record for most national titles by a school with a win this year. Currently they have three (’96-’97, 99) and are one behind Lafayette H.S. (St. Louis, Mo.) which won four straight in the early ‘90’s (’91-’94). North Salem (Salem, Ore. – ‘00) and Sprague (’98) each hold a national team title and look to add another with a good showing in this year’s tournament.
The winner in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions will earn a one-year appointment to the U.S. Junior National Team. Adrienne Fisher (Centerville, Ohio), the girl’s 2000-02 champion, returns to defend, after making history two year’s ago when she became the first freshman to win the H.S. National title. She will be challenged by Mazama High’s Ashley Legget (Klamath Falls, Ore.), who was runner-up to Fisher at both the U.S. Junior National and Junior World 16-and-under championships.
Last year’s boy’s winner has
graduated, leaving the door open for a new champion to be crowned.
Expected to challenge for that position will be Episcopal H.S.
senior Steven Klaiman (Bellaire, Texas) and Joey Lakowske
(Corvallis, Ore.) of Crescent Valley H.S. Lakowske is the current
boy’s 14-and-under World Champion.
The tournament begins Friday, March 1 and will continue through the weekend with the finals played on Sunday March 3. The event will take place at the Multnomah Athletic Club and spectators are welcome at no charge.
| State | High School | City |
| Alaska | East High | Anchorage |
| Arizona | Highland High | Gilbert |
| California | El Sorino High | Citrus Heights |
| Colorado | Fruita Monument High | Grand Junction |
| Connecticut | Bristol Central | High Bristol |
| Georgia | Dacula High | Dacula |
| Illinois | Lake Forest
High |
Lake
Bluff |
| St. Louis Univ. | Columbia | |
| Louisiana | Archbishop Shaw High | Harvey |
| Missouri | Kirkwood High | St. Louis |
| Mary Ins. & St. Louis | St. Louis | |
| Nerinx Hall | St. Louis | |
| Parkway Central High | Chesterfield | |
| St. Louis University | St. Louis | |
| Villa Duchesne High | St. Louis | |
| New Mexico | Manzano High | Albuquerque |
| New York | Xavier High | Queens Village |
| Ohio |
Centerville High | Dayton |
| Huron High | Huron | |
| Oregon | Aloha High | Aloha |
| Beaverton
High |
Portland | |
| Catlin Gabel
High |
Portland | |
| Clackamas
High |
Clackamas | |
| Crescent Valley High | Corvallis | |
| Franklin High | Portland | |
| Gladstone High | Oregon City | |
| Henley High |
Klamath Falls | |
| Mazama High | Klamath Falls | |
| McMinnville High | McMinnville | |
| North Salem High | Salem | |
| Oregon City High | Milwaukie | |
| Rex Putnam |
Milwaukie | |
| South Salem
High |
Salem | |
| Southridge High | Beaverton | |
| Sprague High | Salem | |
| Sunset High | Portland | |
| Westview High | Portland | |
| South Dakota | Milbank High | Milbank |
| Texas |
Episcopal High | Bellaire |
| Communications Art High | San Antonio | |
| Utah | Jordan High | Draper |
| Murray High | Murray | |
| Skyline High | Salt Lake City | |
| Virginia | Sports & Health Arlington | Arlington |
| Wisconsin | Sussex Hamilton High | Sussex |
player information
| entry deadline: | Friday - February 15 , 2002 |
| starting times: | @ 503-223-4087 available Wednesday, 02/27 after 5:00 pm (pacific time) |
| confirm entries: | @
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list Corrections or questions? Send Email |
| download: | a complete .pdf entry form (with event & site details) |
| enter
online: |
USRA secured storefront |
| members only: | see "How to Enter" USRA events for important stipulations |
opening rounds
& schedule
- Thursday (if necessary) -- 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm
- Friday -- 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Saturday -- 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Sunday -- 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
LODGING: DoubleTree Hotel Portland-Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah, Portland, Oregon. Tel: 800-996-0510. Rate: $84.00/per night, plus tax, for up to four persons per room. Stipulations: You must reference the National High School Racquetball Championships to secure the special tournament rate. The host hotel is located ...
- Directly on the "MAX" light rail line, which provides service to the Multnomah Athletic Club, as well as dining, shopping, and entertainment options.
- Across the street from Oregon's largest shopping mail - the Lloyd Center - featuring over 200 shops, 30 restaurants, an ice skating rink, 18 movie theaters, and no sales tax.
- Three blocks from the Rose Quarter, which includes the Oregon Convention Center, Rose Garden Arena and Memorial Coliseum.
GROUND TRANSPORTATION:The host hotel offers complimentary airport shuttle service, door to door, every 30 minutes from 5:30 am to 11:30 pm, seven days a week. Find the DoubleTree shuttle near the baggage claim area; no appointment is necessary. The MAX light rail line also provides fee service between the airport and the Lloyd Center area.